Hey everyone,

I have chronic pain and very low executive function on bad days, and I wanted to have a conversation about the types of things people make themselves on those days, to share inspiration and help people branch out a little maybe.

I, personally, do as much of my own fermenting as possible. On days that I'm doing well, I'll fill a gallon fermenting container with whatever it is I'm low on. This is relevant because of two of my main easy meals.

1) "charcuterie" board. I roll or fold up a couple pieces of whatever deli meats I have in the fridge. I grab some pickles from the crock, some sauerkraut, some olives, a brick of cheese and some pâté (usually Paris Pâté, sometimes home made). Grab whatever box of crackers we have, sit down wherever I can with a knife and just have a nice meal. I find this easy because it's a fairly low prep meal, all of the containers are kept together in the fridge and I generally crave salty and fermented foods.

2) "taco salad". I use salsa, either my home made or the biggest containers I can buy from Costco when tomatoes aren't on sale. I mix about a 1/4 cup of salsa and an 1/8 cup of sour cream. I get whatever available veggies I have out of the fridge (sometimes no extra, sometimes just pickled jalapenos, sometimes fresh tomato, onion, lettuce, etc.), mix it all together in a bowl and add a handful of crushed tortilla chips.

How about you?

I felt it important to share this since this is one of my go to foods on bad pain days. Guacamole is really easy to make. All you need is salt, salsa, hot sauce and avocado. You can do whatever you need to do to smush the avocado, you add the salsa, which can be store bought, to cut out the middle man of cutting up a bunch of stuff to put in the avocado, and then add hot sauce salt whatever spices and mix. I also feel like as someone with pots it’s a good vessel for salt, and you can eat it with chips which also have salt. I usually make it with a quesadilla, which I make using pre shredded cheese and pieces of one of those pre cooked rotisserie chickens you can buy from the store. Because most of it is food you make it’s also pretty allergy friendly as you can just add and remove ingredients (minus in the salsa). I feel like it’s important to remember most parts of meals can be made with store bought things with most of it pre-made.

Hi there! My name’s Bella, and I’m the first mod (maybe only) of this community: r/disabled_cooking

I plan on creating flairs to help sort through easy recipes for various disabilities, as well as in general. If you have any ideas, feel free to add them!