Logging Cooking Oil

cobblers88 · October 2011

Just cooked roast vegetables for myself and my boyfriend. I added it as a recipe, adding together all the vegetables and the tablespoon of oil I drizzled on top, and made it to serve too. That means my log includes half a tablespoon of oil, but obviouslt a lot of thist tablespoon was left in the pan/on the plate. Do you log this way? Am I right to do so?

engineman312 · October 2011

i log the whole tablespoon of what i use for cooking/serving. i figure i probably miss enough during the day, or whatever. no need to split hairs.

DKev · October 2011

Not sure what the exact right answer is but it makes sense to me to estimate how much of the oil I've eaten...if it looks like half of it is left on the plate then I'll not log those calories as I'm not eating them.

Maggieq87 · October 2011

I always log my cooking oils...

boilermakerblaw · October 2011

Ohhh...good topic. I tend to estimate since there seems to always be a bit left in the pan. I've been trying to use less and less when I cook though.

dmest · October 2011

I try to always log it too, especially if I'm cooking for just myself or if I've entered the entire recipe into MFP.

Onesnap · October 2011

I always log my cooking oils as well. I mostly cook with olive oil so to me it's a healthy kind of fat and I don't mind logging the whole thing (or /14 of it if I ate 1/4 of a recipe).