Welcome to our Sunday Dinner and Celebrations page! Our mission is to celebrate home-life so that we all will continue the rich tradition of  family dinners in our homes. We are thrilled to share our treasured library of recipes and traditions to help make our lives meaningful, our homes happy, and our palates joyous!

These dinners can be served based on you and/or your family's personality – have groups over, or just your nuclear family; use paper plates or your best china; serve dinner right after church or later in the day. Do whatever works for your family. We are here to make Sunday dinners easy, fun, and delicious for all of you, and to make Sunday Dinners a part of your own family's tradition.

I love the wintertime for Sunday Dinners! Whether you are preparing your family and friends a “love” dinner for Valentine's Day, or having the gang over for the Superbowl, or just having folks over for a wonderful and comforting winter dinner. Winter is the perfect time for your dinner to take center stage!

February's menu is easy, so delicious, and screams comfort and love - the perfect menu for all of February's celebrations! Like all of our menus, we give you choices on parts of the recipes to make differently, or ideas to present them differently, to creatively serve unique meals using one great recipe!

Sunday Salad
Dreamy Cheesy Macaroni and Cheese
Best Broccoli
Best Berry Citrus Muffins
Wonderful Wacky Cake

Holiday Ideas

I think Valentine's Day is meant to celebrate all the people you love, so why not have a group of your favorite folks over to celebrate the day of love? Make it easy and festive with pretty pink and red valentine decorations and paper products. Make place cards with retro valentines you can pick up at antique stores. Put lots of pink and red in the menu too – make raspberry citrus muffins, put strawberries in your salad and be sure to serve cherry fudge or strawberry cheesecake ice cream with the wacky cake! Our menu makes for a perfect romantic dinner too – add some china, a bottle of wine, some Marvin Gaye or Frank Sinatra music, and your sweet love dinner is complete! 

Have a Valentine party for your own family on Valentine's day.  Make your own valentine mailbox with old valentines, pink tissue paper, ribbon etc., and have everyone make valentines (be creative) for each other and place them in the box sometime before the holiday. Take turns reading them aloud after dinner along with telling each other specific reasons why you love each other. Our family has had the same valentine mailbox for twenty years!  I keep all the old valentines and we all enjoy re-reading them to each other every year!  It is sentimental and fun way to make sure everyone feels loved in the family! 

Seasonal Ideas

Here in the Midwest, February usually presents us with snow, so why not host a sledding or skating party before dinner at a nearby hill or rink. It is SO much fun to play in the snow with family and/or friends, no matter your age! Have folks back for a warm and comforting Sunday dinner, buffet- style, to make the day perfectly lovely!

Keeping it Simple

After your delicious dinner, build a fire in the fireplace and put a puzzle together after the dishes are cleared. It makes for a perfect and slow-paced winter afternoon.