FAQ’s

Meals

These meals are meant to make your life easier. Children need to be “trained” to know they need to eat what is provided for dinner. Experts recommend serving them dinner and giving them the choice to eat or not, but informing them that other options will not be available. This gives them the control, prevents a power struggle, and lets them know there will be a consequence to not eating: hunger.
Over at Yummy Toddler Food Amy shares this great infographic with some useful tips:
If they don’t eat and are begging for dessert or snacks right after dinner, remind them they chose not to eat and because they didn’t they are now hungry and grumpy. Show them that mom, dad, brother or sister ate and are happy and comfortable. Make them wait as long as you can (30 min for toddlers, 1-2 hours for older children) until a snack is offered; it’s ok to let them feel hungry. The keyword here is “snack”. This should not be another meal or the meal you offered them at dinner time. Do not use dessert or treats as a reward.
Most of the meat used needs to be shredded before serving. Remove the meat from the crockpot and shred. After doing so it will be dry and somewhat bland. All cooking instructions recommend placing the meat back in the juice in the crockpot to allow moisture and flavor back into the meat. If you have picky eaters, leave some meat out after shredding it. This might be more appealing to children who have aversions to strong flavors.
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We are happy and able to make substitutions for a variety of dietary needs. Please include that information when you’re registering in the “Allergies or Dietary Restrictions” box. We are able to accommodate the following diets: dairy free, egg free, gluten free, vegetarian, tree nuts/peanuts, tomato free, apple free, vegan, and a variety of other lifestyles at this time. If a member of your family has severe allergies please contact us directly so we can work together to accommodate your family’s needs. If you have a specific question or concern please reach out to us on our “Contact” page.

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After the Meal Prep Party you will find your meals’ cooking instructions and nutrition fact information in your email inbox. If you’re having trouble finding it search “goprepmeals@gmail.com” or “cooking instructions” or “GoPrep”.

All meals are cooked in the pressure cooker or slow cooker.

Follow recommended cooking instructions found on GoPrep’s cooking instructions to cook your meals in the pressure cooker.

When cooking GoPrep’s freezer meals in the slow cooker they tend to taste best if they are cooked on the lower heat setting for shorter range of time recommended (ex. if it’s recommended to cook on low for 6-8 hours they’ll taste best if cooked on low for 6 hours).

However, if you’re in a pinch you can cook them on high for 3-4 hours.

No matter how you cook the meals please check the internal temperature of the food before consuming. Proper temperature ranges for various meats are found on the cooking instruction card.

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If you are storing them in a deep freezer place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper until they are frozen. Once frozen remove the cookie sheet. Reuse the parchment paper between the meals to prevent them from freezing together.

If storing in a typical fridge/freezer combo appliance, they can still freeze together. However most often they will freeze to the wire rack in your freezer so you can’t get them out of the freezer. To prevent this, place GoPrep meals on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper until frozen. Once frozen remove the cookie sheet.

Freeze them upright, in a “clump” so they will fit in your pressure cooker without needing to be thawed first.

Remember always thaw meals in the fridge overnight that will be cooked in a slow cooker.

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Properly stored GoPrep’s freezer meals generally stay good in the freezer for about 3 months. The quality starts to decline after that.

 

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