Help! Just made this chilli .. how big is 1 serving?

If you made it, you can define a serving as whatever you want. Just calculate how many calories the whole pot is and what percentage of the pot you are eating.

This is where the recipe section on MFP comes in handy. Create your recipe then base your servings as how you would eat it or dish it out. When it comes to soups/chilis, I usually use 1 cup servings as there generally isn't much else being eaten with it.

That recipe says that it makes 16 servings. So measure the entire potful and divide it into 16 serving. It almost looks like it makes about 12 cups, which would make the serving size 3/4 of a cup.

I agree with using the recipe builder, but you can also weight the whole thing, divide total number of grams by total number of servings, and then ladle it out by weight as you serve it.

I do this both for accuracy and because sometimes it's easier to fit one big container in the fridge than a dozen little ones.

That is why i don't make recipes on mfp.

You have to figure out HOW much it turn out to be, then determine your serving size maybe by the amount of calories you would like your serving to be, and then divide by how much the entire thing is.

At first I didn't like the recipe section as it doesn't give options for what determines a serving (oz, lb, cup, etc). The serving size is actually a recipe yield.

After my first couple of recipes were entered, and I figured out the section, I no longer have a problem with it. Although it does help that, when I cook a meal it is meant to be finished then with no leftovers. The kids don't like leftovers, the husband always forgets about them, and the dog benefits.

As I am the one dishing out the food, I can divvy it up easily into equal parts and know then how many servings there are. I will also refer back to my recipes to see if I need to adjust my portion if I happen to make a larger batch or if I divvy it differently than normal.

To keep myself on track for my goal - a caloric figure that is pretty darn close works for me. If I tried to nail down every single calorie, I would lose my motivation and interest and then fail.