Calorie question
machel131
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I recently made homemade cream cheese. The recipe is just while milk, lemon and salt. 4cups of milk makes 8oz of cream cheese. I've been counting 1 ounce of cream cheese as the same nutritional value as 1 serving of whole milk (1/2 cup). Does that sound right?
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i would build it as a recipe - but you aren't wrong by your logic i don't think3
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How do you do this please1
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If you're just worried about a rough count on the calories, that seems reasonable. Or you could use an entry for a commercial cream cheese. I assume you're discarding (or reserving) some whey (or buttermilk?), so you will be overcounting calories and protein by a bit. If you use the liquid in some other dish, it will all come out in the wash. (I've never made cream cheese, but clearly there is liquid in the milk that isn't ending up in the cream cheese, and it's not just water, I'm pretty sure.)0
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »If you're just worried about a rough count on the calories, that seems reasonable. Or you could use an entry for a commercial cream cheese. I assume you're discarding (or reserving) some whey (or buttermilk?), so you will be overcounting calories and protein by a bit. If you use the liquid in some other dish, it will all come out in the wash. (I've never made cream cheese, but clearly there is liquid in the milk that isn't ending up in the cream cheese, and it's not just water, I'm pretty sure.)
Yes I threw out the whey. I thought to count the whole amount since the curd is all the milk fat. My husband suggested using the commercial cream cheese count too.0 -
How do you do this please
I used this recipe because it is all natural and very easy. I did have to add a lot of salt at the end though. I also made a batch with onion powder, garlic powder and chopped scallions that came out really good.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tFefLWsQqAA3
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