Our Family Dinner Book Club selection for the month of March is Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. Here you’ll find a menu that can be prepared with the help of your children, and will hopefully be a fun and interactive activity for the whole family. Head over to Growing Book by Book for some talking points to get the conversation started. Then visit Enchanted Homeschooling Mom for a fun craft to decorate your dinner table. We invite you to share a picture from your dinner with us anytime during the month on our Family Dinner Book Club Facebook page.

The climax of Charlotte’s Web takes place at a fair so I made the focus of this dinner menu foods that would be typically found at a fair.

Charlotte’s Web
Family Dinner Book Club
Menu
Baked Corn Dog Bites
Corn on the Cob – I like to cut the cobs into smaller wheels to make them easier to hold, and they’re cuter!
Wilbur’s Pig Slop Pasta (recipe below)
Raspberry Soda Pop -frozen raspberries, defrosted and mashed, mixed with sparkling water
Lemonade – freshly squeezed lemon juice, honey, and water in proportions to taste
Mini Hand Pies on a Stick

I am definitely not the first one to do this, but I think it is such a good idea that I just had to share. I don’t think I’ve ever gone to the fair and Not eaten a corn dog, even as an adult. Search Pinterest and you will find many variations on this recipe. Most kids love corn dogs, right? Hot dogs, a childhood favorite food, enrobed in sweet and fluffy cornbread, what’s not to enjoy? Homemade cornbread is pretty easy to make. Pour the cornbread batter into mini muffin pans, and then add a slice of hot dog to each and you’ve got yourself homemade corn dog bites in no time! Kids can help measure and mix the cornbread ingredients, as well as add the hot dog pieces to each mini muffin well. Serve with ketchup and mustard for dipping.

Yield: 30-40

Wilbur's Pig Slop Pasta

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Ingredients

• 1 pound pasta (any shape. I like to use mixed mini pasta shapes)
• 2 small zucchini
• 1 small broccoli crown
• 2 medium carrots
• 1/2 head cauliflower
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 tablespoon oil
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1 large lemon
• 1 ounce crumbled feta cheese

Instructions

1. Cook the pasta according to package directions, drain and return to the pot. Drizzle with a small amount of oil or butter.
2. While the pasta is cooking, chop the vegetables into bite-sized pieces.
3. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add the vegetables, and sprinkle them with salt and pepper as desired.
4. Cook the vegetables, stirring occasionally, until fork tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, squeeze the lemon juice over the vegetables.
5. Add the vegetables to the pasta and toss to combine. Sprinkle with the cheese.