How do you account for calories in marinades?

Doberdawn

When you marinate a piece of meat in a dressing, how do you count the calories? If I put it in 1 tbsp of dressing, and there's still a tablespoon in the baggie when I remove the meat, do I count anything? I just put in a teaspoon assuming there was some impact on the total. Thoughts?

jst1986

I always err on the side of caution and add the full marinade rather than none or some halfway number.

monicalosesweight

Hmm. I think it depends. If it's going to drip off the meat...crazy to count it all. If I enter it as a recipe, the recipe assumes it's part of it so yep - I get stuck with all of the marinade but luckily - at smaller portions.

Monica