Lentil Calories: Cooked vs Dry, Per Cup and Lentil Soup
A cup of cooked lentils is 230 calories with 18 g of protein (USDA); a cup of dry lentils is 676, and cooking adds water, about 2.5 times the weight. Canned lentil soup runs 110 to 170 a cup, a homemade bowl about 182. Red vs brown, protein vs beans and chickpeas.
Mac and Cheese Calories: Boxed, Homemade, Baked and Restaurant
A cup of Kraft Mac & Cheese made as the box directs is 320 calories; the 220 beside it on the label is the dry mix. USDA’s home-style cup is 513, and the same homemade pot comes to 411 or 619 a serving depending on how a recipe divides it. Boxed, stovetop, baked with a crumb crust, frozen trays, Chick-fil-A and Golden Corral, with the protein and carbs in each.
McDonald's Grinch Meal Calories: 2025 Meal, 2026 Status
McDonald's own US nutrition for the Grinch Meal as it ran in 2025: a Big Mac, medium Dill Pickle McShaker Fries and a medium Coca-Cola add up to 1,190 calories, the 10-piece McNuggets build to 1,020 before sauce, and a Diet Coke takes 270 off either. Every build with its sodium, the sauces, the 2026 holiday drinks McDonald's already serves and where the 2026 Grinch Meal stands.
Persimmon Calories: Fuyu vs Hachiya, Per Fruit and Per 100 g
A Japanese persimmon is 118 calories for a 168 g fruit (USDA), with 31 g of carbs, 21 g of sugars and 6 g of fiber. Fuyu and Hachiya share one record; the native persimmon is 32 calories, a dried one 93 per piece, and USDA’s sugared dried record 374 per 100 g. Plus where USDA and Spain’s tables disagree.
Pomegranate Calories: Whole Fruit, Arils Per Cup and Juice
A 4-inch pomegranate has 234 calories of arils (USDA), a cup of arils 145 and half a cup 72; a cup of 100% juice is 134 to 160 with almost no fiber. POM Wonderful’s labels, arils vs juice, and why Spain’s tables list 34 or 62 calories per 100 g where USDA lists 83.
Popcorn Calories: Air-Popped, Microwave, Movie Theater and Kettle Corn
Air-popped popcorn is 31 calories a cup and 93 for three (USDA); oil-popped 165 for three; a butter microwave bag about 425 by its label or 440 in USDA’s records; a medium movie-theater popcorn 862, or 1,194 with butter topping. Kettle and caramel corn, microwave labels, theater sizes and what the butter adds.
Prime Rib Calories: Per Slice, Per 3 oz and by Cut Size
USDA's roasted beef rib per 3 oz by grade and trim: 298 calories and 19.4 g of protein for all grades with the fat, 281 Select, 310 Choice, 340 Prime, 187 to 215 lean only. Outback's 10, 12 and 16 oz prime rib cuts (950 to 1,700 calories), Golden Corral and HoneyBaked 3 oz servings, slice weights from 60 g to a 16 oz cut, au jus and horseradish sauce, and protein per calorie.
Starbucks Holiday Drinks 2026: Calories in Every Drink, by Size
Starbucks's own US nutrition for the 2026 holiday drinks, by size: the Peppermint Mocha runs from 240 calories (short) to 540 (venti), 440 as a grande with 54 g of sugars; the Caramel Brulée Latte is 410 a grande, the Sugar Cookie Latte 260 and the Gingerbread Chai 200. Iced and Frappuccino versions, the holiday bakery, and the new Tiramisu Velvet and Apple Pomegranate drinks, whose nutrition was not yet published.
Stuffing Calories: Per Cup, Homemade vs Boxed, With or Without Sausage
USDA puts half a cup of bread stuffing at 177 calories and a cup at 354, with cornbread stuffing at 179 and a made-up dry mix at 195. Stove Top’s 110 counts the dry mix; the butter on its box makes a half cup about 178. Two home recipes worked out from USDA ingredients, one with sausage, Golden Corral’s buffet sides, and the carbs and protein in a scoop.
Best AI Calorie Tracking App — November 2026
In the Dietary Assessment Initiative’s six-app study of 180 weighed meals, PlateLens and Foodvisor were the two apps measured in photo mode: PlateLens averaged 10.6% (4.4% typed, the lowest calorie error of the six) and Foodvisor 15.6%. The November 2026 edition adds Foodvisor, covers PlateLens 1.14.19’s custom activity macros and compares MacroFactor, Cronometer, MyFitnessPal, Cal AI and YAZIO on AI logging, free plans and US prices.
Best Weight Tracker Apps (2026–2027)
Seven weight tracker apps compared for people who weigh in most mornings: how each draws the trend (PlateLens’s 7-day average, Happy Scale’s moving average, Libra’s exponential smoothing, MacroFactor’s Weight Trend), how a smart scale gets in, whether the app ties the weight to your meals, and what it costs. PlateLens pairs the trend with food logging, a free weekly expenditure estimate and a 3D body scan.
Mashed Potatoes Calories: Per Cup, Homemade, Instant and Restaurant
USDA puts a cup of homemade mashed potatoes with whole milk and butter at 237 calories and the same cup without butter at 174; its survey database pours a heavier 250 g cup. Per cup, half cup and quarter cup: two home recipes worked out from USDA ingredients, instant flakes, Bob Evans and Simply Potatoes tubs, Golden Corral’s buffet sides, and what butter and gravy add.
