Comments on: Stuffed Peppers http://cookingdonelight.com/blog/2007/07/28/stuffed-peppers/ Sun, 13 May 2012 01:04:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Shannon http://cookingdonelight.com/blog/2007/07/28/stuffed-peppers/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Shannon Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:57:46 +0000 http://cookingdonelight.com/blog/2007/07/28/stuffed-peppers/#comment-92 Kristen, When I am figuring out the nutritional values for a meal, my kitchen scale is my best friend!! I weigh and measure each ingredient that goes into the recipe, then I add all of those numbers together and divide by the number of servings. For this stuffed pepper dish, I followed that same procedure: my fresh ground chicken breast was 291 calories, the 4 peppers equaled 68 calories, the 10 ounce package of spinach (once thawed and drained) was 66 calories, the 2 zucchini totaled 36 calories, the onion came to 39 calories, I used millet for my grain which for 1/2 cup was 101 calories, my eggs contain 69 calories each, the 2 cans of stewed tomatoes equaled 94 calories, and my 1/2 cup of fat free mozzarella was 81 calories. SO: 291+68+66+36+39+101+69+94+81 = 845 calories. 845/4 = 211.25. Now keep in mind that different brand names of certain items will vary in calories, as well as the weight/size of the produce used. I hope that this answers your question. If I can be of any more help, just let me know. -Shannon <a href="http://cookingdonelight.com/blog/2007/07/20/crunching-the-numbers/" rel="nofollow">http://cookingdonelight.com/blog/2007/07/20/crunching-the-numbers/</a> Kristen,
When I am figuring out the nutritional values for a meal, my kitchen scale is my best friend!! I weigh and measure each ingredient that goes into the recipe, then I add all of those numbers together and divide by the number of servings. For this stuffed pepper dish, I followed that same procedure:

my fresh ground chicken breast was 291 calories,
the 4 peppers equaled 68 calories, the 10 ounce package of spinach (once thawed and drained) was 66 calories, the 2 zucchini totaled 36 calories, the onion came to 39 calories, I used millet for my grain which for 1/2 cup was 101 calories, my eggs contain 69 calories each, the 2 cans of stewed tomatoes equaled 94 calories, and my 1/2 cup of fat free mozzarella was 81 calories.

SO:
291+68+66+36+39+101+69+94+81 =
845 calories. 845/4 = 211.25.
Now keep in mind that different brand names of certain items will vary in calories, as well as the weight/size of the produce used.
I hope that this answers your question. If I can be of any more help, just let me know.

-Shannon

http://cookingdonelight.com/blog/2007/07/20/crunching-the-numbers/

]]> By: Kristen http://cookingdonelight.com/blog/2007/07/28/stuffed-peppers/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Kristen Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:45:22 +0000 http://cookingdonelight.com/blog/2007/07/28/stuffed-peppers/#comment-93 This dish look so yummy...just one question. I have some trouble with milk cheeses so decided to see how much nutritional values would change with an alternative. But in doing this, I found that my calorie count was over 300 per serving! Quite a difference - how did you get 211 per serving? This dish look so yummy…just one question. I have some trouble with milk cheeses so decided to see how much nutritional values would change with an alternative. But in doing this, I found that my calorie count was over 300 per serving! Quite a difference – how did you get 211 per serving?

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