question about entering ingredients for your own recipes

esselltee1156
esselltee1156 Posts: 29 Member
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when i am entering ingredients for a recipe...say onions or mushrooms...or anything, really...does it matter if i enter them as raw or cooked? i should probably know this, but does cooking change the nutritional value of foods? for instance, i added raw onion, raw green pepper, olive oil, etc to the ingredient list but should i add them as sauted since that's how it's consumed?

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  • dlwyatt82
    dlwyatt82 Posts: 1,077 Member
    Cooking can change the measured weight of the ingredient. I suppose technically it can change the nutritional values too, but mostly it's about the amount. Since I weigh all of my ingredients before cooking, I try to pick the raw verisons from the database (when there's an option).
  • esselltee1156
    esselltee1156 Posts: 29 Member
    well...makes sense! thats what ill do!

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