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MrsBennefield
MrsBennefield Posts: 36 Member
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How do you log the calories in casseroles?

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  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
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    check out the recipe builder. tracking mixed food items like casseroles is easier if you make a recipe for it. not sure if the link will work, but you go here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/box
  • pita7317
    pita7317 Posts: 1,437 Member
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    You need to go into recipes and log all ingredients and number of servings. Then save and transfer to your diary. Hope that helps.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    edited January 2015
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    Use the recipe builder - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/box - if you're the one making it. If not, search the database for a same-name recipe, pick the highest option and guess. Unless it's happening quite regularly that you're eating casserole prepared by someone else - in that case, ask for details about its preparation or ask for the recipe, then enter the recipe yourself in the aforementioned recipe builder.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
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    I measure out (weigh on my scale) each ingredient as it goes in. When the recipe is done, I weigh the whole thing in grams. I divide that number by the number of servings in the dish. That way I know how many grams I am supposed to serve myself.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
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    Laurend224 wrote: »
    I measure out (weigh on my scale) each ingredient as it goes in. When the recipe is done, I weigh the whole thing in grams. I divide that number by the number of servings in the dish. That way I know how many grams I am supposed to serve myself.


    I also add it in as if it were a new recipe manually each time, since I cook from scratch and the size of the veggies varies each time.
    It can get tedious, but it's (I think) pretty accurate.

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