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How to add fresh food to your diary?

DevilFrogger43
DevilFrogger43 Posts: 29 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi guys just new to all of this....can someone please tell me how I can add fresh food to my diary?
It keeps asking for a specific brand. Say for example for my lunch today I had zucchini, snow peas and chicken. Am I able to add this?
Thank you.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    just search zucchini. If it was raw, maybe type "zucchini raw". Same for the snow peas, and type in however the chicken was cooked.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Don't make the entries as plural and look for non asterisked entries.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    edited January 2015
    Search for the following:

    Squash - Zucchini, raw
    Peas - edible-podded, raw . . . (= snow peas)
    Chicken - meat only

    Edited to change beans to peas. Doh!
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    No, Snap beans are regular green beans, usually ones that don't need stringing. They aren't the same as snap peas or snow peas. I checked the database and there are LOTS of options for "sugar snap peas," so look for that.

    What does the asterisk mean on the entry options. I thought it was good, not bad. Feeling dopey now...
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    The asterisk means it's a non-verified member-entered option. There are plenty of good entries in that category--but you kind of have to have the package/USDA info with you when you look it up.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I just enter snap peas.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    EWJLang wrote: »
    No, Snap beans are regular green beans, usually ones that don't need stringing. They aren't the same as snap peas or snow peas. I checked the database and there are LOTS of options for "sugar snap peas," so look for that.

    What does the asterisk mean on the entry options. I thought it was good, not bad. Feeling dopey now...
    Sorry about that it has been a while since I had to find snow peas. I found:
    Peas - edible-podded, raw

    Non-asterisked entries correspond to USDA Foods List database. Try to use the entries without an asterisk.
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    CyberTone wrote: »
    EWJLang wrote: »
    No, Snap beans are regular green beans, usually ones that don't need stringing. They aren't the same as snap peas or snow peas. I checked the database and there are LOTS of options for "sugar snap peas," so look for that.

    What does the asterisk mean on the entry options. I thought it was good, not bad. Feeling dopey now...
    Sorry about that it has been a while since I had to find snow peas. I found:
    Peas - edible-podded, raw

    Non-asterisked entries correspond to USDA Foods List database. Try to use the entries without an asterisk.

    Good to know. I was parroting something I had read on here and didn't realize wasn't true.
  • DevilFrogger43
    DevilFrogger43 Posts: 29 Member
    Perfect! Thank you guys. Your info helped me log lunch
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    Drat, I had it backwards re: asterisks. Oh, well. I've done OK according to my scale, so no harm, no foul. But, I'll probably do better with my logging in the future...thanks, everyone for the correction!
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