grrrrrrrrrr to the recipe analyzer

It would not let me enter the right kind of ground beef even though I typed it exactly how it is written here on the site. Anyhow I just figured it myself and I came up with a really low calorie chili recipe. If anyone wants it let me know. I am going to make it either tomorrow or monday and will let yall know how it came out.

If you go to the Food Browser, and look up the ground beef you want, once you click on it and it shows the nutritional information, look up in the address bar and look at the very end of the address, there will be a number.

For example, on the Ground Beef 95% lean/5% fat, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned

The address in the bar is

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-beef-g round-95-percent-lean-i23560

When you type the ground beef into your recipe, type [23560] after it. This will tell it which type of ground beef you are using.

Like this:

1 lb Ground Beef [23560]

Hope that helps and I'd enjoy seeing the recipe.

oh cool ty

Or type in 1 lb. [23560] ground beef.  Sometimes the recipe analyzer won't pick up the number for me if I put it at the end.  Post the recipe when you've finished it please - want to compare it to mine.  Maybe I'll learn something!

I too, get mad at the recipie analyzer.  I like to check how many calories are in certain recipies and I have to modify the ingredients just so that they can be read.  And when I modify them I don't even know if the calorie count is correct. One of my main issues is adding "head of brocolli" and jalapeno peppers. D< It's so frustrating!

Also, when you type in the number how are you sure that it's what you want? Like what if you wanted cherry tomatoes, but it only gives you the number for regular tomatoes?

I posted the recipe under the title low-calorie chili. But I dont know how it taste yet, havnt made it. But its less that 130 calories for one cup.I dont really use Lauras 96% lean ground beef but it was the closest to what I use. The one I use is 10 calories lower per serving.Its wal-marts 96% lean ground beef.130 cals per serving.I am trying to play with it to get the grade to an A.Its a C right now it says because of high sodium. Maybe its the Rotel thats doing that, I'm not sure. I wonder how much makes it high? Any ideas?

Original Post by jennlett:

 

Also, when you type in the number how are you sure that it's what you want? Like what if you wanted cherry tomatoes, but it only gives you the number for regular tomatoes?

 After you type in your ingredients and the next page comes up where it shows the nutritional information and gives you the option to save........look at the ingredient list....to the right it will save (view) click on view and it will show you the particular item it used.

And on the tomatoes.......there is one listing where you select regular tomatoes or cherry tomatoes after you click on it. But if you look through the food list there is a listing for just cherry tomatoes.