Corn Dog Day
Home Care in Scotch Plains NJ
There are some foods that are fun, nostalgic, and bring up favorite memories from when you were younger. Revisiting some of these foods now that you are in a home care relationship with your 
aging loved one is a great way to keep your journey interesting, trigger memories to keep your parent’s memory skills sharp and responsive, and keep your parent’s mental and emotional health high. Enjoying these foods is also a great way to integrate your children in to your home care journey, creating a multigenerational approach that enables you to spend more time with all of the generations of your family and encourages your parents to teach your children new skills, and your children to bring energy and joy into your parent’s life.
One of these fabulous foods is corn dogs. Often relegated only to fairs and carnivals, these handheld treats are a great source of protein and dietary fiber, and are highly approachable both for elderly adults and children who may be picky about what they eat. While you can go through the process of making the actual traditional corn dogs, this can be a complicated and messy process, and requires deep frying, which likely does not fit in to your nutritional goals for your parents or your children. Instead, try this creative and convenient twist that forgoes the stick and uses baking rather than frying so that you can still enjoy the corn batter and hot dog flavor, but with better nutrition and easier preparation. Encourage your parent and children to do as much of the preparation on their own as possible so that they can enjoy the feeling of accomplishment that comes from preparing a meal for the family.
What You Will Need
- 3 tablespoons of dill pickle relish
- 8 six inch all beef hot dogs. You can also choose veggie dogs to make this meal vegetarian
- 3 tablespoons of melted butter
- 1 cup of buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 of a teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 of a teaspoon of fine salt
- 3 tablespoons of sugar
- 1/2 of a cup of all-purpose flour
- 1/2 of a cup of stone ground yellow cornmeal
- 3 twelve cup mini muffin tins
- Two bowls
- A whisk
- A sharp knife
What to Do
- Trim the ends off the hot dogs and discard
- Cut the hot dogs into fifths
- Put aside
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F
- Place the muffin tins in the oven to heat
- In one bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, sugar, salt, flour and baking soda
- In the other whisk together the buttermilk eggs and melted butter
- When both bowls are well incorporated, mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients
- Remove the hot muffin tins from the oven carefully
- Fill each cup half full with the batter
- Place a hot dog in the center of each muffin cup
- Top with 1/4 of a teaspoon of relish
- Return the muffin tin to the oven
- Cook for between 7 and 10 minutes, until golden brown and set
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 2 minutes
- Remove from the muffin tins and serve hot
If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring professional home care in Scotch Plains, NJ, please talk to the caring staff at Generations Home Health Care today. Providing Home Care in Somerset, Essex, Union, Morris and Hunterdon Counties. Call us today at (908) 290-0691 or (973) 241-4534.
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