3Spoonies On Cooking when Disabled

3Spoonies: Cooking When Disabled

Episode Number: 57 Date: 11th June

Cooking while disabled isn’t just about recipes — it’s about energy, safety, accessibility and adapting everyday tasks to work for your body.

In this episode of 3Spoonies, we discuss the realities of cooking with chronic illness, fatigue, pain, mobility issues, sensory struggles and limited dexterity.

We talk about:

• meal prep and freezer cooking
• kitchen adaptations and accessibility tools
• air fryers, slow cookers and rice cookers
• hand spasms and knife safety
• fatigue and standing in the kitchen
• sensory overwhelm while cooking
• pre-chopped vegetables and “easy” options
• cooking safely with chronic illness
• baking with limited energy
• making food accessible without guilt

This episode is packed with honest conversations, practical kitchen hacks and realistic advice for disabled and chronically ill people trying to make cooking more manageable.

Because sometimes “easy meals” still aren’t easy.

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Maddy Alexander-Grout is a visibility strategist, ADHD coach, and advocate for people with hidden disabilities.

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