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damizhectik
damizhectik Posts: 38
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Hey guys
Where where my family is nigerian my mum always cooks nigerian meals but i have bo idea what calories are in the food cos she makes it before hand with nigerian ingredients, is it okay to eat? Or shud i just find somethink else to eat :(;(

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  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
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    Use the database to make your own recipes in MFP using the ingredients your mom is using. I bet they are there.

    When I spent time in South Africa all the basic ingredients were in the database for all the foods I needed - even local brands of cookies. If it's not in the MFP database, do a search and add it. I am sure you can find the number of calories.

    The harder thing I bet, is going to be portions and portion control. I don't know much about Nigerian food, but in South Africa, we ate a lot of pap - corn meal. It has a lot of calories, so I had to be very careful to take small helpings of that and big helpings of things like chard (they call it spinach) and meat.

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