Kit out your Kitchen, Meal Preparation Made Easy

The festive season is fast approaching and many of us are eagerly anticipating the time we spend cooking and sharing traditional meals with friends and family. But what do we do if the joyful thought of preparing the much-loved family classics is now tempered with aches and pains? Well, it may be a great time to teach the next generation some of your secret recipes and have them do the heavy lifting in the process. However, if you are not ready to share all your cooking secrets just yet then some helpful cooking aids could be just what you need to make the cooking process once again joyful. To help we have handpicked some kitchen tools and appliances to assist with some of the more common problems in the kitchen for those with strength, grip and dexterity concerns.

Chopping, slicing and dicing or mixing and mashing- handle food with one hand
Stirring the pudding mix is no easy task and while the job is more fun when shared if you want to take a turn the Fix Food Preparation Board may make the job a little easier by gripping the bowl for you while you stir. To make prepping the vegetables for roasting easier a spiked plate on the Fix Food Preparation Board or attached to the non-slip breadboard can hold them in place while you chop one-handed. 

Shop the Fix Food Preparation Board or Non-Slip Board with optional spike to join in the chopping and stirring. 

If carving the turkey is your job but this year your hands find the task more of a chore, the relieve angled knife may be just the solution. It has been ergonomically designed for more comfortable use by people with limited hand strength and who need to leave the wrist straight. 

Shop the relieve angled knife range to retain your carving and slicing apron.

Getting a dollop of sauce - dealing with lids  

Is the secret ingredient in your cranberry sauce the biggest secret of all, it's from a jar! Nobody need ever find out if you use the one-touch bottle opener to loosen the lid while nobody is looking. The bottle opener is designed to make it easy to grip and twist the lid off a jar with the tap of a button. Perhaps you have a fussy eater in the family who only like tomato sauce on their turkey, well the twister jar opened will handle the grip as you twist making even bottle caps easy to remove. 

Shop the one-touch jar opener or twister jar opener to help you open the jars in your kitchen.

Taking your time - sitting while you cook

The time spent in the kitchen preparing your meals need not be a limiting factor when you can convert a standing job to a sitting job when using a purpose-built perching stool to help alleviate excess strain on your joints and muscles while you cook. The kitchen perching stool can be adjusted to suit your height needs and is lightweight to easily move around. 

Shop the Perching Stool to take a load off your legs while you prepare a feast.