Temple Croft

 

Care Home

 

Temple Croft has an excellent and varied menu. All our food is home made on the premises by our team of experienced cooks. Our clients are encouraged to join the other residents for their meals, but they can enjoy a relaxed breakfast in bed, if this is what they want.

 

Breakfast usually comprises of a choice of fruit juices, cereals and/or porridge followed by toast, jams, marmalade, tea or coffee and fresh fruit.  Our clients can choose to have a hot breakfast also, if this is what they would prefer but most do not because they look forward to the main meal served at about mid-day.

 

The menu is written on the board in the main lounge daily at 9am. Clients will normally read this or ask staff to read it for them to be able to choose if they would enjoy the menu or would like something different. If the latter, the kitchen will be informed of the choices or changes the resident would like. The main meal is a three course lunch, we start with soup of the day, the main course is plentiful, delicious and nutritious.  Usually Fridays’ are fish and chips days and Sundays is the traditional roast with a complete menu of different roasts on different Sundays.  We also have a dessert or ice cream or a piece of fresh fruit is available also.  We are able to cater for special meals such as diabetic and low fat diets. We also appreciate that some residents have smaller appetites than others and staff come to know very quickly what our residents like and do not like.

 

Evening tea is about 5pm- 5.30. Teas have a variety of different menus due to the different appetites of the residents some enjoy a sandwich, or a salad others enjoy a hot tea again residents usually see the kitchen staff to have something different if they wish, a variety of sandwiches or a hot dish like potato bake, kippers, curry, savoury rice, egg on toast, cheese on toast, spaghetti, tomatoes, fish fingers, fish cakes, salad i.e. a very wide varied evening menu.  A sumptuous sweet trolley of cakes, jellies, trifles, plum bread, lemon cake, jam tarts the list is endless a different variety every night.

Supper is around 7:30 pm with a choice of drinks like ovaltine, horlicks, chocolate, tea, coffee, a cake or biscuits.  Most clients have their drinks before retiring to their room but again the choice of where to have their supper is left to them if they are in their room then their drink etc will be taken to the room.

 

In addition to the main meals, tea, coffee and biscuits are served throughout the day.   Our fully equipped kitchen is fitted with stainless steel units and all the latest equipment for maximum hygiene and comfort.

 

Birthdays are a special event at Temple Croft and it is rare that a client's birthday will go unnoticed or uncelebrated with a cake baked in the premises shared with all the other clients.