Maude, what do you use for grating the cheese in one go? My arm gives out trying to do it manually. 
You know you can freeze hard chedder too?
I grate about £10 worth of cheese in one go, too, and freeze it into 4 freezer bags.
When it’s frozen, I roll it, leaning on it like a ball on the work surface which breaks it up bit by bit.
This is what I use… but it has changed since I bought it… and the price has greatly increased, too…
It looks like it was bought out by Moulinex judging by what is for sale on Amazon…
I can’t believe the price… I can’t imagine that I spent much more than £30, some 5+ years ago, on the previous model and with all 5 cones… but it is very good…
Anne
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Hi Anne have you seen an OT, they can get you these things, i got my trolley from my OT.
egg boiler. You can do them how you like them. If you fancy a few hard boiled its easy to do them and keep in fridge for eggs on toast or something.
Also if you like egg you can poach an egg in microwave in 40 seconds. Use a little round dish drop your egg in with a little bit of water, and prick gently the yolk cover with film. Try 40 seconds for medium egg, if its not quite cooked dont worry as it will still cook for a minute afterwards. So easy to make a poached egg in micro.
I couldnt live without my halogen oven. People buy them never use them but i can easily make a full roast dinner in 1hr 30minutes and can offer the following.
roast chicken
roast potatoes
stuffing
brussel sprouts
carrot and swede
cauliflower cheese
gravy.
I do for 2 days.
Energy for me used…wait for it…less the five minutes.
Cook chicken in hologen with an extender ring on 180c for 60 minutes. Buy frozen roast potatoes, stuffing balls, prepared brussels that can be popped in micro (4 mins), aunt bessie carrot and swede mix, and a frozen caluflower cheese.
Put roast potatoes in with chicken for the 30 minutes, add stuffing balls. I cooked mine at 7.30am when i am energized, so i cook all my veg takes a few minutes in micro.
When the chicken and pots are cooked, i put chicken on two plates with pots, and stuffing balls, then the veg, and leave for my lunch and one goes in fridge. I just use gravy from a tub and make it at the end when my lunch is ready or you can add it earlier.
Minimum effort, no chopping, slicing, dicing or usuing boiling water apart for gravy blooming lovely.
xxx
CC, You do seem well organised, but I guess it’s a case of having to be. I like the idea of boiling an egg in an electric mechanism… but as far as I can make out, they do not turn themselves off when the time is up… Grrrrh…!!!
Food processor, think this one is a magimix,motor burnt out on the moulinex, overused! I mash patatoes with it too,nice with spring onions and cheese,great for juicing oranges too…that’s what did for the moulinex as you could buy sacks of oranges for £1 (in Cyprus at the time,pre joining the EU) not sure now though,probably can’t buy at the roadside any more or buy water melons for 10p,but I sill think limes are hard to come by if not impossible,very frustrated trying to make Nigella’s chocolate/lime cheesecake! I have a blender and mini chopper still that came free with th moulinex processor so 18 years old now,will buy replacements when they give up!
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Nice thread! Life Hacks for MSers.
My twopenneth.
slow cooker: cooks roasts, bolognaise, chilli, stews, pasta and rice dishes, including rice pudding, Make multiple portions for freezing.
Frozen instant mashed potatoes. No waste, cooks in minutes and less messy.
elastic shoe laces, no more worries about loose laces or doing them up.
Mouldable pipe insulation tubing, wraps round cutlery.
antibacterial wipes for quicker wipe downs.
dysem sheets, non slip under cups, bottles, glasses or other stuff, as recommended by my MS nurse other brands are available.
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I’d be lost without my slowcooker. I can make 8 or 10 portions in one go, then bag them up to go in the freezer.
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A few things that have helped me over the years:
foldy walking stick when travelling
shiny carrier bag for car seat (makes swivelling easier)
shower stool
flexy feet on crutches (helps to prevent slippages)
a thingy that goes under the mattress and then is upright at 90 degrees - helps getting in and out bed
I’m sure there’s more. Hope these help.
derek
For the laundry I use a “Laundry on legs” laundry basket from Lakeland. It’s great because you can unload the machine with the legs folded in and then pop them out to put the clothes on the line. Saves a lot of bending over.
Smartphone alarms. Whenever I think of something that needs doing I’ll set an alarm in my android smartphone. You can label them and set the noise it will make. Now I get reminders when I need them. You can set up loads and even set when they repeat like “weekdays at 10am” or “every Tuesday at 1pm”