January 1 5 Monday, Jan 1 HOLIDAY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018! CLOSED Tuesday, Jan 2 Beef Filled Cabbage Rolls Pork Tacos Served with Roll or Tortillas, Bean Salad, Pineapple and Wednesday, Jan 3 Turkey Scallopine Salmon Burger with Avocado Aioli Served with Roll, Vegetable Soup, Apple and Thursday, Jan 4 Braised Brisket Roasted Chicken Served with Roasted Potatoes, Whole Grain Roll, Mixed Vegetables, Mixed Fruit and Friday, Jan 5 Texas Pulled Pork Sliders Turkey Burger Served with Potato Salad, No Added Sugar Fruit Pie, and How did New Year's Resolutions all begin? The custom of making New Year's Resolutions came into vogue in the 20th century. But most of it was done with jest and an understanding that they would not be kept (for long anyway) since humans were naturally backsliders by nature to their naughty habits and ways. The resolutions today are simply a secular version of the religious vows made in the past toward spiritual perfection. They are often made with good intentions and broken with a sense of humor and renewed annually. What is your New Year Resolution? Consider these ideas: Drink more water Increase your physical activity Be more social! Practice meditation
January 8 12 Monday, Jan 8 Stuffed Peppers Reuben on Dark Rye Bread Served with Romaine Lettuce Mixed Greens, Low Fat Caesar Dressing, Mixed Fruit and Tuesday, Jan 9 Pasta and Meatballs Beef Stroganoff Served with Roll, Roasted Italian Sausage soup, Pear and Wednesday, Jan 10 Italian Beef Hoagie Sandwich BBQ Ribs Served with Coleslaw, Baked Beans, Apple and Thursday, Jan 11 Chicken Piccata Beef Sirloin with Sautéed Mushrooms Served with Pasta or Roll, Mixed Vegetables, Mixed Fruit and Drinking more water decreases your risk for dehydration, helps digestion, and can improve your overall health! Try these tips: Add fruit or sliced cucumber to a pitcher of water in your refrigerator. Drink a glass of water after every bathroom break Drink before your meal. Drinking a ful cup of water will help you eat less. Choose sparkling or mineral water over soda. Friday, Jan 12 Cheeseburger Chicken Sandwich with Turkey Bacon Served with Low Fat Mayo, Sweet Potato Fries, Orange and
January 15 19 Monday, Jan. 15 Closed Tuesday, Jan. 16 Pot Roast with Gravy Swedish Meatballs in Served with Noodles and Roll, Mixed Vegetables, Seasonal Fruit, Melon and Wednesday, Jan. 17 Hunter Style Chicken (Garbanzo Beans & Mushrooms) Shrimp with Angel Hair Pasta Served with Brown Rice, Roll, Spinach Salad, Apple and Thursday, Jan. 18 Grilled Salmon Open Face Beef Sandwich with Gravy Served with Grilled Texas Toast, Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Fruit and Starting or maintaining a regular exercise routine can be a challenge at any age and it doesn t get any easier as you get older. If you've never exercised before, you may not know where to begin, or perhaps you think you're too old or frail, can never live up to the standards you set when you were younger. Or maybe you just think that exercise is boring. It s about adding more movement and activity to your life, even in small ways. Take extra steps around the house While sitting, alternate lifting your feet Raise and lower your arms. Alwys check with your heathcare provider before starting a program Friday, Jan. 19 Tex-Mex Grilled Chicken California Turkey Club Wrap Served with Quinoa Mushroom and Bean Soup, No Added Sugar Fruit Pie and
January 23 27 Monday, Jan. 23 Sundried Tomato Basil Chicken Sandwich Italian Meatball Sandwich Served with Hearty Minestrone Soup, Apple and Tuesday, Jan. 24 Mahi Mahi topped with Avocado Pico de Gallo Roast Beef with Peppercorn Sauce Served with Rice Pilaf, Roll, Roasted Mixed Vegetables, Melon and Healthful aging means being social! Whether it is a daily visit from your home delivered meal driver, talking on the pone, or visiting with a friend; these activities enhance your mood, and decrease chance of depression. There are many ways within Hanover Township that one can increase their social activity. Wednesday, Jan. 25 Honey Pork with Gremolata (Herbed Condiment) Grilled Chicken Served with Jasmine Rice, Garlic Green Beans, No Sugar Added Fruit Pie and Thursday, Jan. 26 Tex Mex Tacos Corned Beef and Cabbage with Roll Served with Potato Soup, Mixed Fruit and Friday, Jan. 27 Chicken Salad Sandwich Ham & Swiss Cheese on Croissant Served with Escarole & White Bean Soup, Seasonal Fruit and Attending Programs at the Senior Center Dine at the Café Going to the Grocery Store, try our Dial-A- Bus Service to get there if you don t drive! Ask about Telephone Topics! These are ways you can join a program without leaving your home, but learning something new. Look at what is happening at your local library!
January 29 February 2 Monday, Jan. 29 Tuna Noodle Casserole Pork Chops with Mushroom Gravy Served with Noodles, Roll, Winter Greens, Beet, & Orange Salad, Apple and Tuesday, Jan. 30 Grilled Fish Fillet with Lemon Butter Herb Sauce Chicken Cacciatore Served with Rice, Roll, Roasted Carrot Soup, Oranges, No Added Sugar Fruit Pie and Wednesday, Jan. 31 Chicken Marsala with Mushroom Gravy Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Golubtsi Served with Brown Rice, Roll, Mixed Greens Salad, Pear and Thursday, Feb. 1 Beef Stew with Roll Southwest Style Chicken & Rice Entree Served with Turkey Soup, Mixed Fruit and Friday, Feb. 2 Pot Roast French Dip Sandwiches Sauteed Chicken with Herbed Mayo and Noodles Served with Vegetable & Mushroom Soup, No Added Sugar Fruit Pie and Doctors believe meditation to be the very best tool for mental, physical, and emotional senior health. Here are 5 reasons meditation is the fountain of youth 1. Meditation helps memory 2. Meditation makes the digestive system work better: 3. Meditation activates the happy part of the brain 4. Meditation sharpens and focuses the mind: 5. Meditation melts away stress, yielding many great benefits: Counting Your Breath: One of the simplest and most effective focused awareness techniques, this practice requires you to simply count each cycle of your breath. You simply stay focused and relaxed while you count each breath to 10, 50, or 100, and then start over again. Mantra Meditation: In this focused awareness practice you silently repeat a word or a phrase over and over again, keeping your mind trained on that one word