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Cooking question

toots99
toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Okay, so I cut up and sauteed a bunch of peppers to eat throughout the week. Before I cooked them, they weighed 25 ounces. After sauteeing, I weighed them again, and it was 18 ounces. I am assuming that they naturally contain water and the water evaporated from cooking, correct? But anyway, my real question is...which do I log, cooked or uncooked weight? I know it's not really a HUGE difference, but I'm just curious.

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  • mnichol
    mnichol Posts: 642
    I would choose cooked.
  • christahollis
    christahollis Posts: 152
    I'd only log "cooked" weight if MFP gives you that option...otherwise, for veggies, I always log the fresh weight, choosing to err on the high side. Veggies are low-cal anyway, so you're not killing the accuracy of your numbers much either way.
  • tashals
    tashals Posts: 2
    I would also use the cooked weight
  • Shanta1983
    Shanta1983 Posts: 1,228 Member
    cooked weight:smile:
  • Valtishia
    Valtishia Posts: 811 Member
    Whatever option MFP gives you. Sometimes they have options for things like baked or boiled but I generally use raw weight anyways since I weigh mostly everything I eat before I cook it.
  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
    Whatever option MFP gives you. Sometimes they have options for things like baked or boiled but I generally use raw weight anyways since I weigh mostly everything I eat before I cook it.

    ditto :smile:
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