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Sweet potato jacket potato, weigh before or after cooking in microwave?

jadejo788 Posts: 12 Member

August 2016 edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition

Need to log calories, do I weigh it before or after? Thanks

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  AlabamaMama224 Posts: 137 Member

  August 2016

  Before.

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  graceklaas03 Posts: 19 Member

  August 2016

  I weigh after. As steamed sweet potato. Microwaving vegies is same as steaming.

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  B4Rachael Posts: 155 Member

  August 2016

  If you put it into your food log as "raw, potato" weigh it raw. If you put it in as "steamed, potato" weigh it cooked.
  

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  lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member

  August 2016

  AlabamaMama224 wrote: »

  Before.

  
  Yes, this. But make sure you use an entry for uncooked. There's a good USDA one in the database.

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  Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member

  August 2016

  Before - and use the raw entry

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