If I skim off the fat, how much should I alter recipe?

greenolivetree

Hi. Let's say I made a pot of gumbo (because I did!) and then after refrigerating overnight I scraped literally a whole cup of solidified fat off the top before reheating, how much should I alter the recipe? I used a stick of butter and I'm thinking about decreasing the recipe to show only half a stick. Would that be reasonable? It reduces each serving by about 50 calories and 5ish grams of fat. Not really a huge deal but I'm counting very closely these days. If anyone has insight into how much you reduce calories and fat grams by skimming, I'd love to know!

AnnPT77

If what was removed is all fat, I'd weigh it and subtract the weighed amount.

BarbaraHelen2013

Personally, I’d not alter the recipe because I look at things such as this as a ‘hidden win’. Meaning that if I’ve reduced the calories somewhat by skimming fat, or feeding some of my apple/cucumber/peppers etc to the dog, leaving food on my plate because I’m full I count that as an extra deficit.

Logically though, the best thing to do would probably be to weigh the skimmed off portion and deduct possibly 75% of that weight from the original butter weight in your recipe. That should account for the fact that the fat you skimmed probably contains a higher moisture content than the original commercial butter product.

greenolivetree

Thank you both for the input I get you on the "hidden wins" @BarbaraHelen2013

LyndaBSS

I wouldn't deduct anything.

Eat it. Enjoy it. Log it. 💙

greenolivetree

Yes, I did enjoy it. And again today. LOL