Stuffed Bell Pepper

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Tajmommy12
Tajmommy12 Posts: 10
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HI! I am really having a hard time to counting foods that I cook. Yesterday I prepared stuffed bell peppers......extra lean ground meat (95/5), shrimp, & crabmeat, inside a bell pepper. How would you count calories for one of these?? HELP! I really love these.

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  • thetrishwarp
    thetrishwarp Posts: 838 Member
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    Try adding the ingredients seperately. Put in the bell pepper, then the amount of ground beef, etc.
  • Jxnsmma
    Jxnsmma Posts: 919 Member
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    If you go into your food diary and go to recipes, add everything you put in and divide it by how many servings it calculates it all for you :)
  • ka_bateman
    ka_bateman Posts: 230 Member
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    invest in a food scale...add all your ingredients separately & count them up like that.
  • Dahlface13
    Dahlface13 Posts: 65 Member
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    There is a recipe builder where you can imput the number of servings then each ingredient separately and it will automatically tell you how much is in a serving.
  • JJHudgens
    JJHudgens Posts: 96 Member
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    MFP Has a recipe maker. Input all your ingredience in the calculator, and how many servings it will make...and it will do the math for ya, per serving. IT's great! :)
  • BarnDogBob
    BarnDogBob Posts: 104 Member
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    I always whip it up in a recipe on here. Works well!
  • thebuxompilgrim
    thebuxompilgrim Posts: 53 Member
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    You could create your own food in the database (or apparently a recipe ^ ^) - enter the totals (carbs, protein, fats, etc.) for ALL of the ingredients you used is that dish and include the serving size and label it "Stuffed Bell Pepper - rtyoung" or something like that. You can make it available to just you or add it to the general database for other people to use. When you have the peppers, you can choose it from the database just like any other food, all you have to enter is how many servings you ate. ;) Do the work once by entering it now and save yourself the hassle later. :)
  • LifesPilgrim
    LifesPilgrim Posts: 498 Member
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    I use this calculator as a cross reference:

    http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php
  • tookie36000
    tookie36000 Posts: 8 Member
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    I do not know but girl sounds like a recipe I need in my book. I am drooling ! lol
  • mriricat23
    mriricat23 Posts: 37 Member
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    there is a great recipe site... she calculates EVERYTHING for you... including WW points and more... the recipes are awesome and I LOOOOOVED the turkey stuffed pepper recipe. I make a few changes but even my hubby requests these all the time!

    www.skinnytaste.com... im addicted to these easy, healthy recipes! look at the "food porn" om the side of the screen... omg!
  • TenLaws
    TenLaws Posts: 273
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    Boo boo, they are all right - the recipe tool works wonders.

    However, when I cook, MY issue is not measuring what I'm putting in. You know, you look at it and taste it and say, "Okay, that's enough sauce" or "It needs more salt", etc. You just eye it, take a bite, and keep it moving. I had to start measuring my ingredients. It takes time, but once you got your recipe right, it saves time in the longrun and you can accurately track your calories.

    One time I made some chickpea salad (like pasta salad that you eat at cookouts and baby showers but I used chickpeas instead of pasta and I made my own Italian dressing). Normally I'll just look at it and go, "I need some more olive oil," but I couldn't do that. Every time I had to add more, I'd measure out about a teaspoon and say "That's not enough," "That's not enough," "Okay, that's enough" and jot it down every time I added some. Add up all those teaspoons and save it in the recipe!
  • Tajmommy12
    Tajmommy12 Posts: 10
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    Thanks everyone! I actually put the ingredients in teh receipe builder and it calcualted 297 calories per 1/2 of bell pepper. So, not too bad for 1 meal.

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