Wheelchair Cooking in a Non-Adapted Kitchen!

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  • Опубліковано 24 вер 2019
  • Ally Grizzard shows us how she cooks in her non adapted kitchen
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 288

  • @3xxeduardaxx3
    @3xxeduardaxx3 2 роки тому +6

    I’m new to the wheelchair community thank u for showing me what is possible!!

  • @ottumwagrl
    @ottumwagrl 4 роки тому +38

    I’m not in a wheelchair I just enjoy watching your videos. It’s interesting to learn how people in wheelchairs have to adapt. It really has opened my eyes to everything that people take for granted. Some people don’t even realize that things could be taken from you in a blink of an eye. Keep the awesome videos coming!!

  • @thejasonuncut
    @thejasonuncut 4 роки тому +34

    My kitchen is small, so my stove is on my right and sink is on my left.
    I keep a folded up blanket on my lap with a cutting board on top of that to protect myself from getting burnt.
    20 months post injury, and I JUST made chicken fried steak 2 days ago. I have been terrified of frying anything. It came out just like it did when I was able bodied.
    Seeing her tips and tricks made me proud that I figured it out on my own.
    It took me a year as well to get my head on straight. Once I had to live on my own, I had no choice but to do it myself again.
    Thanks for the video! 🤘🏻

    • @janeljett9527
      @janeljett9527 2 роки тому

      Hi there person in a wheelchair, how's your doing today?

  • @FeralWench
    @FeralWench 4 роки тому +23

    Another good tip for wheelchair users is to plan out meals beforehand. I've noticed that when I try to wing a meal or forget to consider how much it would take me to prepare a meal vs. someone who is not disabled, I end up using all my energy. That has made me quite discouraged and for a while, I stopped cooking. Energy levels for a wheelchair user are not the same as someone able-bodied, so it's important to pace yourself and to listen to your body. I've made more mistakes and injured myself when I am tired, versus when I still have energy and the mental clarity to complete my task.

    • @matthallam7772
      @matthallam7772 4 роки тому +3

      Yep, put on some good music and focus on what you’re doing.Take your time.

    • @captainchaos3053
      @captainchaos3053 Рік тому

      I find it fairly easy to get by with a standard kitchen, I mostly use the remote method. But sometimes she goes out so I have to fix my own dinner.

  • @kimdorzweiler4745
    @kimdorzweiler4745 2 роки тому +5

    "It's just a bad day, not a bad Life" Love the wisdom you all are sharing in this video! May you all be blessed a million times from here forward.

  • @duloogo
    @duloogo 4 роки тому +143

    Love your videos, im not in a wheelchair it's just great to learn.
    I never knew about all the things you guys face and my respect for you guys has sky rocketed through the roof.

  • @JP-114
    @JP-114 4 роки тому +25

    Im glad i am able to cook. Learnt myself. Outside still learning. Learnt how to play pool in my wheelchair. And won 😊
    Yes once i learnt walking is hard now. Took me 2yrs now moving forward.

  • @mercedesmairs7688
    @mercedesmairs7688 4 роки тому +71

    “Just a bad day not a bad life” I will use in future situations

    • @whiskeylynn1037
      @whiskeylynn1037 4 роки тому +1

      Mercedes Mairs I always say a bad moment doesn't mean a bad day.

  • @phxf
    @phxf 4 роки тому +33

    I really love all these collabs you’re doing with different people and sharing tricks other wheelchair users have for dealing with inaccessible stuff. So wholesome and really useful info! Simple stuff like this and videos i saw early on about like, how to open those auto-closing doors and get through them without scraping stuff are so helpful. Like i could have probably figured it out, but not knowing how made it so much scarier to go outside and live my life because i didn’t feel certain. I don’t really have a specific thing I want to see a how to for, but just, people sharing stuff that felt like a victory when they figured it out. That’s really cool and i’d love more of that. I guess if there’s one specific thing that’s kind of intimidating me, it’d be stuff around good ways to practice wheelies safely without someone to catch me, and navigating curbs and steps and stuff like that. I’ve had to hop down curbs a bunch of times since getting my chair and i’ve usually succeeded but it still feels intimidating and like, it’s not something i can really practice at home but the mental barrier of going outside where people could be watching and doing it on like a street or in a park and possibly stacking it and having a swarm of people descend on me to unhelpfully “help” is just enough to keep me procrastinating about actually practicing. In the learning from wheelchair friends video it was really cool seeing ways to deal with stairs and slopes and going off road with tiny castors so like, more of that stuff, how to deal with difficult intimidating situations where there’s like, pressure to get it right, where you’re not at home where messing up is fairly private.

  • @kyliefenick3838
    @kyliefenick3838 4 роки тому +67

    My boyfriend has gone to my school since kindergarten and his mom taught at my school. I am currently in eighth grade and he is suppose to be a sophomore. Every year we have a fall festival at my school and last year him and his mom were hit by a car while crossing the street. My teacher ended up really beat up and bruised, broke her foot, and had to get surgery on her shoulder, and my boyfriend hit his head, got a brain bleed, was rushed in an ambulance to the hospital, had to have emergency surgery, and was put in a medically induced coma so his brain could heal. They werent even sure if he would live. And on top of all this, he already had a heart condition, multiple kidney failures, multiple open heart surgeries, and other medical issues with other people in his family BEFORE the accident, and will never be able to do certain things like ride an airplane that aren't even BECAUSE of the accident. He had to relearn everything from brushing his teeth to eating food to taking a shower to walking and TALKING and living day to day life normally. He went from being able to write college level papers in eighth grade to not even being able to comprehend words in his mind or even write a simple sentence. He had to undergo physical , speech, vision,and occupational therapy; basically you name it he did it. He was in the local governers school that is ranked 17th in the COUNTRY and is extremely hard to get in to for only two months before the accident, where he spent the rest of the school year in recovery. He is now at a different school as a freshman. He still has some issues like remembering words and names and things like that, and he is now a bit of a slower learner, can't write or read as well as he used to, and he can't even see out of his peripheral vision on his right side, which means that he might never be able to drive, weighs less than me and is two years older than me and is as tall as I am, and he still manages to be so happy and live a perfectly normal life. By the end of last school year he took me to my middle school dance, became my boyfriend in may, and wait for it... wrote a really long paper about the GOOD outcomes of the accident. If you have read this far, I hope it inspires you to be the best you can be, and that no matter what, you can push through and do everything you want to. If he can overcome all of those things, so can you!

  • @mechurchlady
    @mechurchlady 4 роки тому +4

    Pampered Chef and Sur la Table have many helpful tools. I have tools from ten years ago. There are so many things than can make life easier.
    I can’t reach the top cabinets because I am short. I lean over the sink to dice and prep food. My favorite meal is nuked ground beef with Italian spice and onions. It is so easy to nuke meat. I avoid the stove because of burner fires, forgetting food in the stove, and the mess. When I wasn’t sick I loved fried food. I love salads as they are easy to make. Loved the video.

  • @NyxesRealms
    @NyxesRealms 4 роки тому +13

    The whole "hi honey ill be late i shit myself' is a whole mood that I didn't know anyone who could relate to apart from my ex.

  • @webbax90
    @webbax90 4 роки тому +29

    In sweden (and probably rest of Europe) we got all the knobs of the stove on the front side, So might be more wheelchair friendlier than the normal US stoves.

    • @MeaCulpaMerlin
      @MeaCulpaMerlin 4 роки тому +4

      In my place (in UK), my Bosch gas hob has all the controls on the RH side of the burners/rings n Bosch (German?) is quite a common brand/make of kitchen n household appliances in UK/Europe. I've noticed though since my MS (think of it as standing for 'Many Scars' rather than 'multiple sclerosis') has progressed more since February this year, I am using a wheelchair or scooter for pretty much everything. I live alone now since my wife n I seperated a couple yrs ago and more easily accessible things would be soo much easier n safer for me to use -especially when my 3 youngest children (10, 7 and 5) come stay over each weekend. I'm def on the lookout for kitchen goods that are easier to use now!

    • @liquid79
      @liquid79 4 роки тому +11

      US has stoves with the dials on the front (I have one). It'sjust not that popular due to child safety.

    • @MeaCulpaMerlin
      @MeaCulpaMerlin 4 роки тому +1

      @@liquid79 Thx 4 ur reply - I gotta look online n see what's suitable & available..but seeing my kids are mostly v.young (n quite clumsy!), I have to put THEIR safety first. Maybe a guard I can lock off so it can't be knocked into is a solution on a stove with easy/low access controls...

    • @liquid79
      @liquid79 4 роки тому +2

      @@MeaCulpaMerlin they sell safety covers for stoves. Just look up "child safety stove knob covers" on Amazon or Google to find them online .

    • @ReadObituaries
      @ReadObituaries 4 роки тому +1

      Webbax a lot of US stoves are like that too. My stove has the knobs on the front. It’s just the different styles (like how there are front loading and top loading washing machines.) it’s just personal preference of whoever put the stove in. A lot of glass top stoves have the controls on the top while stoves like mine (a gas stove) has knobs on the front.

  • @craigpitchford1010
    @craigpitchford1010 4 роки тому +7

    I'm not in a wheelchair but I love watching your videos dude keep up the great work

  • @nellies-treasure-trove
    @nellies-treasure-trove 18 днів тому

    Here are some added tips: 1) Tie a light weight rope around the cabinet knobs. Pull the rope to open the cabinets. 2) Use a grabber (Walmart) to reach for spices. There are many types. 3) Purchase a small table, low height to prep your meals. 4) Purchase a one or two burner electric cooktop burner. (amazon) You can find some under $100. Plug it in any outlet to cook your meals. Happy cooking!

  • @sweetest-of-memes
    @sweetest-of-memes 4 роки тому +5

    I've learned so much from you in the short time I've been watching your videos! You make such a strong impact on people with disabilities and able bodied people as well. I loved when you said emotions are a choice. I'm not physically disabled, but I do have a mental illness classified as a disability and that is a lesson that's taken me a long time to learn. Still learning. You and Ally and everyone featured in your videos are such inspirations and I know you will only continue to make an amazing impact on this Earth.

  • @tmorgan7939
    @tmorgan7939 4 роки тому +2

    I do not have any physical disabilities but just working through a couple minor accidents in my adulthood have shown me how freaking exceptional and resiliant people with disabilities are just to manage everyday tasks that most of us are able to handle with relative ease. The one thing I know is that I have NO IDEA what emotional, social and physical challenges some people have to face everyday. I am embarassed when I think about the things that bitch about everyday.

  • @NatandGeorge
    @NatandGeorge 3 роки тому +1

    To carry hot bowls oe pots, notyhihng I've found works as well as a gripper handle that closese onto the rim of your item & gives you a super strong grip (I once pulled a 15lb turkey in roaster out of the oven & wheeled it to the table to transfer the birds onto a cutting board that had 2 nails poking through to hold it steady as I carved (I only have the use of one hand/side)
    Another top kitchen food prep tool is an Ulu (Inuit rocking knife, great for chopping vegetables, cutting meats, etc.)

  • @matthewwilson9749
    @matthewwilson9749 4 роки тому +10

    I wish this video had come out in November when I started using a wheelchair, but happy to see that it’s been made. Thank you so much for making the video.

  • @robperi3627
    @robperi3627 4 роки тому +4

    Another awesome video!! I love your no BS explanation about life.

  • @sharisweeney6020
    @sharisweeney6020 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you both. Really appreciate your sharing. I’m old🤦🏻‍♀️, stroke in Feb and working my way through figuring life. Grateful for realizing my life hasn’t ended and there are others out there who have wisdom and advice to share! Thank you!

  • @SandieRoberts
    @SandieRoberts 4 роки тому

    Brilliant! Loved the bit where you said “create a new compelling life...” I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user and can take a few steps with assistance but even that is hard. Both hands used to hold myself up so mystery how to then cook! I might try using the chair in the kitchen as I think I’ll be a lot more productive using it as a tool. Favourite food...rice and a kind of Persian stew with turmeric, tomatoes and eggplant. Topped with plant based yoghurt mixed with salt n’pepper and lots of diced cucumber!! Delicious. Gonna make that this week! Thanks for the inspo xxx

  • @addieloveswheelies5672
    @addieloveswheelies5672 4 роки тому +5

    I learned to hold a wheelie from your last video and the world opened up! I can go ten feet now!

  • @cyrillius123
    @cyrillius123 4 роки тому

    Man every second of these videos are informative. Great job man

  • @nickmarsala3787
    @nickmarsala3787 4 роки тому

    I think it's great that the two of them have each other! God bless the two of them!

  • @ivorybow
    @ivorybow Рік тому

    I am 75 and just now beginning to use a wheelchair. My upper body strength is so low I am not able to wheel a chair on my own power. I have an electric chair which I can only use outside my home. I can walk a few yards with my walker (which has a seat) then I have to sit down. I rest, then go again. All my life I was a chef level cook and made everything from scratch. I am so committed to keeping my cooking alive. What I do is cut at my table, then do a little and sit down, do a little and sit down. I plan a meal and it may take me several hours because I am so slow now. I know I have a lot to learn. Thank you for showing us it can be done.

  • @sosurim
    @sosurim 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the video, and thank you Ally. I can tell you have the look of wisdom in your eyes.
    "Learn how to live before learning how to do other things..." Words of wisdom. I'm just beginning to learn how to live right now, dealing with post polio syndrome. I'm going from walking on crutches to being wheelchair bound, and I find it so difficult. Can't imagine how people who could fully walk to being on wheelchairs... everything becomes a monumental task. But first, you gotta learn how to live!

  • @irasemagramajo3568
    @irasemagramajo3568 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you guys for the inspiration.

  • @wgu4983
    @wgu4983 3 роки тому

    I love your can do attitude. I wish I had found your channel a longtime ago. I use a power chair and I cook for my bedridden father. It was a challenge learning how to do those things. Seeing others do these things coupled with that mindset is refreshing.

  • @carolynramirez52
    @carolynramirez52 3 роки тому

    I can now take that hot pan of water straight from the stove with out dropping it with one hand and drain the noodles. Same with taking items out of the oven in baking dishes. It just took time to build up on all these things that I took for granted.
    I love that I don’t need help from others to do daily tasks. I sweep and mop my floors, cook and do dishes, laundry, do my own grocery shopping. Most importantly, having the freedom to drive myself everywhere I want go.

  • @carolinened5103
    @carolinened5103 3 роки тому

    This is awesome I needed this

  • @Cosmicsurfpro
    @Cosmicsurfpro 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks guys and gals! Very helpful and beautiful!

  • @donatas3179
    @donatas3179 4 роки тому +6

    What a nice, beautiful, positive mindset women. Proud of her!

  • @ecologist_to_be
    @ecologist_to_be 4 роки тому +5

    Yes omg to the pan I was making something and hot oil spit in the corner of my eye!! Never thought of using a deeper pan.

    • @ecologist_to_be
      @ecologist_to_be 4 роки тому

      I have put extra drawers in my lower cupboards to prove more space without having to have things in the upper cupboards. I also have a mini reacher

  • @earlmarshall6543
    @earlmarshall6543 Рік тому

    Thank You for this video. I recently have become disabled and have already burnt myself badly once from hot grease. Your suggestions will greatly help me in recovering my self confidence and ability to function in a high traffic kitchen again! Yes, the fight against depression is very real. I've only been disabled since early October, but having to wait on mental therapy due to a very limited bank account right now. And yes, night pains are the very worst, and I think it has something to do with gravitational pull.

  • @yoyoiven
    @yoyoiven 4 роки тому +2

    Totally love your videos, keep them up! One thing though... Seeing her use metal on a non-stick pan was like reverse ASMR!

  • @ThatFlyinRyan
    @ThatFlyinRyan 4 роки тому

    great video man!!!

  • @macsterling1954
    @macsterling1954 8 місяців тому

    I definitely agree about the safety aspect. I have a lap desk (several actually) with either foam or bean bag bottom. These allow me to "mold" the bottom to my uneven thighs. I can get the top surface level this way. I next bought several Non-Slip Silicone Countertop Protector Mat - Heat Resistant and Waterproof. I use bulldog clips to fasten them to the surface of the "desktops" They mold to my legs, so they don't slip off or around. I can put hot pots and pans on my lap, and they will not slip or slide, and they will not damage the surface of the board or me. Of course, you have to BE CAREFUL, but I can now have a hot frying pan or pot of hot water safely on my lap. Trying to get the fried egg or hamburgers out of the pan when you can't really see them up on the stove is frustrating and dangerous. I do slide things on the countertop as she demonstrated, but I can see IN the pots when they are in my lap. If you look at around 4:40 in the video, she moves the pot from the stove to the island using only one hand to hold it. If it were heavy (full of water or sauce) it would be difficult or impossible to do. With the protected lap board, you can use both hands with mitts or whatever, to lower it onto your lap much more safely. Then use both hands to move the chair to the island and use both hands to put it onto the island. Again, BE CAREFUL BE SAFE, AND PRACTICE WITH AN EMPTY POT OR PAN, AND THEN WITH COLD WATER before you make breakfast. This method works and is safe if you THINK!

  • @SarahSmiles4u
    @SarahSmiles4u 4 роки тому +1

    I crawl sometimes, sit on floor or use my seat on my walker. We have a gallery kitchen and no room for me or my able body guy. He is my hands and I am teaching him to cook. We made a delicious meal last night. I can't yet pick up pot/pan's yet but that's why I do PT. Great ideas. I really enjoy seeing your video's and the creative and safer ways to cook with a physical disability. ✌😊

  • @hhjames9139
    @hhjames9139 4 роки тому +1

    I do it everyday in a small Pullman type kitchen. I occasionally use the stove (boiling water can be dangerous) but an air fryer, the micro and a countertop toaster/convection oven are my best kitchen friends. I also have a stove with knobs on the front so I don't have to reach over the burners.

  • @mindfullyinjuredlena
    @mindfullyinjuredlena 4 роки тому +3

    Grelt vid! It’s so nice to hear you guys talking living again after injury. We can’t go back, only move on 😀😍

  • @bettysmith9052
    @bettysmith9052 3 роки тому

    Thank you alley, i am a wheel chair uses, this video really helped me.

  • @AtulKumar-yg6hz
    @AtulKumar-yg6hz 4 роки тому

    Great video. Every time teach a lesson. Thank you so much.

  • @linskeptikat9069
    @linskeptikat9069 4 роки тому

    Hi - I don't use a wheelchair but I am on crutches and use my office chair cranked up as high as it goes when I cook. One thing I've figured out is to use an apron that covers my legs and has a large pocket in the front to use as an extra "hand". I love your videos and learn so much from them.

  • @josephwhatley2778
    @josephwhatley2778 4 роки тому

    Hey man, I'm not an injured person but I would just like to say, I love what you're doing here, spreading awareness and helping others that are going through what you're going through. I'm inspired by your positive attitude towards your condition and I know that can be rough sometimes, I can only imagine what it's like as I don't know personally. I'm actually a diabetic and ironically, when I went into DKA on vacation when I was first diagnosed, I was in a coma for three days. My life changed after that but I kept a positive outlook on life and that helped me through the roughest times adapting to this new life, by no means am I saying this is comparable, I'm just saying, your outlook on life after a major life change really effects how you adapt to your condition whatever it may be, keep on keepin on man, you're an inspiration

  • @Christ-in-me
    @Christ-in-me 3 місяці тому

    I have a desk with wood that matches my cupboards. I am thinking of putting it against the kitchen wall to use as a prep table. I have searched for the perfect prep table in a small space and this seems the best option.

  • @danacandek5767
    @danacandek5767 4 роки тому

    This is a great video. Love it!

  • @davidkilby1043
    @davidkilby1043 4 роки тому

    Thank you both. Semper Fidelis

  • @SnowySpiritRuby
    @SnowySpiritRuby 4 роки тому

    One of my (many) favorites is linguine with scallops, shrimp, and a garlic and herb alfredo sauce - I love seafood pasta dishes. I don't cook very often (because it's very physically draining), but that is one dish I've had at a restaurant that I really want to learn to make myself because it was so good (and maybe add chicken and spinach to it).

  • @suzannecooke2055
    @suzannecooke2055 3 роки тому

    I'm in a wheelchair with a VERY non-adaptive kitchen with the sink opposite the stove. My hardest thing is getting a hot full pot to the sink for draining noodles. I have stumbled across most of your solutions by trial and error. I wish I had found your channel earlier!

  • @tinacollins943
    @tinacollins943 4 роки тому

    Plenty of tips Thankyou love

  • @sphere191
    @sphere191 Рік тому

    Thank you for the confidence and instruction, I’m gonna start cooking again without fear.😂❤

  • @tomlee252
    @tomlee252 3 роки тому

    being in wheelchair, I don't like asking for help, but sometimes you still need it, and in the kitchen when things are literally out of reach, these videos help give ways, suggestions on what might/can make it easier

  • @meaganwallwork5395
    @meaganwallwork5395 4 роки тому

    splatter screens are really good for cooking in pans like that because they keep the oil from popping up and hitting you.

  • @hollystringer7639
    @hollystringer7639 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much for sharing this and your other videos. It took me 4 years to start cooking again. I am in my own apartment and cook in a ceramic pan with temperature control. I have a sink across from my stove and after my 3rd fall, I spend more time in my wheelchair. I wonder what adaptive kitchen devices you find helpful?

  • @keishaleahy4628
    @keishaleahy4628 4 роки тому

    Good job. I love cooking. My kitchen is not modified either. Us people in wheelchairs especially of us girls have to adapt and overcome. I do burn myself a lot. Lots of helpful ways she does it.

  • @kenbryant2570
    @kenbryant2570 4 роки тому

    Thank you for putting out these videos. I am in a chair. It has been helpful.

  • @jeremyd2409
    @jeremyd2409 4 роки тому +4

    PRO TIP: if you can handle being a bit warmer while you’re cooking on both the cooktop and the oven, wear a cotton long sleeved shirt. This will save your arms and elbows many burns.

    • @NatandGeorge
      @NatandGeorge 3 роки тому

      Always fry bacon while naked, able-bodied or not -- it'll teach you not to cook it at too high of a temperature!

  • @christiclyde4792
    @christiclyde4792 Рік тому

    Another thing you can do is use a rolling cart or rolling island. I use a cart for heavy things I must lift with two hands. To move the item safely between two surfaces independently.

  • @MeiMeiandPorgi
    @MeiMeiandPorgi 2 роки тому

    I've been trying to get a wheelchair for many years, and it's finally going to happen soon. For a while ago. Can my bed or in my bedroom but I move my bed to the living. My whole worldview is changing and I really needed to see this video. Thank you. No I'm going to be all menopausal and cry all over the place.

  • @Stephanieseagerbeauty
    @Stephanieseagerbeauty 4 роки тому

    I love love the Rae Dunn! My kitchen is all Rae Dunn too!!!

  • @TheJustonemore
    @TheJustonemore 4 роки тому

    I have been given a chair but its not for full time yet.I have C.R.P.S. and im using it more and more. the back is taller and you guys rock

  • @BriannaC558
    @BriannaC558 3 роки тому

    I UA-camd this video because I believe I have MS I have all severe symptoms and would like to see what to expect in the future if I were to land in a wheelchair thanks for calming my anxiety. Great video

  • @capntbaggins9262
    @capntbaggins9262 4 роки тому

    Keep growing man

  • @katlady5000
    @katlady5000 4 роки тому

    I use in induction burners with induction pots on a cook table table my husband put in the kitchen. The induction burners don't get hot unless the pot or pan is in it. Much easier to stir and I can see into the pan or pot because it's at the right angle. I like to cook and bake but I can't stand at the stove. My air fryer is also a favorite. I can bread chicken then bring it over to the air fryer and dump it in. Also I sew and for microwaving in glass bowls I use a cotton bowl cozy I put the bowl in the cozy went it comes out of the microwave the bowl cozy protects my hands or lap from the heat. I don't sale bowl cozies it's a hobby for me. I know they are sold on esty. If anyone is interested. A bowl cozy would have save her the oatmeal burn.

  • @tinselbmerryweather
    @tinselbmerryweather 4 роки тому +2

    I’m brand new to the channel. Cooking is so much fun, I have scoliosis and Spina Bifida. I can’t reach any shelf’s up high. So my Moms always in the kitchen with me. I also can’t reach the back of the stove, what kind and size of stove do you have?

  • @raenab1029
    @raenab1029 3 роки тому

    THANK YOU SO MUCH

  • @melindapaterson5459
    @melindapaterson5459 4 роки тому

    I just happened to stumble on this channel. I did not have an injury but due to many knee surgeries l can't stand or walk for long so l do my cooking in a wheelchair. I use my grabber slot for out of reach things. Love from Maine ❤️

  • @redsorgum
    @redsorgum 4 роки тому

    Another excellent video. 👏👏👏👍

  • @hellaSwankkyToo
    @hellaSwankkyToo 4 роки тому +1

    this is super helpful. when i get my new chair i anticipate cooking more since i won't have to worry about standing in pain or taking hella breaks. my kitchen isn't remotely accessible + moving isn't remotely a financial possibility.
    this actually just gave me hope in an area i didn't know i needed.
    thank you for these collabs!!

  • @sandrajacobs5786
    @sandrajacobs5786 2 роки тому

    Noobie here. I like to graze my meals. Just throw random stuff on a plate like a charcuterie board. Its quick and easy, especially on days when I have no energy to cook.

  • @FutureBereaAlumn
    @FutureBereaAlumn 4 роки тому

    For non-liquid hot foods, a pot holder (or oven mit) MAY allow you to put a hot dish on your lap. Pot holders would affect balance, and thus should ONLY be tried the first time with an empty dish or a dish that is not hot. If it turns out you can’t balance it, you don’t want to find out while you are actually carrying hot food.

  • @EmilyCheetham
    @EmilyCheetham 4 роки тому

    Although I’m not physically disabled I still get the good days and incapacitated days because I have epilepsy. Thankfully nowadays due to having open Brian surgery I rarely have seizures but I used to have 3-4 a week. I was sent home from school, had few friends (ones I did have had hidden disabilities and were in the year below me). I used to just lie on my bed and cry before my surgery (to remove a tumour causing my seizures). I was seen as different and few people old even talk to me. Only one or two people ever invited me round their house or to birthdays. I used to hate my life and sometimes wished I could die. I used to have trouble getting to sleep and it used to make me cry. But life is a lot better now. I have seizures only 1-2 every 1-2 years now, if I can’t sleep I just toss and turn and if I really can’t sleep I just read or go on my iPad for a bit. I have a lot more friends over social media. I wish I could tell my younger self that things do get better and easier.

  • @erinnicolefranco6807
    @erinnicolefranco6807 11 місяців тому

    My sink is in my island. Though I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user still struggled to get things from the stove to sink. So I use a serving cart.

  • @vava-ch5yi
    @vava-ch5yi 4 роки тому +6

    Great video i loved it. Watch out for that grease getting in the drains tho. Its not got for it

  • @TheWayItIs.
    @TheWayItIs. Рік тому

    Learning my reability👍🏼😁

  • @DreamDrawz
    @DreamDrawz 4 роки тому +1

    Even though I can’t eat I really liked this video cause it made me feel like I’ll be able to be more independent when my wheelchair comes

  • @chloermusic1712
    @chloermusic1712 Рік тому

    ive recently became an ambulatory wheelchair it's all so fresh and i am only 17 and it makes me so jealous when i see my friends going to college and living their life "normal" when i can't do that due to some of my health issues but at the same time i'm glad it happend because i can tell people they're not alone and i get them when they come to me when something goes the littlest but wrong my attitude has changed so much i tell myself now that it happend for a reason or it's only temporary or even if it's permanent and it's not a big deal i don't get as bothered now there's worse things i suffer with than breaking a glass or stuff like that but the only sad reality is it has made me realise who my real friends are because the minute i became disabled loads of them left i even lost my cousin who i was very close with due to it but i'm better off without them :)

  • @shalom8313
    @shalom8313 4 роки тому +23

    I'm an italian wheelchair user, i love your videos and I'm learning so much from you and your guests but......whaaaaaaaatttttt????!!! You can't cook pasta like that....never
    break spaghetti, never fill up the pot with water before....before putting the noodles, the water must boil and then you can put noodles!!! And then....the sauce should be cooked with meat and not added raw to the dish!!!! I'm dying.....ahahahahahahah

    • @allypoolegrizzard3037
      @allypoolegrizzard3037 4 роки тому +16

      I’m fully aware you usually add the noodles to boiling water, BUT i don’t let the water boil first bc then when i have to add the noodles, i would have to do it with steaming boiling water in my face since I’m eye level with the stove 😉 ALSO- i allow the sauce to heat up with it all together after its added & guess what? It all tastes the same either way 😂 you do it your way, I’ll do it mine!

    • @fdhicks69
      @fdhicks69 4 роки тому

      Lulu D Polentone...

  • @ErickFonsecaYoSoyYo
    @ErickFonsecaYoSoyYo 4 роки тому

    La pasta se ve súper rica me antoje

  • @brantmorrison9882
    @brantmorrison9882 3 роки тому

    After dropping more than my share of ceramic plates and glass mixing bowls I thought it best to convert to using stainless steel for everyday use.
    My plates have not yet arrived. Have you ever used the divided or sectioned-off plates? I am thinking a divided plate may make carrying food and eating slightly easier. Having a towel nearby to insulate the heat transmitted by the plate will likely be necessary.
    The unbreakable stainless steel mixing bowls are much less worrisome than the glass kind.

  • @Chad.D
    @Chad.D 4 роки тому +1

    Great video
    -fellow wheelchair bro

  • @temperosguilherme
    @temperosguilherme 4 роки тому

    great job, for sure, my kitchen isn''t adaptive at all, but I cook without any problem.
    c6c7 quad.

  • @maschan91
    @maschan91 4 роки тому +2

    Great tips! But I can't forgive the heresy of splitting spaghetti in half! 😂

  • @Lala_Fae
    @Lala_Fae 2 роки тому

    For me its the fatigue and pain that's always present. My partner does all cooking for us now but I'd like some independence back and find some good gadgets or aids that might help me. I also need to lose weight but pain makes exercise so difficult. Its so tough to manage

  • @kaylagibson2025
    @kaylagibson2025 4 роки тому

    This is me every day

  • @silkedavid8876
    @silkedavid8876 4 роки тому

    On a totally different subject, i thought British Mince meat is bad, but that lost so much water! Good tips!

  • @NatandGeorge
    @NatandGeorge 3 роки тому

    extra saferyy tip: if you're hemiplegiuc, go out of your way to look more often in the affected side's direction, as you might not notice a burn occuring until after it's gone third degree.

  • @nikkimatthys1995
    @nikkimatthys1995 4 роки тому +2

    I was born with my disability and been in my chair since i was 3 (i had to learn how to use a caster cart before i got my own wheelchair) I'm 24 and still learn how to use a kitchen that was not built for me lucky i still live at home so i can get help when i need it but when its just me ill wear kevlar sleeves over my arms to not burn myself before i had them i would burn myself like at least once a month and when id burn it wasn't bad bad but just bad enough that i would be scrambling and look like a chicken with her head cut off to find bandaids and stuff to make sure it didn't get any worse than it got me thinking why don't they sell oven mitts for people in wheelchairs that are long and pretty much go up to our arm pits because we are short then everybody else and and more prone to burns in the kitchen

  • @smokebear7637
    @smokebear7637 3 роки тому

    How do you donate a Pasta insert? I always use a Sauce pot to cook meat. Longer handle, Taller sides, Narrow, Not Wobbly when being held, Less weight. Meat stays moist doesn't burn.
    I cant do water.
    Thank G-d for A Chef kitchen, The water is above the stove! Thank you G-d.
    It does sit higher use no-steam mirrors stuck above.

  • @jamesortiz5388
    @jamesortiz5388 4 роки тому

    In my power chair I could use a pitcher to carry the water to the stove. Then scoop the pasta out of the pot. I break the meat up with the spatula while cooking.

  • @lillianmccall8776
    @lillianmccall8776 4 роки тому +2

    I’m not in a wheel chair but I’m really short and one time I took my ramen noodles out of the microwave and spilled the hot noodles all over my arms and got burnt

  • @carolinepitre
    @carolinepitre 4 роки тому

    I feel the same as you it's change my life for better ..i learn to love my news life and i won't change for nothing ♿ i love your vidéo thanks 🤗

  • @Kaye09MNchick
    @Kaye09MNchick 4 роки тому

    Oh my gosh! My pain is mainly at night too! I wonder if that's a common thing for chronic pain...

    • @Wheels2Walking
      @Wheels2Walking  4 роки тому +1

      I suspect yes, simply because there aren’t as many environmental distractions and when you’re alone at night the pain is “louder” I know mine is

  • @gerb3664
    @gerb3664 Рік тому

    ''oh guys! This was fun!

  • @mattengstrom29
    @mattengstrom29 4 роки тому +2

    I love making Asian stir fry noodle dishes. I make one that my service dog JonJon can eat too.

  • @Andrewdeitsch
    @Andrewdeitsch 4 роки тому +4

    EARLY MORNING BELL GANG!!!

  • @fern69666
    @fern69666 4 роки тому

    this is what I'm most worried about, im taking baking in college right now and my knees are getting worse..

  • @cherringtonjapes6760
    @cherringtonjapes6760 4 роки тому +1

    A lot of these tips require coming sideways, what about those of us who cannot turn or suffer from twisting that much?

  • @itsamemario2189
    @itsamemario2189 3 роки тому

    Thanks ♿🌟👍🌟