Meal kits can be much maligned. Are they cheating? NO Are they cooking? YES They're a great way to turbo boost your cooking when you need that helping hand. They're also a brilliant way to try new flavours & if you like them, to experiment more with your cooking when you can 👨‍🍳

My latest recipe in the awesome Able Magazine is now out! It's a clafoutis beauty!!! 👨‍🍳

Smart Equipment - The Meat Thermometer 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/lUjsA...

Smart Equipment - Knives 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/HNVaD...

Cookfulness Accessible Cooking Master Key Bite #2 - Smart Equipment 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/0vkXV...

Thought for Thursday - Visualisation Pictures 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/asbk3...

A great dish for the Visualisation memory bank. An explosion of colour & flavour. Make it, eat it, picture it, recall it whenever you are in cooking doubt, anxious or fear....you CAN cook!! 👨‍🍳

Tip for Tuesday - Breath Counting youtube.com/shorts/vxiTk...

Cookfulness Accessible Cooking Master Key Bite #1 - Breathing & Visualisation youtube.com/shorts/poo87...

I'm back with just a little intro! youtube.com/shorts/WkVw6...

A packet of microwave rice & some veg can allow you to make a super delicious, super simple, super quick & super versatile meal for as many as you want! Change the veg, change the rice flavours, use some spices/herbs, it's almost endless! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/RwP6A...

Memories of Parallel Festival 👨‍🍳 Meet & cooked with legends Fats Timbo & Mr Dot, debut for Ready Steady Cookfulness! 🎂 made a surprise wedding cake for 2 special Parallel friends 🌞 shared the all in joyfulness of this truly special, totally inclusive Festival of wonderful! youtube.com/shorts/5_Wwl...

🍕 WIN a Cuisinart Indoor Pizza Oven! Wood-fired taste, no faff – ready in 5 mins. Perfect for family nights, deep dish, calzone & more. We’ve got 2 to give away! Enter now: sholink.to/d1512e98 #TenderstemBroccoli #PizzaNight #Win #SeasonalVeg

Tip for Tuesday-skewers, kebabs! Try to resist the temptation to cram everything & anything onto each skewer, veg, meat, all sorts! Things cook at different times. Make your meat skewers exactly that, just the meat on, then you can better control the cooking process & ensure everything is cooked 👨‍🍳

The latest issue of the brilliant Disability Review Magazine is out! Packed with incredible credible articles & features....& my latest recipe! It's a real Summer fusion of my first ever published recipe, Bread & Butter Pudding, with a fresh Summer Pudding! Delish! 👨‍🍳

I'm so proud to be a part of the amazing CRIISP project and to be there today as we were all recognised for our work bringing people who live with chronic pain, like me, together with research brilliance to create a true partnership approach

Definitely a Cookfulness SMART Ingredient! These delicious ready grilled & marinaded peppers give instant colour & flavour to any dish. Only use what you need, no waste, even the oil is a delicious dressing! 👨‍🍳

Thought for Thursday is Par for the Course. What is "par?" 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/vGZ5M...

A salad with a difference! The trick here is to get your cooked noodles immediately under cold water so they stop cooking amd go completely cold. Then it's build your salad, dressing on & enjoy! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/j2c5p...

It's nearing the end of British Tomato Fortnight with @vegpoweruk.bsky.social so here's my super simple, super delicious British Tomato & Brie Puff Pastry Tart! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/hGz9v...

Tip for Tuesday is all about the humble jacket potato! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/uv_km...

Thought for Thursday - Be More Tomato'ey! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/tUONq...

Mixing hot with cold for a super simple taste explosion of a salad is something I love to do! A microwave pack of lentils mixed through fresh spinach, tomatoes, basil and coriander, come on! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/WqDAc...

Lisa Austin representing @criispapdp.bsky.social at #RDF25! Sharing insights on pain research & the involvement of public contributors at the UK’s leading conference for research management #research #innovation #healthcare #chronicpain

This weeks Tip for Tuesday is all about that store cupboard essential, the tin of tomatoes! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/ffnQZ...

Brand new edition of the brilliant Able Magazine is out with my latest recipe! It's Mexican time with my super delicious Chicken Lettuce Cups! 👨‍🍳 #foodie #ukfood #ukfoodie #recipeoftheday #foodwriter #cookfulness #disabledcook #mentalhealth #cookingcoach

Thanks so much to the brilliant British Tomato Growers Association for sending me these awesome & super delicious tomatoes!! So much fun & inspiration now getting ready for British Tomato Fortnight early June 👨‍🍳 #britishtomatoes #tomato

A tenuous Thought for Thursday! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/LUcWI...

Carrying on aubergine #SeasonalVeg week with @vegpoweruk.bsky.social and it's my baked balsamic aubergine with tomato, feta, lemon and mint salad, perfect for a hot sunny day! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/-jmOC...

Tip for Tuesday is all about aubergines and if you should salt them or not! Aubergines are the featured veg being showcased with @vegpoweruk.bsky.social and I'm very proud to be an Ambassador for this amazing campaign! More to follow all week! 👨‍🍳 #SeasonalVeg youtube.com/shorts/VmDDN...

The weather is great, it's definitely salad time! Nature's vivid colour palette is all you need for a wonderful quick salad! Worried about dressings? I've just dolloped on houmous & sweet chilli sauce plus some orange zest, makes every bite just delicious and exciting! Experiment & Enjoy! 👨‍🍳

Cookfulness Healthy Flapjacks! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/oFclI...

Thought for Thursday- Seasoning Your Life! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/vba_c...

One of the quickest & most rewarding ways to cook (yes, this most definitely IS cooking!!) is to make a smoothie. As simple as half frozen mixed fruits, half water, all whizzed up! As versatile as you want for an ever changing, never gets boring, super smoothie hit!👨‍🍳

Tip for Tuesday - Seasoning, is it just salt & pepper? 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/SVStE...

Thought for Thursday- Small Changes, Big Difference 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/oakDj...

6 Puff Pastry Tarts 3 Flavours 1 Sheet of Pastry 👨‍🍳 youtu.be/4s9MPKVSyKA?...

Tip for Tuesday - Simple Spinach 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/IFzI2...

Home made falafels are a lot easier than you might think! I've made these oven baked too so no frying. Super delicious, super versatile & super easy to make! 👨‍🍳 youtu.be/QXAR4ANX6OE?...

Thought for Thursday - Thinking Inside or Outside The Box? 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/MbHSK...

Tip for Tuesday - How Much Is A Pinch? 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/KDxkc...

We always love visiting schools during #EatThemToDefeatThem and had such a good time at Coleham Primary School in Shrewsbury!

Just adding one ingredient can completely transform an existing dish. Here I've gone hot onto cold too! It's great fun, opens up almost endless combinations & keeps mealtimes exciting & as cost effective as possible 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/Fwsel...

Thought for Thursday - 100%....what is it?! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/uKQAg...

It's funny, you make the same dish but use different pasta, a new one discovered in the supermarket, and not only does it look different, but somehow it tastes really different too! Cooking, never ceases to amazed, intrigue & excite me!! 👨‍🍳

Cookfulness Tip for Tuesday- Asafoetida! 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/BnJMR...

A little throwback to the absolutely brilliant Naidex Show! So much fun talking all things food & making some healthy snacks & treats! Fabulous audience & awesome organisation from the amazing Roarb2b team 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/6GsA8...

Delighted & very proud to have joined the Board of Trustees of the amazing Charity Pain Concern, providing an incredible range of support, developmental & campaigning services from a small, incredible core group of staff along with our amazing volunteers painconcern.org.uk

Thought for Thursday - Spaghetti Head 👨‍🍳 youtube.com/shorts/Mz5S7...

My ultimate Cookfulness Smart Ingredient, ready chopped frozen onion! Not lazy Not cheating Not a luxury An absolute essential that allow me access to cooking dishes I just wouldn't be able to without. If you need them, get them & celebrate being super smart & turbo boosting your cooking! 👨‍🍳