Homemade meal

frazzlecg
frazzlecg Posts: 50 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So my friend is making boeuf bourguignon tonight. I see some meals in the database. But how do you know if the calories are way off? What do you guys do when you eat something that doesn't have a nutrition label on it?

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  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    I enter all the ingredients as a 'recipe', and it gives me the data for the food.
  • nataliescalories
    nataliescalories Posts: 292 Member
    I enter all the ingredients as a 'recipe', and it gives me the data for the food.

    ^Ditto (even spices)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,421 Member
    Well, unless you are going to prepare all your meals from scratch for the rest of your life, this is going to happen frequently.

    Only so much accuracy is possible. Life is that way. Keep doing the best you can. It will work out.
  • 77tes
    77tes Posts: 8,520 Member
    Ask for your friend's recipe & create a recipe here. If I can't get the recipe, I pick the highest cal choice in the database.
  • SuffolkSally
    SuffolkSally Posts: 964 Member
    It is difficult if someone else is cooking - I've the exact same issue tonight.

    I know my friend is making a Sunday roast beef dinner - so I've looked on the database and there are lots on there, restaurant meals and MFP members own entries. I've just picked one of the higher calories entries for a restaurant chain - it'll be more or less right, and picking one of the higher calorie entries gives me a bit of leeway.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Go with the highest calorie item and add a bit extra to your serving. And enjoy that bad boy, YUM!
  • frazzlecg
    frazzlecg Posts: 50 Member
    I'm going with the "put the highest calorie" option. Don't think he'll give me the recipe. Thanks.

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