Accessible Cooking

A blog with easy & relatively cheap recipes

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Hello! My name is Am and I'm a neurodivergent disabled person who uses mobility aids. I used to love cooking, but since I have been afflicted with severe chronic fatigue for over a year now, I hardly get to cook anymore without it being too hard on my body with lasting aftereffects.

I decided to start this blog to share recipes I've come up with that can be made in energy-easy ways that still satisfy my picky eating self.

I also plan to share helpful tips related to cooking and eating that I've either discovered or have seen, tried, and approved from other blogs.

Mostly I intend for this blog to be a big note to self since my brain fog and memory issues love to forget a lot of beneficial discoveries, but if other people find these helpful and easy, it's even better!

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If you wanna cook but don’t have the spoons for chopping vegetables or you can’t use knives for whatever reason, frozen chopped onion is really good for that.

Nothing wrong with using canned vegetables or an onion or garlic paste either.

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Ginger garlic paste, frozen onion, and instant rice has gotten me to cook myself a curry to eat instead of skipping a meal more times than I can count.

Instant potatoes and canned or frozen veggies are also great if you want a meat and potatoes kind of meal. You can also get precut and pre seasoned meat at a lot of grocery stores.

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If you’re new to cooking as well it’s important to know that you really don’t need to start big! Making soup from some frozen veggies you dumped in a pot or making tacos with a store bought spice mix or even just boiling an egg to put on your instant ramen is a great start and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise

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I had this unfinished for so long i dont remember what the intention was other than HUALIAN

[disabled-cooking]

Not cooking but a great FYI if y'all are struggling with straws when it comes to environmental anxiety, cost, taste and texture, and easy disposal: A fantastic cheap alternative that you might not know about is wheat stalk straws!

I get them relatively cheaply at my local superstore. For this specific brand (presidents choice) even the box and plastic cover are recyclable.

Using straws as a disabled person has helped immensely in keeping me hydrated without too much concern for my motor function levels of the day (Straws were actually made with the intent for these very purposes!)

But if you're like me and feel guilty about using plastic, are frustrated about using the expensive ones that need washing and get gunky, and are annoyed with the melting and bad tasting paper straws, this has proven to be a great alternative!

The only complaint I would have is since it's a wheat stalk, it can split open in places if it's crushed, but I feel the same can go for plastic.

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Here we thank the universe for the rice cooker 🙏

I went for the usual two cups of rice measurements in my rice cooker, added some frozen carrots and peas, and then dumped the frozen leftover rotisserie chicken drumsticks on top. Added salt and set it to cook, and the rice cooker did its magic.

Effort: hardly any!

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LEFTOVERS!

I ate all the chicken that came in the bowl yesterday but made enough rice for two or three more portions.

I put the rice in the microwave for two minutes. Then I cracked two eggs into a small bowl with about a tbsp and a half of water and microwaved it for the last 30 seconds with the rice and 45 seconds alone afterwards (I personally like my eggs with as runny yolks as I can get with the whites cooked). Then, I topped it with some hot sauce and salt!

[disabled-cooking]

Here we thank the universe for the rice cooker 🙏

I went for the usual two cups of rice measurements in my rice cooker, added some frozen carrots and peas, and then dumped the frozen leftover rotisserie chicken drumsticks on top. Added salt and set it to cook, and the rice cooker did its magic.

Effort: hardly any!

[disabled-cooking]

Happy holidays to those who celebrate! 🥂

I celebrate Christmas myself, mostly in the form of enjoying food, but holiday meals are a bit difficult to have a feast when one person is disabled and the other can't cook complex things.

This year, though not a necessarily "cheap" meal, it also wasn't as expensive, energy taxing, and more food than we could reasonably eat in only a few days like usual turkey dinners are.

I'm sharing here in case anyone wants to have decent portions of festive feeling food without having to pay an arm and a leg per disappointing serving from a delivery restaurant like we did last year!

What dinner consisted of:

Hot rotisserie chicken

Slice of ham steak

Microwaveable mashed potatoes

Boxed stuffing

Vegetable platter

Gravy

Cranberry sauce

Dinner rolls

Things we had to cook/heat up:

Mashed potatoes (wife heated them in a pot, but it is microwavable too)

Gravy mix

Boxed stuffing

Ham steak (fried on both sides, but had microwave option)

We ordered the groceries at the intended time for eating so the chicken would stay hot. Cooking and assembly took only 15ish minutes total. My wife was the one heating the items but I checked up on them often, and am sure it could be prepared the same way on the stove while sitting.

I've never tried making gravy or stuffing in the microwave but I've heard of it being done, if that's easier for some of y'all!

[disabled-cooking]

Minute Rice Piccata

1 of the minute rice butter and salt cups

1/2 tbsp chicken broth concentrate

1/2 tbsp jarred capers

1 tsp lemon juice

Microwave rice for 90 seconds. To get fluffier rice, dump in a bigger bowl first and break apart before heating.

Add other ingredients and stir. If rice isn't fluffy enough, microwave for another 30 seconds.

Recipe also works with basmati minute rice, but add butter or margarine and salt to taste.