“Make soup of what you have, out of what you need.”
– Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future is Disabled
Accessi-recipes is an evolving resource of recipes, tools, perspectives, and methods exploring ways to make cooking and the celebration of food more accessible for every body. Not regardless of disability, but very much in regard to the broad and diverse experiences of disabilities of our community members and community partners. You can download the first 10 recipes in one PDF or check out individual recipes below.
Accessi-Recipes Full PDF (June 2024)
Accessi-recipes: Instant Pot Beans
Accessi-Recipes: Microwave Enchiladas
Accessi-Recipes: Sri Lankan Lamb Curry
Accessi-Recipes: Sheet Pan Bibimbap
Accessi-Recipes: Maque Choux – A Creamy Corn Fry
Accessi-Recipes: Cheesecake Bites
Accessi-Recipes: No Bake PB Oat Cookies
Accessi-Recipes: Red Chile Chocolate Cake
We hope to offer a few delicious dishes and more importantly, the opportunity for any body to rethink how they cook and how they eat. What are your favorite parts of cooking? What are the tedious things that deter you from cooking? What would make interacting with food easier and more comfortable? Tactile bump dots to help identify different utensils or spices? A food processor to skip the fine motor tedium of dicing vegetables? A bag of frozen comfort food you pre-made, for when the energy to cook simply cannot be found? Letting go of the “guilty” part of “guilty pleasures?”
These recipes were curated and developed in 2024 through various events, focus groups, and conversations exploring radical accessibility and interdependence in our food community in Albuquerque and were made possible by the City of Albuquerque.
As you explore these recipes, we invite you to share any thoughts, questions, suggestions, or modifications with us at [email protected].
Happy cooking and eating!