SAMPLE MENU

Each meal at Evergreen Park is prepared with the dietary needs of seniors in mind: low sodium, low sugar, low fat and low cholesterol. We also accommodate individual dietary needs as requested. We strive to have something from each of the four food groups at each meal. We also try to serve a wide variety of foods and to prepare them in a wide variety of ways in order to keep the meals interesting.

Tasty and nutritious meals are particularly important to seniors. The seniors that come to us looking a little thin will typically experience weight gain, beginning almost immediately. This is one of the most common comments that we hear from family members in the first week or two after moving to one of our homes.

Here are two samples of each meal that would be prepared in a typical day:

Breakfast:

Scrambled eggs, English muffin, bacon, fresh fruit, and a drink offering including tea, coffee, milk and juice. Or…

Pancakes with whip cream, turkey sausage, fresh fruit, and an assortment of breakfast drinks.

Lunch:

Vegetable soup or other “soup of the day,” grilled chicken, Cesar or a mixed salad, fresh baked bread or rolls, drink offering of milk, coffee, juice and coffee. Ice cream for dessert. Or…

Tuna and baby shrimp on a spinach salad, chicken soup or soup of the day, drink offerings and home made pie for dessert.

Afternoon snack at about 3:PM

Sliced apples with peanut butter along with plenty of water for each resident. Or…

Yogurt along with unsalted crackers and again, a full serving of water at this time

Dinner:

Grilled salmon, steamed broccoli and carrots, fresh corn bread, choice of drink and then a desert of ice cream and fresh baked pie. Or…

Roast beef, baked potatoes, steamed tomatoes, fresh bread rolls, choice of drink and then a dessert of ice cream and fresh baked cake.

8:30 PM Snack

A fruit along with fresh baked cookies, or…

Raw vegetables and fresh baked cookies