Question: How Do You Determine The Nutritional Value Of Substituting Ingredients?
By: Chris Paulk
Published: March 3, 2010

If I was to take 3/4 lb of very lean ground beef - (85%) and mix in 3/4 cup of sunflower seeds (raw) to make hamburgers, how would I determine if the nutritional value (fat & vitamins) is better than using all beef in approx 1/3 lb burgers? For the standard- grilled over charcoal, only cracked pepper and minimal salt added. The taste of this is surprisingly good. Just trying to determine is they are any health bonuses.

Answers:
Curt

Take the value of the recipe as if you used all ground beef...take away the hamburger & it's values that you aren't using and add in the values of the sunflower seeds.  Make sense?