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    Recipe sources that give calories

    Posts: 78 Member
    edited March 4 in Food and Nutrition
    Hi folks,

    I've set a goal to try out one new recipe each week (last week was taco bites-yummy!). I'm looking for websites that not only provide recipes but the calories in those recipes. Any advice? Thanks!

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    • Posts: 3,358 Member
      You could always find out the calories in the ingredients: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts
    • Posts: 558 Member
      Cooking Light has all the nutrition info which is handy, though I often use the MFP recipe importer to edit their recipes a little. Good luck with your cooking goal, sounds fun!
    • Posts: 78 Member
      You could always find out the calories in the ingredients: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calorie-chart-nutrition-facts

      I know MFP lets you do this, but I don't like entering the recipe until I've actually bought the ingredients. You don't know how much your chicken breast weighs or what brand of teriyaki you're using until you've bought it, and I don't want to go out and buy ingredients and then enter them and find out it's an 800-calorie meal. I feel more comfortable having an estimate beforehand.
    • Posts: 932 Member
      allrecipes.com

      added bonus: a lot of their recipes are in the MFP database.
    • Posts: 78 Member
      Thanks, everyone! I will give both of these a try :)
    • Posts: 591 Member
      Check out skinnytaste She posts calorie counts and they are usually pretty close to what I end up with when I figure them out with my specific ingredients in MFP.
    • Posts: 120 Member
      Yes I also think skinnytaste.com is great! However, I made here amazing flourless brownie recipe once and the calorie count was off by 50 calories.. So i would double check, even if the calorie count is included in the recipe.
    • Posts: 78 Member
      Thanks for the advice! This week's test will be breaded ranch chicken...only about 200 calories! Yay for allrecipes! I'll definitely check out Skinny Taste and Cooking Light, too :)
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