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Accessible Chef

Accessible Chef is a collection of free visual recipes and other resources to help teach cooking skills to individuals with disabilities. Looking for Your Special Chef? You’re in the right place! We changed our name and look to better represent our goal of making cooking accessible to everyone. Accessible Chef

Independent Living Skills

Our 5-day residential course is designed to meet your needs and is changed from class to class to suit the needs of those taking part. Some of the aspects this course may focus on are: Food preparation and cooking skills in our fully equipped training kitchen Practising our recommended ways

Irish Heat Healthy Eating

What you eat can either protect you or increase your chances of getting heart disease or having a stroke. A healthy diet can stop you gaining weight, reduce high blood pressure and help lower your cholesterol levels. Even if you already have a heart condition, a healthy diet can benefit your heart.

Diabetic Foods

The concept of ‘diabetic’ foods or a ‘diabetic’ diet has long since been replaced by guidelines on healthy food choices and individualised advice on eating habits for each person with diabetes. Like the rest of the population, people with diabetes are encouraged to eat a diet low in saturated fat,

The Food Pyramid

Healthy Food for Life:  The Food Pyramid for Adults, Teenagers and Children aged five and over The Food Pyramid

HealthyEating.Org.UK

EasyHealth has a range of accessible resources on healthy eating, physical activity and obesity. EasyHealth.org.UK

Obesity and Weight Management for People with Learning Disabilities:

This guidance is for public health staff commissioning or running weight management services and other mainstream health professionals working to support people to lose weight. It advises about specific aspects of weight management for people with learning disabilities. It includes useful things to consider when treating a person with learning

Coeliac Society Of Ireland Food List

The Food List The Food List is compiled in accordance with current EC legislation. The booklet also features “own brand” products that are “gluten-free” from some of the main supermarket chains. If you are a coeliac and eat any processed foods, a current Food List is a valuable resource in