Easy Eats with St. John Bosco

What's for dinner on January 31? 

Italian food!

January 31st is the Memorial of St. John Bosco, and a great day to whip up some easy eats for celebrating the liturgical year at home by focusing on the saints.

You might go green, white, and red to remind you of the flag of St. John Bosco's homeland, Italy. 

We did this a couple years back with a simple dinner of gluten-free pasta,  sauce,  salad greens, tofu balls for our vegetarians, and meatballs for the rest. (The balls reminiscent of St. John Bosco being the Patron Saint of Jugglers.)

Or, like we did last year, you could go with chickpeas instead of tofu balls as "juggling balls".

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To decorate the table, the wonderful Boy Saints for Little Ones - reviewed here - can provide a focal point.

Or, the Encyclopedia of Peg Saints - reviewed here - can be a focal point and offer fodder for a quick oral game of St. John Bosco trivia.

After grace, the Picture Book of Saints can offer a prayer and short bio to share. Or, you can enjoy a longer story about St. John Bosco in the Loyola Kids Book of Saints.

Then,  if you like a movie after dinner - as we sometimes do - Formed has one about St John Bosco.

Simple eats, stories, prayers, a movie...observing St. John Bosco's feast day at home can be filled with delights.

St. John Bosco, pray for us.