Five ways meal prep kits like HelloFresh can support cooking skills in people with intellectual disabilities
If you’re looking for a new way to teach cooking skills to individuals with intellectual disabilities, meal delivery kits like HelloFresh, Blue Apron, Home Chef, and Freshly may be a good option for you! This article includes five ways meal prep kits can support cooking skills in people with intellectual disabilities, whether you’re cooking at home with the family or in a life skills classroom.
40 Festive Visual Recipes for Fall
Hi, friends! It’s been a while! I’ve been working on projects other than Accessible Chef, but I’m hoping to get back to more regular posts this fall. Speaking of fall, the autumn season is a perfect time to practice cooking skills- with so many holidays,…
21 Visual Recipe Ideas for Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Summer Picnics
Whether you’re celebrating Memorial Day, Independence Day, or the end of the school year, it’s the perfect time of year to gather outside for a picnic with family or friends. Check out these visual recipes for patriotic desserts, main dishes, and sides. Do you have…
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,…
Creating Visual Recipes using PowerPoint
Follow these steps to create a visual recipe using PowerPoint. Remember that you can also create custom visual recipes using the online recipe creator. 1. Download the blank recipe template and open it in PowerPoint. Save the blank .ppt recipe template to your computer and…
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…
What does it mean to have an extra chromosome?
On having a brother with Down syndrome and the origin of Your Special Chef. I don’t remember very much about the birth of my little brother. I remember the way the light filtered onto the diamonds of the carpet as I prayed for a new…
