The multi-disciplinary team (MDT) at Cygnet Hospital Taunton joined forces with the hospital’s wonderful kitchen team, to create a new menu that meets nutritional guidelines, and encourages healthy eating.
This menu was launched with a tasting afternoon, which service users, carers, families and staff were invited to, in order to give their much valued feedback.
A few new items were trialled, and to say it was a success is an understatement. A voting system was using green thumbs up and red thumbs down tokens. All the dishes that were trialled were given the thumbs up and were selected by service users, including:
Side salads:
- Rice Salad
- Beetroot salad
- Potato salad (a firm favourite based on Dagmara’s secret recipe)
Main meals:
- Quesadilla’s (Chorizo and peppers; leek, sweet potato and feta)
- Quiches (Roasted vegetable; Lorraine; 4 cheese; salmon, asparagus and watercress)
- Paellas (Mixed Seafood; vegetarian)
A massive thank you to Dagmara, Josh and Hannah for all their hard work in the kitchen on the day of the tasting, and to chefs, Dean and Andy, for their guidance.