This may be a dumb question, but how can i figure out the nutritional information for my recipes? Is it as simple as adding up all the info for each ingredient? Or does cooking method change things? For example, if i make chicken in my crock pot, will it have the same calories, fat, etc. as it would if i made it in the oven? (assume it's the exact same ingredients)

christine

I use fitwatch.com to analyze all of my recipes.

I just add up all the ingredients and divide it into portions.

Just add up the calories for each ingredient separately. The cooking method can change the calories, but not enough that it is worth worrying about (in the end, all this calorie counting is just an estimate anyway). Of course, if you cook something in oil, you have to remember to add the calories in the oil to your analysis as well.

There are several recipes that will tally the calories in a recipe for you (you enter the ingredients and the website adds up the calories). Try www.fitwatch.com or www.nutritiondata.com. Fitday will let you create custom foods, but I don't know if it will actually tally up the calories for you.