How to create a custom smoothie in my food diary?

BopsMiller
BopsMiller Posts: 5 Member
edited November 17 in Getting Started
Hello! I just started MFP yesterday and would like to add my morning smoothie to the food diary and am not sure how to do that? It is a combination of several things (almond milk, vibrant greens, flax seed, fruit, etc). Do I need to list out everything individually? Or can I create the smoothie and save it somewhere so I can pull it into my food diary on the days I drink it? Any advice on this would be appreciated.

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  • fitzmonkey13
    fitzmonkey13 Posts: 88 Member
    You can do it a couple of different ways...

    On your diary, if you click/tap on quick tools, you should get the "Remember Meal" option which allows you to save a meal with name like "Green Smoothie".

    Or, you can go to the recipe function and add all the ingredients to a recipe, then you would just add the recipe to your meal.

    I'm a relative newbie too, but if you want to add me as a friend I'm happy to help!
  • dtmwed
    dtmwed Posts: 130 Member
    You have to just create a recipe. It'll ask you to name it then you just need to put in everything you use and measurements.
  • JenHuedy
    JenHuedy Posts: 611 Member
    You can use the recipe builder if the ingredient amounts stay the same most of the time.

    If it's for something that's a single serving and I change the ingredient amounts fairly often, I often save the individual ingredients as a "Meal". Then I can quickly add all of the ingredients at once and just adjust the individual portions to what I actually used.
  • yellingkimber
    yellingkimber Posts: 229 Member
    edited April 2017
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe_parser You're looking for the recipe builder :)

    edit: Wow, there were no replies when I posted/typed this. Shoutouts to an active forum.
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  • BopsMiller
    BopsMiller Posts: 5 Member
    Thanks everyone for the replies! I will go give it a try and see if I can figure it out - LOL! I do the smoothie 4 days a week when I work out hard, so it is important to me to have it in there.
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