I am not a chef. Or a baker. Or very creative in the kitchen. When my daughter got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in January 2023, I told her I would never stop looking for snacks and meals for her to eat.
My super power is in organizational skills. In a former life, I planned special events for a theme park and currently, in addition to running our household, I own dance company where I truly feel my biggest asset is keeping all my families informed on all of our plans. After the shock of our diagnosis, I knew that the way for me to not wallow in self pity about a disease that is hard to control would be to keep “control” by being organized.
My first step was to create my Family Food Binder. And over the course of 11 months, I looked up, tried, took pictures and documented every meal I made. It’s been really helpful, not only because I have carb contents already looked up for myself, but also because when I can’t think of what to make, I go back to the binder and am reminded of many things we can eat.
Not everything is a winner – she doesn’t always love what I make but I still keep all the recipes because she might like them someday as her tastes grow and change. What I hope for anyone reading this is that these recipes open the floodgates of ideas about things that you like and can create for your family.
The same goes for the pre-packaged snacks and breakfasts I’ve found. Again, not all of them are things we eat all the time but maybe they are things that you like. And before T1D, I didn’t know a lot of these snacks existed, so I’m happy to have a list for myself of fairly low carb things we can eat.
I hope you and your family are in good health on this journey.
T1D Type A Mom 