Entering receipes in...

adezeray

So perhaps a stupid question, but I want to make sure I am doing things correctly. When entering in a receipe do you enter in all raw ingredients or do you enter them in as the way they will turn out? Example I will use a raw onion, but I will saute it. I did notice there is a calorie difference. Also, when weighing your food Ex: Chicken should it be weighed raw or frozen or after it's been cooked? Sorry very new to this so I apoligize if anyone thinks this is a must know.
Thank you!

cleigh86

l enter ingredients as they are called for in the recipe. To use your example of onions, if I use a recipe that calls for 1 cup of chopped onions, I enter that in as 1 cup of chopped RAW onions. I'm guessing the calorie difference in the database is because of added oil/butter that is usually used when cooking the onions down. Since the recipe would most likely include that oil/butter in its list of ingredients, it would just get added in on its own.

As for meat, I always use the raw weight of the meat. However, with this, you could either weigh it raw, and log it that way, or weigh it cooked, and log it that way. It would be accurate either way!

Hope this helps!

adezeray

l enter ingredients as they are called for in the recipe. To use your example of onions, if I use a recipe that calls for 1 cup of chopped onions, I enter that in as 1 cup of chopped RAW onions. I'm guessing the calorie difference in the database is because of added oil/butter that is usually used when cooking the onions down. Since the recipe would most likely include that oil/butter in its list of ingredients, it would just get added in on its own.

As for meat, I always use the raw weight of the meat. However, with this, you could either weigh it raw, and log it that way, or weigh it cooked, and log it that way. It would be accurate either way!

Hope this helps!

Thank you! Just what I needed to hear