[For Seniors] Easy and Delicious! Snack Activity Roundup
Eating—meals and snacks alike—is one of life’s pleasures for older adults as well.
Snack-making activities are very popular and are offered at many senior care facilities.
However, for staff, choosing ingredients and coming up with recipes suited to older adults—such as how to prepare them—can be challenging.
In this article, we introduce easy-to-make snack ideas for seniors.
We’ve gathered many recipes that can be made together around a table or prepared easily using a microwave.
You can make delicious snacks without using hard-to-chew or hard-to-swallow ingredients.
Please give them a try with everyone together!
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[For Seniors] Easy and Delicious! Snack Activity Collection (51–60)
Watermelon sherbet
Watermelon sherbet is perfect for hot summer days and is highly recommended as a snack activity in senior care facilities! The ingredients are watermelon, sugar, lemon juice, and chocolate chips.
Use a spoon to scoop the watermelon into bite-sized pieces and remove the seeds.
Put the watermelon, lemon juice, and sugar into a zip-top bag and knead it by hand.
When freezing, the key is to lay the bag flat on a tray! Spreading it thin helps it freeze faster and makes it easy to crumble by hand.
Once it’s fully chilled and set, break it up by hand and serve in bowls.
Finish by decorating with chocolate chips to look like seeds, and it’s ready! It’s very easy to make, and there’s no washing up to do, which is a nice bonus.
Give it a try!
fruit punch
This vividly colorful fruit punch is a playful idea that lets you feel like a kid again.
Just looking at this soothing treat is delightful, and seniors are sure to enjoy it too! Put warabi mochi and shaved ice syrup in a bowl and let it sit for about 30 minutes.
In another bowl, combine shiratama flour with water to make shiratama dumplings—the ideal texture is as soft as an earlobe.
Roll into small balls, boil them in water, then transfer to cold water.
Mix fruit, colored warabi mochi, and shiratama with fruity syrup and soda, then plate it up.
A fizzy, fun fruit punch is ready!
Peach compote jelly
Let’s make a refreshing-looking Peach Compote Jelly using peaches that are in season in July! Keeping the skin on, use a knife to score the peach as if you were halving it.
There’s a large pit in the center, so when your knife hits the pit, rotate the peach all the way around while keeping the blade against it.
This will let you remove the pit cleanly and easily.
Simmer the peach, skin on, for about 6 minutes, then remove the skin when you take it out of the pot.
Add gelatin to the remaining poaching liquid, chill in the refrigerator until set, and it’s ready.
This cute pink peach compote jelly is a treat that will help you enjoy and beat the summer heat!
White peach sorbet
How about a July-perfect dessert: White Peach Sorbet? Peaches are in season in July, so you can enjoy the taste of the season as you make it! This time, we’re sharing a recipe using products from Ryo-Shoku Service Co., Ltd.
Put Motto Motto Calcium Peach in a bowl, add sugar, white peach, and lemon juice, and mix well.
Then add Neo Haitromiel Slim, stir thoroughly for at least one minute, transfer to a freezer bag, and freeze.
Once frozen, knead the bag by hand to turn it into a sorbet texture.
Serve in a dish and it’s ready.
This chilled, gently sweet white peach sorbet is an easy-to-eat treat even in the summer.
For Seniors: Easy and Delicious! Snack Activity Roundup (61–70)
Super easy! Refreshing peach mousse
How about a super-easy peach mousse that you just mix and chill? This menu features peaches at their peak in July, making it perfect for a fun homemade treat—and the sweet aroma of peaches is sure to soothe your soul.
Score the peach all the way around with a knife and twist to split it into two; the pit will come out cleanly as you rotate.
Cut into eight wedges, peel, and dice into bite-size pieces.
To prevent browning, drizzle with lemon juice.
Dissolve gelatin in hot water.
Blend the peaches with egg yolks, milk, and sugar in a blender.
In a separate bowl, whip heavy cream with sugar until it forms stiff peaks, then add the blended mixture and the gelatin.
Mix thoroughly, pour into molds, and refrigerate until set.
Done!
watermelon jelly
When you think of summer fruits for hot days, many people think of watermelon.
Let’s try making a jelly using watermelon! It looks just like the real thing, so older adults are sure to love it too.
Make the rind jelly with agar, granulated sugar, water, and melon-flavored shaved ice syrup.
Use a chocolate pen to draw seed patterns inside a container, pour in the jelly, and refrigerate.
Next, make the white part of the rind the same way, pour it into the container, and let it set.
Finally, blend watermelon into a juice and combine it with agar and granulated sugar to make the watermelon jelly.
Pour it into the mold, chill until set, and it’s done.
Nori Salt Fried Sticks
Did you know that abura-age, a familiar staple at the dinner table, is surprisingly rich in calcium? Here’s a quick snack using abura-age: Nori-Salt Abura-age Sticks.
They’re super easy to make—julienne the abura-age and microwave it to dry, then put the dried abura-age, aonori (green laver), and salt into a plastic bag and shake it up.
That’s it! The texture is light, like a snack chip, and you might find it hard to stop eating.
They’re a lot like potato chips, but much healthier, which is a nice bonus.
