If you need to count calories.. how do you do it with dinner?

It's easy enough to count calories for Breakfast and lunch.. but when you cook dinner...how do you know how many calories are in things with all of the ingredients you use??

ex: If I make Baked chicken breast with any type of sauce or marinade.. how many calories is the chicken then the marinade.. seems really tedious.. Is there an easy way or you just have to look up every ingredient you use?

I looked up calorie for chicken breast..no skin...= 140..is that accurate?
thanks

Re: If you need to count calories.. how do you do it with dinner?

I always thought a thin sliced Perdue breast was 80 calories. But maybe the thicker ones are 140. Usually the package has the calories and sometimes I'll write it on the ziploc bag that I use to store the chicken.

If I make a sauce, I calculate the calories for the entire sauce--all the ingredients and then divide by the number of servings. It is tedious but a few sites make it easy, like www.nutritiondata.com


If it is a recipe I use a lot sometimes I'll calculate the calories and write it on the page or card so I don't have to calculate it again.

Re: If you need to count calories.. how do you do it with dinner?