Does anyone have one pot/easy prep on a budget recipes I can make with one hand?

[SkipperBlueEyes]

I recently had an accident, a horse fell on me and I broke my shoulder badly needing surgery, 6 ribs, hip socket, 3 verabrae and punctured my lung.

My dh is self employed and we have 4 children. as a result of my accident he is working less therefore earning less. after 4 weeks in hospital and another 3 at my parents I'm finally home ??.

MWould really love some one pot or basic/ easy prep meals so I can try and lighten the load a little, I can only use one arm at the moment and it's my left and I'm right handed so quite limited we eat meat but are not fussed about eating veggie food either and I am used to cooking from scratch but sure the odd packet here or there wouldn't hurt in these circumstances!

Any help would be great

Sorry to hear about your accident and hope you are feeling better soon. I would still be relying on others for a bit if possible. Are the children old enough to help prep stuff? Could DH batch cook one day a week? Other than that, chilli con carne is your friend

Thanks I've really improved loads. Hmm people were super helpful to begin with but, I think they think I'm all better now if that makes sense if people offer help I will ask but I hate just asking. Chilli con carne would be great for me and dh but the kids are really wet about stuff being hot as in spicy.

The eldest has just turned 10 so I guess old enough to start under instruction and batch cooking would be amazing but we have no freezer and a teeny fridge but I'm hoping to get that sorted this week.

I think peeling veg and opening packaging will be the biggest difficulty. Buy ready prepared stuff and keep it simple. If you can make it to a market there will be less packaging. Ask the butcher to chop stuff off so you don't have to.

Buy some chopped onions to freeze - handful of these, some mince, a bolognaise sauce, squirt of HP sauce, in the slow cooker all day - for variety you can add potatoes, different vegetables, lentils and eat with rice or pasta.

Buy ready prepped stuff ie packet of stir fry veg, ready chopped chicken, packet of sauce and make stir fry with rice. You'll need someone to hold the handle on the wok though.

Jacket potatoes.

You can buy packets of soup/stew vegetables. Add some lentils, cook with stock for 1/2 hr till really soft, and have garlic bread with it.

Fresh soup and bread or sandwiches.

Oven chips, sausages and beans.

Thanks this is so helpful I'm about to attempt an online shop and my mind has gone blank. Probably the pain killers!

Tuna pasta bake
Bag of pasta, tin tuna, Tim sweetcorn or handful of frozen, tin chopped tomatoes cheese sauce and what ever else you want to chuck in.
Once you get the tins open its just a case of cooking pasta, chucking it all in a dish and baking.

Baked bean and sausage casserole

Str fry noodles - prawns, pack of stir fry veg and noodles and sauce

A freezer wpuld be so helpful i think - you coild buy a bag of frozen shopped onions and the same of garlic - peeling and chopping them will be too much faff.
That way you can still have the basis of eg a tomato sauce, with a tin or a packet of toms. (Have you got an electric tin opener? Can be used one-handed). Or you can add to pre cut up meat to make a stew type thing.

Have you a microwave? Those bags of steamed rice are great, just chop the corner off, whack them in for a couple of minutes and they are cooked - no need to drain, just pour out.

Baby new potatoes - no need to wash, or peel, or shop.

Have you a scoop to get veggies out of the pan without having to lift the pan? Often used in Chinese cooking, for getting stuff out the fryer.