by Kirstie Newell | Oct 15, 2020 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week our residents came together for a Baking Class, which is always a popular pastime here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our talented ladies made some scrumptious cheese straws from scratch and, when they’d been baked, enjoyed them with...
by Kirstie Newell | Jul 20, 2020 | The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Friday 16 July our residents celebrated ‘National Cherry Day’ at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. To mark the day we made some delicious chocolate chip cherry bars. Our ladies enjoyed the process of mixing all the ingredients and adding the cherries. The...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 23, 2019 | Arts and Crafts, Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our residents love arts and crafts activities, so they were very pleased to welcome a lovely lady from Creative Mojo recently to The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Creative Mojo provide fun, entertaining and rewarding craft workshops – and we love them! As you...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 10, 2018 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our residents from The Old Downs Residential Care Home worked together to bake cookies from scratch on Wednesday 5 December. With help from our Recreation and Well-Being Lead Vira – using instructions from the ‘Queen of baking’ herself Mary Berry – they...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 24, 2018 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Sunday 23 September, our Recreation & Well-Being Lead Vira and a group of our residents enjoyed baking cheesy sticks together here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our ladies used flour, butter, milk, eggs and cheddar cheese to make their cheesy sticks...