[For Seniors] Making Snacks in Nursing Homes: A Collection of Easy Recommended Recipes
Eating snacks makes you feel happy, doesn’t it?
So why not incorporate snack-making into recreation activities at day services and senior care facilities?
Because older adults have a wide range of physical and mental conditions, there may be times when using fire or knives isn’t possible.
In such cases, recipes that use a microwave or oven, or ones that just require mixing and setting, are recommended.
They’re easy and safe to try, so many people can enjoy them.
Have the seniors share the tasks little by little, with care staff watching over and supporting as needed.
And at the end, how about everyone chatting together and enjoying a lovely tea party?
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[For Seniors] Making Snacks at Nursing Homes: A Collection of Simple Recommended Recipes (21–30)
Stick Banana Pie
Stick Banana Pies that let you enjoy the gentle sweetness of bananas and the crisp texture of puff pastry.
They’re safe and easy to make in about 15 minutes, so they’re also recommended for seniors who enjoy making sweets.
Cut thick slices of banana, brush egg yolk onto puff pastry sheets that have been quartered, then line up the banana pieces.
Bake in the oven, and once the surface turns a nice golden brown, they’re ready.
You can finish with a dusting of powdered sugar if you like.
Enjoy them warm for extra toastiness, or let them cool to highlight the banana’s sweetness.
A dessert that adds color to spring snacks while satisfying both heart and appetite.
Jiggly milk yokan
Here’s how to make jiggly milk yokan, a dessert that looks and feels refreshing.
Prepare agar, sweet red bean paste (anko), water, sugar, skim milk, lukewarm water, and a tray or pan to mold it in.
In a bowl, combine the agar, sugar, skim milk, and lukewarm water and mix well.
Meanwhile, put the anko in a pot and dissolve it with water.
Pour the mixture you just combined into the pot with the anko, heat it, and stir carefully so it doesn’t come to a boil, then pour it into the tray.
Chill in the refrigerator until set, and it’s ready.
This jiggly milk yokan is also recommended when you don’t have much appetite—give it a try!
[For Seniors] Making Snacks in Nursing Homes: A Collection of Easy Recommended Recipes (31–40)
French toast
French toast is popular for breakfast, light meals, and snacks.
It’s also great for cooking activities because it uses simple, widely available ingredients—sliced bread, eggs, sugar, milk, and butter.
The method is easy: soak the bread in an egg-milk mixture and cook it in butter.
If you’re making it as a group activity, using an electric griddle is a safe option that lets you cook many pieces at once.
Originally, it was a recipe to rescue slightly old, stale bread—but it’s said that older bread actually absorbs the egg mixture better.
pudding
If it’s a mix-and-chill pudding, there’s no need to worry about failure! Put granulated sugar and water into a container and heat it in the microwave to make caramel.
Next, mix gelatin, eggs, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract into milk that has been heated in the microwave, then pour the mixture into the container with the caramel that you’ve already cooled.
After that, just chill it in the refrigerator until set, and it’s done.
If you measure and prepare all the ingredients in advance, you can enjoy making this snack smoothly.
If you make it in the morning, it’ll be ready just in time for a 3 p.m.
treat!
dorayaki
You might think, “Can you really make dorayaki by hand? And as a recreational activity?” But there’s actually a very easy way to do it.
Just make the pancake part with pancake mix, and use store-bought sweet red bean paste for the filling—these two tricks make it super simple.
If you cook the pancake skins on an electric griddle, you can make a lot at once, and they come out nice and even.
For the bean paste, choose your favorite—chunky (tsubu-an) or smooth (koshi-an)—and you could even try adding whipped cream!
Mixed Fruit Whipped Cream Bread
This is a mixed fruit and whipped cream bread that lets you enjoy seasonal fruits.
As the name suggests, it’s bread topped with mixed fruits and finished with whipped cream.
First, cut sliced bread into pieces in a bowl, then add your favorite fruits on top.
It’s nice to choose seasonal fruits and combine them with canned ones as well.
The more colorful it is, the better it will look.
It’s quite filling without being overly sweet, so it could even work for lunch.
Start by imagining which fruits you’d like to put on top.
wickedly cute cake
This is an adorably devilish cake that’s fun to make.
First, prepare the batter with pancake mix and pour it into a takoyaki maker mold.
Up to this point, it’s almost the same as making takoyaki.
Then just use whipped cream for the hair and Apollo chocolates for the horns, and you’re done.
You can make one-horned or two-horned versions, change the faces, and add your own personal touch—that’s part of the charm.
By the way, you can also use other sweets like Koeda sticks to recreate the horns.
Topping them with your favorite candies is a lovely idea too.