ideas for pureed food for an adult please

lessonlearned

Hi there.

You have all come up with some fantastic ideas for me. Thank you so much.

The beauty of a lot of them is that I will be able to batch cook them and divide them into portions and freeze them for when I'm really busy. I'll be able to built up a nice little selection of nutritious and tasty meal options.

Re - his favourites. He is very adventurous with food and always loved trying new dishes whenever we went abroad. I used to joke that he would eat his way around a city or resort…….

So anything with a bit of a kick to it or anything slightly "different". And of course, he also has a sweet tooth.

He used to work away from home a lot, living in hotels and eating lots of fancy food. He used to get to the stage where he craved something simple so when he came home after a business trip I would cook him his all time favourite - egg and chips!!!!

Don't think that would puree very well.:rotfl:

rach_k

I second the idea of daal. I do a really easy one in the slow cooker: 2 cups of red lentils, 3-4 minced garlic cloves, 1-2 tablespoons minced ginger, 10oz frozen spinach, 4 cups veg stock, 1 tablespoon mixed spice, 1 teaspoon each of ground cumin, ground coriander, mustard seeds, plus chilli flakes and cinnamon to taste. Just mix it all together and cook on high for 6+ hours, adding more water if it dries out too much. It pretty much purees itself but you could blend it up a bit more with no probs.

Saag might be another good option. It's basically curried spinach or similar green stuff. You can make it with potatoes (saag aloo), paneer (saag paneer), lamb (saag gosht). I think I'd cook it all, then take out the potato/cheese/meat and puree those bits separately to the green stuff, then kind of dot them back in to give a bit of variety in flavour within the dish.

Fen1

Have you spoken to the other residents about the quality of the food? Uniting the residents and their families about such an important issue might bring about some changes.

Invite the board of directors to eat with your husband. Give them the same gloop. I bet you 10 to 1 that they will be 'too busy' !!!

Ryuu

I would focus on getting more puree from 1-3 ingredients only. Lets say you make a roast, so you puree meat+gravy and potatoes+carrots (for example) independently. This way he will probably enjoy it more... (at least to my brief experience with puree food).

I really disliked the whole meal pureed together, but once it was as basic ingredients and I took a spoon of this, then spoon of that, it was bearable... :-)

lessonlearned

Ryuu wrote: »

I really disliked the whole meal pureed together, but once it was as basic ingredients and I took a spoon of this, then spoon of that, it was bearable... :-)

This is my OH's pet hate too, so I always ensure that the components of a meal are pureed separately. He cannot bear it when the carers then mush it all together. Frankly it looks disgusting so yes I can understand that it would be very off-putting.

I nag at them constantly to keep the items on his plate separated. I don't know why they think that a mound of lukewarm mush could in any way be deemed appetising.

lessonlearned

Fen1 wrote: »

Have you spoken to the other residents about the quality of the food? Uniting the residents and their families about such an important issue might bring about some changes.

Invite the board of directors to eat with your husband. Give them the same gloop. I bet you 10 to 1 that they will be 'too busy' !!!

:rotfl::rotfl:

Cracking idea. I would love to see their faces - especially if they have a bored disinterested carer mush it all up together and just keep shovelling it in.

Twice this week my husband has been unable to eat their offerings because the food was served cold. You would think that the carers would have the nous to check that the food was at least hot enough. There would at least be a chance of it being reasonably edible if it was served at the right temperature.

Not rocket science is it. Nothing worse than cold hot food.

The food used to be really good, nourishing, appetising, well balanced meals, presented nicely and always a choice of two main courses. Technically it's still two choices - take it or leave it.

I don't know whether she is just a very poor cook or whether the owners have slashed the budget so much that she just cannot deliver.

I can appreciate that cooking for over 40 people with various dietary needs must be difficult but something has gone badly wrong of late.

I will definitely be raising this issue with the management. I will check out when the next family/resident's meeting is due first.

meg72

How sad that they cook cant be bothered to make the food interesting and tasty, bet she/he wouldn't like to be fed it. My dear Mum had this problem when I cared for her and her favourite was fish pie, I used to blend tinned mackerel in tomato sauce, mashed potato a tin of mushy peas with lots of pepper and a tin of carrots. All blended and served separately.


We used to laugh as it was the way I served baby food too, couldn't abide the all mushed up ready jars and babys get to taste the different foods.

Chris25

this tuna mousse is lovely & you can exchange a bit more mayo for more horseradish or just add spices. it freezes well too. http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/30055/creamy-tuna-mousse.aspx

pureed parsnip is gorgeous with added parmesan.

sparrer

A quick thank you, I found this thread after searching for soups as I've got a gastric virus and been advised not to eat solids for 5 days. Although the idea here in mainly for purees I've picked up some super ideas for soups I'd never have thought of - celery and apple for instance, really appeals. And I have lots of both so they won't go to waste!

Sorry to hijack your thread OP, sounds like your DH will shortly be having an amazing variety of meals

lessonlearned

sparrer wrote: »

A quick thank you, I found this thread after searching for soups as I've got a gastric virus and been advised not to eat solids for 5 days. Although the idea here in mainly for purees I've picked up some super ideas for soups I'd never have thought of - celery and apple for instance, really appeals. And I have lots of both so they won't go to waste!

Sorry to hijack your thread OP, sounds like your DH will shortly be having an amazing variety of meals

Not at all - sharing tips and ideas is what MSE is all about.

Hope you get better soon.

Today I cheated - I took him an ASDA curry - chicken tikka masala - one of his favourites. It is one of the range from SA Foods so as near authentic to a proper takeaway as you can get.

His face lit up……..