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pie and peas??

princessruthiebelle
princessruthiebelle Posts: 165 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
so tomorrow night i am going to my great aunts for dinner, the menu (bless her) is minced meat pie(with pastry) and mushy peas followed by cherry crumble and custard?

so i know how to log the peas and custard but the rest is all homemade and was wondering how you guys think i should log this??

i will eat light tomorrow and have saved around 600cals since sunday to try and cushion the blow

i know i could ask her for a recipe or something but i honestly cant see her using one and even if she did id feel so rude!!

i realise it will all be guess work :)

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  • princessruthiebelle
    princessruthiebelle Posts: 165 Member
    buuuuuuuuuuump
  • arctiknitter
    arctiknitter Posts: 119 Member
    Sounds like you'll have to do an informed estimate. I would go online and look for a similar recipe that give nutrition information.
    Allrecipes.com is generally a good resource.
  • tpittsley77
    tpittsley77 Posts: 607 Member
    Not sure how to log this, but if I was served this meal, I would log very few cals, as that does not sound very good to me. Just my opinion! Sorry!
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    First, google a few recipes/calories, make your best guess. You know what's in it better than we. If your great-aunt tends towards the 'hearty cooking' side, choose among the higher calorie ones.

    Secondly, relax, 'cause even if you're off by 900 calories that'll put you off by a quarter-pound over the week. As long as it's not a habit (if you go to see her every week you might have to be more careful) you'll be fine.
  • MoreThanMommie
    MoreThanMommie Posts: 597 Member
    Sorry, I got lost at saving calories. How does that work? I didn't even think that was possible.
  • princessruthiebelle
    princessruthiebelle Posts: 165 Member
    Sorry, I got lost at saving calories. How does that work? I didn't even think that was possible.


    why would it be impossible? just eating less in the past couple of days has meant ive saved calories from my weekly recommended intake :) very simple

    not everyone agrees with this but im not really bothered
  • princessruthiebelle
    princessruthiebelle Posts: 165 Member
    Not sure how to log this, but if I was served this meal, I would log very few cals, as that does not sound very good to me. Just my opinion! Sorry!

    so because you dont like it you wouldnt log it?
  • Laura_beau
    Laura_beau Posts: 1,029 Member
    If you search the database on here there is quite a lot of minced beef & onion pie nutritional info- the shop bought ones ranging from 430-500 cals so i would make a safe estimate at 500 cals for the pie, and about 115 cals for the peas.
  • cmayfield3
    cmayfield3 Posts: 176 Member
    Not sure how to log this, but if I was served this meal, I would log very few cals, as that does not sound very good to me. Just my opinion! Sorry!

    so because you dont like it you wouldnt log it?

    I think she's saying she wouldn't eat it!
  • princessruthiebelle
    princessruthiebelle Posts: 165 Member
    NEVER MIND
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