#FindYourBold ~ Talking With Teens During Dinner
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Dinner time seems to have become more of a movie or TV hour in most households these days. Gone are the days of when I was a kid and we would sit at the dinner table as a family and eat together, sharing our days and talking about things coming up.
I refuse to let my family eat in front of a TV or computer, or even in their rooms. Cellphones and all forms of technology are banned from the dinner table with no exceptions. I want my family to “unplug” for at least 30 minutes at night and sit together and talk, really talk.
I think this time in their lives is a crucial time where they need to stay grounded, focused and connected to family and not social media. While our schedules sometimes conflict, most nights we are able to sit down to a quick meal and enjoy each others company. On nights like this, I like to serve tasty Ore-Ida® Bold & Crispy fries, as I know it puts a huge smile on their faces.
One thing that we all can agree on at the dinner table is the bold new flavors of Ore-Ida® Bold & Crispy products. They have introduced new flavors to really spice things up and add a more robust, truly bold flavor to our dinner plates. I noticed these in my frozen foods section of Kroger and really wanted to introduce my family to something new. I started us off last week with delicious and zesty Bold & Crispy Zesty Twirls.
Ore-Ida® Bold & Crispy flavors offer up tangy taste and really does spark great conversation among my family at our dinner table. From the moment that aromatic smell comes from the oven, they start with wondering what flavor I am choosing to serve this week and the dialogue stays open from there.
Their fries are already seasoned with a rich, bold and zesty flavor that is perfect from the time they come out of the oven and hit the dinner plate. We like adding classic yellow mustard and ketchup to our fries.
Food is a great conversation starter with nearly anyone. Keep your tweens and teens engaged in dialogue. Some will give those short, one-word responses, but keep probing, keep engaging and stay tuned into their lives. Focus on what they are doing on social media, what they do at school and such. I talk openly to my family about their day, what is going on in classes, how lunch was, what practice was like for their sports and more. We all go through growing pains and phases together, both them through puberty, and you as their parent watching them change and grow before your very eyes.
Engagement and talking doesn’t have to start at the dinner table. It can start with planning a weekly meal plan together, shopping together and helping prepare dinners together, including Ore-Ida® Bold & Crispy flavors. Help kids “Find Their Bold” as they talk to you at dinner time. Also “Find Your Bold” by keeping the conversation going, serve them things they all love and enjoy each other. Great flavors from the Ore-Ida® Bold & Crispy line can really help bring families together at dinner time and be bold with talk and with flavor.
Try some of the bold conversation starters that Ore-Ida has featured on its #FindYourBold Pinterest board. These could help engage your kids in conversation at the dinner table.
Next time you are heading to the grocery, pick up Ore-Ida® Bold & Crispy products and to help with your budget, you can print off and redeem this $1/1 coupon
Thanks for the Terrific Review on #FindYourBold ~ Talking With Teens During Dinner! We make it a point to sit down to dinner as a family every night! We always talk about food, school, projects, friends, etc. We keep an open door policy with our kids and try to make ourselves available to them when they need to talk. We’ve been lucky with our kids and are very thankful for that! We love Ore Ida Potatoes too. We haven’t had the chance to try the new flavors yet, however, we are not too much into very spicy. I think we’ll start out by trying the curly fries first! Thanks so much also for the coupon too! Thanks for the terrific review on #FindYourBold ~ Talking With Teens During Dinner with all of us as well as your views of talking with our Teens & Tweens during dinner and of course, the Ore Ida Coupon! You know that I honestly do appreciate it! Thanks again! Michele 🙂
My fondest memories were sitting at that orange and brown tablecloth every evening with my parents and even though all the tech distractions make it hard now I still found a way to round up my kids and enjoy foods they like such as this. It got em to the table!
I love dinners with the family especially for special ocassions
We all need to do more reconnecting and food is hopefully one thing that will always be common ground! The Dinner Table is a perfect meeting place. Good for you, especially the no electronics or TV, to interfere! I haven’t heard of these new fries, but I definitely want to try the Smoky BBQ Oven Fries!
It is fun to have fun while you eat at the dinner table all the time.
Talking to teens at dinner is great. They usually open up when they are relaxed and eating! Great advice!
It’s fun to have dinner with the whole family!!!!
I am glad to hear that families are trying to find ways to get back to having dinner together. The onion rings really look good and would certainly bring my son running to eat dinner.
We love Ore-Ida fries, I’d say we have them at 3 times a month 😀
Dinner time is fun for us!
Teens will be reluctant to talk to their boring olds But it is so worth the hassle to keep them talking and interacting in the family and open up and tell you about their day friends etc
It’s not easy to have a sit down meal. i always found that making kid friendly food, like burgers and fries helps.
The tatertots re good in a casserole with ground beef
Theses fries look yummy I want some
Thanks so much for the Fantastic Review on #FindYourBold ~ Talking With Teens During Dinner! We make it a point to sit down to dinner as a family every night! We always talk about food, school, projects, friends, etc. We keep an open door policy with our kids and try to make ourselves available to them when they need to talk. We’ve been lucky with our kids and are very thankful for that! We love Ore Ida Potatoes too. We haven’t had the chance to try the new flavors yet, however, we are not too much into very spicy. I think we’ll start out by trying the curly fries first! Thanks so much also for the coupon! Thanks for the fantastic review on #FindYourBold ~ Talking With Teens During Dinner with all of us as well as your views of talking with our Teens & Tweens during dinner and of course, the Ore Ida Coupon! You know that I really do appreciate it! Thanks again! Michele 🙂
We always try to sit at the table as a family. Its the time we use to see how everyone’s day has been. We love Ore-Ida fries & tatertots, but we have not tried the Ore-Ida bold line of products. Guess we need to give them a try soon.
We make a point of having dinner at the table every night that we can! 😉
ore ida never disappoints, these look amazing!
We love Ore-Ida fries in my household. Teens love their phones. But, we always eat dinner together without the phones.
Even with food its still a fight to pry the phone away from my teen. Ugh!
I love Ore-Ida fries. Especially the fast food fries. I recently tried these and they aren’t my favorite. They aren’t bad, I just prefer the regular fries.
I enjoyed dinner time when I was little we all set at the table together