Cheap Equipment That Prevents Spills

Stroke survivors can prevent messes when they cook by using cheap objects instead of buying expensive adaptive devices from a medical catalogue.  For example, my hemiplegic (paralyzed) hand cannot reach up and hold the handle of a pot to keep the pot still when I stir food or flip food with a spatula.  So I slide pots off the burner onto a heat-resistant fabric hot pad before I stir or flip food.  Friction has always kept the pot still.  Now I use a cheap silicon hot pod to hold things still (see below).

An even more delicious way to save money is to use the plastic lid from a peanut butter jar.  This lid catches spills when I measure spices or messy food like olive oil.  It is frustrating to stop to clean up a mess I just made on my counter top.  Using spices is a matter of life-and-death because I am on a low salt diet to help control my high blood pressure.  Low salt food tastes awful without lots of spices.  homeafterstroke.blogspot.com