ElinorC: Regarding MasterCook Nutritional Values

[Deanna]

I think it's all in how you "word" your ingredients. After our discussion, I pulled out my MasterCook Instructional Book, and checked my method of entering canned ingredients.

When you entered yours, did you just enter it as "garbanzo beans" or "garbanzo beans, canned"? Try it both ways, there is a HUGE difference.

When entering my ingredients, I entered them as 1....14 1/2-ounce can....garbanzo beans, canned.

If anyone knows that I am doing this wrong, please advise. I'll also check the Sierra website and ask for some professional advice there.

In the meantime, here is the recipe after re-entering the canned goods as instructed by MasterCook:


* Exported from MasterCook *

Southwestern Three-Bean and Corn Salsa

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers, Dips and Spreads Southwest
Tried & True Vegetables & Sides


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 cups frozen whole kernel corn -- thawed
1 whole red or green bell pepper -- seeded, chopped
1 whole tomato -- chopped
1 14 1/2-ounce can garbanzo beans, canned -- drained, rinsed
1 14 1/2-ounce can black beans, canned -- drained, rinsed
1 14 1/2-ounce can pinto beans, canned -- drained, rinsed
1/4 cup green onion -- sliced
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons cilantro or oregano -- finely chopped
2 tablespoons parsley -- chopped
1 tablespoon lime juice or lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1 Dash salt
1 small jalapeno pepper or other hot chile pepper -- seeded, chopped
1 whole garlic clove -- minced

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients; mix well.

Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate until serving time.

Serve with fat-free tortilla chips or roll up in flour tortillas.


Description:
"Serving size: 1/2 cup"
Yield:
"8 cups"

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Per serving: 126 Calories (kcal); 4g Total Fat; (28% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 19g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 282mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

NOTES : WW Points = 2
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 2236 0 0 0 0 0 2140 0 384 0 3379 0 0 0 3785 0

[Deanna]

Wow! I've already got an answer to the question I posted on Sierra's website. Elinor, you may want to check and see if you've chosen the right "bean" (meaning dried, canned, or cooked) in your ingredient list. Here is the response from the Sierra message board moderator:
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Hi Deanna -

As you already know, there are three listings of garbanzo beans in the Ingredients List, 1) garbanzo beans, 2) Garbanzo beans, canned and 3) garbanzo beans, cooked. All three listings use 1 cup as the reference amount in the Ingredient List and that's what MC will use to calculate other values against. The first listing is uncooked beans and there are quite a few more beans in an uncooked cup than there are in a cup of canned or cooked ones. That's why the numbers come out so differently.

Next, your method of inputting "1 14 1/2-ounce can" is perfectly legal but I'm sure you don't care for the redundancy of the second reference to "canned" in the ingredient column. Never fear, there is a way around it. Go ahead and input the "1 14 1/2-ounce can garbanzo beans", THEN place the cursor back in the Ingredient column with the "garbanzo beans" and double click your left mouse button. That will bring up the list of ingredients you can "link" to. Choose "garbanzo beans, canned". You will get a warning of bad things that will happen --- pay it no mind and click on OK. Your ingredient is now linked to "Garbanzo beans, canned". Now your recipe will have the item the way you want it to look but will calculate the nutritional value on the canned beans.

Good luck.

Jim B.

[This message has been edited by Deanna (edited 06-24-2000).]

[Beth]

What I especially enjoy is typing up a recipe (cookies or cakes are good) without a number of servings and finding the total to be 5 or 6,000 calories. Gulp!

[Deanna]

Beth, I intentionally left the number of servings off of the Ten Bean Soup recipe I posted a couple of days ago. You know how it is with soups...some people like a cup of soup, others a bucket!

I figure anyone that's interested can calculate the information for themself on that one. You can tell from the ingredients its a very healthy soup.

[ElinorC]

Deanna,
WOW! What a difference -- thanks a million. I changed the beans to canned and it came up with the same values that you posted. I never thought about the volume difference between canned and dry but now I'll go through my recipes and change them. Now I'm eating healthier! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[Beth]

Deanna, llike you, I have left the number of servings out intentionally on certani recipes, but it's still a kick to see those numbers. Just in case you needded to know how bad it would be if you really did sit down and eat an entire batch of cookies in one day. I never know how to say how many any cookie recipe really makes anyway, but like you said, one man's serving is another man's taste. And then it varies according to the kind of day you're having, especially if it's chocolate! Then there's ice cream, some need a spoonful, others the pint. Some need the whole half gallon carton. And if it's Blue Bell, you have to double it.