Brain injury charity Headway has created an air fryer cookbook for people living with TBI to bring independence and enjoyment back into the kitchen.
For many living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), cooking food for themselves and loved ones can be a difficult task – following recipes can be complication and the nature of a TBI can sometimes lead to cooking to become hazardous.
This can greatly impact TBI patients who enjoy cooking and who want independence in the kitchen.
Now, supported by the Big Lottery Fund, brain injury survivors have compiled their favourite recipes to create a new cook book titled ‘Cooking with an Air Fryer after Brain Injury’ to help restore confidence and enable TBI survivors to cook at home again.
Speaking to BBC News, Mary Banthorpe, who has MS and epilepsy, said of the cook book: “It’s inspirational. I have a husband and one daughter and they do help me very well, but I do like to do my own thing sometimes.
“It’s really nice to see something that I can physically do and that I can make.”
Headway Suffolk trainee manager Chelsea Caley, who helped put the book together, told the BBC: “It probably took a week for each recipe. It took about three months in total; we got there in the end.
“It was really important that we took photos for each step because a lot of our clients with neurological and brain injuries can’t obtain information.”
The book includes recipes for main meals, side dishes, desserts and pastries, according to the publication, and is available for £10 with all proceeds going to charity.
