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One handed meals

Does anyone have any recipes for cooking simple meals when you can only use one hand? My son has hemiplegia and relies heavily on ready meals as we're finding it difficult to find recipes that he can use. Any suggestions would be welcome.
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I asked our twitter followers for any suggestions.
Ingrid replied:
Here's my recipe for 3 bean & spinach stew - but it involves opening tins - so maybe use of electric can opener would help with that. Can be adapted as necessary; hopefully possible for one hand cooking:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/bespoke-health-services/tasty-three-bean-and-spinach-stew/496080513746280
Hope that's useful,
Alex
From SWTeddiesUK:
For cooking anything in a pan in boiling water use a chip pan basket so they don't need to lift a hot pan. You can also use bags of pre cut veg or use bags of frozen steam veg.
From HemiHelp:
I remember one of our volunteers suggesting stir fry, if you buy the diced meat,then once it's in the wok it's a case of shimmying it
Alex
Our OT is working on a resource pack atm! Try Spill-Not & food preparation boards for one-handed prep e.g.
http://www.completecareshop.co.uk/categories-disability-aids/362/kitchen_aids_food_preparation_boards.html
If anyone has any other suggestions, that would be great.
short sleves a must, use every gadget available buy ready prepared fresh ingredients and have a go!
Much better than over salted dry ready food.
Ready grated cheese on toast, ready chopped onions and worseter sause nice too.