Sweet potato jacket potato, weigh before or after cooking in microwave?

jadejo788 · August 2016

Need to log calories, do I weigh it before or after? Thanks

AlabamaMama224 · August 2016

Before.

graceklaas03 · August 2016

I weigh after. As steamed sweet potato. Microwaving vegies is same as steaming.

B4Rachael · August 2016

If you put it into your food log as "raw, potato" weigh it raw. If you put it in as "steamed, potato" weigh it cooked.

lemurcat12 · August 2016

AlabamaMama224 wrote: »

Before.

Yes, this. But make sure you use an entry for uncooked. There's a good USDA one in the database.

Ready2Rock206 · August 2016

Before - and use the raw entry

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