The Hometown Café is open for dine-in and carryout.
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WEDNESDAY 7/15
Cuban Rice Bowl, Ropa Vieja Black Bean Chili, Brown Rice/Corn
Corn Chips
Soup: Butternut
Ropa Vieja (row-puh-vee-ay-haa) is a Cuban shredded beef that has been slow-cooked in a medley of sofrito (onion, celery and sweet pepper) and tomato sauce. I will use it in a black bean Cuban-style chili that we will serve with brown rice, corn and corn chips. The chips are Tostitos baked “scoops” with 110 calories, 3 grams of fat (0 saturated), 95 mg sodium, 19 carbohydrates and 2 grams of fiber. I use Better Than Bouillon ham base in the soup to replace the bacon I used to start with. That Better Than Bouillon ham base is available right down at Gene’s grocery store. Look for the “Chef Steve’s Grab Good” label in the aisle! This time I am making a French-style butternut soup instead of the West Indian pumpkin soup I usually make. This soup is a rather simple affair with butternut squash, mirepoix (a mix of carrots, celery and onion), 2% milk and a little garlic, accented with fresh nutmeg. Everything is gluten-free today.
THURSDAY 7/16
Club Wrap, Baked Chips
Soup: Tomato Soup with Tortellini
We have whole wheat, spinach, tomato-basil, garlic herb and jalapeño cheese tortillas. For fixings, we have turkey, ham, beef, a variety of cheeses, as well as lettuce, tomatoes, spinach, arugula, sprouts, peppers, olives, pickles and too many other fixings and dressings to mention. Make this meal what you want it to be. Lunch meats and cheese are always a little high in sodium, but we don’t use much. Be careful with dressings if you want a low-calorie wrap with less fat and sodium. Remember, we have honey and spicy brown mustard, which are tasty options with zero fat and not enough sodium to mention. On average, the baked chips we offer have 50% less fat than regular chips. Some of them are also very low in sodium. Check the nutrition facts label on the bags. All of the Lays products and the Doritos are under 200 mg of sodium per bag! Remember that you are shooting for 2000 mg of sodium a day on a moderate diet like the DASH diet. The soup is meat-free (except for Better Than Bouillon soup bases), oil-free, dairy-free and relatively low in sodium. You can buy Better Than Bouillon Soup bases right down at Gene’s grocery store! Look for the “Chef Steve’s Grab Good” label in the aisle and look for a video of me making this tomato soup on the same page! For a one-cup portion, which is about twice what you can fit in a bowl of soup, the tortellini has 240 calories, 3.5 grams of fat (2 saturated), 25 mg of cholesterol and 330 mg of sodium. The wrap, as a salad without the tortilla, and the soup without the tortellini are gluten-free.
FRIDAY 7/17
Steamed Salmon or Cajun Catfish, Fresh Asparagus, Steamed Gold Potatoes
Soup: Steak Soup
Friday is fish day in Smith Center. The salmon is simply steamed with a little Smart Balance, salt and pepper. The catfish has just a bit of Cajun seasoning on it and is baked, not fried and is very low in sodium, coming in at under 20 mg per serving! The potatoes and asparagus are also steamed, making this a super healthy meal option no matter what fish you choose. The steak soup is for the non-fish eaters. It’s actually a stew and is a meal in itself! If you are watching fat and sodium, you will have to make room for the soup in your diet, though. The soup and the catfish are not gluten-free.
Open for dine-in or carryout weekdays from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Due to supply shortages for some products, menus listed may change.
LUNCH PRICES
Full hot lunch (includes one cold side) – $7.99
Just entree – $3.99
Just vegetable or starch – $2.50
Pre-packaged side salad – $2.50
Full Salad Bar (unlimited trips, includes soup and roll) – $11.99
Children’s Salad Bar (8 and under, unlimited trips, includes soup and roll) – $3.99
Children’s Full Meal (8 and under) – $3.99
Senior Salad Bar (65+, unlimited trips, includes soup and roll) – $5.99
Senior Full Meal (65+) – $5.99
Salad only (unlimited trips) – $9.99
Soup only (unlimited trips) – $3.00
To-Go/One Trip Salad Bar – $7.99
Other sides priced specifically.
Be Relevant: About Chef Steve Smith
Chef Steve’s passion for delicious food is paired with a love for creating healthy options. Chef Steve was trained at the Culinary Institute of America and has opened 13 restaurants around the world. Most recently he was the executive chef at Coconut Grove in Nevis, West Indies.
Following a decision to make more healthy food choices in his own diet, Chef Steve became a registered and licensed dietitian. SCMH and Chef Steve have partnered to add nutrition education and support to patients and their families as a new service provided to those staying at the hospital.
Offering high-quality food in a healthcare setting is always a formidable challenge, one few healthcare facilities can tackle. The quality and service goals of a chef and food service professional do not always align with the nutrition concerns of a healthcare facility. Smith County Memorial Hospital has devised a unique solution to this problem in the person of a Chef-Registered Dietitian. By combining the responsibilities for creating food and delivering nutrition services we are able to maintain high quality standards of both food and service while filling the nutrition needs of patients and the community. The result is a food service department that is highly relevant to the medical team, the staff of the facility, patients in the hospital, and the community at large.
The Hometown Café is situated at the front entrance of the Smith County Memorial Hospital, located in North Central Kansas up near the Nebraska border. We are open to the public Monday through Friday from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm and serve approximately 100 staff members, 30 Meals on Wheels participants, 30 members of the public, and 10-20 patients and guests in the hospital daily. Our meals are based on the macronutrient parameters of the DASH diet, and we tailor food and nutrition to meet the needs of patients on an individual basis. As a Chef-RD, Chef Steve goes into patient rooms every day armed with 30+ years’ experience providing tableside service to patrons in high-end hotels and stand-alone restaurants, intimate knowledge of what is in the refrigerators in the Hometown Café kitchen and the skill to know what to do with it, and a dedication to the highest level of service called the Spirit of Hospitality.
Chef Steve's Grab Good
Chef Steve’s community health partnership with Gene’s Heartland Foods makes finding exciting, healthier ingredients a breeze. Look for Chef Steve’s Grab Good labels on the ingredients he selects at Gene’s. Scan the QR code for instant access to Recipes, Pro Tips from a Registered Dietitian, and How-To Cooking Videos. It’s never been easier to cook healthy and tasty meals.
With Chef Steve’s Grab Good, making healthy lifestyle changes is not just easy, it’s a breeze!
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