Improving Quality of Life through Food

Executive Chef -Rob Johnson – US Foods Oklahoma

March 12th 2013

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Agenda

Improving the Quality of Life

• Fun• Interactive• Prizes for participation• Maybe learn something• MORE prizes for participation…if you laugh at my jokes!• Take away an APPLE!• …………-Oh and more prizes…just sayin!

Food Trends

•How important is it to follow food Trends?

•Very

•Where do I find Food Trend information

•www.usfoods.com

•http://foodfanatics.usfoods.com/

•www.huffingtonpost.com

/2013/01/02/2013-food-trends_n_2398213.html

•www.foodandwine.com

•www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2013/01/25-food-trends-for-2013

Trends

•Why is Food Trends important to Q.o.L in my operation?

•Because Food is Social…..

Trends are Social?

•Where Are your residents seeing / learning about food trends?

•Television

•Magazines

•Newspaper

•Internet

Food Trends

“Hey Chef What Food Trends are HOT right now?”

•Top Food Trends

•Super Foods

•Winter Vegetables

•Special Diets

•Pickling

•Popcorn

Super Foods

•Top 12 “Super Foods”

- Salmon - Broccoli

- Beets - Kale

- Green Tea - Dark Chocolate

- Ancient Grains - Fresh Berries

- Brazil nuts - Spinach

- Red / Black beans - Sweet potato

• Foods with a “Super Booster”

Super Foods

•Ancient Grains• Quinoa- Red and black (gluten free)

• Wheat Berries- Red and black (not gluten free)

• Farro- (not gluten free)

• Teff- (gluten free)

• Spelt- (not gluten free)

• Millet- (gluten free)

• Gluten-free nut flours- Almond, corn,

sorghum flour

Popcorn

•How much does the average American eat in a year

•13 gallons

•Average Calorie per cup?

•30-40 plain cooked

•From ordinary to Extraordinary!!

•Kitchen spices, fresh herbs, as a topping on ice cream,

Kettle corn, drizzled with chocolate, dipped in honey

mustard???? Endless possibilities…

Fresh Berries

•Visually Beautiful or Nutritionally Powerful?

•Yes & Yes! – “ #1 Super Food “

Fresh Berries• Blueberries- Most easy to source – 38 states grow blueberries. Most common is the “Highbush”

• High in Manganese: helps convert protein, fats and carbs into energy. Heavy in antioxidants – 1cup =80cal

• Blackberries- Nicknamed “Black Caps” here in the south, similar to the raspberry, but has a “bramble” in the center. Most

common is the “Marrion”.

• Contains Salicylic Acid – which acts like aspirin to heal body aches and fever! – 1cup =56cal

• Raspberries – 60 varieties – most common is the “Boyne”

• Potassium, Vit. C, Iron, Antioxidants, foliate – 1cup =60cal

• Strawberries – 500 varieties world wide – Earliglow is #1

• Potassium, Vit. C, Iron, Antioxidants, foliate – 1cup =46cal

Fresh Berry Applications

•Fresh Berries Wonderful Dessert Ideas• Dark Chocolate pudding with Fresh Berries

• Replace whole milk with skim-milk,

• Berry Rice pudding

• Replace rice with quinoa- use with fresh strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries

• Mixed Berry Cheesecake

• Use wheat berry crust paired with mixed berries- use low-fat strawberry yogurt or Greek yogurt

• Dessert sushi

Millet or Quinoa cooked in almond milk for sweet flavor.

For filling, you can use ripe berries and Kiwi. Instead of using nori,

roll the finished product in toasted dried coconut flakes, cocoa

powder, chopped nuts, dark chocolate shavings, or sesame seeds

before cutting into slices.

Trends are great and all but…How many of you have this resident?

You see him and it makes you……

How familiar is this?

Under the dome you get…..

No wonder why he’s?

Not feeling his “Food is Social” is he?

What they envision…..

Happy Medium….

Gorgeous…but is it feasible?

Bet you could do this!!!

What seems to be the theme

•Visually appealing

•Colorful

•Fresh ingredients

•Presented nicely

•Nutrient dense

•Flavorful

• – It tastes good!

Food is Social

What about dysphasia residents ?

Which would you rather have?

So where do I start?

A.P.P.L.E.

So where do I start?

Attitude

So where do I start?

Passion

So where do I start?

Presentation

So where do I start?

Love

So where do I start?

Everyone

So where do I Finish

A.P.P.L.E.

Then Where?.....

•Enhancing Flavors with low cost

•Fresh Herbs

•Spices

•Fruit – relish, garnish, chutney

Food Applications

•Save your Vitamins

• Steaming: Using a steamer is a very effective method of cooking vegetables, as

long as you don't use too much water and cook them too long.  

• Alternative to steaming: Blanching

• Frying your vegetable kills most vitamins and minerals due to exposure of high

heat.

Food Applications

• Lighten up Carb Heavy dishes

•Zucchini ribbons, asparagus shavings, spaghetti squash, Jicama,

and carrot curls

•Eggplant slices can stand in for the noodle sheets

•Rice dishes: replace 1/3-1/2 of the rice with finely chopped

cauliflower or broccoli florets, mushrooms, or green or red pepper.

•Replace mashed potatoes with mashed cauliflower, or Parsnip

puree

What’s the pay off = W.I.I.F.M.

•Chain Reaction

•Improving the quality of food you serve, and how you serve it

•Much more content resident

•Makes your job easier –less stress

•Actually making a difference in their lives

Q.o.L. is Improved / Achieved

Always Available Menu

Always Available Menu

• Cycle menus

• Typically offer minimal choices

• Minimum 2 hr service time

• Always Available Menu

• Limit to 5-10 choices

• Easy to prepare, popular, comfort driven, Grab-N-Go food choices.

• Utilizing items already on purchase guides – Cross utilization

• Define Timeframe availability

• Alternative to regular dining times.

• Family visits

Family Meals

•Family Visit Dining

•Full Family (8-10+) visit

•1-2 times a year

•Repetitive Family Visitation

•Weekly, Bi-daily

•Random Visitation

•Never know, “Pop-In”

Family Meals

•Menu Offerings

•Cycle menu offerings

•Always Available Menu

•Creates more “comfortable” environment

•QOL

•Dietary Stability?

•Do you charge / Not charge visitation – Open discussion

•What’s your policy

•How do you see this effecting your food costs

Staff Employee meals

•What’s your policy?.....Do you even have one?

•1. Free meal per shift

• Less time away from community

•Additional meals during shift – payment system

•2. Free if orders off Cycle menu

•Charge if ordering off of “Always Available” menu?

•3. Administer a Punch card system, payroll deduct

•4. Free as a employee bennefit .

•Must calculate that into your Monthly food cost PPD

•Reduce risk of pilferage

• Increase moral

•Affect (N) –{Definition} : 1. a feeling associated with an action, an

emotion, or mood associated with an idea. 2. Influenced by

•Food (N) –{Definition} : 1. Source of of nutrients 2. material that

provides nourishment 3. something that stimulates the mind or

soul.

Quality of Life

Food Trends

Food is Social

Plate Presentation

A.P.P.L.E.

Always Available Menus

Family/Staff Menu

Super Foods

FOOD AFFECT

Questions

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Resources

•Links:

• Gluten Free Recipes: http://www.celiaccentral.org/gluten-free-recipes/

• Antioxidants 101:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/antioxidants/

• Free Registered Dietitian Advice: http://www.healthcastle.com/

•Funny pictures – www.Google.com

•Rob Johnson – (405)475-4760 // robert.johnson@usfoods.com