Recipes from Cookbooks

jnikitow
jnikitow Posts: 334
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So, I was wondering about cookbooks that have the nutrition facts listed with each recipe.

I just made some pumpkin bread from the Guilt Free Cooking Cookbook by Taste of Home, and it says that it is 107 calories for 2 slices of pumpkin bread.

I used all the same ingredients (maybe different brands), even left out the walnuts and mine is coming out to 167 calories for 2 slices. I used the MFP database and calculated each ingredient individually.

I guess my measurement conversions could be wrong.

Any ideas about this? Are the recipe calculations in cookbooks accurate?

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  • VballLeash
    VballLeash Posts: 2,456 Member
    I'm not sure how accurate they are, the cooking light ones always seem to be but try this...

    http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php?process=resubmit&count=4

    Hope this helped!

    ~Leash :heart:
  • ctucker07
    ctucker07 Posts: 37 Member
    Sometimes different brands have different nutrional stats. Did you check that out?
  • vhuber
    vhuber Posts: 8,779 Member
    Sorry but I'm not much help on that question BUT I wanted to tell you that You're doing awesome!! Please post some more before and now pic's with not so loose of clothes so we can REALLY see the new you!!!! Good job,SOON your goal will be achieved!!!
    vhuber
  • cassandra1220
    cassandra1220 Posts: 284 Member
    Cooking Light always has amazing recipes with nutritional facts. Also, if you go onto Publix.com and go to their "Aprons" link, they have tons of recipes (some healthy-some not) that also include nutritional info AND pictures.
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