Memory Café: Elevate your Salad with Matt Budenstein of Liberty Kitchen

Click here to register for this Memory Café

This virtual program is open to everyone in the PMC community and is inclusive of people with memory problems and their loved ones. Matt Budenstein, co-owner of Liberty Kitchen, will show participants how to make tasty and filling salads. Participants are encouraged to follow along and make their own salad during the program. Below is a recommended shopping list for the class.

Ingredients list

All of these are the recommended ingredients for each salad but feel free to leave some out if you don’t like them or add something in if you prefer. 

Mediterranean 

1 head of romaine lettuce (or a bag of cut lettuce)

4oz Pitted green or pitted kalamata olives

1 red onion

1 cucumber

1 ripe tomato

4oz Crumbled or block of feta

Olive oil/red wine vinegar or bottled vinaigrette

Antipasto salad 

No cook option–just opening jars or cans 

1 head of romaine lettuce (or a bag of cut lettuce)

1 can/jar Pitted Green or kalamata Olives

1 can/jar roasted red peppers

1 can/jar artichokes

1 can/jar marinated mushrooms

1 can/jar marinated beans

4oz sliced provolone (sharp or mild)

Mini mozzarella balls if desired

Olive oil/Balsamic vinegar or bottled Italian dressing

Protein options

Any of these options would work well in either salad 

Cooked options– Grilled or roasted Salmon, grilled or roasted chicken

Cold options– Deli turkey, genoa salami tuna, anchovy, tuna salad, chicken salad

Our calendar of events for the upcoming semester:

• 9/21/21: Elevate your Salad with Matt Budenstein of Liberty Kitchen
• 10/8/21: Penn Museum, Destination North America
• 11/12/21: Art with Tom
• 12/10/21: Mütter Museum, Bone Detectives

This class/program is free to patients/families seen at the Penn Memory Center and made possible from the philanthropic Caring Difference fund. Please consider making a donation so that we are able to continue offering support programs such as this.

If you are not affiliated with the Penn Memory Center, you are welcome to join this class/program if you make a donation of any amount to the Caring Difference fund.

Click here to donate. 

Questions or concerns? Feel free to reach out to either Meg Kalafsky (megan.kalafsky@pennmedicine.upenn.edu or 267-624-4282) or Leah Fein (Leah.Fein@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu or 267-908-4403)