Autistic cookbook?

🐝 Bees 🐝 (they/them) Autism resources in bio #stoptheshock #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs over 3 years ago

Does anyone know of an autistic cookbook? In a sort of "by autists, for autists" kind of way?

I'm looking for a book that also bears the sometimes percieved as unusual needs of autists in mind, such as entirely nutritionally balanced meals according to a single colour palette (just as an example), or nutritionally balanced meals according to general texture. It really feels like this is a kind of thing we autists could do with as we get older and need, not just to meet our own health needs but also the needs of family members who may have autism (because supposedly it is genetic and we do have parents and our own children live with us too who may also be autistic.

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Luna over 3 years ago

Funny enough I was looking for one as well but, no luck yet. If I get good enough at cooking I might do my own.

Please let us know if you find one.
Ausomely Autistic over 3 years ago in reply to Luna

Here you go, this is the link to the book on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autism-Friendly-Cookbook-Lydia-Wilkins/dp/1839970820/ref=asc_df_1839970820/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=570321680287&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2598429130095293114&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007193&hvtargid=pla-1677961453916&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

It looks great, I might buy it for myself.
Dawn over 3 years ago in reply to Ausomely Autistic

Brill.

For me a biggie is: can I cook it all in one pan minimise any co-ordination of timings and dirty as few dishes as possible?, lol. In addition to the foodie oddities, I really can't deal with lots of different things to keep track of and can't abide dirty kitchens. It puts me off preparing things I would actually eat if prepared for me in a restaurant.

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Dawn over 3 years ago in reply to Ausomely Autistic

Brill.

For me a biggie is: can I cook it all in one pan minimise any co-ordination of timings and dirty as few dishes as possible?, lol. In addition to the foodie oddities, I really can't deal with lots of different things to keep track of and can't abide dirty kitchens. It puts me off preparing things I would actually eat if prepared for me in a restaurant.

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Ausomely Autistic over 3 years ago in reply to Dawn

I am sure there are some one pot recipes in the book because many of use struggle with dividing our attention across multiple tasks due to being monotropic. The book is intended to make cooking as simple and 'spoon saving' as possible for us autistics. For example, in this preview of the book, there is a section 'low energy' which states that for these meals only one thing will cooking at a time:

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Autism_Friendly_Cookbook/T890EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA87&printsec=frontcover