Homemade Food Calories?

penguina727
penguina727 Posts: 11
in Health and Weight Loss
I want to start cooking more at home because I know it is healthier for you but how do you get a calorie count if you use multiple ingredients?

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  • jakkisr
    jakkisr Posts: 175 Member
    It's really easy, you just add all of the ingredients of your recipe and it does it for you :) You can create your own recipes too - I use this all of the time when I'm cooking for the family and not just something for myself, it's really good. When you go to add food there is a button to say 'Create recipe'. You give it a name and say how many servings it is then you simply weigh and add all your ingredients for the total dish - it works out the calories per serving for you when you add it to your diary (when you add it, you need to find it in your personal Recipes tab).
  • Katina3333
    Katina3333 Posts: 259 Member
    Add up all the calories, divide those calories by servings and there you go. A scale comes in handy for this, then you can divide it by ounces.

    Ex: 2300 cal of ground lean turkey
    + 1500 cal of chili beans
    = 3800 calories total

    If it weighs 56 ounces you divide 3800 by 56 = 67.857 calories per ounce
  • penguina727
    penguina727 Posts: 11
    Oh ok. Thank you. I didn't think it would be that easy. Now I feel silly.

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