Accounting for marinades

slfrye03
slfrye03 Posts: 9 Member
in Food and Nutrition
How do I account for calories when I marinade my meats? I am not eating the marinade. Not sure how to do this. Help

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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Weigh the meat before you marinate it. Weight it after. Figure out how many calories are in that amount of marinade. Or just don't worry about it.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    The marinades I make are so low in calories that I ignore them.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    Log the marinade as a recipe, weigh the recipe, determine a serving size. Mine is usually one gram because it's simple to work with. Then,
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    Weigh the meat before you marinate it. Weight it after. Figure out how many calories are in that amount of marinade. Or just don't worry about it.

    Then log the weight difference as marinade. This will be more accurate, but will require you to make the marinade the same every time.

  • slfrye03
    slfrye03 Posts: 9 Member
    Thanks for the suggestions!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited October 2015
    i never bothered...the amount of marinade and corresponding calories that are going to stick to the meat are negligible. you want to be as accurate as possible, but at some point you're just wasting your time and energy trying to account for every little dinky calorie. there are far greater things to worry about and make sure you get right than your marinade.

    pro tip - it's impossible to accurately account for every single little dinky calorie you take in.

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