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Vegetable help please!

kaylz91

kaylz91

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I've asked elsewhere but have had no response, so here's what I'm needing to know, to get the carb count right, if I'm going to be having roasted veggies, do I weigh my portion out after they have been par-boiled and before roasting? Any help would be greatly appreciated :) xx
 
That would depend on the information you have on the carb content. Probably difficult to find figures for roast or even par-boiled veg so you would need to weigh the raw veg.
 
When I check my food unless it specifically says stuff like ‘oven cooked’ then I take it as the weight before it’s cooked.
A bag of veg I have had ‘oven baked’ next to the nutrition so I would weigh that after I’ve cooked it to work it out.
Hope that helps.
 
It would be fresh veg I was roasting as all the frozen roasting vegetables are either far too carby for my current situation or include vegetables I'm not too keen on lol, thanks :) x
 
Ah I see. Well there is an app which cost about £3.99 I think called carbs and Cals. It has a pictures of all sorts of foods with its nutritional value. I know it’s annoying paying for an app but it’s been helpful.
 
lrn2brunch said:
Ah I see. Well there is an app which cost about £3.99 I think called carbs and Cals. It has a pictures of all sorts of foods with its nutritional value. I know it’s annoying paying for an app but it’s been helpful.
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I have the book but I'm still wondering whether I need to weigh my portion in its raw state or after its boiled x
 
kaylz91 said:
I have the book but I'm still wondering whether I need to weigh my portion in its raw state or after its boiled x
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On page 28 of the Carbs & Cals book it says "This always the cooked/prepared weight".
 
Brilliant app use it all day every day really worth downloading so easy to refer.to on your phone.or whatever!
 
http://www.calorieking.com/

This will give you both options. I tend to stick with one or two veg at each meal rather than a smorgasbord. Too domplicers. I have 3 or 4 different veg a day. Lunch is usually asp and Brussels and dinner broccoli and Bok Choy. I know how many carbs I want at each meal so now it’s simple. Still not a lot of veg as I eat keto but by the end of the day it’s a cup os so. Broccoli and Brussels add up fast but I’d rather have some than none. I do mushrooms sometimes too. Mainly in my mushroom gravy. Brussels are like candy to me. I have to be very careful. I have this adorable clay steamer pot. Great for a days worth of veggies. I stopped roasting as I can tbe bothered anymore lol
 
Years ago, my dietitian recommended count carbonhydrates when veggies are raw.
 
I've always estimated from raw weight unless as
@lrn2brunch says it 's pre-cooked - but since I don't actually believe nature can ever be 100% in agreement with nutritional checks done with batches of food in lab condtions, I use any given carb values as a "guesstimated" guide rather than being guaranteed as gospel. I then tend to rely on my meter to tell me if I'm getting things right.

Robbity
 
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