Easy recipes for one-handed cooking – tasty and simple!

RaincoatAndWellies
RaincoatAndWellies Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
in Housing and independent living

Hello there, with my dodgy arm, I've mastered a few no-fuss meals like microwave mug cakes or quick stir-fries. What's your favourite easy-peasy recipe that doesn't require juggling pots? Share away – might inspire some yummy experiments!

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  • callyfox77
    callyfox77 Online Community Member Posts: 13 Connected

    Soup! Big saucepan, veg already cut up from supermarket, red lentils, cannellini beans and veg stock cubes. Blend with a hand blender at the end of you want to…

  • jonf
    jonf Online Community Member Posts: 326 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/140047/easy-recipes-for-one-handed-cooking-tasty-and-simple

    please post the recipes on here

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 7,193 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Tray bakes can be good - just lots of veggies and you can add meats or fish depending on your taste, pop on some herbs and spices and roast in the oven. Just be a bit careful overloading the tray if your good arm isn't used to holding heavier things one-handed.

    If you buy the pre-cut veggies in packets that can help if you're not able to grip a knife to cut things.

    My supermarket do frozen bags of casserole veggies that I pop in an oven-safe dish and bake with some stock or gravy mix and lentils or beans, that can be tasty and hearty and doesn't take much prep ☺️

  • jonf
    jonf Online Community Member Posts: 326 Empowering

    I still have very limited movement on one side so for me I need ideas. I am after 33 months now off liquid foods and so need recipes. Food food food yum food.

  • SaraC_Scope
    SaraC_Scope CP Network, Scope Posts: 356 Empowering

    I have cerebral palsy and have limited use of my right hand. Meals I can create with one hand are essential.

    I make stir fry using preprepared veg, noodles and sauce. Adding diced meat if required.

    I cook a piece of fish with Mediterranean veg or sweet potato fries.

    Sausages and Mash. (I buy the mashed potato you can cook in the microwave) with gravy made by just adding water.

    Hopes this gives you some ideas.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 15,415 Championing

    I would recommend investing in an I would air-fryer and a slow cooker. I wouldn't recommend mug cakes or mug recipes these are awful.

  • RaincoatAndWellies
    RaincoatAndWellies Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1084559#Comment_1084559

    Hi Jonf, one easy favorite of mine is microwave scrambled eggs: crack an egg into a mug (or use liquid egg for simplicity), add a splash of milk, cheese, and pre-chopped veggies if you like, then microwave for about a minute, stirring halfway. No pots needed, and it's ready in a flash!😊

  • RaincoatAndWellies
    RaincoatAndWellies Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1084808#Comment_1084808

    Thanks! I was thinking about buying an air-fryer recently!

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