*****HERE IT IS, BY REQUEST!!!****
01/28/04 11:09 AM
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Kandee
Reged: 05/22/03
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Loc: USA, Southern California
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From Kree's recipe above for MAPLE OAT WITH GLAZE MUFFINS
Are you ready? This isn't hard, trust me. It just takes a little time and some simple math (use a calculator) and if you have it, a good FOOD COUNTS book. (The book is worth it and cheap from places like Amazon.com. I'm currently using, but not for the demonstration here, "The NuriBase Complete book of Food Counts" 2001). If you don't have a book, you can get all the information you need searching the net. What I did here was to show you the sources I used to pull the calorie and fat information I needed. The only instructions I have is to "Read slow, but think fast!"
What do we WANT to know: 1. Calories per serving 2. Fat grams per servings 3. Percentage of calories that come from the fat
What DO we know:
1. The ingredients 2. The amount of each ingredient 3. How many servings the recipe makes
How do we go about this?
1. Find the calories and fat of each ingredient via the net or a good reference Food Counts book 2. Calculate the calories and fat for the AMOUNT of each ingredient listed in the recipe 3. Total up the calories and grams of fat for the entire recipe 4. Divide the total calories and grams of fat by the number of servings 5. Multiply the number of grams of fat per serving by 9 6. Divide the number you got in #5 (fat calories per serving) by the total calories per serving to get the percentage of calories that come from fat.
Here is the process, step by step, working with each ingredient. If you don't know recipe equivalents here is a good chart to keep on hand to refer to:
Equivalent Measures for Liquid, Dry and Metric Conversions:
Source: http://lowfatlifestyle.com/measures.htm ***************************************************
1/4 cup (soy) margarine, softened
Source: http://us.treeoflife.com/Content/Business/default.asp?qsSectionId=352
Information given about the product at the above web site: 1 Tablespoon: 100 calories, 11 grams fat
Ok, let's do the math to see what the calories and fat grams are in the ¼ cup margarine called for in the recipe. 4 tablespoons = ¼ cup, 4 X 100 calories in 1 tablespoon = 400 calories, 4 tablespoons=1/4 cup, 4 X 11 grams fat in 1 tablespoon = 44 grams fat *****************************************************************
1/2 cup sugar
Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html
Information from above web site: Sugar, 1 cup, 770 calories, 0 grams fat Recipe calls for ½ cup so we divide the 770 calories for 1 cup by ½ = 385 ***************************************************************************
1/2 teaspoon salt
Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html 1 teaspoon salt = 0 calories, 0 fat *****************************************************************************
1 1/4 cups flour
Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html
Information from above web site: Wheat flour, all-purpose, un-sifted, 1 cup= 455 calories, 1 gram fat
Ok, lets do the math. 1 and ¼ cup is the same mathematically as 1.25. 1.25X 455calories= 568.75 calories, or rounded off, 569 calories Fat, 1 cup = 1 gram fat 1 ¼ cup = 1.25 grams fat, or rounded off 1 gram fat **************************************************************
2 teaspoons baking powder
Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html
Information given at above web site: 1 teaspoon = 5 calories, 0 grams fat The math: 2 teaspoon= 2 X 5 calories= 10 calories, 0 grams fat ****************************************************************
3/4 cup rolled oats
Source: Quaker Oats, http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/Products/SQO/SQO-QuickOats.cfm Information on web site: ½ cup dry = 150 calories, and 3 grams fat
Ok, lets do the math for ¾ cup. 1.5 X 150 calories = 225 calories 1.5 X 3 grams fat= 4.5 grams fat, round off to 5 grams fat *************************************************************************
1/2 cup soymilk
Source: http://www.soyfoods.com/soyfoodsdescriptions/soymilk.html#anchor261515
Information from above web site: 1 cup, 140 calories, 4 grams fat
The Math: 140 calories divided by ½ = 70, or 70 calories 4 grams fat divided by ½= 2 grams fat
1/2 cup maple syrup
Source: http://www.christiesmaplefarm.com/shop/cooking.asp
Information from above web site: 200 calories per 4 tablespoons, 0 fat grams
The Math: 4 tablespoon = ¼ cup (Remember the equivalents chart?) If 4 tablespoons =1/4 cup then we have to double that figure to get the calories in ½ cup (what the recipe calls for). 200 X 2 = 400 calories, 0 grams fat ***********************************************************
Glaze Ingredients:
1/2 cup confectioners sugar Source: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html
Information from above web site: 1 cup = 385 calories, 0 grams fat. Since the recipe calls for ½ of that amount, divide 385 by 1/2=192.5 or rounded off, 193 calories **************************************************
1 tablespoon maple syrup Using the figures above for maple syrup, divide 200 by 4 to get the calories for 1 tablespoon, or 200 divided by 4 = 50 calories, 0 grams fat **********************************************
Tiny splash of soymilk (Might this be about 1 tablespoon?) If so, divide the 140 calories for one cup by 16, since there are 16 teaspoons in a cup. 140 calories divided by 16 =8.75 or rounded off, 9 calories Fat: 4 grams fat divided by 16 = .25, not enough to fool with so for all practical purposes we'll say 0 fat grams ***************************************************
Now the fun part, lets add up all the calories from each ingredient, and all the fat grams and the rest is easy. CALORIES: Soy Margarine: 400 calories Sugar: 385 calories Salt: 0 calories Flour: 569 calories Baking powder: 10 calories Rolled oats: 225 calories Soy milk: 70 calories Maple syrup: 400 calories Glaze: Powdered sugar: 193 calories Maple syrup: 50 calories Soy milk: 9 calories
TOTAL CALORIES OF INGREDIENTS: 2, 311 calories
FAT GRAMS:
Soy margarine: 44 Flour: 1 Rolled oats: 5 Soy milk: 2
TOTAL FAT GRAMS OF INGREDIENTS: 52 **************************************************************
Recipe makes 8 servings. Ready to divide the total calories and total fat grams by 8?
2311 calories divided by 8 = 288.8 or rounded off, 289 calories per serving 52 fat grams divided by 8 = 6.5 or rounded off 7 grams fat per serving.
Remember the rest of the math? 9 calories are in each fat gram so 9 X 7=63 fat calories per serving. Divide 63 by 289 (the total calories per serving) = 21.7 or rounded off
22% of the calories are from fat.
ANYBODY UP FOR AN EASY TEST??????????
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