Calculating Recipes

[kate58]

I do exactly what Elizellen does, enter recipes on old unused days. Then when I add them as custom foods, I put the date where I have stored the recipe after it - so I have things like "Broccoli and Cheese soup (Aug 12th)" in my custom foods, which means I can also find the recipe again very easily.

[Elizellen]

Originally Posted by valarie.jenkins

Hi,


I was just wondering what is the challenge youre doing?

Which challenge are you referring to, Valarie?

[Elizellen]

Originally Posted by kate58

what Elizellen does, enter recipes on old unused I do exactly days. Then when I add them as custom foods, I put the date where I have stored the recipe after it - so I have things like "Broccoli and Cheese soup (Aug 12th)" in my custom foods, which means I can also find the recipe again very easily.

What a great idea

[kopmom]

The cream cheese I buy has half the carbs of Philadelphia, and the mayo I use has 1/4 of the carbs as Hellmans, so using someone else's calulations would be way out for dishes using them

Which brand do you use?

[Elizellen]

I am in UK and buy the store brand at Waitrose, which has 2 grams carbs per 100 gram (3.5 ounces), so just under 0.3 carbs per tablespoon/0.6 carbs per ounce.

BUT remember that on induction Dr Atkins told us to count one carb per ounce regardless of the actual count of the cheese, so still stick to the 3-4 ounce limit and count each ounce as being one carb when calculating your 20 net carbs.