Get Well Soon Food Gifts and Recipes

If you have an ailing friend or relative who is not feeling well, or perhaps recuperating at home from a hospital stay, a get well comforting meal or food hamper is the perfect gift. People recovering from illness or surgery are greatly appreciative of a nutritious get well food gift.

A get well soon basket or hamper filled with snacks, foods, fruit and chocolates will lift the spirits of under-the-weather friends or family. They will feel great knowing that they are remembered and thought about during the difficult days of illness.

A unique get well gift from MagicKitchen.com, who offer a country-wide delivery service, will be a get well soon gift that won’t be forgotten. They have a variety of homestyle or gourmet menus to choose from.

Listed here are just 4 of the delicious get well meals on offer from MagicKitchen.com:

• Tomato Basil Bisque, 9 grain rolls.
• Magic Meatloaf, Haluski Kapusta (noodles and cabbage.)
• Pot Roast, Rosemary Potatoes.
• Roasted Turkey with Gravy, magic Mashed Potatoes.

DESSERT:

• Pucker up Lemon Loaf.
• U-Bake Apple Strudel.

MagicKitchen.com also offers gift certificates which you can purchase and send to family and friends, enabling them to make their own choices from the exciting range of menus.

For more information and advice visit www.magickitchen.com

As another alternative, you can make food gifts yourself to deliver.

Simple recipes you can prepare yourself.

Get-Well Chicken Noodle Soup

Spray of cooking spray
1 cup chopped onion
1/4 tsp thyme
8 cups Chicken Stock
2 cups diced carrot
2 cups diced celery
6 ounces egg noodles, uncooked
6 ounces leftover chicken meat, diced
1 cup mixed frozen vegetables- peas and corn
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1. In a Dutch oven or large pot, spray with cooking spray and saute onions and thyme over medium heat until soft.
2. Add chicken stock, carrot and celery. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer and cook until vegetables are barely soft.
3. Add noodles, chicken meat, frozen vegetables and salt & pepper. Bring to a boil and cook until noodles are soft.
4. Serve immediately.

Note- if you are not going to serve this within a half hour, then cook the noodles separately and add them to the soup just before reheating. Otherwise, the noodles with soak up all the broth.

Nutritious Health Bread.

• Total Time: Preparation 20 minutes, bake 30 minutes.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup chopped onion, 1 tablespoon canola oil.
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk, 1 egg lightly beaten.
• 1 ½ cups biscuit or baking mix. 1 cup grated cheddar cheese.
• 2 teaspoons poppy seeds.
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted.

2. Saute onion in oil until golden brown, allow to cool. Combine buttermilk and egg in large bowl, stir in the biscuit mix, onion and ½ cup cheese.
3. Pour into greased 9 inch round baking pan, sprinkle with poppy seeds and remaining cheese, drizzle with melted butter.
4. Bake at 400deg for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool before cutting.

Serves 8.

There are other simple recipes you can try, to help build up the strength of a friend or family member who is ailing.

You can also serve warm ginger tea to soothe the throat and build up their immune system!

And of course, if you want to send a comfort food get well gift to someone who is not living all that close to you, remember to visit www.magickitchen.com for amazing ideas.