Cooking with Chronic pain/disability
Yes! It’s time for another tips n tricks post. This one is about cooking; I lost the ability to cook anything that wasn’t a microwave dinner when I became disabled. I really did like cooking, and it was such a hassle to have to wait for someone else to cook for me. & look in the fridge and know I can only prepare some of the food.
Even though I’ve gotten worse I’ve learned how to reclaim
that ability, and that is by something truly amazing that I like to call
An electric pressure cooker (well everyone calls it that lol).
A pressure cooker is basically like a slow cooker /crock pot except it works way faster. While some meals are still hard to prepare with a pressure cooker, most meals have become easy enough for me to spend a couple spoons on. The wide array of things you can do with a pressure cooker is almost staggering. Anywhere from drinks, desserts, meals including different types of meats, pastas it really goes on and on & you can find trillions of ways to just mix and season your ingredients then just leave it in the pot and it’ll do the rest! & not to mention how incriminatingly soft meat comes out!
An electric pressure cooker (well everyone calls it that lol).
A pressure cooker is basically like a slow cooker /crock pot except it works way faster. While some meals are still hard to prepare with a pressure cooker, most meals have become easy enough for me to spend a couple spoons on. The wide array of things you can do with a pressure cooker is almost staggering. Anywhere from drinks, desserts, meals including different types of meats, pastas it really goes on and on & you can find trillions of ways to just mix and season your ingredients then just leave it in the pot and it’ll do the rest! & not to mention how incriminatingly soft meat comes out!
I also love using the stove to oven-fry & bake things.
I’ll be honest I’m not sure what the difference is between the two BUT I find that oven-frying gives a very similar texture to stove-top frying and most importantly. Doesn’t leave me feeling awful by the time it’s finished. I've also benefited from a toaster oven, the one I have has a timer and turns itself off automatically.
I’ll be honest I’m not sure what the difference is between the two BUT I find that oven-frying gives a very similar texture to stove-top frying and most importantly. Doesn’t leave me feeling awful by the time it’s finished. I've also benefited from a toaster oven, the one I have has a timer and turns itself off automatically.
Another great and way to cook with a disability is to
put that blender or mixer to werrrrk!! A blender can be used to mix quite a lot of dishes but there are some things better done with an electric mixer. Whether the inability or hardships of mixing ingredients come from fatigue or joint pain or anything else, outsourcing the task to technology is always a great idea.
put that blender or mixer to werrrrk!! A blender can be used to mix quite a lot of dishes but there are some things better done with an electric mixer. Whether the inability or hardships of mixing ingredients come from fatigue or joint pain or anything else, outsourcing the task to technology is always a great idea.
& The last but definitely not least thing that I’d like
to share is getting a
cooking basket & chair (unless you’re using a wheelchair) with a cooking basket you can gather all your spices, seasonings, food and such so that you can prepare your food somewhere that you can sit down and you don’t have to go running or wheeling around the kitchen and you can just simply bring your prepared food back into the kitchen and pop it into the stove or pressure cooker.
You can also look for certain things like combination spices such as garlic pepper salt or cherry tomatoes instead of large ones that you have to cut and dehydrated chopped foods like onion or pre-chopped foods.
cooking basket & chair (unless you’re using a wheelchair) with a cooking basket you can gather all your spices, seasonings, food and such so that you can prepare your food somewhere that you can sit down and you don’t have to go running or wheeling around the kitchen and you can just simply bring your prepared food back into the kitchen and pop it into the stove or pressure cooker.
You can also look for certain things like combination spices such as garlic pepper salt or cherry tomatoes instead of large ones that you have to cut and dehydrated chopped foods like onion or pre-chopped foods.
You can get a personal blender for under $20, I’m not too
familiar with electric mixers but I’m sure there are some available at great
prices. Electric pressure cookers range
from about $70 or more dollars new, but you can also check out your local pawn
shop to see if there is a decent one for cheaper. I've even seen a small slow cooker for pretty cheap under $20 as well. A pressure or slow cooker is definitely a worthwhile investment
towards greater independence.
Check out some of these disability cooking friendly boards I've found & see if you find
something! Sorry I didn't number this post!
https://www.pinterest.com/SixSistersStuff/slow-cooker-recipes/
https://www.pinterest.com/SixSistersStuff/slow-cooker-recipes/
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