(CBS) Singer and author Sandi Patty stopped by CBSNews.com to talk about her cookbook, “Around the Table with Sandi Patty,” some of the creative decisions in putting the book together, 1 만원 꽁 머니 and – of course – the fun in being together at the dinner table with family.

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Patty tells CBSNews.com, “I’ve been singing for a number of years and in the last few years I’ve written some books. But as my kids have gotten older, as a mom you always want to talk about your kids a little bit. And I thought, how could we do this in an interesting way?

“So we came up with the idea of doing a cookbook that the whole family would participate in. With eight kids – at one time when we first got married they were 11 and under – you always have to be creative with what you feed them. And there’s a lot of things in the cookbook that are great for young kids and easy to make. As our kids got older, there’s a lot of really fun stuff in there that has a little more adult flavor to it. The stories and pictures I think are what makes it really fun.”

Patty says that one of her kids’ favorite meals was a spaghetti she made when they were younger. “It’s really easy,” she says. When the kids grew up and Patty suggested trying different recipes, the kids told her they liked her original spaghetti best. It’s in the cookbook as the recipe she made when her kids were still kids.