Tips to get you ready to start cooking!
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Cooking can be difficult, whether you have an intellectual disability or not.
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Cooking can help us become more independent.
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Here are our top tips when it comes to cooking.
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Always wash your hands.
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Washing your hands stops you spreading germs to your food.
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It also stops you from spreading germs from your uncooked food.
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Use the correct chopping board.
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You should use a separate chopping board for meats from your other ingredients.
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Make sure your knives are sharp.
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When you keep your knives sharp it stops you from slipping when chopping ingredients.
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Cook your food thoroughly.
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Make sure you cook your food as per the recipes.
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Uncooked foods can give us food poisoning or make us ill.
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Another way to stop becoming ill is to make sure your food is not going off.
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Wash your plates and cutlery properly.
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Using a dishwasher or washing your dishes by hand with washing up liquid will kill any germs.
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That’s our top 5 tips when it comes to cooking!
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