The person may be able to follow an established routine for obtaining food at usual times of the day (goes to dining room, familiar restaurant, grocery store, missions).
Within ACL 4 Low, the person is safest with cold meal preparation.
Meal Preparation with Assistance
Within ACL 4.4, the person might be provided with the opportunity to prepare well-learned dishes with assistance from carers to avoid harmful effects and solve new problems related to food preparation, storage and clean-up.
Storage
Within ACL 4 Low, the same rules of clearly visible items apply but kitchens often have many more items. Down-sizing to only necessary items will make functioning easier and even possible. A cupboard full of unused stuff can make functioning impossible.
Eating Out
When eating out of the home, they may prefer opportunities to order the same items from a menu at a restaurant or purchase the same food items from a store day after day.
Simple Meals
At home, they may prefer opportunities to prepare a simple meal with a few ingredients invariantly after a demonstration, without having to follow a written recipe.
Reading Recipes
While they may be able to read the recipe aloud, they will probably not comprehend what they read. Reading comprehension is not apt to appear in levels lower than ACL 4.8, where it is undependable.
Cold Preparation
Supervision of the kitchen set up may be needed to provide safe tools, preparation of familiar foods, limiting access to cold or room-temperature ingredients, and making sure that needed ingredients are in visible locations.
Microwave
The person may be able to use a microwave oven to reheat precooked meals if familiar with microwave oven use with precautions routinely carried out such as not heating up metal objects and being cautious of hot containers and steam.
Select a common time that will apply to most of the items that are cooked in the microwave, e.g. two minutes. Have the person puncture holes if that is required by most items. Wrap masking tape around the entire box of exceptions and write the number for the change of time. Add the word "No" for no puncture within ACL 4.4.
Hot Preparation Warning
Within ACL 4 Low, hot meal preparation may be full of dangers. Remember a surface that maybe hot is apt to be neglected.
Setting the Table
Setting the table can be done in the usual fashion by procedural memory within ACL 4 Low.
Clean Up
They may be encouraged to clean-up and assist with missed dirt or soap on plates and utensils. If they try to load the dishwasher, they may need assistance with correct stacking.
Carers must check for the hygienic quality of clean-up.
Leftovers
Someone else must cue or take care of the storage of leftovers and assist with discarding spoiled or out of date food.
Grocery Shopping
Within ACL 4 Low, a shopping routine will usually contain the same items each week without variation as needed.