Having Fun with Senior Care in Greenville, SC Trying New Recipes

Pasta is a good choice for seniors because it’s easy to cook, easy to eat and is a good carrier for healthy vegetable sauces. National linguine day is a time to try a new recipe, using linguine and a sauce you haven’t tried before. Your elderly loved one can help you choose which recipe you want to try. This article will start off by introducing you to a red sauce containing clams.

Linguine with Red Sauce

• ¼ cup olive oil
• 4 large cloves garlic, chopped
• 2/3 cup dry white wine
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• Pinch dried red pepper flakes
• 3 cups canned crushed tomatoes in thick puree
• 1 cup bottled clam juice
• 1 ¼ teaspoon salt if needed
• ¾ pound chopped clams, drained (about 1 ½ cups)
• 1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
• ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• ¾ pound linguine

1. In a large fry pan, heat oil over low/med heat. Add garlic and cook stirring for 1 minute. Add wine, thyme, and red pepper flakes. Bring to simmer. Cook until reduced to about 1/3 cup, about 5 minutes.
2. Add tomatoes, clam juice and salt. Raise heat and bring to a simmer. Cook stirring occasionally about 10 minutes. Add clams and return to simmer. Cook 1 minute. Stir in parsley and black pepper. Taste for salt.
3. Meanwhile in large pot of boiling salted water, cook linguine according to package directions. Drain pasta and toss with the sauce.

Serving a soup to your elderly loved one is like a comfort food. When they aren’t very hungry but need a little sustenance, a nice bowl of homemade soup might just hit the spot. Try adding lentils for a little extra protein.

Linguine and Lentil Soup

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 1 cup lentils
• 2 ½ quarts water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 bay leaf
• Pinch red pepper flakes
• ¼ pound linguine, broken into 1 ½ inch pieces
• ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese

1. In large pot, heat oil over moderate heat. Add onion, garlic and carrots and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften, about 10 minutes.
2. Add lentils, water, salt, bay leaf and red pepper flakes to pot. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer partially covered for 15 minutes. Add linguine and simmer stirring occasionally until lentils are tender and pasta is done approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Stir the black pepper and parsley into the soup. Top each serving with some of the grated Parmesan.

When your elderly loved one has a difficult time cooking for themselves or any of the other daily tasks like bathing and dressing, remember senior care services is there for you. You can’t always leave your family or job to take care of your parent, but there well-being is very important to you. Just call senior home services; help is only a phone call away.

If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring senior care services in Greenville SC, contact Heart of the Carolinas Home Care at 864-991-3116.

Providing Home Care Services in Greenville, Simpsonville, Greer, Anderson, Spartanburg, Mauldin, Seneca, Laurens,Charleston, Columbia and the surrounding areas.

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Edward Harrison founded the Heart of the Carolinas Homecare in 2007 when he saw there was a need for caregivers that provide non-medical home care services, at a price that most people could afford. It was standard in the industry to require hourly minimums and it was common to be assigned a caregiver, not matched with one based on your individual personal needs. Edward understood that to make a successful relationship between caregiver and client, skills were not enough, personality and compatibility plays as much a role as do skills.

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