[justmarried]

I have been told so many different ways to calculate points for a recipe, and I was wondering what you all thought. I have looked at all of the different ways, and they vary by a few points, which could really add up during the week if your'e doing it wrong.

How do you all calculate points for a recipe?

[Kelly_S]

There are 3 ways to do points for a recipe:

1) figure points per ingredient add them up and divide by the number of servings for your points

2) figure total calories/fat/fiber for each ingredient, add up each category, divide by the number of servings and then figure points per serving

or

3) get a program like Mastercook (or use the Recipe Builder with online/e-tools <but many times it is wrong because it caps the fiber at 4 for the entire recipe not per ingredient<) and enter the recipe and let it do the nutritional calculations for you then figure your points

[fatcat1965]

Where would you get a program like Mastercook and how much does it usually run?

[Kelly_S]

http://www.valusoft.com/products/mastercook7.html and it runs about $20 or less at some places.

[justmarried]

Thanks for clarifying!!!