[ennay]

How do you count the calories in marinade or cooking liquid that is later discarded?

I know cooking light magazine counts 50% of the calories. They say that is a generous overestimation, but they like it better than the "measure the remaining marinade" method because they think some ingredients might be absorbed/stick at a higher rate than others.

Just curious what everyone else does. I have a co-op recipe this month with a less than healthy marinade.

[kaplods]

I think if the meat isn't drowning in marinade, and there's obviously quite a bit left in the bowl, then 50% would be a gould guestimate.

I usually count 100% of the marinade calories, because I marinate meats in ziploc bags. With the ziploc bag I can squish the marinade around and massage it into the meat, so I can use just enough marinade that very little if any is left behind in the bag; it has all soaked into the meat.

[kaplods]

"good" estimate, crazy mispelling don't know where that came from

[alinnell]

Most of my marinade ends up in the garbage, but since there is oil in the marinade, it does stick to the meat. I would suggest adding the calories of 1 - 2 tablespoons of oil. The rest of my marinade has negligible calories (mostly dried herbs and some garlic).

[ennay]

This recipe (which frankly doesnt sound good but dh and I decided we would try all the co-op recipes once before trying to trade meals away) doesnt have much oil, but the marinade is pretty high in sugar.

I guess I'll see when I make it. The measure method really wouldnt work this time since you cook the meat in the crock pot in the marinade, the liquid volume will probably INCREASE.