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Spare Spoons Kitchen

Spare Spoons Kitchen — a wooden spoon on a hanging shop sign

Precise, low-overwhelm recipes for neurodivergent cooks — built for the days you're short on spoons, with a few showstoppers for when you've got some to spare.

Recipe first. No stories, no scrolling — built to work with your executive function, not against it. How this works →

New to spoon theory? It's a way of describing daily energy when you live with chronic illness or a neurodivergent brain — each spoon represents a unit of energy for the day. More on that here →

A hand-painted hallway of six doors, each with a wooden hanging sign: The Weeknight Kitchen, The Pantry, The Sweet Parlor, The Showroom, The Workshop, and Aunt Betty’s Comfort Kitchen.
The Library
The Tool Kit — kitchen tools in a vintage box
🍞 Safe Foods Kit

Build your personal list of go-to foods for hard days — fill in yours, print it for the fridge. Open the Safe Foods Kit →

🥄 Feeling overwhelmed?

Many recipes have a one-tap Simplify button — fewer ingredients, shortcut steps, the same dish, nothing to interpret. See how Simplify works →

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