Worried all the nutritional concerns that come with older age will turn you cooking bland? Cooking for a senior who’s even pickier than a toddler? Want to make tasty food that meets all your senior nutritional needs?
Good nutrition can be a great medicine, keeping us strong and active throughout our senior years. But as certain medical conditions start to creep in with old age, it might be recommended that you cut out certain foods you used to rely on for flavor in most of your dishes.
But that doesn’t mean your new menu has to be bland or unappetizing! To make tasty food suitable for your nutritional needs, check-out our helpful guide to cooking for the senior palate:
- Replace bad fat, like saturated and trans fat, with the good, like monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats found in avocado and nuts.
- Substitute pureed potato or cauliflower for cream in recipes likes soups and pastas for a creamy texture minus fat and calories.
- Take a class to get out of your cooking comfort zone and find some good ideas for meals you never considered before.
- Include naturally sweet foods, depending on blood sugar needs, but avoid added sugars and sugar substitutes.
- Cook softer meals like soups, stews, and braised meats for satisfying, complete, easy-to-eat meals.
- Cut salt without losing flavor by adding fresh herbs, spices, onions, garlic, wine, or vinegars.
- Incorporate healthy snacks and smoothies to supplement diet and add a nutritional boost.
- Recreate comfort foods and other favorite dishes to entice anyone with a lack of appetite.
With these tips, you’ll practically be a gourmet chef! Or at least you’ll be pleasing anyone you cook for and keeping them healthy, too. If you have more questions about cooking for seniors or hospice care in Ann Arbor give us a call today. At Hillside Terrace, our family shares life with yours.
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