Yum Yum Dishes | Moderation made easy #giveaway
Last year, when Mr. Serious and I were really working on getting back in shape and eating healthy, we quickly realized that exercising wasn’t enough. We had to watch what we were eating, too. Â But, we didn’t want to do a diet plan. We wanted to watch what we were eating, but more importantly, the portions of those food. A service of starchy foods (pasta, rice, etc) is way smaller than we ever imagined.
Recently, I was introduced to YumYumDishes, perfect for portion control while you are eating.
We had perfected using the smaller plates in our set for dinner. This was really helpful in our portion controlling, but, were we getting the right portions of the right things?
Tracy Adler has created Yum Yum Dishes™ and the 9Plate. This is a 9 inch dinner plate will help you eat correctly sized portions for all meals. The YumYumPlates have (very lightly) drawn sections. On the top half is a space for your veggies (and we did veggies and fruit).  On the bottom, split in two (so a quarter of the plate for each) is a space for your meat/protein and your carbs.
I made some chicken capellini the other night (yum..artichoke hearts and capers..delicious) and used my plate to make sure I gave myself proper portions. (Like I mentioned, it might be cheating, but I did fruit and veggies together in that space). Now, it might seem like it’s not a lot of food, but guess what? I was full (even 8 months pregnant) and satisfied with this dinner and so was Mr. Serious.
It’s hard to tell in the picture, but one of my favorite features is that is has a really high lip. Â Not like a bowl, but higher than a plate. Â Which makes it much easier for the girls to eat without getting food (well, as much food) on the table.
These plates have been the “go-to” plates for our family at dinner time (as long as they are clean!)
In addition to the plates, which come in pre-boxed sets in our four fun colors: cherry red, sunshine yellow, pistachio green and bold blue for $29, they also sell snack bowls with snap-on plastic lids to allow you to carry your favorite snacks with you where ever you go.
I learned that the plates are ceramic. Owen would have no excuse not to finish his veggies!
I learned that a typical restaurant dinner plate is 11 to 13 inches
I learned that Yum Yum dishes has portion control bowls, Which would be perfect for me because I’m a big snacker.
I love the lids for the yum yum bowls. We always pack snacks to take to the park, so that would be perfect.
I learned that they are dishwasher and microwave safe – good news for me!
They are ceramic. Also that its about moderation, not deprivation!!!
they have snack ideas on their website like texmex for one
Love the lip on them. Keeps dishes with sauces on the plate!
my family really needs these, think I will buy a few sets
I learned that the portion control bowls have lids which is great for travel! I will be ordering some of them!
Whoah! These are cool! I didn’t realize until I clicked on the site photos that the plates are not only sized for smaller portions, but are also MARKED for appropriate portion sizes of protein, carbs, and veggies. It’s a great reminder to eat more veggies!
really you did a good job of sharing info… but i did read this on their site!
It is all about Moderation not Deprivation
Typical restaurant plates are 11-13 inches which helps contribute to over eating!
I learned they are microwave safe. This is excellent because I ususally have left overs so would be perfect.
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I learned that these dishes are tested to make sure they are lead free.
These plates are the coolest idea! I love the saying in the middle of the plate– precious!
It helps you eat the correct portions.. which living in a country that is considered extremely obese this is a great idea 🙂
I learned that restaurant dishes are huge!