If I skim off the fat, how much should I alter recipe?

greenolivetree
greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi. Let's say I made a pot of gumbo (because I did!) and then after refrigerating overnight I scraped literally a whole cup of solidified fat off the top before reheating, how much should I alter the recipe? I used a stick of butter and I'm thinking about decreasing the recipe to show only half a stick. Would that be reasonable? It reduces each serving by about 50 calories and 5ish grams of fat. Not really a huge deal but I'm counting very closely these days. If anyone has insight into how much you reduce calories and fat grams by skimming, I'd love to know!

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  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,941 Member
    Personally, I’d not alter the recipe because I look at things such as this as a ‘hidden win’. Meaning that if I’ve reduced the calories somewhat by skimming fat, or feeding some of my apple/cucumber/peppers etc to the dog, leaving food on my plate because I’m full I count that as an extra deficit.

    Logically though, the best thing to do would probably be to weigh the skimmed off portion and deduct possibly 75% of that weight from the original butter weight in your recipe. That should account for the fact that the fat you skimmed probably contains a higher moisture content than the original commercial butter product.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    Thank you both for the input :) I get you on the "hidden wins" @BarbaraHelen2013
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    I wouldn't deduct anything.

    Eat it. Enjoy it. Log it. 💙
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    Yes, I did enjoy it. And again today. LOL
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