Inlaws need food - ideas needed

orangesmartie

How about thick veg soup and rolls
Meatloaf and potatoes

picklepick

To get oily fish in your father in laws diet, does he like sardines or pilchards? Out the tin? My gramps has them on a sandwich or with mash and peas. Then of course they don't need to be prepared in advance.
Does he like fresh Salmon?

jolfc

chicken and veg broth, made from boiling carcus of chicken when you have used the meat for other meals. it is very cheap to make and a bowl with a crusty roll is nice and filling, good to warm you up in this weather too, . it freezes really well. when my mum was very ill with her cancer she would only eat this. full of goodness.

Gettingtherequickly

Would lasagne not be considered plain?

morganlefay

I make a really good stew from pork cheek (Morrisons have them, they're very cheap and yummy) and it is delicious if cooked long and slow - bet they'd like that. And you didn't mention puds but when my Mum had dementia she got an extremely sweet tooth and all those steamed puds (which microwave well) were very popular especially if drenched with lots and lots of lovely custard, or ice cream, or cream. I always thought she should be happy and not weight or health conscious !

lostinrates

redlady_1 wrote: »

I also need to incorporate fish into the menus for Pa (brain food) but apart from fish pie I am a bit stuck. It is hard when you take out the spices :-)

fish in light sauces....parsley sauce for exaple, is siple, with new potatoes or mash and some veg.

would they eat kedgeree for oily fish? or perhaps you could suggest kipper breakfasts?

Marmite27

braised steak with onion gravy, just mash and veg needed.

Rosetta92

The Hairy Bikers Meals on Wheels series included some good recipes that all the older people receiving meals seemed to like. I've tried to add a link below - its on the BBC site if my cut n paste didn't work.

You should also see if they could receive meals on wheels. By the sounds of it your inlaws care needs will increase, and your role as their carer will expand so getting this in place will free your energy to do other things for them (while still doing some cooking too). It would also give you peace of mind to know that someone else was popping in when you can't, especially if you had a family emergency elsewhere - or even needed a holiday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/b013y0nz

In terms of menu I would also try pasta bolognese (perhaps with pasta other than spaghetti if feeding himself is getting more difficult for your FIL). When I did it for family I just called it "tomato mince" so that they didn't think it was foreign - went down well.

Good luck - you're doing great being prepared to help - so many people don't have family support.

Aarons_mummy

How about Spaghetti Carbonara, that's pretty plain. Pasta with various veg and sauces added (plain and then you could add herbs and spices at the last minute for your own meal). Sausage and mash with veg, fishcakes, chicken in a cheese sauce with cauliflower cheese, gammon, potatoes and peas, casseroles would be ok without any herbs or spices no? So just veg and meat with gravy. Cheesy mash with chicken to mix it up a bit. As above soups and bread seem to go down well with anyone I've ever cooked for.

I find cooking for my mum hard enough, without having to make things to certain requirements! Hopefully you've got a few more idea's .

Northern_Princess

I do all the cooking for my MIL (mainly to help her cut down on food costs). Here's what I normally cook for her freezer and put it in one portion containers......

Shepherds pie
Mince with veg
Individual mince pies
Stew with veg
Lentil soup
Potato and leek soup
Chicken soup
Individual savoury pies (made with potato, onion and corned beef filling)
Sliced roast beef (it's quick to make some gravy if they want it)
Sliced roast pork (same again with the gravy)
Chicken stew
Tomato and basil pasta sauce (so she just needs to boil the pasta)
Sausage casserole
Fishcakes
Goulash

I normally send OH over a few times a week as well with fresh meals. The last few weeks they have been:

Quiche with salad
Moussaka
Roast chicken dinner
Chicken fajitas (made with plain chicken)
Stovies
Steak pie
Chicken stuffed with haggis
Veg lasagne

The fresh meals I plate up for her so she just needs to reheat them, the rest she takes out the freezer in the morning (after a text to remind her as she's quite forgetful).

NP x