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How to create recipes accuratly

munchkins11
munchkins11 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Recipes
Can someone help me on how to create and use recipes correctly? I seem to be having serving issues, The thing that messes me up is how each ingredient asks for servings when really i want to add it all up and divide the finished project into servings. Is there a way?

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  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    edited November 2018
    I weigh the finished product in grams and use that as the number of servings. Then, 1 gram will = 1 serving.

    Editing to add more info: I usually enter the raw weight of each ingredient. Then weigh the cooked product. So, a pot of chili that weighs 1550g will have 1150 servings at one gram each. The you can just log in your diary the amount that you serve yourself in grams.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    Are you using the recipe builder?
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    I don't know if you're using the app or the desktop version of mfp, but the link for the desktop recipe builder is:

    https://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe_parser

    Input the totals of your ingredients, list how many servings there are, and oui la! Recipe done.
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