AlexMackayCooks4Carers
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I cook healthy, delicious, FREE meals for Carers, NHS staff, food banks, a community centre and anyone I can who needs a hand. I cook the meals with love and care and it is a privilege to be able to do so.
I began by wanting to help NHS and Care Home staff during the first Covid 19 lockdown in March 2020. as of January 2022 I have cooked 7137 meals that I have made as delicious, pretty and nutritional as possible. I have also made sure they can be safely frozen, defrosted and can be re-heated in a microwave.
After 2 periods of self-isolation I started cooking from home on the 24th of April 2020 for the staff at my local care home, an NHS critical care nurse and a weeks worth of meals for a now 90 year old I've been cooking for since he lost his wife years ago.
I have moved from 25 meals per session to a my maximum of 214 on January 3 2022. I keep some meals in my freezer so that if anyone has a tough shift, they can contact me and I can give them a home-cooked meal to go home with. I spend 16 hours or each time I cook for carers and will continue to do so for as long as I can; hopefully the rest of my life. The NHS has looked after me and my kids brilliantly and I want to give back.
I am utterly inspired by the NHS, Community Centre and Care Home Staff I meet. They make me want to be kinder, work harder and just be better.
My ultimate goal is to do this by teaching kids how to do the cooking with so that there is a double and ever growing benefit. But for now, I want to feed people and make their lives a little bit easier.
Giving one person a wonderful meal means something. Donating is the same. I can make a little go a long way because I am brilliantly supported by Leathams for many ingredients, Nodene from Shands Cakes for Cakes, Ken Watts for eggs that go to Nodene to make the cakes, Val, Ian and Sue for the containers, Seasoned Pioneers for spices and 4000 portions so far of Swiss Chard from my Garden. 100% of the donations I receive will go towards buying ingredients, occasional boxes of protective gloves / masks and a £50 freezer to be able to store more ingredients and meals.
Thank You #KEEPGOING #ALEXMACKAYCOOKS4CARERS
I began by wanting to help NHS and Care Home staff during the first Covid 19 lockdown in March 2020. as of January 2022 I have cooked 7137 meals that I have made as delicious, pretty and nutritional as possible. I have also made sure they can be safely frozen, defrosted and can be re-heated in a microwave.
After 2 periods of self-isolation I started cooking from home on the 24th of April 2020 for the staff at my local care home, an NHS critical care nurse and a weeks worth of meals for a now 90 year old I've been cooking for since he lost his wife years ago.
I have moved from 25 meals per session to a my maximum of 214 on January 3 2022. I keep some meals in my freezer so that if anyone has a tough shift, they can contact me and I can give them a home-cooked meal to go home with. I spend 16 hours or each time I cook for carers and will continue to do so for as long as I can; hopefully the rest of my life. The NHS has looked after me and my kids brilliantly and I want to give back.
I am utterly inspired by the NHS, Community Centre and Care Home Staff I meet. They make me want to be kinder, work harder and just be better.
My ultimate goal is to do this by teaching kids how to do the cooking with so that there is a double and ever growing benefit. But for now, I want to feed people and make their lives a little bit easier.
Giving one person a wonderful meal means something. Donating is the same. I can make a little go a long way because I am brilliantly supported by Leathams for many ingredients, Nodene from Shands Cakes for Cakes, Ken Watts for eggs that go to Nodene to make the cakes, Val, Ian and Sue for the containers, Seasoned Pioneers for spices and 4000 portions so far of Swiss Chard from my Garden. 100% of the donations I receive will go towards buying ingredients, occasional boxes of protective gloves / masks and a £50 freezer to be able to store more ingredients and meals.
Thank You #KEEPGOING #ALEXMACKAYCOOKS4CARERS
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Alex Mackay
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