SmashMeals offers prepared meals from a dedicated gluten-free kitchen for adults who want fewer meals to cook around a new baby's arrival. Decide whether to buy from the current menu now, wait until the household knows its schedule, or coordinate a gift. Check each item, storage plan, destination and final charge in the live menu and checkout before ordering.
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Medical note: This page helps adults plan convenient food around a new baby's arrival. It is not pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, infant-feeding, or medical nutrition advice. Follow individual care instructions from your clinical team.
Choose the Right Moment for the Order
A due date gives you a planning window, not a dependable day to receive perishable food. Start with the adults who will eat, the meals friends or family already plan to bring, and the refrigerator or freezer space available. USDA MyPlate's weekly planning guide recommends checking what you have and which meal occasions need help; it does not prescribe how many SmashMeals items to buy.
Pick a path based on the household's timing and preferences.| If this is the situation | A useful next step |
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| You want meals on hand before birth | Browse the current menu, then verify the selected items' storage and heating directions and available space before paying. |
| You are unsure when anyone will be home | Wait to place an order until the household can confirm a receiving window and the current checkout options. |
| Friends or family want to help | Ask the household to approve a useful meal occasion and a few item choices before a supporter orders to its address. |
| You need to plan several uncovered days | Use the separate freezer-coverage planner to count adult meal gaps and subtract help already scheduled. |
If you need to estimate freezer coverage, use the new-baby freezer planner. For one gift order, the recipient checklist covers preferences and handoff. This page is for choosing whether SmashMeals fits the household's broader before-baby plan.
Build an Order the Household Can Actually Use
- Ask who is eating. List the adults and the specific lunches or dinners that would be useful. Do not assume one menu item feeds a whole family or that a product is designed for infant feeding.
- Check each current item. Choose foods the household wants and review the item's available portion, ingredient, allergen, nutrition and handling details. If an essential detail is absent, ask SmashMeals before buying; calories and macros do not fill that gap.
- Decide where food can go. Check refrigerator and freezer space, the package's storage instructions and whether the household has a suitable way to heat it. Do not assume every current item is freezer-ready or assign it an invented shelf life.
- Agree on receiving. Confirm the address, someone able to receive the food and the current checkout's eligible fulfillment option, charge and timing.
SmashMeals cooks in a dedicated gluten-free kitchen, but that does not mean every selected item fits another allergy or an individual medical diet. Review the exact item information and contact our team if you need a detail that is not shown. A clinician or dietitian should guide pregnancy, recovery or feeding needs that require individual care.
Give Food Without Making the Household Manage a Surprise
A helpful gift starts with a quick question: which day, which adults and which foods would make life easier? Confirm a receiving contact and cold-storage space before sending anything perishable. The USDA's mail-order food-safety guidance advises alerting the recipient and checking perishable food promptly on arrival. Its general guidance does not establish a SmashMeals item's packaging, transit time or shelf life; follow the actual order and package instructions.
If several helpers are covering different dates, use the multi-day meal planner so orders do not all arrive at once. For meals after the household settles at home, see postpartum meal delivery.
Check the Live Menu Before You Commit
The button below opens SmashMeals' current ordering menu in a new tab. Use it to confirm the actual meals offered, item details, price, destination eligibility, fulfillment options, charges and timing. If the timing or an item fact does not work for this household, adjust the plan or ask us before placing the order.
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How ordering works
- 1. Pick your meals Browse the menu that's live this week and choose what you want. Subscriptions are optional — order one week, every week, or whenever you need it.
- 2. Choose how you get them Free pickup at our Kingsport kitchen and Grab & Go partners, $15 home delivery in the Tri-Cities, or $30 flat-rate FedEx Ground for eligible addresses. Orders close Thursday 11:59 PM Eastern.
- 3. Heat and eat Meals are fully cooked and ready to heat. Local pickup and delivery meals arrive fresh, never frozen; shipped meals are flash-frozen for transit. Follow each item's storage and reheating directions.
- Dedicated gluten-free kitchen — We do not bring wheat, barley, or rye into the building and we do not share equipment with gluten-containing production. A dedicated gluten-free facility is not an allergen-free facility — check each label for other allergens.
- Transparent nutrition — Many current menu listings include calories and macros. Check each selected meal's label and ask for any ingredient or nutrient detail you need to make a choice.
- Cooked in Kingsport since 2017 — Founder-run production kitchen at 1917 Meadowview Parkway, Kingsport, TN — the same kitchen for local pickup, local delivery, and shipped orders.
Prepared Meals Before Baby: Common Questions
- Can I reserve meals now for a date weeks after my due date?
- Plan ahead, but do not assume a future menu reservation or a delivery date is available. The live ordering menu and checkout show the current items and fulfillment choices. Contact SmashMeals if you need a future-date arrangement confirmed before paying.
- Should I buy meals before birth or wait until we get home?
- Buy from the current menu ahead of time only if the household can receive the order and store the exact items as directed. If the homecoming date is uncertain or cold-storage space is tight, wait until someone can confirm the receiving plan.
- Are all the prepared meals suitable for freezing?
- Do not assume that. Check the selected item's current packaging and storage instructions or ask SmashMeals before buying for freezer use. A general food-safety guide cannot establish an individual item's freezer quality period.
- Can someone else send us meals?
- A supporter can order to an eligible recipient address using the current checkout options. Ask the household which meals and date would help, check dietary needs and available storage, and confirm that someone can receive the food.
- Are the meals safe for celiac disease or other allergies?
- SmashMeals uses a dedicated gluten-free kitchen, but it is not an allergen-free facility and a category label cannot establish the fit of a particular item. Review exact current ingredients and allergen information, and contact SmashMeals before ordering if a needed fact is unavailable.
- Where do I see the price and delivery options?
- The live ordering menu and checkout show current item prices, destination eligibility, fulfillment options, charges and timing. Do not rely on a fixed price or shipping promise in an evergreen planning guide.
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