Calorie counting while cooking ethnic food?

cwolfman13

I used the recipe builder very often as I primarily cook at home. When I did a recipe, I would more or less concern myself with the ingredients that were providing the main calorie content of what I was making...the oils and fats, meat, more calorie dense vegetables like potatoes, etc. I never really worried about how much of this spice or that spice or herb, or even low calorie vegetables in most cases. In my case, while not entirely accurate, it was more than good enough...that said, my calorie targets to lose weight were pretty much anywhere from 2300-2500 calories per day, so I had some room to work with.