Menus for 82 yr old convalesent dad

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My dad has heart failure, been in hospital 2x since xmas and has his appetite back , and eating. I just need some new ideas/recipes to temp him further.

Thankyou !

You could go with a special diet given his condition but personally, given his age, I'd just give him whatever he fancied eating! For my dad, we used to add flavour with herbs/spices/black pepper rather than salt. Use strongly flavoured cheese so that you need less of it. Pasta can be good. Steam or microwave veg as it makes them more appealling. If he wants a treat such as a bar of chocolate, I'd buy some fun size bars as often, a small quantity is enough. If he's been used to a lot of salt, don't just drop salt completely but tail it off and he won't even notice! Good luck!

thankyou DrSeuss !

Oh, and if he likes bread, buy a breadmaker. Packaged bread is loaded with salt. Again, just tail the salt off.

He does like salt (Like me) but at 82 i am not sure he really cares. . .
Lovely idea, the bread maker, but i have been buying them so many bit and bobs recently that i may leave out the bread maker.

Fresh soup with home made bread and unsalted butter would be yummy.

I'd say small meals rather than overfacing him with something big. Just small portions of what he usually likes (and is still "allowed") with plenty of fresh fruit and veg.

Also consider if he has "teeth" issues - my Dad (90 when he passed away) had major difficulties with his dentures (NHS ones never got a decent fit) so his diet changed subtly - soft bread and rolls instead of great crusty slices for instance!