How do you log homemade food?

lacrimosia
lacrimosia Posts: 39
in Food and Nutrition
I was wondering about this for a while. When I make crab salad or tuna salad, I log each individual item and put how much I plan to eat of it.

Is it better to do it that way or is it better for me to search for the "tuna salad" rather than put each individual ingredient in?

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  • debbiestine
    debbiestine Posts: 265 Member
    Go to recipes and add your recipe. You will have to title it and log each ingredient the first time. After that, just go to your recipes and add the title you gave it.
  • ivikatasha
    ivikatasha Posts: 192 Member
    You can use the receipe builder. You will still have to log each item but you won't have to divide it up and will only have to do that once. You set the number of servings and it will divide it all for you. I use it all the time for homemade stuff.
  • Pinknspooky
    Pinknspooky Posts: 34 Member
    I use the recipe function and then log every item I am using and the amounts so I only have to do it once - the trouble with using generic entries is chances are they are not using exactly what you are

    If there is a quicker way then I would love to know what but I suspect there isn't
  • maremare312
    maremare312 Posts: 1,143 Member
    You can do recipe builder, or after you've added everything you can "save as meal" and choose it again another day. That works a little easier than recipe builder if you tweak it slightly each time because it will still input copy/paste each ingredient separately, so you can just omit/add the different ingredient instead of having to go into recipe builder and edit, or having to create a new recipe.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    Agreeing with everyone...

    That recipe builder is a LIFESAVER!!!!!!!!!!!! I put almost all of my homemade recipes in the recipe builder and its been wonderful keeping up with the portion controls there!!!!
  • Josie_lifting_cats
    Josie_lifting_cats Posts: 949 Member
    I add the recipe for anything I think I will use more than once. If it's questionable, I'll guesstimate it initially and then add it if I like it and will make it again.
  • LeggyKettleBabe
    LeggyKettleBabe Posts: 300 Member
    I go to the recipes section and create recipe with all the ingredients and add to my dairy as servings. I do this all the time.

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