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Calories in homemade food??

pbkfit70
pbkfit70 Posts: 38
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi there

Much of what I eat, I cook myself from scratch. How do you work out the calories?

Sometimes I'm guessing and using prepackaged similar things, but hopefully mine is healthier. But how would I start to work out the calories

For instance, I make chinese chicken with oyser sauce, it includes
stir fried chicken breast, mushrooms, carrots, onions, bell peppers, in a sauce made with oyster sauce (bought), soy sauce, garlic, ginger on a bed of basmati rice

where do I start?

What about homemade bread?

and so on and so on .....

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  • pbkfit70
    pbkfit70 Posts: 38
    Hi there

    Much of what I eat, I cook myself from scratch. How do you work out the calories?

    Sometimes I'm guessing and using prepackaged similar things, but hopefully mine is healthier. But how would I start to work out the calories

    For instance, I make chinese chicken with oyser sauce, it includes
    stir fried chicken breast, mushrooms, carrots, onions, bell peppers, in a sauce made with oyster sauce (bought), soy sauce, garlic, ginger on a bed of basmati rice

    where do I start?

    What about homemade bread?

    and so on and so on .....
  • pbkfit70
    pbkfit70 Posts: 38
    That's great, thanks so much, I'll add it to my favourites.
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