calories for certain crockpot recipes?

lml852014

There is a meal I make in the crockpot every so often which includes about 2 lbs of chicken, a can of cream of chicken soup, an 8 oz package cream cheese, and various spices. It all gets mixed together so in order for me to know how much it is is really difficult to figure out the calories etc. I normally cook whole wheat noodles to go along with it and weigh those out but how the heck do I know how much is in the other stuff? Any tips or advice

janejellyroll

Have you tried the Recipe Builder?

Ready2Rock206

use the recipe builder - it really is a must use tool if you do any cooking on your own

lml852014

okay i will try it out thanks

rosebarnalice

I weigh all of my finished crock pot recipes and divide by 100 grams to determine the "serving size" for the purposes of the MFP recipe builder.

Yes, this means pouring it out of the crock post and into a large mixing bowl because my scale can't handle the tare weight of the empty crock pot, but it makes my calorie counting more accurate.

So if a recipe makes 1154 grams, I will then put in 11.5 "servings" as the yield in the recipe builder. And if I scoop out--say--250 grams into a bowl, I count that as 2.5 "servings."

smcrimmon84

^Pretty much this exactly. I have also been known to pour things into a mixing bowl for weighing purposes!

The only thing I worry about then is if the portion I scoop out has more pasta than chicken, or more cheese than chicken, etc etc but I give myself a calorie buffer at the end of the day so I'm not too worried about it!

Cynsonya

smcrimmon84 wrote: »

but I give myself a calorie buffer at the end of the day so I'm not too worried about it!

How do you do this? Like just do a 100 calorie quick add? Years ago when I logged calories w/ pen and paper to lose weight I'd always add an extra 50 calories for any miscalculations. I was sorry I couldn't do this with MFP. But maybe I can, lol.