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Home canned foods

aneajo
aneajo Posts: 287 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
We have been canning and freezing and dehydrating lots of food lately.

How would I log that type of food since I do not have a calorie list?

For awhile we were being very careful and measuring everything, but it takes long enough to can anyway without doing that.

I know its way healthier then having the convience of packaged foods, just curious on how to log it

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  • chrissym78
    chrissym78 Posts: 628 Member
    I can alot too. If I don't have exact measurements I just pick on thats close. Calorie wise you should be able to find something pretty close in the database. The satisfaction for me comes in knowing I did it and I didn't add extra sodium or chemicals :)
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    This sounds really interesting... how do you can your own foods?
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Why would you log differently than fresh cooked food? The measurement would need to be the portion you eat, not what was canned, wouldn't it?
  • aneajo
    aneajo Posts: 287 Member
    TRUE. Duh. lol :laugh:
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