On going saga - food for fussy OAP

[Deathwatchbeetle]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. (Sorry cannot find my original post) Went to Marks & Spencers - filled the freezer up with food for one and kiddie meals. Felt really chuffed with myself.

She took a mouth-full of lamb casserole and decided to tell me then and there that it made her sick. She did not fancy meat or fish anymore! As a vegetarian I should rejoice but she won't want what I eat either!

For the moment she is on either onion or tomato soup twice a day. Not really happy with that as the only veg she is getting is what it is the soup. Mind you she has never enjoyed chewing food (does not wear dentures so it is not that).

When I think of the times I was forced to eat something I did not like I could scream! Still at least I could whinge to my brother who has a similar problem with my young neice. I did ask if he would consider a swap but that would mean him wiping mum's bum so I guess not!

I can now really sympathise with all you mums trying to coax your kids to eat something, anything!

By she I mean my mum-the OAP in question!

Can you make some soups from scratch to get some more goodness into it? Country soup mix with pearl barley etc has protein in.

What about purred veg as a sandwich filler?

Am I on the right track?

Tbh Do it- I think she prefers tins to home made.

When she had meaty soups I did get her some of those extra filling ones but she only had a mouthfull of those. I did manage to sneak in more veg to some of the soups though.

She would not like pearl barley in a soup.

I might just give her some raw veg to snack on when watching tv. Much better than the sweet biscuits she tries to get me to give in to and feed her. Until recently she liked cheese and savoury biscuits but as she has had high cholesterol in the past that is not something to have on a regular basis. I cannot give her any cold meat at the moment as she is off that and she hates eggs and baked beans - in fact any pulses. Fish is out, too.

I may have to drag her out in her wheelchair so that she can see what choices there are for herself.

Perhaps when she has finished her course of antibiotics for her bladder infection she will feel a little more like eating.

Quinoa?

Would she have a jacket potato, maybe with a bit of vegetable chilli over the top? Does she have bread with her soup? Could you get her a really healthy brown, granary type bread?

Would she eat porridge? A vegetarian sausage casserole?

Good luck finding something DeathWatch, I wouldn't worry too much about cutting out the cheese if that's the only fat/ dairy she's having.

Only eats half a roll with her half a soup in evening. Would hate meat or veg chilli. Would not try quinoa. We do sometimes have cheese stuffed jacket potatoes for Sunday tea. I am making cauliflower cheese tomorrow which is something she has eaten in the past. She did have cheese and biccies for 'dinner' tonight. She had a tomato, basil and creme fraiche soup (half a can) for lunch. Told my aunt who heated it that it was beef and vegetable soup (she is fighting off a bladder infection hence the lunacy), even though I showed her the empty can and got her to smell the soup left in the mug for tomorrow. Definately tomato!!!

If she's ill she probably doesn't want to eat much - have you tried proper 'invalid' food? Grapes,beans/cheese on toast or with jacket potato, white toast, boiled egg etc just very bland stuff?

Not the healthiest perhaps but for now perhaps just give her anything she will eat and hope her appetite comes back a bit as her antibiotics start to work. Probably getting calories into her is more important than cholesterol in the short term.

When working with sick/elderly patients (am a nurse) I've found normal portion sizes can be off putting, have you tried offering very small amounts?

Apologies I didn't see your other thread so sorry I f suggestions aren't what you are after. Good luck!