Congregate Meals: March 24-28, 2014

The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.

Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.

Lent will be observed through April 18. Fish will be offered as an alternative each Friday. When making reservations, let the center know if fish is requested.

Monday ? Salisbury steak and gravy, oven-brown potato, broccoli Normandy, diced peaches and orange juice.

Tuesday ? roast pork, mashed potatoes, gravy, scalloped cabbage and banana-orange cup.

Wednesday ? hearty beef and bean vegetable soup, saltine crackers, spinach-strawberry salad, homemade wheat dinner roll and apricot halves.

Thursday ? baked chicken, candied sweet potatoes, broccoli-cauliflower-raisin salad and fruit crisp.

March 28 ? pulled pork, wheat hamburger bun, acorn squash, creamed peas, tropical fruit and vegetable juice.

Milk, whole-wheat and whole-grain bread or muffins and margarine are offered with all meals.

The menu provides a general balanced diet that meets the RDA?s/RIA?s for adults.

Frozen or shelf-stable meals are available for evenings, weekends and holidays.

Meals are offered on a contribution basis. For a person 60 years old or older and his or her spouse of any age, the suggested contribution is $3.50. The suggested contribution a home-delivered meal is $4.

An individual younger than 60 must pay the full cost of the meal; the cost is posted at the meal sites.

Reservations for meals at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center must be made one day in advance either at the center or by calling 472-4403.

For reservations at the Lockridge site, call 319-696-2086.