How to count calories in recipes..?

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suunflower
suunflower Posts: 36
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For example: If I were making baked eggplant, and wanted to know the calories in my recipe, would I count the egg whites that I am using to get the breadcrumbs to stick to it -- just as well as I'd count the calorie content of the breadcrumbs?

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  • lewcompton
    lewcompton Posts: 881 Member
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    Yes... Typically I add in everything even the salt to track all nutrient value that I am taking into my body!
  • tonybalony01
    tonybalony01 Posts: 613 Member
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    Definitely include everything. One of the cool features in the food tab is that you can enter your own recipe and get a fairly accurate calorie count of what you're making.
  • suunflower
    suunflower Posts: 36
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    Thank you, both!
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
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    or just use the recipe builder. Add each ingredient. Weigh everything. Go from there.
  • savithny
    savithny Posts: 1,200 Member
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    If an ingredient has calories, I add it.

    I add it even if it doesn't have a lot of calories, because in some cases it has a lot of a vitamin or mineral.

    Things its easy to forget to add: Eggs for breading crumbs for breading, oil for frying, sprinkle cheeses, mustard/ketchup, milk/cream stirred in at the end, etc

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