{"id":4944,"date":"2025-11-18T09:19:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/uncategorized\/ginas-soup-warms-hearts"},"modified":"2025-11-20T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:03:49","slug":"ginas-soup-warms-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/news\/ginas-soup-warms-hearts","title":{"rendered":"Gina\u2019s hearty minestrone soup warms the hearts of patients at STARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Gina\u2019s hearty minestrone soup warms the hearts of patients at STARS<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_4946\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4946\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4946 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/11\/lothar-ginassoup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 401px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 401\/600;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">STARS patient Lothar enjoying Gina&#8217;s hearty minestrone soup as part of a new &#8216;meet the staff and their favourite dish&#8217; initiative.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Food Services staff member Gina treats patients to her hearty minestrone soup as part of a new \u2018meet the staff and their favourite dish\u2019 initiative at STARS.<\/h4>\n<p>The initiative is aimed at fostering a connection between food services staff and patients, while delivering a variety of nutritious food that reflect their diverse cultural backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Gina has worked in food services for 33 years, the last five as a valued member of the STARS Food Services team. She is known for her warm smile and dedication, bringing care and flavour to every meal she serves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dish holds a very special place in my heart. It was the first traditional Italian recipe my mother taught me as a young child. Preparing it always reminds me of family heritage, and the comfort of sharing food made with love,\u201d Gina said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI choose the dish to make for the patients because it reflects my Italian heritage and the values of simplicity, nourishment and comfort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a wholesome, healthy meal that I believe can bring patients both nutrition and a sense of warmth, just as it has done for my family over generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STARS Patient Lothar thoroughly enjoyed Gina\u2019s soup. Born in Germany, Lothar is certainly familiar with how satisfying a warm bowl of soup can be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I enjoy cooking soup during the winter but haven&#8217;t had much opportunity to do so lately. I saw minestrone on the menu and thought I&#8217;d try it out. I emptied my bowl, and it was very nourishing, so a big tick for Gina for this delicious meal,&#8221; Lothar said.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the STARS Food Services team for improving patients\u2019 hospital stays, one dish at a time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food Services staff member Gina treats patients to her hearty minestrone soup as part of a new \u2018meet the staff and their favourite dish\u2019 initiative at STARS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":4945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4947,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4944\/revisions\/4947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}