Question about nutritional info in recpies
Hi everyone!
I'm hoping I can get your feedback as to the best website to enter a recipe to find out the nutritional information. I tried myfitnesspal but I didn't care for it much. I was having a hard time finding some ingredients in the database and it was really slow.
ALSO, how do you go about figuring the serving size of a recipe if the recipe doesn't state it? I love to cook, but it's getting frustrating trying to track my food accurately so I'm finding myself eating the same things over and over just because it's easier. I don't want to stay in this rut because I don't want to burn out!
Tricia
Thank you in advance!!
I'm hoping I can get your feedback as to the best website to enter a recipe to find out the nutritional information. I tried myfitnesspal but I didn't care for it much. I was having a hard time finding some ingredients in the database and it was really slow.
ALSO, how do you go about figuring the serving size of a recipe if the recipe doesn't state it? I love to cook, but it's getting frustrating trying to track my food accurately so I'm finding myself eating the same things over and over just because it's easier. I don't want to stay in this rut because I don't want to burn out!
Tricia
Thank you in advance!!
I think SparkPeople does it as well. I actually love myfitnesspal and when I make recipes I sometimes have to add some of the ingredients first. Then today I added my homemade soup. I knew a serving size was a cup or that was what I wanted to for the serving size. So I figured out how many cups go into 4 quarts (that was the size of my pot) and came up with that my soup that I had made should come to 16 servings. I hope that helps.
LaToya
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I use SparkPeople. I usually find my ingredients, but sometimes it'll be like a tablespoon, when I used a cup, or it's in grams or ounces when I need teaspoons or whatever. So they have a great converter that helps you get the right amount into the calculator.
As far as servings, even if a recipe gives the number of servings, it's usually a lot less than I get these days, since I eat so much less than a "normie." So I make up the recipe, divide it into servings that I can eat, in freezable containers, then use that to calculate number of servings. I put some in the fridge, the rest in the freezer, and I have quick-to-go stuff for lunch at work or a dinner when I don't feel like cooking.
As far as servings, even if a recipe gives the number of servings, it's usually a lot less than I get these days, since I eat so much less than a "normie." So I make up the recipe, divide it into servings that I can eat, in freezable containers, then use that to calculate number of servings. I put some in the fridge, the rest in the freezer, and I have quick-to-go stuff for lunch at work or a dinner when I don't feel like cooking.