Meals should be well-rounded, easy to eat, and able to travel in a clamshell to-go box (available from the church). Some sample meals include:

• Baked chicken, baked potato, fresh vegetable, fruit cup, peanut butter cookie
• Turkey chili, steamed rice, salad with dressing on side, oyster crackers, chocolate pudding
• Red beans and rice, fresh vegetable, orange, dinner roll, spice cake with cream cheese icing
• Glazed meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, steamed vegetable, bluebery streusel cake
• Pulled BBQ chicken, mac-n-cheese, green beans, peach slices, cookie
• Spaghetti with meat sauce, fresh vegetable, green salad, roll, peach pie
• Beef stroganoff with mushrooms, egg noodles, fresh vegetables, orange, vanilla pudding
• Chicken lo mein, steamed rice, stir-fried veggies, fortune cookie, apple crisp or applesauce
• Chicken taco with flour tortilla, spanish rice, fresh vegetable, cranberry streusel bar
• Baked salmon, buttered noodles, green salad, cut mango, yellow cake with icing
• BBQ pork, hamburger bun, creamy grits, collard greens, banana, chocolate chip cookies
• Salisbury steak with gravy, french fries, green salad, orange, brownie

You may sign up for either 12 meals or 6 meals. Each meal should be able to fit completely inside a clamshell, styrofoam to-go container provided by the church.

Meals on Wheels suggests the following serving sizes for each meal:

• (3 oz) of meat, fish or poultry or equivalent
• 2 servings (4 oz) of vegetables or fruit substitute
• 1 serving (4 oz) of fruit or vegetable substitute
• 2 servings (4 oz) of bread or alternate (pasta, rice, etc)

Empty clamshell, to-go styrofoam containers can be picked up at the church office at any time. Filled boxes should be returned to the parish office by Tuesday at 10 AM.

ABOUT EASE

EASE was formed in 1974 by citizens of Auburn and Opelika to provide life sustaining services to senior citizens. The mission of the organization is outlined by the following goals:

• To improve public attitudes toward the aging process.
• To publicize the needs and obstacles facing the older population.
• To provide health, educational, nutritional, and housing programs to improve the quality of life for the older population.
• To address other areas of human needs that hinder the older population from living in a safe and nurturing environment.

To learn more about EASEHouse, click here.