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Rich - 06 Oct 2008 04:12 GMT

I have recipe from family and cookbooks. A lot of these recipes do not
have carb counts or calorie counts. How can I tell nutritional values
of these recipes.

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BlueBrooke - 06 Oct 2008 05:08 GMT

>I have recipe from family and cookbooks. A lot of these recipes do not
>have carb counts or calorie counts. How can I tell nutritional values
>of these recipes.

Enter them into a recipe program. I used to use MasterCook. You can
also enter the ingredients in fitday.com (free), and just divide the
totals by the number of servings.

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trader4@optonline.net - 07 Oct 2008 11:45 GMT

> On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:12:11 -0700 (PDT), Rich
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> BlueBrooke
> 254/185/135 -- No Peeking Until 01 November

The USDA nutritional database is available online. You can also buy
a pocket guide that has the most common foods listed and is a quick,
handy reference.

With most standard recipes you have to learn how to substitute to make
them LC. For example, if the recipe uses corn starch or flour for
thickening, you substitute a LC one, like xanthan gum. For simplicity
and to get started quickly, it may be better to buy a LC cookbook.
There are many available.

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