Oats, And Their Cooking
Hello! I recently made this recipe and imported it. But when it comes to which ingredient to use/calories per serving size, I'm a bit stumped.
The recipe calls for raw oats, but I won't be eating them until they're cooked. So, should I use cooked oats when making the recipe in Cronometer just for accuracy of calories/weight/serving? A serving is 177 grams either way just based on the math, and I'm pretty sure that since I made the recipe (that is, when I made it in Cronometer) I used raw oats, an actual serving would be double that when I go to eat it...right?
Like I said, I am pretty sure, I just could use the affirmation/confirmation so I know it's fine to have a 340g (cooked!) serving of this stuff! A 171-gram serving (the weight given in Cronometer for 1 serving, after the fact) is a bit sad-looking...
Here is the recipe as it shows in Cronometer, Desktop version.
Thanks!
Edit: Er, wait, actually...I set it as "4 servings" in the recipe, but since oats double up when cooked...wouldn't it be 8 servings once it's done? Maybe I'm overthinking this, but!
Comments
The Raw Oats dry weight is what you should use for the recipe
Yes, you ARE overthinking this. It's easier than you think to create a recipe. You simply put in the ingredients you're using. You don't need to think about whether they will "double up" after cooking--the calories in X grams of raw oats does not change when that amount of oats is cooked. If you're making 4 servings of oatmeal, you enter 4 servings of UNCOOKED oats plus 4 servings of your milk and whatever else you add when making the recipe.
When you then set the recipe to give 4 servings and you add 1 serving to your diary, it's accurate.