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Weighing food in a one pot meal

RJNixon40
RJNixon40 Posts: 4 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
New to this. I have been told that food is weighed after cooking to get accurate nutrition info. What about a slow cooker stew..how do I record it when I cant weight each cooked item without picking the dish apart?

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  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Put all of the raw ingredients into your recipe builder. Weigh the cooked dish, subtract the weight of the pot, and then set that number as your number of 1g servings or 100g servings.

    When you put it on your plate, you'll be able to log the exact amount you're eating.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    You weigh the single ingredients raw, and then the final product.
  • Pawsforme
    Pawsforme Posts: 645 Member
    For something like a soup or stew I tally up the calories in the raw ingredients and then measure the cooked amount to come up with calories per cup. Yeah, yeah, I know -- weighing is more accurate. But I typically make really big pots of soups and stews to have some for leftovers or freezing. The quantity is typically too much to weigh easily. Plus if you're using a good amount of low calorie ingredients (broth and veggies) then even with the inaccuracies of measuring your calculations aren't going to be hugely off. My crock pot is large. Even empty it weighs more than my food scale can handle.
  • RJNixon40
    RJNixon40 Posts: 4 Member
    Thank you for the responses. Glad to know I have been doing it right. Only use meat and veggies. Just needed reassurances, worried that the inaccuracies would make me go off track.
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