Serving size

bphil8835
bphil8835 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
so one has entered a recipe that serves 6 and the app shows that one serving has so-and-so nutritional values. BUT how does one indicate the size/quantity of that serving, e.g. 2/3 cup? Hope this question is clear. Thanks.

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  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    edited February 2015
    The question is not all that clear, no. But I'm assuming you are looking up a random recipe in the database? You should instead enter it in as your own custom recipe. So if you make, say, a meatloaf and you cut it up into 6 slices, then you put 6 servings as your serving size. If you have lasagna at 10 slices, that's 10 servings. I do not use cups to measure out my recipe portions so I can't really help you out with that specifically.
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,324 Member
    edited February 2015
    I am not sure you can. I have tried to figure it out too. When I make a big batch of soup or chili, I am not going to portion out 10 servings and freeze them separately, I just want to know the nutrients in a cup.

    Normally I just measure the whole batch and add the serving size (batch/# of servings I entered) to the name of the recipe, e.g. bean soup 200 grams per." I have to do a bit of mental math if I eat a different serving size, but at least I know what I'm eating.

    You could also designate 100g as a serving size (e.g. # of servings = total grams of batch/100), regardless of what a typical portion is, so you can weigh your portion and easily figure out how many "servings" it is. That probably makes more sense, actually.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    MakePeasNotWar wrote: »
    I am not sure you can. I have tried to figure it out too. When I make a big batch of soup or chili, I am not going to portion out 10 servings and freeze them separately, I just want to know the nutrients in a cup.

    Normally I just measure the whole batch and add the serving size (batch/# of servings I entered) to the name of the recipe, e.g. bean soup 1.5cups per. I have to do a bit of mental math if I eat a different serving size, but at least I know what I'm eating.

    Honestly, this is why it's so much easier to just weigh food. I can make a pot of chili if I wanted, weigh the entire batch, and then either set that number as my serving size or enter the weight into the title. If I do it the former way then if I weigh out 224g then I can out 224 as my serving. If my batch was more than 1000g (the new recipe builder is still lame and doesn't allow higher serving numbers than 1000) then I would put e.g. 1463g at the end of the title, then if I wanted to eat 224g I'd enter 0.15311 as my serving (224/1463). No need to dirty any extra spoons or measure out exactly x cup, I can always have a new serving size to fit my day's caloric/macro needs.
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,324 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    MakePeasNotWar wrote: »
    I am not sure you can. I have tried to figure it out too. When I make a big batch of soup or chili, I am not going to portion out 10 servings and freeze them separately, I just want to know the nutrients in a cup.

    Normally I just measure the whole batch and add the serving size (batch/# of servings I entered) to the name of the recipe, e.g. bean soup 1.5cups per. I have to do a bit of mental math if I eat a different serving size, but at least I know what I'm eating.

    Honestly, this is why it's so much easier to just weigh food. I can make a pot of chili if I wanted, weigh the entire batch, and then either set that number as my serving size or enter the weight into the title. If I do it the former way then if I weigh out 224g then I can out 224 as my serving. If my batch was more than 1000g (the new recipe builder is still lame and doesn't allow higher serving numbers than 1000) then I would put e.g. 1463g at the end of the title, then if I wanted to eat 224g I'd enter 0.15311 as my serving (224/1463). No need to dirty any extra spoons or measure out exactly x cup, I can always have a new serving size to fit my day's caloric/macro needs.

    Changed it to grams while you were writing this, lol. As you can see, I agree :)
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    MakePeasNotWar wrote: »
    ana3067 wrote: »
    MakePeasNotWar wrote: »
    I am not sure you can. I have tried to figure it out too. When I make a big batch of soup or chili, I am not going to portion out 10 servings and freeze them separately, I just want to know the nutrients in a cup.

    Normally I just measure the whole batch and add the serving size (batch/# of servings I entered) to the name of the recipe, e.g. bean soup 1.5cups per. I have to do a bit of mental math if I eat a different serving size, but at least I know what I'm eating.

    Honestly, this is why it's so much easier to just weigh food. I can make a pot of chili if I wanted, weigh the entire batch, and then either set that number as my serving size or enter the weight into the title. If I do it the former way then if I weigh out 224g then I can out 224 as my serving. If my batch was more than 1000g (the new recipe builder is still lame and doesn't allow higher serving numbers than 1000) then I would put e.g. 1463g at the end of the title, then if I wanted to eat 224g I'd enter 0.15311 as my serving (224/1463). No need to dirty any extra spoons or measure out exactly x cup, I can always have a new serving size to fit my day's caloric/macro needs.

    Changed it to grams while you were writing this, lol. As you can see, I agree :)

    oh aha. Yeah it IS way easier, right? I don't think I'd bother making recipes if I had to measure out all my servings.
  • bphil8835
    bphil8835 Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks so much, everyone. Think I've got it!
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