When making your own recipie how do you measure out calories?

i want to modify some of my recipies. how do i calculate the calories?When making your own recipie how do you measure out calories?
I have worked long and hard on an Excel spreadsheet, which comprises of all the foods I usually eat. This ';menu/recipe'; type spreadsheet has been a long time work of mine - and holds up to 2-3 years of recipes.





Because I have done this for so long, I know that rice in general is around 355 calories for 100g of dried weight etc etc. It just takes a bit of getting used to.





It's a slow process if you want to do get the calorific values for every food stuff you use - mainly by using nutritional tables on packets/tins OR by using resources on the internet OR through a calories counting book. Try www.weightlossresources.co.uk - they give you a free 3 day trial - it calculates how much you should eat to stay stable/lose/gain weight, it takes into consideration the amount of exercise you do and also will calculate all the food-stuff calories you need.When making your own recipie how do you measure out calories?
You need to get a calorie counter book. Then add it all up. I believe master cook software does that for you.





Pam