Mealtime Hacks

Meal Prep Individual Portions

Freezing food in a silicone muffin pan allows us to measure portions ahead of time. We love the space saving system of storing individual pucks of food in the freezer that can be quickly reheated. When food is premeasured and carb counted it makes mealtime smooth and stress free.

Meal Calculations

We created this worksheet to make our lives easier. It helps to have all the details and see patterns to make insulin adjustment decisions. This is very helpful for everyone in the house to step in and know how to dose. This is a template for clear instruction to have peace of mind when leaving your child in the care of others. Having a record makes it easy to look back at previous meals to repeat. We keep a running list of favorite foods with serving size and carbs. This saves us from looking up nutrition facts and gives us ideas of what to serve.

You can find printables here 

Measuring Equipment for the kitchen

We use this kitchen scale for the majority of our food measurements. While we are pretty good at guessing, we like having precise portions measured. We also keep a calculator with our scale and binder. We could use our phone calculator, but having one in the kitchen station really has been nice. We have multiple sets of measuring cups for convenience. We often leave them with food. For example, if you leave a measuring cup in the box of Cheerios it will make your child more likely to get a measured scoop rather than munching from the box. We may have implemented that tip out of catching our child snacking without measuring one too many times ;)