How would you log these?

Grubworm1943
Grubworm1943 Posts: 50 Member
edited November 8 in Food and Nutrition
Im going to make quesadillas for dinner tonight. We had several bell peppers (yellow, orange, red, and green) and we diced and froze them because we knew we wouldnt use them before they went bad. now IDK how to log them. the database says 1/8 of a cup is.... XXXCalories or 100g is XXXXcalories. i swear im not going to pick and sort each color just to weigh it.
is there a generic "go to" estimate to use?

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  • acheben
    acheben Posts: 476 Member
    I would log them all as one type by weight. You should probably pick a red, yellow, or orange bell pepper entry since those are slightly more calories. USDA says that yellow bell peppers are 27 cals per 100g.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    The differences in Calories per 100g are green (20), red (26), and yellow (27). I would choose to log it as one entry using the yellow peppers, if you are mostly interested in counting Calories and yellow have the most of the three. Search for "Peppers - sweet, raw" to get the three different non-asterisked choices to compare.
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    CyberTone wrote: »
    The differences in Calories per 100g are green (20), red (26), and yellow (27). I would choose to log it as one entry using the yellow peppers, if you are mostly interested in counting Calories and yellow have the most of the three. Search for "Peppers - sweet, raw" to get the three different non-asterisked choices to compare.

    Yeah... go with the higher calorie count... it's better to over-estimate the calories than under estimating. :flowerforyou:
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    Grubworm1943 wrote: »
    Im going to make quesadillas for dinner tonight. We had several bell peppers (yellow, orange, red, and green) and we diced and froze them because we knew we wouldnt use them before they went bad. now IDK how to log them. the database says 1/8 of a cup is.... XXXCalories or 100g is XXXXcalories. i swear im not going to pick and sort each color just to weigh it.
    is there a generic "go to" estimate to use?

    If you check under " bell peppers " there are several items like " peppers. red, yellow, orange and green " in the date base. That is what I use.

  • esjones12
    esjones12 Posts: 1,363 Member
    Just pick one! 7 calories isn't going to make a huge difference. Whenever I am looking up something "generic" I pick a mid-ranged calorie item to log it as. Seems to be working fine for me.

    On another note....can I come over for dinner? Quesadillas sounds yummy right about now :)
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