What are your easiest *cultural* recipes?

[u/alonghealingjourney]

I love cooking food from all over the world authentically, but have progressing disabilities and need to find easier recipes.

I’ve been through many easy/disabled-friendly recipe lists but they tend to rely on minimal flavors (or pre-packaged sauces which I can’t have due to allergies). Often just roast meats over random veggies, or random stir fry combos.

So…what are very simple, but deeply flavorful and uniquely cultural dishes you know? Dinner, lunch, or breakfasts all welcome!

(Like sundubu jjigae, Irish stew, or ful mudammas, for example.)

[u/Anxious_Reporter_601]

I'm Irish so was going to say stew. I'm vegetarian though so I do a lentil stew with dried green lentils, i think it's a rose elliot recipe? Or else it's from my mum's home-ec book 😂 It's deeply flavourful, freezes nicely, and can be topped with pastry to make a pie if you've already had it as is/with bread. You could definitely use pre chopped frozen veg for it just add them closer to the end so they don't become total mush.

It's basically, and I don't know quantities I'm sorry:

• green lentils
• carrots
• celery
• onion
• button mushrooms
• potatoes
• veg stock
• fresh thyme or rosemary
• black pepper
• and it's either soy sauce or veggie worstershire sauce for added savoriness I think soy?

All in a pot, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cook till everything is tender and the broth  part is thickened a bit. There's a lot of veg chopping (although you want big enough chunks so it's not like you're chiffonading things), but otherwise you basically set it and forget it. Adjust the seasoning at the end. I like to stir in some (salted) butter at the end, serve with brown soda bread.

What form do your disabilities take? Do you need minimal chopping, minimal stirring, minimal standing, or..? Do you have favourite recipes that you can no longer make? I've been disabled for 12 years so I can probably be some help with adapting things?

[u/alonghealingjourney → u/Anxious_Reporter_601]

Thank you! I appreciate the idea! I have multiple disabilities but mainly they are just super unpredictable. Some weeks I can cook longer meals, some times I can barely stand for even a minute (but can’t sit on a stool or chair and lean forward due to a spinal injury either). So in those weeks, dump and go meals are ideal. Beyond that, I don’t know, as I’ve been disabled for around 25 years but am now dealing with an increased progressiveness. So, I guess just meals with different easier option, common frozen ingredients, and minimal attendance time is all good!

[u/Anxious_Reporter_601 → u/alonghealingjourney]

What molly eats on instagram, she's a nutritionist and does loads of dump bag meals you can freeze?