Tags: cooking with vision loss, kitchen organization, salad dressing
Most people would like to eat a healthy, made from scratch, natural diet, wouldn’t you say? However, vision loss in the kitchen can feel like it is adding extra layers of difficulty to the 7-layer bean salad you wanted to make.
Do you:
Please don’t give up!
It’s summer and that means salads are an easy option for healthy eating. The key to getting started is organization. Here’s how!
Carry items on the tray as you walk around the kitchen gathering up what you need. You can place items on or around the tray near specific sides or corners to help you find them when you need them. Working on the tray will contain any mess or spills and make clean-up quick and efficient.
Keep a bowl or garbage handy to keep seeds, peels, and anything garbage not food off your workspace and away from your salad bowl as you work.
Label the ingredients you want to use or look for tactual details in the packaging or bottle to help you tell the oil from the vinegar.
Group like items together to save time. For example, keep vinegars and oils that you use for salad dressing near each other in the pantry
If you share the kitchen with others, you might want to have a special drawer or Tupperware container in the fridge to keep the items you use frequently. This also helps you remember those items you don’t want to forget about like the half tomato that needs to be eaten up.
VisionAware’s Room-by-Room Modifications: Kitchen
Where Did I Put It? A webinar I presented for Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Tip: Most salad dressings are 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar or lemon. Check out this blog about making your own salad dressing for information from a certified holistic nutritionist as to why you might want to take the time to make your own and some ideas for inspiration!
If you have a favorite recipe for salad dressing, please share!
Polly Abbott is the Director of Rehabilitation at Second Sense.
Polly, Love the tips you and all others at Second Sense share. Please keep them coming
Good post and great tips!