How to correctly count...?

innocenceportrayed
innocenceportrayed Posts: 569 Member
edited December 2024 in Recipes
When I make my own recipie how do I correctly count the calories in it?
For example I make a beef stew from "scratch" (by scratch I mean not from a can to the stove LOL)
I use beef tips, canned beef broth, carrots,potatos and celery all chopped and all wheat pasta.
How should I go about counting these calories and how do I know what serving size it really is?

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  • AzhureSnow
    AzhureSnow Posts: 289 Member
    Go to the "food" tab, then click "recipes" and you can input your own recipe by searching for individual ingredients.
  • AzhureSnow
    AzhureSnow Posts: 289 Member
    Oh, and you can tell it, for example, that one batch of beef stew makes 8 servings, and it will divide up the calorie and nutritional information for you. You don't have to know how many ounces or cups.
  • innocenceportrayed
    innocenceportrayed Posts: 569 Member
    I don't really know how many servings it makes, i make it in a huge pot, and usually eat about a cup of it for a meal so it probably makes like 30 servings lol because i normally freeze half of it.
  • mkstirp
    mkstirp Posts: 19 Member
    After you make it you can get a better estimate of how many cups it is and then go back and edit it to correct number of servings
  • dmh0204
    dmh0204 Posts: 81
    I have the same issue, OP. I feel like I am always estimating what I am having for dinner--which is frustrating. This is especially frustrating because my husband makes dinner a few nights a week, and so I can't really calculate it using the recipe tool. I always feel like I end up overestimating, so I know I am not cheating. But then I second guess, and go ahead and eat dessert, thinking, oh, I was overestimating because now I'm hungry :smile:

    I'd like to hear more tips. I guess I could measure it out into individual portions after it's done, and see how many cups/ounces each one is, then adjust. But that sounds like a mess and an overuse of my gladware.
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