Hello everyone, I would really (really) appreciate some help here!
My current calorie / nutrient tracking means I will weigh out food prior to cooking if possible (Or use the pre-calculated labels on food packaging).
However, it gets really complicated (somehow?)...
Let's say I'm making a curry in the slow cooker, for the whole family.
If I add 700g of chicken, 400g tinned tomatoes, 240g bell pepper, and 240g tinned chickpeas, drained (for simplicity). This might equal about 1207 calories in a total of 1580g curry - but that's raw.
When cooked, that amount of chicken might typically weigh around 538g, and maybe the pepper around 200g, due to loss of water content. And what if I add in potato or something else which might lose weight?
Must I figure out individual ingredient losses etc when all of them and mixed together in a single meal?
Because a slow cooker has a lid, is moisture well-retained? Will the total weight really change? I can't exactly weigh my entire slow cooker or all of its contents which everyone has to eat.
Basically, if I'm cooking in a slow cooker, or perhaps on the stovetop making something which is is high in water content naturally, such as curry or stew, is the moisture content lost? Do I have to recalculate for every ingredient (which would typically take a VERY long time)?
Thank you so so much in advance for anyone who can help me out here! It's a little confusing :)
P.S. I apologise if this problem has already been spoken about, but I could find no direct answer in the forum.
P.P.S. Please forgive such a long text.
My current calorie / nutrient tracking means I will weigh out food prior to cooking if possible (Or use the pre-calculated labels on food packaging).
However, it gets really complicated (somehow?)...
Let's say I'm making a curry in the slow cooker, for the whole family.
If I add 700g of chicken, 400g tinned tomatoes, 240g bell pepper, and 240g tinned chickpeas, drained (for simplicity). This might equal about 1207 calories in a total of 1580g curry - but that's raw.
When cooked, that amount of chicken might typically weigh around 538g, and maybe the pepper around 200g, due to loss of water content. And what if I add in potato or something else which might lose weight?
Must I figure out individual ingredient losses etc when all of them and mixed together in a single meal?
Because a slow cooker has a lid, is moisture well-retained? Will the total weight really change? I can't exactly weigh my entire slow cooker or all of its contents which everyone has to eat.
Basically, if I'm cooking in a slow cooker, or perhaps on the stovetop making something which is is high in water content naturally, such as curry or stew, is the moisture content lost? Do I have to recalculate for every ingredient (which would typically take a VERY long time)?
Thank you so so much in advance for anyone who can help me out here! It's a little confusing :)
P.S. I apologise if this problem has already been spoken about, but I could find no direct answer in the forum.
P.P.S. Please forgive such a long text.
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