- Use kitchen or cooking utensils with padded handles or grips.
- Instead of standing at your counter or stovetop, pull up a high barstool and sit down to chop, mix or stir.
- Batch cook. Prepare two portions of your protein at a time and refrigerate the leftovers to use in salads or sandwiches the next day.
- When you have a lot of prep work to do, sit at a table instead of standing.
- To accomplish your cutting and slicing needs, purchase an ergonomically designed knife with a large handle. This allows you to have leverage and stability using your body weight to maneuver the knife. OXO makes a line of large handle kitchen items called Good Grips.
- Many times when you buy a bottle of sauce, it needs shaking before opening. Don’t shake it; roll it. If your hands are sore, use your forearm and the weight of your body.
- Buy a mandolin to help you cut vegetables easily. Just watch those fingers!
- A food processor can help you with big chopping and dicing projects.
- My favorite new item is my microplane herb mill. You put the herbs in the mill, then just twist the handle and out comes minced herbs.
I guess I will not be The Next Food Network Star anywhere but in my own home. In another post I will write about nutrition and how my food consumption changed. Yum!
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