I am a firm believer that there is nothing more important than time spent around the family table.
It is not only where our family is nurtured, it is where dreams are born.
As a mother of four, I have always known this to be true, but I don’t think I truly understood the impact our family meals had on my family until the day my oldest left for college. When asked what she would miss most about home, she responded, “The time we spend together in the kitchen. I can’t imagine not being home on Sunday for dinner.” Her words had such a profound effect on me. At that moment I realized that time around the family table meant as much to my children as it did to me.
We love shopping together at the farmer’s market and coming up with new recipes around seasonal ingredients. In fact, it is our favorite thing to do on a Saturday morning. Shopping, planning recipes, cooking together and ultimately conversing around our kitchen table has become a tradition that our family looks forward to. Witnessing how our meals have shaped my own family, inspired the Sunday Supper Movement. Our mission is to bring back Sunday Supper around the family table in every home. It starts off as one day a week, but soon becomes a way of life.
It is such an honor to partner with American Family Insurance and work on this cookbook that brings together favorite recipes from employees, policyholders, and bloggers across the United States. American Family Insurance believes that building the next generation of dreamers starts at the family dinner table. That’s the inspiration behind the Back to the Family Dinner Table Cookbook. We hope to inspire you to spend time around the family table. May you enjoy great food, meaningful conversations and dream big!
Isabel Laessig