Making my own recipes and using a food scale

RedRider230

How in the heck do I use my food scale to figure out calories per portion when I make my own unique recipes? And how do I figure out what a portion is? I've tried using the Recipe Builder on here and I'm still confused, lol. So I don't know what to say other than I could use some tips or maybe someone knows of a better way. I've just been sticking to things that I can easily measure and weigh but I don't want to do this all the time. I feel stupid I can't figure it out so I'm asking for help because it's important not only to me but my poor family I've been depriving, lol. :laugh:

smn76237

Weigh each ingredient as it goes in, then weigh the final product and divide by an easy number (100 g, for example).

For example, a basic soup recipe might be, 100g carrot, 100 g celery, 100 g onion, 1 tblsp olive oil, and 3 cups chicken broth, which you add to the recipe builder.

Then weigh the final product. Let's say all that came to 400 g. For serving size, put 4 (100 g). You got 4 servings of 100 g out of the final batch.

The final product isn't usually a nice round number like that, but you get the idea.

peleroja

Weigh each ingredient as it goes in, then weigh the final product and divide by an easy number (100 g, for example).

For example, a basic soup recipe might be, 100g carrot, 100 g celery, 100 g onion, 1 tblsp olive oil, and 3 cups chicken broth, which you add to the recipe builder.

Then weigh the final product. Let's say all that came to 400 g. For serving size, put 4 (100 g). You got 4 servings of 100 g out of the final batch.

The final product isn't usually a nice round number like that, but you get the idea.

^Exactly. I just weigh each thing as I put it in, then weigh the whole thing and divide appropriately. It doesn't take much time once you get used to it.