How do you deterime the number of servings in a homemade rec

lovesparky

Hi all,
This may have been a question frequently answered but I'm not having any luck finding the answer. When adding your own recipe into the system how do I determine how many servings to enter. For example for a large part of soup or a large pot of sauce.

Thank you, I really appreciate your input.

cHaRlIe0411

You take your complete recipe (example, the whole pot of soup) and find out how many bowls that will make. That's the number of servings.

dls06

I guesstimate when it's a pot of something. When it's meat I use 4 oz as a serving so if I have a lb of meat in a recipe it's 4 servings. You can always go back and change it or just add 2 servings to your day.

SarahMorganP

When I make a big pot of something I measure it out in 8oz serving sizes into another big pot. Each 8oz is a serving.

stephreed11

When I make a pot of something, I transfer it all into another big bowl using a "1 cup" measuring cup & count how many 1 cup servings there were. It takes some extra time, but this is the only accurate way I've heard to do it.

osc79

I'm a bit of a computer nerd so what I have done when I make my turkey chili is:

Create a spreadsheet
On page 1 Add a line for each ingredient and record it's nutrition information based on a serving (grams)
On page 2 I track how many servings of that ingredient I used
On page 3 I show the total grams (for all the ingredients) and I add a line that will take how many grams are in a cup, and divide the total by that number. it will produce the final nutrition information for 1 serving (1 cup)

This way it makes it easy, if next time I add extra turkey, or beans, etc
I can just adjust page 2 to increase the number of servings of that one ingredient and poof, the 3rd page is updated with the new nutrition info.

I could share a google doc example

lovesparky

These are really helpful. Thank you.

stephaneb74

Do share a google doc example

I always guesstimate for soups and sauces...

osc79

Here is a link to a thread I made for the spreadsheet.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/516464-recipe-nutrition-information-calculator

Enjoy!