3Spoonies: Cooking When Disabled Community Questions

Episode Number: 57.5 Date: 18th June

How do you make meal planning easier when you’re already exhausted? Are reusable alternatives worth it if cleaning them takes too much energy? And what happens when long COVID changes your sense of taste and smell?

In this Community Questions episode of 3Spoonies, we answer real questions from listeners about cooking while disabled, accessibility in the kitchen, meal planning, food prep and adapting everyday tasks.

We discuss:

• reusable alternatives to disposable kitchen items
• silicone freezer bags and accessible food storage
• meal planning with chronic illness
• using AI and apps for food organisation
• recipe lists and decision fatigue
• food planning with fatigue and executive dysfunction
• cooking with long COVID
• loss of taste and smell
• food safety and temperature probes
• reducing waste and avoiding food anxiety

This episode is packed with practical kitchen ideas, accessibility tips and honest conversations about making food work around your body, energy and needs.

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A HUGE thank to our Community Sponsor for this Season: Vicky Wilson

Vicki Admin Fairy® offers tailored administrative support to entrepreneurs, including those who are disabled or neurodivergent, helping them streamline their operations so they can focus on what they do best. With a flexible, client-centred approach, Vicki brings order and efficiency to small businesses across the UK.

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