Nutrition Info for recipes
Since I have to be careful about my carb intake now, I'm finding myself leaning towards recipes I find that have nutrition info already calculated for them....Eating Well & Cooking Light are 2 great magazines & web sites that I've been checking out.
I have some tried & true recipes & even new recipes I've found that I'd love to have the nutrition info on so I can make sure they fall within my meal plan guidelines.
Does anyone know of any websites that offer a user friendly service like this?
Thanks!
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12 Comments:
Try www.nutritiondata.com. They have a variety of tools and info. My dad was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last fall and was amazed at what food had carbs in them and hidden sugar. Good luck!
dhorst at 10:13AM on 06/20/09
I second dhorst's tout for Nutrition Data. It's a pretty good tool, and free!
AlisonEats at 10:54AM on 06/20/09
Spark people too...
I have kidney and liver problems coupled with premature osteoporosis (I'm not even 20 yet) and have to more or less stick to an exchange system to ensure proper balance of carbs, proteins, fats, minerals, etc. so I generally either use sparkpeople or nutritiondata.
jay27 at 11:00AM on 06/20/09
Every day health has recipes with nutritional data breakdown, and some geared specifically toward users with diabetes.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/publicsite/recipes/index.aspx
:)
mollykate678 at 6:48PM on 06/20/09
I use a really great site that shows nutrition charts for most all foods/products. It has been really helpful - but I can't remember the site name. It is on my bookmarks at work - if you check back here on tuesday I will post the site. As I said it's really helpful.
mrstkach at 1:36AM on 06/21/09
The Whole Foods website has some great recipes on it and they always include nutrition info: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/index.php
SEats at 11:10AM on 06/22/09
Thanks for the tips...I'm specifically looking for a site where I can put in my recipe and it will give me the nutrition data for it. I'll check out nutritiondata.com.
mepolo at 3:15PM on 06/22/09
Try this:
http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php
HeartofGlass at 3:58PM on 06/22/09
HeartofGlass - i like that caloriecount about site, and i put a bunch of recipes on there from my blog and it gave them all failing grades. :(
redhead at 4:22PM on 06/22/09
@redhead--I wouldn't bother with the grades, it's just helpful for some calorie eyeballing. I usually estimate the calorie count of the entire recipe based on ingredients, then divide it by how many servings I intend to get out of it.
HeartofGlass at 5:28AM on 06/23/09
Everyday Food gives nutritional info for all their recipes, and while I don't generally look at the carb count, the calorie count is pretty much always under 500 per serving, so they're healthy (and tasty, too).
sarar at 6:27PM on 06/26/09
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp
sunfastrose at 8:08PM on 07/03/09