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Do you have guests coming over for a meal soon? Are you looking for new and creative recipe ideas? Then I hope you’ll consider serving nursing home food.
No, I’m not joking. We all know that nursing homes historically carried a reputation for providing unattractive and poor tasting food. Thankfully, this is rapidly changing.
While researching another topic, I happened upon three senior care communities that I want to share with you today. What these facilities have in common is the fact that they take great pride in their excellent dining programs. They’re so proud, in fact, that they’re eager to share their menus and recipes with the rest of us.
Sunrise Senior Living
A highlight of Sunrise Senior Living is their annual Senior Eats Nutritional Challenge. Chefs from their facilities come together for a cooking competition. They challenge each chef to create an original, healthy dish. After judging by a panel of residents, the winning dish becomes a new item on community menus.
Sunrise Senior Living comprises over 325 senior communities in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. They provide an array of services including home care, skilled nursing, independent and assisted living, as well as memory care. Their website includes several of their cookbooks for you to download. Recipes include nutrition facts, cooking tips, and stories.
Holiday Retirement
Holiday Retirement comprises over 260 senior communities in the United States and Canada. Services include independent living, assisted living, and memory care.
Holiday Retirement recently published its very own cookbook containing over 400 recipes. These include special family recipes submitted by residents and recipes created by chefs at the facilities. You can find the cookbook on Amazon:
Five Star Senior Living
With facilities in over 30 states, Five Star Senior Living offers a variety of services. These include skilled nursing, independent living, respite care, assisted living, and memory care.
You’ll find Chef Brad Miller at the helm of the dining program at Five Star Senior Living. Perhaps you’ve heard of Chef Miller from his appearances on a variety of TV shows such as Hell’s Kitchen and Food Truck Nation.
The Five Star Senior Living website offers recipes for many of the dishes served in their communities. Also, you can find videos of Chef Miller explaining how you can create each dish.
Would you like to learn more about innovation dining programs? Check out these ideas from Australia!
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