For families living with Alzheimer's
Good food.
Brighter days.
MIND-friendly recipes and simple tools to make healthy eating easier, built from the meals I cook for my dad every week.
Build a meal plan in a few simple steps.
- 1Choose your recipesPick meals for the week, or just a few days.
- 2Set servingsTell us how many people you are cooking for.
- 3Get your plan and shopping listWe organize the prep day, the week, and the groceries.
Recipes for a brighter tomorrow.
MIND-friendly meals made with real ingredients, for better days, one recipe at a time.
Recipes are only the start
Dad's Alz is growing into a place for the whole of life with Alzheimer's, not just the kitchen. Here is what is on the way.
Short daily puzzles and memory games you can do together, built for shaky hands and tired eyes.
Families telling what works and what doesn't: routines, small wins, hard days. Real voices, no advertising.
Plain-English links to clinical trials and studies, so you can find what is relevant without wading through journals.
Checklists, routines and the paperwork nobody warns you about: powers of attorney, medication logs, what to ask the doctor.
Organizations, helplines and reading that other families found worth their time.
Why this exists
My dad has Alzheimer's. Every week I cook a few big-batch meals for him, portion them up and stock his fridge, so eating well takes no planning on his end. Friends and other families kept asking for the recipes, so here they are, with the tools I use to shop and prep.
The recipes lean on the MIND diet, a way of eating that research links to slower cognitive decline: leafy greens, berries, nuts, beans, whole grains, fish, olive oil, and not much butter, cheese, red meat, sweets or fried food. Nothing here is medical advice. Talk with a doctor or dietitian about what is right for the person you are cooking for, especially around swallowing, salt, or medications.
