#cf cooks

[cruelfeline]

Korean rice bowls with sticky-sweet BBQ chicken skewers and kimchi.

There's also avocado and quick-pickled cucumbers! The only alteration I made to this was using some of the raw honey varieties I have in my cupboard: scorpionweed honey!

I'm not used to making sticky rice... initially, it looked like it was going to be all soggy and sad, but it came together very nicely in the end!

Would feed to Frey c:

#cf cooks

[hellyeahsickaf]

Cooking While Disabled

One of the things I miss most about being less disabled is cooking. It was one of my favorite things to do and something I've always been good at.

On good days there are things I can do that make it easier. It's not the same as before, but I hope that sharing what makes it possible for me to cook helps others who struggle with it.

Tips for cooking while disabled:

You can incorporate precooked food in your meals. For example, stir fry with precooked rice with the ingredients of your choice, or taking frozen pasta (like the ones with maybe sauce and a couple other things) or plain microwave pasta (I prefer these, but heat it first) and putting it in a pan adding other ingredients like vegetables, cheese, garlic, etc

If it comes frozen or canned that can really help. Frozen rice you can just microwave, frozen cut veggies and garlic and onions are good as well

Buy a chopper with different shaped blades, spiralizer, electric slicer/grater, food processor, or any appliance that will save you energy. Ideally machine washable. Stand mixers are also better than manual ones. Especially helpful if you have joint/wrist issues

You can always prepare ingredients ahead of time. I find that sometimes it helps to prep (chopping or mixing ingredients, etc) earlier in the day or even a day before. Then you can put it in the fridge or freezer until you're ready to cook the full meal

Look up easy recipes or recipes for elderly/seniors. With the latter you may find more nutritionally balanced food but an unbalanced easy meal is better than none

You can sit while you prepare ingredients.

You're allowed to take breaks. You can turn the stove off, maybe put a lid on it to retain the heat, sit down, maybe take something for your symptoms. Some things you may not be able to stop in the middle of like making pancakes or deep frying something, but if you're making soup or curry or chili or something, often you can turn it off for a bit and take care of yourself.

If you need help and can get it, please ask for help. I know many of us need to work on asking for help including myself. Even if it's just washing the pots and pans or chopping something. You are not a burden you hear me?

Stretch before and after cooking just as one would before a workout. It will likely lessen any joint pain or stiffness as you are still exerting yourself

Listen to your body. Just as you're allowed to take a break, you are allowed to decide you won't be able to finish what you're doing. You may put away your food before it's done (if this won't ruin the meal). You are allowed to leave a dirty pot in the sink and come back to it later (just make sure you or someone else does before it gets gross). You can wash them in the dishwasher. I know this is bad for the seasoning on pots and pans but you can reseason them to be nonstick again and use nonstick spray

You can buy seasoning mixes rather than using individual seasoning. Instead of parsley, oregano, basil, etc you can buy Italian seasoning. Instead of paprika, pepper, cumin, oregano, salt, etc, you can just get taco seasoning. This may sound obvious but it can save a lot of time and energy

An issue I have is buying perishable ingredients thinking I can use them, having a bad week or two, and the ingredients have gone bad. Try to plan out your meals before shopping and ask yourself if there's an easier alternative for any ingredients. Maybe pre chopped fresh onion instead of a whole one, sliced mushrooms instead of whole, frozen vegetable blends instead of individual, powdered ginger instead of the root, bullion instead of stock that you may not be able to use all at once. I know this is like one of the other points but these are what I find most helpful

Use supercook.com! You input the ingredients you have on hand and you'll get a list of recipes you can make with what you have. Often there's a wide range of complexity and difficulty

Make enough food to freeze or refrigerate leftovers. It helps if you can portion it into single servings in Tupperware or freezer bags. You can prepare frozen burritos for your next few lunches or dinners, separate portion sizes of spaghetti, portion salads, etc

Feel free to add any additions!

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[nasykuching]

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[purrfurnax]

no one talks about how when you have chronic pain and fatigue how you have to buy food pre-cut, pre-cooked, pre- whatever and its always more expensive, unless you want to only eat disgusting canned food and noodles that are loaded with sodium which wont help you feel any better

#chronic pain #chronic fatigue #cfs/me #fibromyalgia #we barely get anything anymore and still its like $60-80 every time we go shopping #our snap got reduced when they decided covid was over #but prices keep going up #we cant cook meals often anymore because every time we do it feels like we got hit by a bus afterwards #if anyone suggests meal prep im gonna flip shit bc everyone suggests that and its like did you read anything i said

[hillbillyoracle]

Flare Food

I've talked before about keeping snacks near me during a flare. I woke up a few days ago in a pain flare - went from 3 months of GI issues into a pain flare ugh. So when I was able to today, I got my snack box reestablished. I thought I'd snap a picture and share what kinds of foods I like to keep in there.

A few bags of trail mix

Some fresh fruit

RX Bars

Bobos PB&Js

Some chips

Fruit leather

Turkey jerky sticks

I added two Gatorades not pictured. I have a bunch of food allergies so my snacks will likely look different than yours. I also have fiber goals I need to hit for medical reasons so a lot of these are on the "healthy" side for that reason.

I have it tucked away on my bookshelf next to my hygiene kit. Keep in mind if you have rodents, you'll want to make sure it's in a study container, ideally with a lid (that you can open).

#crip tip #chronic pain #cfs/me #i also batched some food #during an upswing earlier #cause i knew it wouldnt last #glad i did #grabbed a chia yogurt earlier #it was very filling #very little clean up #no cooking #the best kind of food

[hecatialapis-lazuli]

Touhou? In MY blazblue week? Very very expected honestly.

shinto mythology ramble under the cut but tldr there's like 2-3 degrees of seperation mythologically between these assholes

So Susano'o vomited out his aramitama/embodiment of his anger and that became a kami named Amanozako (I think I saw someone on here mention that she could be possible inspiration for Terumi), and she's associated with amanojaku and tengu. Seija is an amanojaku, though I think she's said to be more connected to Ame-no-Sagume. I'm not 100% sure if Amanozako and Ame-no-Sagume are supposed to be the same kami, since I only found one story about Ame-no-Sagume, but they both seem pretty malicious. All of that is just an excuse for this bc I just think they're both neat.

#blazblue week #blazblue #seija kijin #yuuki terumi #im actually cooking up a crossover where post cf ragna ends up in gensokyo and Finally gets a break. sort of. #idk what i was doing with the colouring but i like it #valentine draws stuff

[kimberlyannharts]

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#what is he cooking. #text #cf

[pan3m]

i think snow should've done something Funny in mj. i think he should've made his own victor 'star squad'

#ooc. #let me cook LKJHFGKLJFDG #it would be so smart. showing off the 'loyalist' victors to rally the troops #genuinely chewing on this idea #i just think there should've been more victors in cf/mj #we didn't see katniss/peeta interact with enough of them imo #AND katniss guaranteed the immunity of any living victor after the rebellion #imagine fucking shit up for fun and then getting away scot free #jett is getting the zoomies in my brain KJFDHGKFLD

[egglygreg]

6 days in with covid and I am still bedridden. Having fibro and cfs and therefore being sick all the rest of the time wasn't bad enough apparently, now I have to be sick x2. I am feeling deeply frustrated. And also bored and anxious. Christian friends please pray for me

#I have to keep fighting feelings of bitterness and resentment #I missed my cousin's 21st and the cooking class we organised to have at Gran's #and I'm afraid of having long covid on top of what I already have #and it's so frustrating that I missed that party when I already miss so many family events like my cousin's wedding because of cfs #also being pressured by government agency to do job search because getting on disability is near impossible with cfs #yeah sure I can totally cope with a job #haven't been in bed an entire week or anything #even without covid I have to spend a day in bed for every 2 I spend doing things #and those still usually involve a lot of resting in between and sitting down #I am not having a good time right now physically OR mentally #prayer requests #negative

[spacejammie-eimmajecaps]

The thing about chronic pain is that I'll be experiencing the usual horrors (pain and discomfort that isn't possible to fully ignore) but I'm not even phased, like this is just a normal Wednesday night for me.

#it hurts but i can ignore it if i keep myself occupied with other stuff #which means its not that bad #but its bad enough that trying to sleep is out of the question #and that means its another night of taking melatonin with as much advil as my kidneys can tolerate and hoping for the best #disabilty pride month except instead of pride i feel nothing but apathy and discomfort #ngl i am getting more and more discouraged as time goes on bc i am getting less and less good days #and i am losing abilities ive always taken for granted #like being able to drive for longer than 20 minutes #or doing chores #or literally just being able to stand long enough to like cook a single without it using up all my energy for the day #not even exaggerating #i can at best cook one meal a day now #on bad days i cannot cook anything that cant just be microwaved or popped in the toaster #ever since i had covid last summer it seems like my health started getting worse at a much faster rate that it was before #my neurologist said it probably triggered cfs/me and that its basically a form a long covid #which fucking sucks so bad #like exercise helps some of my other conditions but i cannot exercise at all anymore without triggering a bad crash #there is no winning #siiiiiiiiiiigh #its fine though #we carry on

[cruelfeline]

Mexican pulled chicken with zucchini, bell pepper, and pumpkin seeds.

C:

Would I feed it to Frey? Yes.

Cuff's birds could have some of the pumpkin seeds.

#cf cooks

[hellyeahsickaf]

Not to keep reminiscing about when I was more abled but man what I'd give to be thinly slicing garlic, onion, tomatoes, throw them in a pot with ghee on medium-high until the onions are translucent and yellowed but not caramelized, and chop some carrots, cauliflower, potatoes, mushrooms, throw them in with some peas and corn and let those cook, mince a green chili pepper, cilantro, and ginger and lime zest, add bit of tomato sauce, then about 4 cups of stock and simmer it on low adding lime juice, a couple of prunes (trust me on this), seasoning it with cumin, cardamom, salt, cinnamon, clove, turmeric, curry powder (most of these spices are in curry powder it's more of a ratio thing), and peppercorn, and then let that bitch simmer for an hour or two until I have curry and throw some naan in a pan with butter, maybe pan fry some okra and make a side of chana masala or dal. No pre packaged meal beats that yknow?

#I'm not even fucking hungry I just want to cook #the reason indian food is so great from a culinary standpoint is that it tends to contain all of the basic flavors #like a perfect combination. salty sweet sour spicy. #also butter. ghee and butter and garlic and love #this and pasta are equally my favorite things to make #chronic pain #cfs #actually disabled #chronic fаtiguе ѕуndrоmе #chronic illness #cfs/me #fibromyalgia #disability #spoonie #me/cfs #pots #postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome #long covid #eggplant goes well in there but I'm allergic to plants in the nightshade family. salicylate allergy #same reason I'm allergic to NSAIDs #I still eat some of those veggies. for whatever reason bodies react different when it's in like food bc it won't kill me to eat eggplant #but boy will it tear up my GI tract! used to be one of my favorites tho so its sad #no more ratatouille for me :/

[nasykuching]

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[daaedoodles]

ugh i’m so mad at my body right now. so many medical appointments one after the other to check out my new symptoms of dry eyes and mouth w a rheumatologist and an opthamologist, plus a dentist appointment because of the mouth ulcers, all while my gf is here visiting from overseas.

it’s taking away time from spending w her because i always have to rest before and after appointments and i already don’t feel well so it’s going to be even worse too like!! i don’t want to spend all my time with her lying in bed half conscious, i know she doesn’t mind and it makes it better i’m not alone but still i’d like to at least watch something or talk or be able to cuddle without her having to always be careful of my legs or moving bc of my vertigo.. it’s not that bad atm just like quarter circles but last time she was here she had to sit around away from me for two days because i could not move myself much less be touched without everything spinning and it made me so sad

right now i’m on my 5th day without POTS meds because my resting hr has been dropping to the 40’s and even 30’s, even though it still shoots up well over the 40bpm increase once i stand up AND my blood pressure is terribly low and pulse pressure is narrow and it’s all making me feel really ill and exhausted all the time 😭😭

all i wanna do is write?! i miss wildies so much and I’ve got so many ideas swirling around for the flufftober but i think i’ll have to put it off until next year or something at the rate i’m going :((

#ME/CFS #POTS #dysautonomia #my health is 👎 #i miss them i hate it here #i wanna write but i just have zero energy #i need to cook for myself because no one else does too like

[survivingfmandcfs]

It is once again taco night, and I am once again begging my family to inform me ahead of time so that I can figure out how to feed myself when I have the spoons to do so, instead of coming up the stairs when my blood sugar is already low expecting there to be food I can eat and finding out that that's not the case.

#food #fibromyalgia #me/cfs #chronic illness #pots #acid reflux #chronic fatigue #i literally never eat what they cook on taco night #i don't understand why they never remember #even though I've told them all the things i can't eat like a hundred times #'we got you vegan cheese!' #to put on what? #i can't have any of the other taco ingredients #great I'm eating vegan cheese for dinner i guess

[natandacat]

Long covid physio is starting tomorrow and I'm already so frustrated...... it's mostly going to be about how to manage PEMs and! I know!! How to!!! I just can't! Because I live alone and I need to eat, clean, and go places sometimes! I have already dropped every single hobby, I do most of my classes online, I physically can't reduce my exertion level further. It's just. I want to do things again. Today I had a 2 hours exam and I ended it with so much fatigue I was slurring my words and had to lay down. On Monday I had to use my extra hour of disabled time during another exam bc I got so weak halfway through I had to stop for 30~40min until I could turn the pages normally again and hold my head up. It's frustrating, and not all of it are the PEMs, so there's a chance that things will get better if my iron levels get higher or we identify what's actually been going on since this summer, but rn I'm frustrated. This sucks a lot!

#im glad i have access to this #its free and online and its a good gvt initiative #but the documentation i got through the mail is so frustrating #lets hope i get that domestic help thing from the gvt #it would help a lot if i could get help with cleaning and maybe cooking #medical #just bitching #we're trying to figure out how and why i got worse after june #but im afraid that it is just covid. ive heard some others saying that with omicron the fatigue just gets worse at the 6 months mark #and that's exactly the time-line for me #im good at adapting and grieving but. this is. this is terrifying. #no one has used the word me/cfs yet but im pretty sure its gonna be the verdict and i cant handle this #im ok with the syncopes im ok with the arrhythmia but this has no treatment #its real tough rn ngl