Can you help me determine a ballpark calorie figure for grandmas stew?
Something I tend to do when i really want to know the caloric value of a recipe is to input all the ingredients into fitday.com. I just add them all to my current day of food until i get a calorie total for just those ingredients, then divide it by the number of servings the recipe makes. Due to the fact that your grandmother skims the fat from the meat, i would input the leanest beef option. That’s if you really HAVE to know. But seriously, if you’re eating reasonably throughout the day, and you’re not eating a whole cauldron’s worth of stew, I wouldn’t be worried about eating this. It’s good you’re passing up the cheddar and bread. Those will add a hefty bunch of calories to your meal. But beef, real vegetables, and stew mix are all generally healthy things to eat. They’re real food — not mac’n’cheese. I wouldn’t eat beef every night of my life (saturated fat, etc) but don’t lose sleep over having a good dinner.
