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Recipes, cooking lessons, tips, tricks, food blog, and more.
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Some ideas to make cooking easier when you have a disability.
You can find three-side bottle holders (for 2 quarts / 2 liters pop bottles or juice cartons). These make it much easier to hold the bottles when pouring the liquids.
If you buy a whole chicken and would like it cut in pieces, don’t hesitate to ask the butcher at the meat counter.
Look for pre-cut vegetables, like mushroom, carrots, celery, broccoli. They are a little more expensive, but it often is worth the extra cost if you are unable to cut them yourself, or are short on time.
It is possible to find pull down shelves to put in your wall mounted cupboards.
Most kitchen counters are too high to be convenient for working from a wheelchair. Use a board on your lap to make a solid surface for cutting, mixing etc.
Peeling garlic can get tricky if your fingers aren’t nimble. Use the flat side of a chefs knife, or the clean bottom of a small frying pan to whack the garlic, the skin will then come off in a blink. It will be easier if you can cut the ends off first.
You can keep measuring spoons level on the counter top by placing a slice of bread or a pencil under the handle of the spoon.
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