Tracking - recipes

#1

I have been on Keto since last January. I have tracked my food in My Fitness Pal. What I find exhausting is one dish meals whereby I have to weigh/measure everything, record it as a recipe and split into my serving sizes. It’s ALOT of work and I LOVE one dish meals because I find them so easy.

What is everyone else doing? Single food items? One dish meals?

I find online recipes not always accurate and the serving sizes are always too many. It’s just my husband and I so I like to create smaller meals.

(Amy Ramadan) #2

I love to cook and love experimenting with new keto friendly recipes. But, I don’t track anything!! Much easier and it works for me!! I try to stick to under 20 carbs, other than that I dont worry about it!!

(I Am The Egg Man ku-ku-kachoo) #3

I do a lot of one dish meals too and have to create a recipe, like you. That said, after 4-5 months, i have a recipe created for most of my meals…maybe a few require a tweak.

#4

How do you know how many carbs are in your cooking experiments if you don’t track?

(The amazing autoimmune 🦄) #5

You just keep track of the carbs in the ingredients you add. For example one spring onion add one carb etc

#6

This makes sense to me. Thanks.

#7

Got it. Thanks

(Carl Keller) #8

I try to keep things simple. Basic veggies, dairy and meats… nothing too fancy. It’s still satisfying and I’m not bored eating what I’ve been eating. I don’t weigh or measure anything. One of the perks of being a sous chef is I have a pretty good eye for what things weigh or how much volume they have.

(Amy Ramadan) #9

I use very low carb veggies, meat and cheeses. I can see the total count in some recipes, but honestly don’t worry about each portion, just eat until I am satiated!! I know this might not work for everyone but it is working just fine for us right now so will stick with it, unless it changes!!

(Running from stupidity) #10

This.

Also, in Cronometer, you can open an old recipe and tell it to open as a copy, and then just tweak your changes. Most of my recipes have a date or version number (i.e. Mousse mkIV) on them as a result :slight_smile:

(Dee) #11

I do not log my food. I’ve tried; it gives me severe anxiety.

I keep it simple. Meats, veggies, cheese… but I still eat great dishes too!

I only try recipes that I consider simple. I bypass recipes with obscure ingredients.
With time, I’ve learned to gauge carb estimates in the foods I consume. When unsure, I will look it up.