Cooking Thursday

I had supper at a friends home last week, with a group of ladies I've been in a Bible study with. We had a great time together and had a wonderful supper!
We started our evening with this wonderful fruit salsa. We all thought it was so unusual and good. (Excuse the picture - we'd been enjoying it for a while before I thought to take the picture)
It was great with tortilla chips, but we all thought it would be good with chicken or fish too.
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Bonnie's Island Salsa

1 cup peeled, chopped pineapple
1 cup peeled, chopped mango
1 cup chopped red or yellow bell pepper
2/3 cup peeled, chopped kiwi fruit
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice

Combine all ingredients in medium bowl. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight before serving.
Makes 4 cups.

Wordless Wednesday

Achievement in Quality Award

Aren't these cute cakes? These cakes were at an open house thanking the staff at the Nursing Home where I work.
The open house was held because of a prestigious award we won.
We won the Silver Award from the American Health Care Association. Here's what the web site says about this award:
Silver – Achievement in Quality applicants demonstrate a level of achievement in their quality journey through good performance outcomes that have evolved from how they embrace the core values and concepts of visionary leadership, focus on the future, resident-focused excellence, management by innovation, and focus on results and creating value.

Last year our facility won the Bronze and we are thrilled to move up to Silver. There were only 52 facilities in the country that received this award. Our Administrator and Director of Nursing will be going to a ceremony in Las Vegas to accept the award.
This will be followed by news releases and more open houses for staff, residents and family members.

We are a small nursing home - only 60 beds, which I think is a plus, because every staff member knows every resident and their families too. We have lots of wonderful, long term staff that really love our residents and it shows in the care they receive.
It's nice to have that care recognized.