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Units of Measure for Create Recipe

MickSeepaulsingh
MickSeepaulsingh Posts: 2 Member
in Feature Suggestions and Ideas
The Create Recipe function is great. But the output is limited to "serving size." I would like to be able to select grams, or even add other units of measure as well. The only way to make it work is by doing a confusing workaround where you must manipulate the serving size.
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  • Jean
    Jean Posts: 945 MFP Staff
    This article may help better understand the Recipe servings: https://myfitnesspal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032622191-Can-the-recipe-feature-calculate-the-number-of-servings-produced.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,688 Member
    Workaround: Quite a few of us set the number of servings to the number of grams of the finished dish.

    If I make (say) 1057 grams of lasagna, it's 1057 servings. When I eat 223 grams of the lasagna, I'd log 223 servings.

    Works pretty well.

    MFP will give you a warning message when you try to add some giant number of servings, but it will let you continue with the big number.

    Alternative: Include your serving size in the recipe title.
  • yoanasg2898
    yoanasg2898 Posts: 1 Member
    It's definitely pretty annoying the app doesn't have this simple feature. Also, creating a recipe takes way too many clicks compared to other apps. Personally, I prefer eat this much.

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