Site that calculates nutrion/cals?

frommetobetterme

Hey Friends,
Brains not working today... so I need some help please.
I made a couple meals (soups and stuff) and am looking for a site that, if I put in all the ingredients it will tell me the nutrional value and calories and all that? Per portion... does that exist?
I need something so then I can just create the meal here on MFP.
Any suggestions?
Thank you!

Hey - I had uses the recipe feature and then I discovered the "save meal" feature. I actually prefer that feature because it adds each item in separately so if you have substitutions you can easily add or subtract items in your daily log. I have been saving my popular meals more and more and like it way better.

That's a good way of doing it too. I decide whether to create a meal or a recipe depending on what it is. For example, when we make homemade pizza, we always use the same dough recipe, so I have that saved as a recipe, but then I have my most often used toppings saved as a meal that I adjust depending what I put on the pizza that day.

(edited to remove my answer from inside the quotes.)

frommetobetterme

p.s. I sometimes go back in the recipe and change the portion sizes. For example, if I freeze some, sometimes it's in bigger containers than others, so I change my recipe accordingly in order to log.

I don't know if this changes my past entries, but I'm not so worried about that since I never look at my food diary further back then for that week.

I think entering the number of grams as the number of servings makes most calculations of different size servings obsolete. I just weigh the serving that I am eating and the calories/protein etc is automatically calculated. For example, if my entire recipe weighs 1234 grams, there are 1234 servings. If my serving is 400 grams, that is what I enter for number of servings, bam all my macros are calculated. Next time I eat 365 grams, enter that as number of servings, and that is as much calculation I need to enter.

I never thought of doing it that way. So you just weight your recipe once it's done and then weight everything on your plate. Very different than measuring by volume, but sounds so much easier!

frommetobetterme

you can create a recipe on the phone app as well and if it is something that comes with a barcode then you can scan it in. on the phone app you cannot make changes to the recipe once it is saved but you can go back on the website on a computer and edit it. i don't understand what the big fuss is about adding ingredients one at a time. are people seriously that lazy? i know we all have busy lives but it really does not take that long to add your ingredients and create a recipe. i work full time and take classes as well and have many pages of recipes created. oh well. hope this helps though so you can add your stuff in with minimal effort if you scan it on your smart phone, but there is some effort involved still, sorry.

From my understanding, she didn't say she was too lazy to enter the ingredients, just didn't want to hassle with calculating the portions out. She didn't originally know about the 'meal' and 'recipe' functionalities.

frommetobetterme

p.s. I sometimes go back in the recipe and change the portion sizes. For example, if I freeze some, sometimes it's in bigger containers than others, so I change my recipe accordingly in order to log.

I don't know if this changes my past entries, but I'm not so worried about that since I never look at my food diary further back then for that week.

I believe it no longer changes past entries when you modify an existing recipe.

Thanks, I'll have to test that out later.

it does not change anything in past entries, only when you start adding the new changed recipe will it reflect the changes

Thanks for confirming!

Amitysk

you can create a recipe on the phone app as well and if it is something that comes with a barcode then you can scan it in. on the phone app you cannot make changes to the recipe once it is saved but you can go back on the website on a computer and edit it. i don't understand what the big fuss is about adding ingredients one at a time. are people seriously that lazy? i know we all have busy lives but it really does not take that long to add your ingredients and create a recipe. i work full time and take classes as well and have many pages of recipes created. oh well. hope this helps though so you can add your stuff in with minimal effort if you scan it on your smart phone, but there is some effort involved still, sorry.

Oh wow! I didn't know about that feature on the app! I need to check it out!

Update: On the iPhone app its accessible from the "more" tab, <edit foods and exercises, < my recipes, < click the plus sign and add away!

kikicooks

smh...some people :noway:

"some people?"

To which people specifically were you referring?

to the people who are too damn lazy to log ingredients to create a recipe. it's a miracle they had enough energy to make an account and post in a forum

Whoa someone is a little cranky, maybe eat something.