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Kitchen Tip Tuesdays: Easy online calorie count calculator for recipes
Reader Sheila sent me a link to this online recipe calorie calculator. Copy and paste your recipe ingredients into the calculator, select the number of servings, and get instant nutrition information and calorie counts!
This is a whole lot easier than manually figuring out the calorie count in a from-scratch recipe! I'll still probably use my food scale quite a bit for accurate portion sizes, but an automatic calorie calculator is a huge time-saver when figuring out the calories in a casserole or dish with many ingredients! :)
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1. Minimizing watermelon mess (Alea)
2. Keeping water bottles cold all day (Tara)
3. Top 10 kitchen gadgets/tools and uses
4. Homemade croutons (Jennifer)
5. Multi-purpose kitchen basket
6. Tips for cooking liver (Shannon)
7. Easy natural cheap summer "popsicles"
8. Frugally stretching a chicken (Michele)
9. Coating a cake pan with cocoa (Lynn)
10. Homemade fruit and veggie wash
11. Substitution for dates in recipes (Kolfinna)
12. Food safety -- dishes with eggs (Annie)
13. Freezing portion-sized meatloaves (Tiffany)
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Minimizing Watermelon Mess
Thanks for the link; I am sure it will come in handy!
My kitchen tip is for minimizing the mess when you cut a watermelon: http://www.premeditatedleftovers.com/2010/06/minimizing-watermelon-mess.html
Alea @ Premeditated Leftovers
Keeping water bottles cold
My tip is for keeping bottles of liquid cold all day.
http://www.feelslikehomeblog.com/2010/06/how-to-keep-your-water-bottle-cold-all-day/
Top 10 Kitchen Gadget and Tools
I'm part of a CSA, and one of the things I love is that there is a yahoo group for the members, so we can talk about what we're getting from the farm that week and how to cook it. One of the members shared her list of favorite kitchen gadgets, and she allowed me to post it on my blog. It reminded me I need to replace my vegetable peeler. I've been putting it off, but it really doesn't work well. And having tools that work makes cooking SO much easier and more enjoyable!
http://thelocalcook.com/2010/06/14/top-10-kitchen-gadgets-tools/
Cookin' Across America Contest
I also wanted to let your readers know that I'm celebrating the 4th of July by holding a Cookin' Across America recipe contest! You can find the details here:
http://thelocalcook.com/2010/06/14/cookin-across-america-cooking-contest/
Making Homemade Croutons
Here is the link to my kitchen tip:
http://www.jennifersikora.com/2010/06/homemade-croutons/
Multi-Purpose Basket on Kitchen Counter
That is great about the calorie counter. Do they calculate the carbs also? Thanks so much!
~LivingSoAbundantly
http://livingsoabundantly.blogspot.com/2010/06/multi-purpose-basket.html
Tips for Cooking Liver
Hi Tammy,
What a great tip. I will definitely be using this calculator.
My contribution is 5 tips for cooking liver that had my husband going back for seconds (http://www.nourishingdays.com/?p=3035)
Thanks!
Shannon
Nourishing Days
That's a great link, thanks.
That's a great link, thanks. I often don't follow a recipe, just stand there and throw stuff in. lol
My tip this week is for using up strawberries that my fridge decided to freeze, and extra yogurt.
http://lindaslunacy.blogspot.com/2010/06/strawberry-yogurt-smoothies.html
Linda
http://www.lindaslunacy.blogspot.com
Natural popsicles
My tip is a quick and easy way to make all natural, super cheap "popsicles" to refresh on hot days.
http://www.milehimama.com/2010/06/15/natural-no-work-popsicles/
Chicken
Great link, Tammy! Thanks!
My tip this week is for frugally making a chicken stretch for several meals:
http://frugalgranola.com/2010/06/a-frugal-chicken/
Blessings,
Michele @ Frugal Granola
http://frugalgranola.com
Using cocoa to coat a cake pan
Here is my kitchen tip for this week. It is using cocoa to coat a cake pan for a chocolate cake. http://www.lynnskitchenadventures.com/2010/06/cooking-basicscoating-a-cake-pan-with-cocoa.html
Homemade Fruit and Vegetable Wash
What a great idea! I'm going to be using the calorie calculator often! Thanks for sharing.
My tip this week is how to clean fruits and veggies with natural ingredients instead of buying products like FIT.
http://www.idreamofclean.net/2010/06/14/homemade-fruit-vegetable-wash/
Date substitution
My tip is for date substitution in recipes
http://kolfinnaskorner.smellygoodstuffs.com/?cat=6
kitchen tip
Thanks for the calorie counting link this will come in very handy here is my post for food safety related to egg dishes
http://shopannies.blogspot.com/2010/06/food-safety-tip.html
Meatloaf Muffins
Ttip/recipe for make-ahead, easy, freezable meatloaf portions. This is my FAVORITE meatloaf recipe ever! I definitely cannot claim the muffin tin idea, that's from the original recipe.. great idea though!
http://www.allthatblooms.net/?p=3796
Natural popsicles
Fresh, cheap fruity "popsicles":
http://www.milehimama.com/2010/06/15/natural-no-work-popsicles/
CHOCOLATE B-day Cake ;-)
Calories? What calories? o;-p chuckle, chuckle ....
So excited!
Thank you SO much for posting that calorie link!! We've just started counting calories and since I do most of my cooking from scratch I was getting overwhelmed trying to figure out calories for things like my cornbread or casseroles. I can't wait to show my husband this site!
No blog - but a tip.
I saw this on a kid's program:- when making popsicles in paper cups (or anything where you will be using a stick) -- put a banana in the bottom and poke the stick in, and then the juice. Wa La -- no more tippy stick.
Thanks for the online calorie counter -- I will be using that! I am not budging weight-wise (not been exercising much though) and wondering why my weight is not decreasing...someone said to write EVERY thing down that passes the lips and then understand why you have THOSE hips! ;) I do need to do a better job of monitoring everything I eat, and this will help.
Eii
Homemade popsicles tip
That's a great tip for keeping the popsicle sticks straight! Thanks for sharing! :)
Yes... I find that when I write down everything I'm eating, it's easy to see if I am truly hungry (because I haven't eaten my full allowance of calories) of if I am craving food for other reasons (boredom, irritability, sadness, etc.)! :) Knowing that I've had plenty to eat for the day means if I am hungry I need to either re-evaluate my food choices (go for more apples and fewer French fries, that sort of thing) ;) or just go to bed a little hungry that night. :)
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