Does anyone sell healthy, OS style ready meals?

juliettet

Hi Morag,

My sisters and I have a Mum who is has severe arthritis but insists on fending meal wise for herself.My sister cooks for her at the weekend and she goes out a couple of times a week to eat. She only likes 3 things ready made but I think they are quite good M& S chicken with veg, beef with veg and the Lincolnshire sausage meal. She will not eat pasta rice or anything spicy!She will eat the ready cut up fruit too.

completegeek

Hi, the Look What We Found range is yummy! I discovered them in Tesco when I was looking for easy holiday food for my picky kids! They come in single portion microwavable packs, I think they have a website, can't remember how much they were tho

Cat72

Another vote for marks and spencers, as there food is of a higher standard than other supermarkets with no addetives & Gm.
There is a huge selection and you could get the packs of veg all in one- they have one with potatoes, brocolli & carrots and another with a mixture of veg that you just pop in microwave for a few mins.Then just add one of their small pies, that they have a good selection of or their breaded meat/fish cakes.

rockie4

We used to get the M&S ready meals for my Mum, they seem to have more varietie that older peolpe like and they also sell mini bags of veg to pad the meals out if needed.
Mum had a small appetite and these were just right.

[Deleted User]

cookfood as above. Excellent, tasty food.

skiTTish

Will she go to daycare?
My mum went to a non profitable daycare every day whilst we were on holls ,the bus picked her up and she had a hot meal every day aswell as several cups of tea ,biscuits cakes etc ,then the bus brought her home late afternoon and the carer just made her a sandwich,think it cost something silly like £3 a day ,our one used to do a take home tray of sandwiches and scone for another couple of quid too.
In the early days of mums illness ,this really put my mind at ease as I knew she was safe and being occupied doing something interesting ( daytrips ,sewing and crafts ,movie and popcorn day,trips to the pub etc)
Ring your social worker ,she should be helping you find what you need ,thats their job

morag1202

Thank you all very much for your replies.

Floss wrote: »

Are you able to check on the carer situation direct with them, rather than via the CPN? Then at least you would know what's what. I imagine that it may be because they are unsure of reheating anything that does not have printed instructions....

No, because this will only be for a few days she will not be allocated a named carer. It is a H & S thing "no home made food"

pelirocco wrote: »

She probably wont want to / be able to eat much anyway , especially in one go , smaller meals with snacks might be the way to go . My mil had dementia and the tailing off of the appetite is normal . Do meals on wheels still exist?

She can and does eat quite large portions with encouragement, but will not "snack" when she is on her own.

skiTTish wrote: »

Will she go to daycare?
Ring your social worker ,she should be helping you find what you need ,thats their job

Mum was assessed/diagnosed in a Day Care Centre and hated every minute, she does not want to go back. She ia awaiting a SS assessment so no SW as yet.

Farway

My mum [with dementia] was in similar situation, refused to eat meals on wheels or go to a day centre

Rules were chilled or frozen microwaveable only, they would open a tin of say fruit or beans, and left a sandwich for her supper

It seems to be postcode lottery again as to what is provided, or not

Thus for last few years of her life she was reduced to eating whatever Somerfield sold [lived in rural Witshire, so very limited store choice due to time & distance carer had to travel to nearest small town]

morag1202

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/InYourHome/SupportAtHome/DG_4000682

Chell wrote: »

My Nan had them till she died in Dec. The only problem is whether they come at the same time as the carer. My Nan would often be asleep when they knocked the door or wouldn't bother to open/eat them as they were in a tray rather than on a plate.

Many thanks for this link and to all who mentioned meals on wheels. This may well be the way we have to go in the future but at the moment I'm looking for a quick fix for when I'm away rather than a permenant solution.

Cook looks good but they don't seem to do "all in one" meals. I will certainly check out M & S.

Anyone ever used Wiltshire Farm Foods?

Farway

morag1202 wrote: »

Anyone ever used Wiltshire Farm Foods?

No, but they were recommended by mum's local authority, possibly because of Wiltshire connection?

The only reason we never used them was mum also refused to have a larger freezer [which we would have provided]