Guest Post: Seven DIY Kitchen Hacks
Today we have a special guest blog post from Maria Lindbergh, an occupational therapist who specializes in home adaptations. Be sure to check out her blog, Stay at Home Solutions, for more amazing content about home and kitchen modifications for people with disabilities. Do you…
Visual Recipes for Passover
Looking for visual recipes for Passover? Check out these step-by-step picture recipes for gougères made with matzo meal, matzo ball soup, fruited brisket with apricots and apples, and haroset. If you have any favorite Passover recipes that you’d like to see made into visual recipes,…
How to Edit Accessible Chef Recipes
Have you ever wanted to convert a recipe from US to metric measurements or remove an allergen? Follow these instructions to make minor edits to recipes on the Accessible Chef site! Note that this method only works for recipes created with the custom recipe creator-…
Six Blue and Yellow Visual Recipes for World Down Syndrome Day (3/21)
Every year on March 21st, people with Down syndrome and their families celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. This year, World Down Syndrome Day is on an extra special date – 03/21/21! Does anyone else think we should be celebrating all March long? While we might…
Best Visual Recipes for Spring: Seasonal Life Skills Activities for St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, and Earth Day
Looking for spring-themed activities to use in your life skills or transition classroom? Here are some ideas for St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, the Spring Equinox, and Earth Day! I love springtime because everything feels fresh and new. What are your favorite spring traditions? Note: As…
Five Tips for Adapting Recipes that Use Sharp Knives
“Why aren’t there more healthy recipes on the Accessible Chef website?” is one of the most common emails I receive from Accessible Chef users. It’s a great question – people with disabilities often face healthcare and nutritional disparities, and teaching healthy cooking skills is a…
Guest Post: Tips and Kitchen Hacks for Cooking with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Today we have a special guest blog post from Youtuber and professional baker Bite of Banality, who will be sharing some basic tips for cooking while living with the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). EDS can cause joint dislocations, pain, difficulty standing, limited mobility,…
Best Practices for Sharing Recipes using the Recipe Creator
I’m so grateful to those of you who have shared custom recipes made with the recipe creator – more than half of the recipes on Accessible Chef have been created by users like you! Today, I’m sharing some best practices for submitting recipes using the…
UPDATED Recipe Creator
I’ve heard your suggestions and concerns about the custom recipe creator and have created an all new version! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to use the creator and head over to the recipe creator to start making and sharing visual recipes.
What’s in a name? Your Special Chef is now Accessible Chef
What kind of words should we use to talk about intellectual disability? Cognitive impairment, differently-abled, handicapped, special needs? While the language that we use to describe disability matters, acceptable terminology depends on the decade and whom you ask. Varying preferences for person-first or identity-first language…
