How to log calories from adding ham bone to pot of beans?

lightenup2016
lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
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Hi--I'm about to make a batch of black beans from scratch. I have some leftover ham on the bone from Easter dinner, and want to use it to season the beans. If it's just to season, and I'm not actually adding ham meat to the recipe, how would I log the calories from the fat and juices coming out of the ham/bone?

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  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    lightenup2016 wrote: »
    Hi--I'm about to make a batch of black beans from scratch. I have some leftover ham on the bone from Easter dinner, and want to use it to season the beans. If it's just to season, and I'm not actually adding ham meat to the recipe, how would I log the calories from the fat and juices coming out of the ham/bone?

    Negligible, especially if you plan on skimming fat off the cooking liquid before serving.

    That said, if the bone still has a reasonable amount of meat on it then it's inevitable that some of that will work it's way into the pot. Worst case, assume an extra hundred or two hundred calories across the entire batch but I think even that is probably too much.

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