I have my kitchen set up to best manage my PKU. The kitchen is the heart and soul of the management of PKU.
When you walk into my kitchen you know who out of cole and I spend the most time in it.

I have 2 pantry’s one for cole, and one for me. Mine is packed with all my baking goods and low protein foods.

Over my the microwave I have a stack of PKU Cook books, my recpie binder, my pku food list binder . I have bowls of fruit and a bowl of shallots, onions and potaotes. under the microwave is a stand alone counter full of all my baking sheets, measuring cups and spoons. Above the microwave is 3 rows of shelves that hold my formula, my sports bottles and my straws. Along the microwave itself is all my MIO’s and flavours for my bettermilk.
My stove is covered with seasoning, next to my stove is all my cooking utensils. You follow along the shevles and you will find crock pots, pressure cookers, canning pots, blenders, toasters and various appliances. including my yonanna soft ice maker. I also have 2 bread machines and a fruit dehydrator.

My scale sits under the medicine cabinet. It use to be a china cabinet it has glass doors and all my medications and vitamins are there. With my scale and more appliances.
My kitchen flows in a way that when I am cooking or baking everything is right there ready for me. I like having my things seperated. I get ask alot why I do not intergrate my low protein products into the rest of the kitchen and in with coles food. we use to do that but this works so much better for me and feels much more organized. I spend alot of time in the kitchen, specially in the fall .
My favorite thing to do oddly enough is to open the windows, turn on the music and bake or cook away for hours. I find it so relaxing. Sometimes though when I loose motivation its harder to get into the kitchen and really focus , but once I do im on a roll , baking enough to last weeks . I even have my own small deep freeze downstairs for my baking and cambrooke foods products.
Learning my way around my kitchen and being comfertble there has really helped me to manage my pku and maintain my levels. It is such a necessity.
I dont always follow recipes, I dont always use a cook book. Sometimes I try new things, I imporvise or I search what I am looking for on various websites. My favourite is cooks.com, Then I modify it to make it lower in protein and something I can have. I have found many of my favourite meals and dishes this way. I may not weigh or measure, I eye ball a lot but I know what I can and canot have and am trying to keep an eye on my portion sizes. I do not recommend managing your pku this way. It is best to weigh measure and record. So you can look back when you get your levels and see what you did or what you can change. As you get older is harder to keep up with that, so I recommend not falling off track and understanding how important it is to stay consistent. If you can master this, you will be a master of your PKU and it will be a valuable life lesson to carry with you!

Now off to my PKU kitchen to do some much needed baking! Happy fall everyone!