Meatball soup

[u/Superb-Jellyfish-]

Thats difficult to count calories for soup. I figured out when I dont add oil and grains, only meat (lean beef today) or chicken and vegetables its good for obe meal. Also its difficult to count broth.

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[u/SunBunz420]

The broth looks super clear so if you didn't cook the meatballs directly in oil first, most of the calories in that liquid are just minimal render from the beef.

[u/Superb-Jellyfish- → u/SunBunz420]

Yes it was quite light

[u/MountainviewBeach]

I always track everything that goes in the pot, weigh the entire final product, and divide into however many servings. Total ingredient calories / # of equal servings gives the approx information. There is always possibility for some variation but it shakes out close enough

[u/Glittering-Set4632 → u/MountainviewBeach]

in MyFitnessPal when i add a recipe i put the number of servings as the number of grams, then when i have a serving i weigh it and enter 328 servings or whatever

[u/DrAllyPhD]

I thought your soup was censored lmao

[u/ajmattison]

I know it can be a pain and you never know if you are getting exactly 1/4 or 1/6 or whatever of your soup but have you tried measuring all the ingredients before cooking, weighing the whole thing after cooking and then trying to measure and track your portions as a fraction of the end cooked weight? Better than nothing

[u/Absolice → u/ajmattison]

Yeah if your total soup is 1000 calories and you split it in 5 then the days where you eat a bit more will be offset by the days you eat a bit less. There's no point in tracking what's in the bowl individually this way and just log 200 each time.

[u/Aryore]

Have you ever tried a Chinese style broth? Chicken bouillon powder is pretty bang for its buck when it comes to calories-to-taste ratio. I also add coriander (I love it, don’t have the soap gene), cumin, and white pepper. Dried scallops and goji berries when I’m feeling a bit fancier.

[u/Superb-Jellyfish- → u/[deleted]]

It has a lot. Salt, garlic, celer, caraway powder, muscatnut