How to log ingredient adjustments to brownie mix?

cobalt108
cobalt108 Posts: 60 Member
I made ghiradelli double chocolate brownies from the box mix. I swapped mashed banana for oil and unsweetened almond milk for water.
When I try to log it the brownie mix option comes up but there is no option to adjust ingredients and I’m not sure if I’m missing it, any help would be appreciated!

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,242 Member
    edited June 2020
    I don't know which entry you're using in MFP (you have to vet the entries); but, when I looked up the product you mentioned online it came up as 1/16 of package approximately 32g of Mix as 160 Cal.

    This would be for the DRY MIX (see attached picture) and would include neither the oil, the banana, or the almond milk.

    Thus I would log (package is supposed to be 510g but you would know better whether your particular package was 510g or 550g!), I would log -- in an empty meal slot -- along the lines off:

    514g of mix -- about 2250 Cal
    159g of banana -- or whatever it was
    750g of almond milk -- or whatever it was

    Then I would save it as a meal by finished weight: 1200g of yummy goodness (since some of the almond water would evaporate)

    Then I would keep the meal in mind and add 0.1 of the meal every time I ate 120g ; OR....

    I would look up the web based "old MFP recipe calculator", and create a 1200 serving recipe with a single ingredient called 1200g of yummy goodness (which will pull in all the entries).

    Then you would be able to log 120g of your food every time you ate that much

    Sounds like more work than it actually is to do!!! :wink:

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