“If you lose some weight, it’ll be easier on your joints.” Easier said than done. At my heaviest, I weighed a whopping 230 pounds – “Weight Loss and RA: Be Kind to Your Joints”
Category: In the Kitchen
#574 – Budget Tip: Dandelions as a Food Source
It’s a perennial event; dandelions pushing their way into the garden to claim real estate from the daffodils, tulips and grape hyacinths. Rather than curse “#574 – Budget Tip: Dandelions as a Food Source”
#560 – Live Better with RA – Tip #2
Tip #2 – Choose to Eat Well Or at the very least, choose to eat better. Unlike arresting a habit, such as nail-biting (one I “#560 – Live Better with RA – Tip #2”
Save Your RA Hands and Use a Pressure Cooker XL or Instant Pot
Canned goods certainly add weight to your grocery bags. Lugging them into the house can be an unnecessary challenge for those rheumatoid arthritis-ravaged hands. My “Save Your RA Hands and Use a Pressure Cooker XL or Instant Pot”
Electric Jar Opener
When I used it to open a jar, Holly came running. Not so much because of the contents, but because the sound is similar to “Electric Jar Opener”
#554 – Measure Once, Bake Twice
Every second week or so, I bake. The current favourites are one of three things: banana muffins, ginger cookies or Aussie Bites, which you see “#554 – Measure Once, Bake Twice”
#551 – Making the Best of a Freezer Purchase
Why, oh why did I choose to buy a chest freezer? It would have been a better idea to spend a little more money and “#551 – Making the Best of a Freezer Purchase”
#549 – Pastry Blender to Potato Masher
If you have compromised hand and wrist function, kitchen chores, like mashing potatoes, can be a challenge. Good tools are essential, as is finding creative “#549 – Pastry Blender to Potato Masher”
#524 – Those Pesky Containers
Some of my food storage containers are difficult to get into. A can opener does the trick for a couple of different styles of containers. “#524 – Those Pesky Containers”
#519 – Too Sour Fermented Foods?
There is a lot of information about the benefits of eating fermented foods on a regular basis. Your microbiome (gut) needs these foods to help “#519 – Too Sour Fermented Foods?”
Cooking with Confidence: Shortcuts
Shortcuts = Less Meal Prep Stress Whether you’re busy working outside of the home, or live with a chronic and debilitating illness, or both, putting “Cooking with Confidence: Shortcuts”
Food Choices and RA
This month on HealthCentral.com, I provide some tips to help you make the most of your dietary, aka lifestyle changes. There are so many conflicting “Food Choices and RA”