As the weather gets warmer and the spring in upon us, Smith Village has worked to implement flavored water stations, and juice stations in all levels of care. Each morning, flavored water or juice is brought to the main lobby in each level of care, where residents, employees, and guests are welcome to enjoy a refreshing beverage throughout the day. In addition to the beverage station, Smith Village has implemented a snack cart that travels throughout the skilled care and assisted living areas at 2:00pm and 7:00pm daily. Residents are invited to enjoy a snack of their choice from fresh fruit, to homemade cookies, deli sandwiches, cottage cheese and fruit, yogurt, chips, and a variety of other selections. The snack cart has been designed to offer a variety of options to accommodate to all residents including those on any specialized diet that the community offers. As part of our hospitality focus, we have worked to also add beverages and snacks of their choice based on resident requests daily. The servers have a great time going around with the snack cart and talking to the residents daily.
Lemon/cucumber
Mix in a pitcher: 10 cups of water + 1 cucumber and a lemon, thinly sliced + 1/4 cup fresh finely chopped basil leaf + 1/3 of finely chopped fresh mint leaves. Leave in the refrigerator overnight before serving.
Strawberry/Lime or Raspberry/Lime
Mix in a pitcher : 10 cups of water + 6 strawberries / 0r Raspberries and one thinly sliced lime + 12 finely chopped fresh mint leaves. Leave in the refrigerator overnight before serving.
Fennel/citrus
First: infuse 1 to 3 grams of dried and crushed fennel in 150 ml of boiling water for 5-10 minutes. Allow to cool.
Mix in a pitcher: 10 cups of water + lemon juice (put the leftover lemon in the mix) + a small thinly sliced orange + 12 fresh chopped mint leaves + the infusion of fennel seeds. Leave in refrigerator overnight before serving.
Blackberry/Sage
Note that a part from the berries, sage leafs is the herb that has the highest antioxidant content.
Mix in a pitcher : 10 cups of water + 1 cup of blackberries that have been very slightly crushed + 3-4 sage leaves. Leave in refrigerator overnight before serving.
Watermelon/Rosemary
Mix in a pitcher : 10 cups of water + 1 cup of watermelon cut into cubes + 2 rosemary stems. Leave in refrigerator overnight before serving.
Pineapple/Mint
Mix in a pitcher : 10 cups of water + 1 cup of pineapple cut into cubes + 12 fresh mint leaves finely chopped. Leave in the refrigerator overnight before serving.