How to track homemade vegetable stock

callyamills

How can I track homemade vegetable stock correctly?

AverageJoeFit

The way I track home made stuff is by weighing everything that goes in. Add up all the stuff you have put in. Once it is done weigh the end product and then divide it by the number of servings you are going to make the stock.

LivingtheLeanDream

Use the recipe builder.

CattOfTheGarage

That's not really going to work for stock, guys - you strain most of the ingredients out at the end and most of the calories go with them. Actually calculating the calories left behind in the stock would be very difficult. But I feel like it would be almost negligible tbh.

Queenmunchy

With homemade stock, I log store bought.

__TMac__

If you haven't added any fat or starch, I wouldn't even count it. It's essentially flavored water.

cmtigger

I estimate by using a store bought version. I choose a middle of the road calorie wise version.

lynn_glenmont

Ditto on using an entry for a commercially prepared stock, but honestly, unless you added fat during the process, we're maybe talking about 5 or 10 calories per cup (8 fluid ounces/240 ml). Think about it -- a cup of vegetable juice (like V-8) only has 50 calories, and it's full-strength veggie juice, not diluted 8:1 or more with water (I'd be surprised to get a full cup of liquid if I juiced all the veggies I throw in a pot with two or three quarts of water to make veggie stock, but of course some of the water evaporates during simmering and some of it goes into the veggies).

VintageFeline

Agreed, log any fat added but otherwise it's virtually calorie free flavoured water.