How do you log a marinade for a grilled meat ?

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dmcb24
dmcb24 Posts: 56 Member
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How much would you use for a serving ?
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  • jessathemessa
    jessathemessa Posts: 65 Member
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    I would normally divide by how many pieces of chicken there are. For example, if the marinade was 100 calories and I put it on 4 pieces of chicken, I would log it as 25 calories. Usually with marinade, there's some left over in the bag/pan/container you used to marinade, so this is an over calculation, but most of the marinades I use don't end up having too many calories anyways. Maybe someone else has a better way to do it.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    If it's bottled I'll weigh/measure it out (depending of if it specifies grams or milliliters). If it's homemade, I'll weigh the ingredients as I make it and then weigh the amount I use.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
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    Weigh the marinade before and after use or the meat before and after marination.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    I eyeball it. Usually I use 1/4 cup for 6 servings of meat and most of it gets trashed, so I log 1 or 2 tablespoons and call it a day.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    edited August 2015
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    I usually just guess on marinades, honestly. I'll add about 20-25 calories per serving. Most of it seems to get thrown away or cooked out.
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    Weigh the marinade before and after use or the meat before and after marination.

    But this is actually a really good idea.
  • keokagal
    keokagal Posts: 25 Member
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    I don't count it. I make my own. Some absorbs into the meat but most is tossed out. Unless you're using a cup of sugar you should be ok. You can always add 25 cals to your meal if it makes you feel better. I know it's there and it doesn't bother me. If you're doing a whole recipe with servings you can calculate it in the recipe builder and get more accuracy there.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
    edited August 2015
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    I've never bothered...it would be so negligible as to not be worth the time and effort IMO. It certainly didn't hinder my 40 Lbs loss a few years ago.
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
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    I usually just log 1 tablespoon or 1 serving if its from a bottle. If it's from a packet and the whole packet is used, I divide by the number of servings its used on.
  • Bshmerlie
    Bshmerlie Posts: 1,026 Member
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    Give it 25 calories in the log and call it a day.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,626 Member
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    I weigh the marinade, in the bag, before and after the food has marinated, then I divide the total by the number of pieces and use that amount per piece. Or just make the total used part of a recipe.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
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    I don't bother, particularly since I don't like any sweet marinades.
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
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    I don't.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
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    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    Weigh the marinade before and after use or the meat before and after marination.

    i don't use marinades or have a scale but this is what i'd do if i did.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited August 2015
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    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    You dont' eat all the marinade, just a small portion of it.

    Tag on thing - this is also true for sauteeing and frying. It's hard to tell what's what in the pan with meat (bc meat also has fat it releases). I usually log all the calories for whatever meat it is, and only some of the additional oil or fat that I use (unless I can see it's all been absorbed), but I'm curious to know how people handle this, too.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
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    Depending on how much is left over I generally log 1/2 or so. So if there was 4 pieces of meat and I used 1 cup of marinade I'd log it as 1/8 of a cup. If there wasn't much left in the bag I'd just log it all.

    But I don't use a lot of marinades because my son doesn't like them so if I'm a little off it is so infrequent it isn't a huge deal.
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
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    Kalikel wrote: »
    I weigh the marinade, in the bag, before and after the food has marinated, then I divide the total by the number of pieces and use that amount per piece. Or just make the total used part of a recipe.

    Do you actually eat the marinade? Seems like overkill, but if it works for you...moar power!
  • hrtchoco
    hrtchoco Posts: 156 Member
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    I usually just season my meat with salt and pepper or a spice mix. Not a huge fan of marinades.
  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
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    Most of our marinades end up left in the pan, or thrown out, I guess Im lazy in this area because I log 25-50 calories and call it good.
  • ashliedelgado
    ashliedelgado Posts: 814 Member
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    How much I used divided by how many servings of meat. Given that most gets tossed it is an over calculation, but I tend to err on the side of overcalculating intake any way. (I don't have a scale to weigh at the moment, so I log more than I eat, and I half whatever MFP says I burn during exercise)

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