How do you count cooking oil?

Lindalo5032
Lindalo5032 Posts: 11 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
For example, if you are making stir fry and put 1 Tablespoon of oil in the skillet, is that how much you use in calculating the calories? I know the food probably doesn't absorb the whole 1 Tablespoon.

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  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Log the one tablespoon, pour everything from the skillet onto your plate, and make sure you lick your plate clean.

    You can't be too careful with 120 calories.
  • carolann_22
    carolann_22 Posts: 364 Member
    I count the whole amount divided by servings - so 2 TB in the stir fry pan for four servings would be .5 TB per serving - probably overestimating but I'd rather do it that way.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    How much is left in the pan?
  • momof2winsplus
    momof2winsplus Posts: 137 Member
    I count the whole amount divided by servings - so 2 TB in the stir fry pan for four servings would be .5 TB per serving - probably overestimating but I'd rather do it that way.

    The recipe calculator makes it really easy. And since the calorie content listed on packaging may be off by +/- 25%, I put it all in and my day usually averages out properly.

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