Homemade foods with "fillings"....how to account for the fil

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lazyNhungry
lazyNhungry Posts: 3
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We make something called chicken squares that we LOVE. How would I account for something like that? It's crescent rolls folded into squares that are filled with cream cheese, chicken, green pepper........stuff like that. But there is really no way to account for the filling that I can think of. Any suggestions on how you guys account for foods like this. We also use low fat cream cheese and low fat rolls. So it can be healthier than it sounds.

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  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
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    Use the Recipe tool on MFP under the "Food" tab. You can enter any recipe you like and get the calorie count.
  • marrtini
    marrtini Posts: 75
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    Agreed about the recipe/food tab
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
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    Yep. That's what I do for all my meals. Then I store them to use every time I make that recipe. :) Great tool!
  • mlemonroe2
    mlemonroe2 Posts: 603
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    Create a recipie. I do it all the tme. It's nice because you can add the specific brand of the ingredients you use so it is more accurate.
  • sammys1girly
    sammys1girly Posts: 1,045 Member
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    I love the recipe tab b/c after you add all the ingredients, it saves it for the next time you make it.
  • Hikergirl5401
    Hikergirl5401 Posts: 10 Member
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    I agree. Use the recipe tab and you'll just have to add up the individual numbers for everything you put in it. Sounds time consuming the first time but if it saves it for you then you'll only have to do it once. Oh and then post the recipe for the rest of us! :smile:
  • lazyNhungry
    lazyNhungry Posts: 3
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    Thanks guys! HAHA, ok hikeregirl!

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