Last updated 28 December 2020 21:00 GMT
Clever Cooking
Useful products
- Dycem nonslip mat
- These can be used to hold bowls, utensil etc firmly in one place on your work surface. RNIB sells a range of different nonsip mats in a range of colours.
- Talking kitchen scale with easy-to-see jug
- These scales can measure in Oz, Grams and Ml. Available from the RNIB, product code DK152
- Syringes
- These are great tools for measuring liquids. I would recommend sizes 1, 5, 20, 50 and 100 ml. Once purchased, ask a sighted person to initially score the plastic at the required point on the inner plunger.
- Talking food thermometer
- This is a great tool to have to ensure your food is cooked right through. The RNIB’s one speaks temperature and also displays it in font 42
- Hot water dispenser
- This is a great idea if you struggle pouring from a kettle or are nervous of the boiling water. Place your cup under the spout and the machine will heat and dispense 250 ml of hot water.
- Vegetable or autochop
- If you struggle with chopping veg one of these will do the job quickly and efficiently. Put your chunks of veg underneath and bash the top down to cut. There are many different brands available. It may be worth visiting a Kitchen shop to see which suits you best.
- Tefal OptiBrill
- Recommended by Alan Dyte, this grill is similar to the George Foreman. The handle contains 8 buttons which you press to select the desired item of food (steak, sausage etc). At the Right end of the handle is a coloured panel, accompanied by bleeps, which indicates the cooking progress (one bleep for each change of colour): purple, green, orange, red. At red, a louder bleep sounds to alert you that the food is cooked. Both the grill plates and the drip tray come out for easy cleaning.
- Instant Pot
- A brand of accessible, easy to use combination slow cooker/pressure cooker recommend by many participants.
- Rice Cooker
Recipes
- Bolognese
- Bread
- Banana Cake
- Rice Pudding
- Lemon Microwave Cake
- Ginger Biscuits
- Spinach and Sweetcorn Curry
- Microwave Spotted Dick
Indian Recipes from Geetha
- Matar paneer (green peas and cottage cheese curry): This goes very well with rice or Indian bread.
- Lemon rice recipe: This is a simple but delicious recipe. In the recipe they suggest that you cook rice in a pressure cooker, but this is not essential.
- Since chicken curry was discussed, here is a delicious-sounding chicken curry recipe from Youtube. Unlike many recipes on Youtube, the lady here walks you through each step, so worth checking out.
Web Pages
- Baking wiht Granny
- Measuring Cups Conversion Table from Veg World
- Mrs. Beeton: The Book of Household Management free download from Gutenberg
- Mrs. Beeton: Dictionary of Everyday Cookery free download from Gutenberg
- Veg Recipes of India
- What’s Cooking? from Hadley School for the Blind
Mindfulness
This series has now come to an end. We offer our sincere thanks to Laurent Cadet de Fontenay for his time and expertise. If you require further support, you can contact him by emailing [email protected]
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