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Our festive fayre

This recipe guide features all the dishes from our suggested menu.

Our Chefs Zoe and Danny have highlighted some great products to use this season to save you time in the kitchen. Plus Take part in Stir Up Sunday Create a Festive Picnic

Apple & Parsnip Soup

Time saving frozen stew pack, parsnips and apples are used to make this delicious autumnal soup

To add fortification, taste and texture top with , seeds and croutons See our recipe on the next page….

The main event

Turkeys became 'fashionable' to eat for in the UK in the 1840s and 1850s. In 'A ' by , which was published in 1843, the Cratchit family first had a goose, but at the end of the book gives them a turkey, because it was bigger. And in 1851 Queen Victoria first had a Turkey at Christmas (along with the more traditional Goose and Beef). In the 1861 book "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management", turkey was praised the as Christmas meal for the growing 'middle classes' and the book even included instructions on how to carve them 'correctly’!

Always looked forward to across care homes, the traditional lunch served with an array of vegetables, potatoes and . Here’s some recipes to try…

If you want to use a slightly cheaper option, go for code:130395 our Oak Tree Farm striploin See next page to serve with roasted Hake We have used Hake but you can use other fish varieties Accompaniments

Add flavour to tempt the taste buds this season, don’t just go for a brussels sprout!, jazz up your veg to add colour, texture and taste.

Adding extra products can increase the senses, especially smell, this can encourage residents at mealtimes.

Dessert Time..

Christmas is a type of pudding traditionally served as part of the in the UK, Ireland and in other countries where it has been brought by British and Irish immigrants. It has its origins in medieval , and is sometimes known as plum pudding or just "pud”

Other popular desserts are;

Sherry And a Cheeseboard for those who have room after dessert! Stir up Sunday - activity

Traditionally, families gather together in the kitchen of their homes to mix and steam Christmas pudding on Stir-up Sunday. Parents teach their children how to mix ingredients for the pudding and to place a sixpence (now 5p) into the pudding for luck.

Finding a Christmas coin in your slice of pudding is believed to bring good luck and especially wealth in the coming year. This lovely tradition may date back as early as the 1300s when a dried pea or sometimes a small silver ring or crown was baked into a Cake.

Use our recipe and do your own Stir up Sunday with residents, it’s a great way to learn how they may have done this with their families, the stories and great memories.

Don’t forget to stir clockwise!

If family are visiting residents why not make them their own Festive picnic, delivered to their rooms.

Some ideal products listed above

(ABOVE IDEA ONLY APPLICABLE IF ALLOWED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS) If family are visiting residents why not make them their own afternoon tea, delivered to their rooms.

Some ideal products listed above

(ABOVE IDEA ONLY APPLICABLE IF ALLOWED DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS) Hand held snacks..

Do some of your residents require hand held snacks due to dementia? Some ideas from our chefs below

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