what is a serving?

[dublin13]

I have an atkins cook book that i use from time to time and also get recipes of the internet for low carb menus. The recipes will say things like 1 serving = so much nutritional value etc or makes so many servings. How do you determine a serving by either weight or size?

[2big4mysize]

Re: what is a serving?

the recipe will tell you how many serivngs it makes and usually what size it is using for those nutrtional info. such as in DANDR the giner flan says makes 6 servings under the times for each part of the prep and then at the end it gives the info for each serving. Since it is poured as a whole into a baking dish you will just have to practice your fractions and figure out what 1/6th looks like

[atkinsgal08]

Re: what is a serving?

>>just have to practice your fractions and figure out what 1/6th looks like>>

In the case of the flan, if you cut it in to 6 pieces, it's easy! Though I find you can get 8 slices.

[2big4mysize]

Re: what is a serving?

>>just have to practice your fractions and figure out what 1/6th looks like>>

In the case of the flan, if you cut it in to 6 pieces, it's easy! Though I find you can get 8 slices.

it isn't about how many pieces one CAN get from a recipe it is about the given serving size for a recipe and the nutrtional info provided by the creator of the recipe

[Georgiana]

Re: what is a serving?

How do you determine a serving by either weight or size?

From your username, I imagine you're in Dublin.

I don't usually care about the number of portions a recipe makes. I make the recipe, measure everything that goes into it, and then use the USDA database or NutritionData to figure out the net carbs in the whole thing.

Then I divide it to a "random" number of servings (random meaning that it might differ every time I make the recipe), and divide the total net carbs by the number of servings to figure out the net carbs per serving.

Sometimes I eat only one serving... sometimes I eat 1-2/3.