by hungerintervention | Nov 27, 2015 | Blog, Senior Community Meals, Volunteers
What would you do if you find out that you have to throw away all your turkey just a few hours before a big Thanksgiving meal that you were going to serve to more than 100 guests? That was a scary moment, but what happened next was even more amazing. But I’m...
by hungerintervention | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog, Cooking Demonstrations, Healthy Recipes
It’s that time of year and we’re up to eyebrows in winter squashes: acorn, butternut, kabocha, spaghetti, pumpkin…oh my! You’ve tried roasted squash, squash salad, and even squash soup… and perhaps you’re not the biggest squash fan....
by hungerintervention | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog, Healthy Recipes, Senior Community Meals
The versatility of day-old bread is its saving grace. It’s not uncommon to see our food processor whirling bread into crumbs to later go in meatballs. Just as often we will cut it up into little cubes and bake into croutons. Another creative use of the bread...
by hungerintervention | Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, Healthy Recipes, Senior Community Meals
Although fish can often be a difficult recipe to impress a crowd, herbed white fish casserole always goes over very well with our Senior Meals guests and has become a regular part of the menu. The recipe was fished out of an old cook book and adapted for us by one of...
by hungerintervention | Oct 22, 2015 | Afterschool Meals, Blog, Healthy Recipes, Senior Community Meals
Who doesn’t love a great banana bread recipe? We sure do! The great part about banana bread is that you want the bananas to be past their prime ripeness, when most people would want to throw them out. Luckily for HIP, when we get a large quantity of bananas we can...
by hungerintervention | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Summer Eats
School is back in session but, if you can, try to reflect back all the way to the beginning of the summer. In early June we start to fill up our fridges, freezers, and pantries in preparation for summer meals. We expand from one weekly prep shift to four weekly prep...