Last week we celebrated Nutrition and Hydration Week (13-19 March) with our Hengist Field Care Home residents, with some very tasty activities!
Mocktail Monday (13 March)
On Monday we made ‘Monday Mocktails’:
Shamrock Shake – vanilla ice cream, mint essence, milk and green food colouring.
Shirley Temple – grenadine and ginger beer.
Ginger Punch – orange juice, apple juice, ginger and lemonade.
What a fantastic afternoon, everyone loved tasting the different mocktails – and seemed to get the giggles, even though they had no alcohol in them! We think everyone was drunk on love and laughter!
Our winning mocktail was definitely the Shamrock Shake, followed by the Shirley Temple and in third place the Ginger Punch. So much fun!
Tasty Tuesday (14 March)
Tasty Tuesday involved ‘all things aromatic, herby and spicy‘, so we did some tea tasting together.
We had a lovely selection of teas for everyone to try; Chai, Green Tea, Zingy Lemon and Ginger, Assam, Spiced Ginger, Camomile, Rose, Rosehip and Hibiscus and more. Everyone commented on the aroma of the teas, the spiciness of the ginger and all the different flavours.
It was a brilliant afternoon with plenty of group conversation, discussions about the teas and always plenty of fun and banter. Is it fruity or spicy for you?
Afternoon Tea (15 March)
On day three of our Nutrition and Hydration Week, we hosted a high end Afternoon Tea. Our residents enjoyed making a selection of sandwiches, which were served with scones and cupcakes, which they loved eating in the afternoon together.
Our Recreation and Well-Being team wore frilly aprons and Victorian mop caps to serve everyone, which our lovely ladies and gentleman loved!
It was a wonderful day and everyone said they’d had a brilliant time.
Thirsty Thursday (16 March)
For ‘Thirsty Thursday’, we made some ice lollies including lemonade lollies, Pimm’s and lemonade treats, yoghurt and fruit, strawberry lollies and flavoured juice lollies.
It was great fun choosing the flavours and colours, while we reminisced about favourite holiday destinations, favourite ice-creams (Cornish, Mr Whippy), lollies (oyster shell, fruit splits, cider lollies) and of course the good old ice-cream man in his van.
We made our lollies in the morning, put them in the freezer and then tasted them in the afternoon. A nice lot to pick from on Thirsty Thursday!
Fruity Friday (17 March)
We made and tasted different flavoured smoothies on ‘Fruity Friday‘. Our lovely residents chose from a selection of ingredients to make their smoothies – ice-cream, cream, different fruits and sauces, which went down a treat.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed making their own recipe smoothie and sharing them with everyone to see what they thought. From cutting up their fruit, to adding as much ice-cream and cream as they liked, it was brilliant fun!
Our creative Chefs also made a watermelon swan, a melon frog and some little crabs made out of oranges – they looked and tasted fabulous!
Sundae Saturday (18 March)
Our last day of Nutrition and Hydration Week was ‘Sundae Saturday’ when everyone made their own Knickerbocker Glory ice-cream sundae. What fun we had with all the different flavoured ice-creams, whipped cream, sauces, sprinkles, fruit and wafers!
Everyone had a ball making their own delicious sundae – and they didn’t take long to disappear either!
We’ve had such a great time celebrating Nutrition and Hydration Nutrition week with our different themed days. And what a great one to finish on – Sundae Saturday, yum yum yum!
