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hi could anyone please give me some ideas on what i could leave an ederly person for their tea, (apart from sandwiches) only he is not able to cook for himself, i am there to do him some dinner at lunch time, but not there at tea time, and i'm running out of ideas. tia
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If it was me that you were leaving the food for, I'd be perfectly happy if you left me with some cheese, a few sticks of washed celery and some of my favourite cakes.
Alternatively, any variations around a 'ploughman's lunch' e.g. an individual pork pie, some pickle, possibly some cheese and a bit of salad.
With reference to salad, many older people tend to think of 'salad' as the way it was when I was a child. i.e. lettuce, tomato and cucumber. Of course, all of the big supermarkets now sell a wide range of pasta and rice-based salads, so there's no need for a frequent salad-based diet to become boring.
What to put with those various types of salad? Possibly cheddar cheese? Blue cheese? Slicing pies (i.e. those big pies they have on supermarket deli counters where you just buy a slice)? Corned beef? Luncheon meat? Roast pork or chicken slices (possibly those with stuffing in the middle)? A cooked chicken leg or breast? Canned salmon (or fresh salmon you've cooked yourself)? Smoked mackerel? Canned sardines or pilchards? Quiche? Boiled eggs? Scotch eggs? Smoked salmon and/or cottage cheese?
OK, I have to admit that there's nothing particularly original in my list but I hope that I might have given you a few ideas.
Chris
Alternatively, any variations around a 'ploughman's lunch' e.g. an individual pork pie, some pickle, possibly some cheese and a bit of salad.
With reference to salad, many older people tend to think of 'salad' as the way it was when I was a child. i.e. lettuce, tomato and cucumber. Of course, all of the big supermarkets now sell a wide range of pasta and rice-based salads, so there's no need for a frequent salad-based diet to become boring.
What to put with those various types of salad? Possibly cheddar cheese? Blue cheese? Slicing pies (i.e. those big pies they have on supermarket deli counters where you just buy a slice)? Corned beef? Luncheon meat? Roast pork or chicken slices (possibly those with stuffing in the middle)? A cooked chicken leg or breast? Canned salmon (or fresh salmon you've cooked yourself)? Smoked mackerel? Canned sardines or pilchards? Quiche? Boiled eggs? Scotch eggs? Smoked salmon and/or cottage cheese?
OK, I have to admit that there's nothing particularly original in my list but I hope that I might have given you a few ideas.
Chris
a slice of gala pie (with the egg in the middle) or a couple of small pork pies and some tasty chutney, a bowl of tinned fruit (elderly people seem to love tinned fruit) with evap, and a piece of fruit cake or similar.
does he have a microwave he could use safely? what about some of the small ready meals in the supermarkets - fish pie, cottage pie, etc. yoghurts or pots of rice puds, nice shortbread biscuits (again, elderly folk do seem to like shortbread).
sliced cooked meat and some crisps and cherry toms, a pot of jelly and custard or trifle from the chiller in the supermarket, malt loaf with butter.
does he have a microwave he could use safely? what about some of the small ready meals in the supermarkets - fish pie, cottage pie, etc. yoghurts or pots of rice puds, nice shortbread biscuits (again, elderly folk do seem to like shortbread).
sliced cooked meat and some crisps and cherry toms, a pot of jelly and custard or trifle from the chiller in the supermarket, malt loaf with butter.
Make a big pot of soup and divide and freeze in portions. All you would then need to do is take one portion out before you go...is he able, or capable of re-heating things????
Another option is to get an individual sized slo-cooker....then he could have a hot meal at the end of the day. Obviously-what he can have is dependent on his capabilities, and memory-ie-would he forget to turn appliances off??
Another option is to get an individual sized slo-cooker....then he could have a hot meal at the end of the day. Obviously-what he can have is dependent on his capabilities, and memory-ie-would he forget to turn appliances off??
Spanish Omelete is nice - if you cook it at lunch time it should be room temperature at tea time and you can bung all sorts of nice bits into it depending on how adventurous the recipient is - bits of bacon, mushrooms, cooked peas, carrots, sliced cooked spud, onion, tomato and if they like it spiced up how about some chorizo, sliced up frankfurter chopped up herbs, sun dried toms - obviously you cant give them egg everyday but my parents are in their 80,s and quite look forward to their Spanish surprise - it doesnt upset their tums and they dont have to sharpen their false teeth to eat it :-))
I was going to suggest a nice quiche, delis do some lovely ones these days or you could make you own with all kinds of different fillings.
You could maybe get him some lovely condiments to make things a bit different for him.
You could make some boiled eggs which he could have cold with salad. Sausages as well as cooked cold sausages are lovely. Gammon ham as well, you could boil a gammon ham then he could have it cold a couple of nights.
Leftover meat from a roast too with a nice roll and butter.
Sweetcorn is quite a good cold veg to have to put with things.
You could maybe get him some lovely condiments to make things a bit different for him.
You could make some boiled eggs which he could have cold with salad. Sausages as well as cooked cold sausages are lovely. Gammon ham as well, you could boil a gammon ham then he could have it cold a couple of nights.
Leftover meat from a roast too with a nice roll and butter.
Sweetcorn is quite a good cold veg to have to put with things.
Well if he can use a microwave then a hot meal in this weather is best for the elderly to give him insulation protection. For some elderly the heat is not enough so hot food is central heating to them.
You can make basicaly anything as long as it does not require too much chewing. There gums and teeth are not as strong. Variety is the key, it never should be boring! You haven't stated any health problems so here goes.
shepereds pie/mash one. fishermans pie/soups /crackers and cheese/ egg n cress sandwhiches with a packet of cheese n onion crisps/ potatoe and egg souflette/ mash with anything/ fishfingers are nice with veg. If hes too old to make a hot drink flasks are a good way of leaving hot drinks as long as he won't burn himself. Old people love onion gravy usualy with mash. I see you have loads of good advice.
You can make basicaly anything as long as it does not require too much chewing. There gums and teeth are not as strong. Variety is the key, it never should be boring! You haven't stated any health problems so here goes.
shepereds pie/mash one. fishermans pie/soups /crackers and cheese/ egg n cress sandwhiches with a packet of cheese n onion crisps/ potatoe and egg souflette/ mash with anything/ fishfingers are nice with veg. If hes too old to make a hot drink flasks are a good way of leaving hot drinks as long as he won't burn himself. Old people love onion gravy usualy with mash. I see you have loads of good advice.
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