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How can I count these calories

PaulaKac
PaulaKac Posts: 79 Member
edited February 26 in Food and Nutrition
I make a 5 bean salad, which marinates in oil, vinegar, sugar. Since most of the oil, vinegar and sugar are drained off before eating, how can I account for those calories that soak into the beans. At first I added all the ingredients including the marinate and divided by number of servings. Is this right, or should I deduct a few calories because of draining?

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  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    How can I count?

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    Perhaps deduct half the calories of the oil and sugar.
  • WickedPineapple
    WickedPineapple Posts: 698 Member
    Add together everything in the marinade to get total calories & macros per volume (let's say you get 250 calories/cup). Measure total volume prior to soaking beans in marinade (let's say 1 cup). Measure whatever marinade is leftover after draining (let's say 1/3 cup is left). So 1 cup - 1/3 cup = 2/3 cup marinade went into beans. 2/3 cup times 250 calories per cup = 167 calories.
  • PaulaKac
    PaulaKac Posts: 79 Member
    That makes sense. Thank You so much
  • WickedPineapple
    WickedPineapple Posts: 698 Member
    No problem! :smile:
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