Counting Calories in Homemade Recipes

I make my lunch everyday for work.  It usually consists of a boring turkey and cheese with mustard sandwich...it's easy for me to whip up the night before so I've just relied on it for the last year or so.  Anyhow my point is, how can I go about getting the calorie information on the lunch meats that you buy sliced fresh at the deli? How do any of you go about doing this? 

Also, I do a little bit of baking at home from scratch usually banana bread and last night I made an apple coffee cake.  (I know probably not the best things to eat) How do you measure the calories in things like those?

Your experienced help would be appreciated!

~Kara B

For recipes you make at home you can use the recipe analyser tool.  You will find this under the foods menu.  It takes a little while to get the hang of, but there are instructions there, and lots of tips on the recipe forum.

I think you should find the sliced deli meat or something very similar on the foods database but you will need to enter the weight you use in your sandwich.

I hope this helps,

Ax

Good morning - I do almost all my baking from scratch and cooking as well. If there isn't a food listed here - like a deli meat, I just pick something close (but not always the "best" rated food.)

For my own recipes - I purchased a recipe manager, Living Cookbook.  This way I can load the recipe, get the nutrition analysis (and save it!) but also play with substitutes in the recipe and see the impact.

All the Best.

Maya

Deli meats all come in a sealed package with nutrition facts on it....ask the person who is slicing your meat if you can see the label or if they will tell you the cal/fat content. When I worked in a deli sometimes people would ask me those questions. It wasn't a big deal.

I find them by using the calorie count search engine.  Just type in

Deli Turkey

or

Deli Ham

or

Deli Roast Beef

etc

My personal favorite brand is Boar's Head because they offer lower sodium and heart healthy meats, along with everything else.

HI,

I think with home baking most ingredients have the nutrional information on the packets these days so you can work out how much you are putting in to your recipes. Also i agree with some of the others that the recipe analysis tool can help but i find if i have the receipe written down then i make a note of the calories in each ingredient and then work out the calories while its cooking.