Today is Saturday ! What's for dinner?

Getting everyone together for dinner on Saturday night is probably the hardest thing a Good Cooker Mom has to do.Kids are at soccer practice,ballet,gymnastics, etc,etc. No one wants to take time out to sit down to dinner, let alone talk about their day.Here are several strategies that might work:

                    1) Invite the kids' best friend(s).This means more cooking and
                        more chaos
                     2) Make the kids their favorite meal.If you have more than
                         one child,this can be tricky. Spaghetti,burgers,pizza can
                         lure your kids to the dinner table.
                     3) Make it a special occasion.Saturday is movie night ,for
                         example,and this is preceded by the family sitting down
                         to eat together.
The point is to get the family together to talk about their day ,their friends,anything that is bothering them about the activities they are engaged in,their relationship with their siblings etc. It is so easy to just say "it is not worth it! " But it is probably the only time on that day that the family will be together. I would like to hear  other ideas from you.Just post them on our blog for our community to read.