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I think you have made a great start making homemade versions of favourite take aways. The hamburger, pizza, kfc etc ideas are just wonderful.
Plus they are foods you could make again and again with slightly different ingredients to see what tastes best etc.
I would also do lots of asking, make it a competition or survey with results if you can, to find out favourite meals... see what people might remember of good meals past, especially from childhood, and make them.
If there are people from different cultural backgrounds that could be full of possibilities.
I know from projects that I have done, that once you start, these things can grow and blossom. It is the best sort of community development. Go slowly, and repeat things that are successful, but keep your ears open and you will get hints for new things.
Any chance of fruit juicing?
Get people to judge the food too - give it a mark out of 10 or stars out of 5. Or make it a fun challenge. As soon as they are starting to talk about what they like and don't like, which bit they liked best, what something reminded them of etc they start engaging and that leads to more blossoming too.

O Mrs M this is the sort of project I absolutely love - so please keep letting us know how it is going.
Indeed, take photoes and so on as this is the sort of project that will be important for your industry and the wider community to know about.

Last edited by JoyYamDaisy (Sun 08 Nov 09 3:46am)

Hi TWR and Joy, thank you for your feedback,  . Applogies for taking so long to reply. 

On your advice Ive drawn up a chart and am documenting what I am cooking him.   I forgot to take a photo but will try to this Friday Joy.  I asked him to give the meals rating out of 5, explaing 5 would be yummy will have again often, and 1 being dont like that at all, I may have to get some star stickers instead.  He didnt seem to get the rating thing so I ended up asking him what he liked and didnt like about the meals, that was a bit easier.  He had no complaints about the meatball sub but a couple of days later went and bought one just to give me the finger .  I suggested pizza and he said, "We could just order one, you could never make it like dominoes."  I agreed saying, "Thank goodness no, mine are much better."   It turns out another staff member did pizza last week.  Im a little disappointed as a I was going to show him how to make dough and have some fun with it.  I'm thinking about souvlaki instead, will have to run it past him tonight and see if he likes that idea.  For his last meal I did crumbed chicken tenderloins, homemade potato wedges, corn on the cob and baby peas (over the homebrand bullet peas he usually has).  He hated the peas, said he chokes on them, and said the chicken was to hard to swallow, Ill try thighs next time and make little nuggets.  He did however love the corn and wedges so they can stay on the menu. 

I love the curry idea WR, will ask him he wants to try it, if I suggest crunchy popadoms on the side he may be keen.  Its all kind of an experiment at the moment but I will see what I make regarding a heathy eating chart for staffs reference.

Thanks Luvme, I pointed out a stifry in one of our step by step recipe books and he gagged, but I'll repeat showing things to him and he may eventually sway.  I'll try the fried rice idea out on him too.