3 Quick and Easy Stay-At-Home Meals for Seniors

When preparing someone a meal, it is important to be mindful of their diet and nutritional needs and limitations; this is especially true for someone with allergies and senior citizens, in particular. Therefore, it is incredibly important to know quick and easy meals that you or your senior loved one can prepare at home to ensure that they get the proper nutrition that they need. Here are three quick and easy stay-at-home meals for seniors.

Breakfast: Egg Muffins

As the most important meal of the day, breakfast is a great opportunity for you to get your senior’s day off to a good start with protein from eggs and vitamins from vegetables. That’s what makes these breakfast egg muffins great.

For this recipe, you will need 12 large eggs, ¼ cup of milk, 1 cup of spinach, ¾ cup of diced tomato, and ¾ cup of diced onion. After gathering the ingredients, all you have to do is follow these simple steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Grease or line a muffin pan.
3. Whisk together the eggs, milk, and any seasonings you may want to add in a large bowl.
4. Add in the vegetables and stir it all together.
5. Fill the muffin tin with the mixture.
6. Cook the muffins for 20 minutes.

These breakfast muffins can also be frozen and heated up in the microwave at a later date.

Lunch: Chicken Spinach Flatbread

If the senior in your life loves pizza, this flatbread is a great and healthy alternative.

For this recipe, which is perfect for lunch, you will need to gather together 1 flatbread, 1 grilled chicken breast chopped into small pieces, ¼ cup of sautéed and diced red pepper, ¼ cup of sautéed and diced mushrooms, ¼ cup of diced tomato, 1 cup of spinach, and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese. Then, follow these steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Top your flatbread with your chicken and your vegetables.
3. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top of all of your toppings.
4. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.

Everyone, including your special senior, is sure to enjoy these wonderfully fresh flatbread flavors.

Dinner: Vegetarian Spaghetti

This tasty, vegetarian meal is incredibly convenient to make because it only requires one pot.

For this recipe, you will need olive oil, ½ cup of diced yellow onion, 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, 8 oz. of diced mushrooms, 2 cups of your favorite vegetable broth, 1 can of diced tomatoes, 10 oz. of spaghetti, 3 cups of spinach, and ¼ cup of parmesan.

Once you have your ingredients, follow these steps:

1. Set your heat to medium.
2. Heat up your olive oil in your pot.
3. Sauté your onions and mushrooms until tender.
4. Increase your heat to high.
5. Add your tomatoes and broth, bringing it to a boil.
6. Add your spaghetti.
7. Once the spaghetti has wilted to fit into the pot, cover it and reduce the heat to medium for about 5 minutes.
8. Add your spinach and cook it until it has wilted.
9. Serve your spaghetti with parmesan as desired.

Not only is this meal easy to make, but it is perfect for dinnertime.

Healthy Meals for Seniors at Encore at Avalon Park

At Encore at Avalon Park, we are dedicated to creating meals for seniors that are healthy and suit their individual dietary needs. In addition to great meals, our seniors also enjoy our wonderful recreational and social activities and comfortable accommodations that feel just like home. If you’re looking for assistance caring for the senior in your life, Encore at Avalon Park is your perfect choice. Contact us today at 407-270-7500 to schedule a virtual tour to find out why we’re Central Florida’s premier senior living solution.