Re: Food Scale
 

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How do you buy your meat? If I buy a pound of meat and there is 3/4 pieces in the package I can usually say this is half the package. half a pound.

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Depends. Sometimes I buy larger cuts of meat and don't eat the whole thing etc. I just want to be able to get a better handle on the calories I consume each day.

A good example would be when I make kebabs. I'll take like 3 lbs of meat. Cut it into small squares, marinade, throw it on the grill. Eat some veggies and then eat meat until I no longer want too. How do I figure out what I just gorged myself on?

Re: Food Scale
 

Berardi recommends a salter nutrtion scale. It's supposed to be very accurate and comes preloaded with nutritional info database so you get the exact profile of the stuff you are weighing.

I'm not sure if I'm gonna buy one yet. Looking for the essentials first.

Re: Food Scale
 

I have this scale: http://www.amazon.com/Salter-1004-11-Pou...9381&sr=8-3

I think it's great. Measuring cups are good for liquids and such, but if you want accurate measures of foodstuffs, weight is the only way to go (are you really getting the same amount of blueberries in a cup?).

The two features I like:
1) easy switch from metric and imperial (i find metric easier to work with).

2) Zero out. If you have a bowl with multiple ingredients, after you are finished adding the first (or second, or third, etc) you press the button to zero out the scale to make it easier to measure the next item. No more silly maths.

Re: Food Scale
 

I have one and use it all the time, very useful for recipes that are by weight rather than volume (many european recipes and everything in "the professional chef") and for baking.

digital scales are cheap and small