“Here at Loyola we recognize that keeping our patient’s spirits and mental outlook positive is a big boost to their ability to recover quickly. We work closely with our hospital dietetic team to produce great tasting meals that meet all the nutritional requirements for balanced eating and at the same time make our patients smile a little more.

“It’s not just the food quality either; the very fact that they get to make some choices makes a big difference in how they view our foodservice and that reflects positively on our entire medical facility.

“Although the menu obviously changes based on seasonality and the availability of different items, we try and offer our patients at least three hot entrée choices, two vegetable choices, two starches and at least two dessert options.

“Based on our feedback questionnaires and comments that are passed along by the nursing staff the menu program has been a big hit.”