How to Count Calories in Pasta Dishes
- 1). Read over the nutrition labels of all the ingredients you will use in your pasta dishes, such as noodles, cheese, sauces, oils and seasoning. Be sure to calculate the calories according to the serving sizes. For example, if a package serves three and each serving size calorie amount is 250, the total calorie count becomes 750 if you ate the whole package in your serving plate.
- 2). Create a list of all the ingredients used, including spices, herbs and seasoning, and write the total amount of calories beside each ingredient. For spices, herbs and seasonings, you may have to use an online calorie calculator, as NutritionData.com, to find the calorie values of unlabeled spices and herbs.
- 3). Add up all the calorie values you have written in Step 2. If you are splitting the pasta dish into individual serving plates, make sure to disperse the dish evenly to receive a more accurate calorie count. Once you have added up the total calorie count for the entire pasta dish, divide that number by the number of people who ate, to get the calorie count per serving.
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