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kelj65

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I'm trying to get my head round carbs I was doing okay until I just looked at a packet mix for chicken casserole.
The packet info says 64.4g of carbs per 100g and it's a 40g packet so is that for the powder mix or for the whole meal with the chicken and the onions added because that seems a lot for basically herbs and stuff.
Thanks
 
kelj65 said:
I'm trying to get my head round carbs I was doing okay until I just looked at a packet mix for chicken casserole.
The packet info says 64.4g of carbs per 100g and it's a 40g packet so is that for the powder mix or for the whole meal with the chicken and the onions added because that seems a lot for basically herbs and stuff.
Thanks
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Well its a bit hard to be 100% sure without seeing it but bear in mind that chicken doesn't have any carbs in it at all so that would be an awful lot of carbs for an onion!

However, although I couldn't be sure without seeing it, I would be willing to take a bet that one of the chief ingredients is some sort of flour, and that there's possibly even sugar in there somewhere. So the 64g / 100g is extremely likely to be for the packet mix. You will only have 40% of it, of course, so that is about 25g carbs. That is if you eat the entire casserole yourself, which would be quite a lot to eat at one sitting. The chicken will not add any carbs at all. The onion might be 8g or so, depending how much you use. So it's not a terribly high carb meal (maybe about 8g or 9g each if it makes enough to serve four people). Or, you could have a go at making casserole without using a packet mix, and it will be even nicer, and probably healthier too. It probably will need a bit of flour to thicken it though so you won't get away with being entirely carb free.


Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed Jan 2013, ultra low carber, Hba1C at diagnosis 8% (11mmol), now between 5 and 6 mmol. 13kg lost so far :)
 
Thank you for your reply
So are all herbs and spices that I would use for a Chilli or a casserole made from scratch would be carb free then because they have no flour or added sugar in them? I'm sorry if these sound like really stupid questions but I don't want to add extra carbs by mistake.
 
Definitely. I never factor in herbs and spices (with the exception of tomato ketchup - I sometimes add that to cooking and its high enough in carbs that it needs accounting for; I think it's around 5 carbs per tablespoon). And gravy mix, like Bisto or instant gravy granules, have carbs in as well. But stuff like garlic, ginger, chili, herbs, paprika, cinnamon etc I never count.


Type 2 on Metformin, diagnosed Jan 2013, ultra low carber, Hba1C at diagnosis 8% (11mmol), now between 5 and 6 mmol. 13kg lost so far :)
 
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