TV dinner recs for 94 year old.

What kind of foods does he enjoy?

Perhaps some foods cooked in the crockpot.

We also freeze soups, gumbo, chili and the like for my Mom.

Yeah, I'd do everything possible to avoid frozen dinners as much as possible. They have such low nutritional value and too much nasty fillers. I think the exception to this would be frozen breakfast items.

My dad is almost 94, and he still expects 3 solid meals a day but a sausage egg and cheese biscuit or croissant will do for breakfast.

I agree with recommendations for soups for him, especially for lunch. You can get them from Newks or Panera and freeze if needed for him to reheat. An easy salad or sandwich on the side and you're good to go.

Where does your dad live? I'm several hundred miles away from dad, but I have some wonderful friends that will pick up and take dad a really special dinner from time to time as well to keep his options different and interesting.

Actually he lives in my guest house. I cook for him often. However, it seems he wants to remain self dependent. My concern now is that lifting a pot of boiling water or something else has become dangerous for him. I am thinking something simple and easy would help him feel independant.

Call the Baton Rouge council on aging. They will deliver plated meals through the meals on wheels program, in oven or microwave safe packaging. According to their website they will deliver seven frozen meals, 1 gallon of milk, bread, butter and fresh fruit and healthy snacks. We pay this through our enormous property taxes so take advantage of it.

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Have you considered a small George Forman grill or air fryer? It might be fun for him to have a new toy. Air fryer is $40 for a single person. Single George Forman is under $20. Both are great for cooking quick meals. The grill is good for steak and boneless pork chops and chicken breast and even the occassional hot dog. Nuke a baked potato and a veggie, and you're good.

Buy a six pack of chops or breasts and freeze them separately in small ziplock bags. Then thaw overnight or even that day in warm water in the sink.

I can assure you that his idea of remaning independent does not include relying on any form of social welfare.

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Actually he lives in my guest house. I cook for him often. However, it seems he wants to remain self dependent. My concern now is that lifting a pot of boiling water or something else has become dangerous for him. I am thinking something simple and easy would help him feel independant.

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You haven't mentioned what foods he likes to eat.

Salad kits are easy for meals or sides.

Have some burgers formed in the freezer and he can make his own burger in a skillet and bake some fries in the oven. Same with having individually frozen pork chops, pieces of chicken, small steaks...all can be prepared simply in a skillet or oven.

Baked potatoes or sweet potatoes with the works on hand are easy.

There are bags of green vegetables that can be steamed in the microwave right in the bag for sides. The same is true for the rice bags/cups. Uncle Ben's and Minute Rice are the ones we use quite often for my mother when she's having a bowl of gumbo from the freezer.

Look up Ina Garten's method for roasting shrimp in the oven.
Very easy. We keep bags good flash frozen peeled Gulf shrimp on hand in the freezer. Remove the amount you like, defrost, season as you like and roast in the oven. Eat hot as a meal or make salads with them.

If he likes tuna salad, that's easy. Rotisserie chicken makes a fine chicken salad without him having to boil or bake the chicken.

I don't know where you live, but are there places in your area that sell prepared meals to go? That's a better option than TV dinners and most are heat and eat.

Foods like Hebert's stuffed chickens are easy to bake and eat. Add a salad kit and the meal is complete.

Some places make their own pot pies you can bake and eat. Better than the frozen in the grocery store which may have mystery meat. Although, I think Marie Callender's pies may have real chunks of white meat chicken.

Depends where you live. There is a healthy meal prep place in Gretna that I have used a few times when I had to work long hours. It was easy for me just to drive once about 40 minutes round trip that to worry about cooking. See if you have a place like this near you.
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