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Calories in Homemade meals

astrony
astrony Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hey guys,
With homemade meals (sometimes invented and/or tweeked from online recipes) I have a hard time finding exact description on MFP. How do you guys deal with that?

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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    nearly every meal i make, ive created in the recipe builder
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    add the ingredients by weight
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    I use the recipe builder.

    This or I just log the ingredients separately when possible.
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    I use the recipe builder.

    How do I access/use the recipe builder?
  • chelliz88
    chelliz88 Posts: 62 Member
    I do my best at finding something similar in the database. But, like today, my soup didn't consist of much chicken like it did the other night for dinner, so I decreased the serving size because of the ratio.
  • astrony
    astrony Posts: 4 Member
    I’ve entered the smoothie I usually make in the morning in my recipes so I can add it in one shot. But for other recipes it might really be off by 100 cals or so I have a feeling!
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    Recipe builder! Then you get pretty accurate macros for all of your meal prep items!
  • andfivesixseveneight
    andfivesixseveneight Posts: 140 Member
    You can import recipes from a website and alter it to match the changes you made.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,665 Member
    Recipe builder for sure. I never try and find an entry in the database for food I made, because I have no idea how the food in the database was made.
  • Saltine24
    Saltine24 Posts: 143 Member
    Yes use the recipe builder and create all the meals you normally eat. It may take a bit of time at first but once you have all your recipes created it will be so easy to log afterwards.
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    iowalinda wrote: »
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    I use the recipe builder.

    How do I access/use the recipe builder?

    From the website, go to the Food tab across the top, then to Recipes. You'll have the option to import the recipe from a website or manually enter the ingredients individually.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,665 Member
    AliceDark wrote: »
    iowalinda wrote: »
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    I use the recipe builder.

    How do I access/use the recipe builder?

    From the website, go to the Food tab across the top, then to Recipes. You'll have the option to import the recipe from a website or manually enter the ingredients individually.

    And from the app, click the drop down menu and go to "Recipes, Meals & Food"and click "Create a Recipe"
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    AliceDark wrote: »
    iowalinda wrote: »
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    I use the recipe builder.

    How do I access/use the recipe builder?

    From the website, go to the Food tab across the top, then to Recipes. You'll have the option to import the recipe from a website or manually enter the ingredients individually.

    And from the app, click the drop down menu and go to "Recipes, Meals & Food"and click "Create a Recipe"

    Thanks to both of you!
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