Katie Lee Quotes

This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think, for the kid to spend time not only around the table eating with their parents, but in the kitchen.

Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.

When I'm home, the heart and soul of our family is in the kitchen. Growing up, my parents both worked, so dinnertime was for family - the TV was off. I think it's important to grab that time and really make it special, even after a tough day.

It's the sense of what family is at the dinner table. It was the joy of knowing mother was in the kitchen making our favorite dish. I wish more people would do this and recall the joy of life.

I grew up in New York City, and both my parents worked. On weekends, we'd go out to the country, and on Sunday nights we'd come back. Sometimes we were a little cranky - it was a long drive. But we could always look forward to one thing: my mother's ziti and meat sauce.

What I miss the most is chatting with my friends and family and having a good laugh over a simple meal.

Meals and eating and that sort of ritual of gathering at a table is such a part of childhood, and that was such a strange moment. It made me nervous to watch my mom cook for us and then not engage in the act of eating with us.

I'm a big believer in creating family traditions. Every Tuesday morning, I make a proper eggs breakfast, and we all sit down and eat.

Growing up, dinner was when we would sit down, the whole family, and we would talk about our days and just create memories with one another. Now some of my favorite memories are eating and making food with my son.

Family time is the best gift for kids, and often it's the simplest things that make the best moments.

Eating well, being around the table with the family or friends or relatives - it doesn't get any better.

My mom and dad are great cooks. We ate meals at the dinner table, as a family.

Family time was very difficult when my girls were little, but I never missed a birthday; I was there for every major event.

Enjoy the little fun things - like taking your kids to school - before they're all grown up.

Food brings back memories. I had a mom that wasn't a good cook, so I would eat my grandma's food. It was amazing because it brings back a time almost in Technicolor. I see her house, I see her stove; I think about what it felt like when I was sick, and it felt like love.

My kids don't slow down, but they like to hang just with us, with mum and dad. They play with us and we play, too.

Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.

I have a little boy, and I wanted to spend a lot of time with him.

A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart to pull out on the tough days of adulthood.

Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.

Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.

We would finish dinner, and then we'd all sit around as a family and watch 'Roseanne.' That was a big one.

I want to spend more time with my family.

I have the best memories as a kid eating ice cream. It was a family tradition that I had with my father. It was nice.

Cooking for my family is always a pleasure when I'm able to do it. My favorite thing to make is really whatever my kids ask for on any given day. It's more about being with them and doing something together.