pc steel cut oats

lisa9805

blue menu brand oats. so it says a serving is 1/4 cup at 150cal. that is so small lol i eat half cup usually but wow 300 cal just on oats. i added a banana and tbsp almond butter and im over 500 cal for breakfast. what do u guys eat for breakfast and if u do eat oats what do u add to it? it was darn good though

MelissaPhippsFeagins

The label is for uncooked 1/4c. The volume of oatmeal doubles when you cook it so that it is 1/2c for 150 cals. I don't mind being over 500 for breakfast, but I understand why it's not everyone's plan.

I eat egg white omelets a lot (I am allergic to the yolk.) and Greek yogurt with granola and fruit is another go to breakfast.

lisa9805

oh I swear it was cooked. it doesn't say that does it?

lisa9805

what's a good granola? the blue menu one i have seems to be high in cal as well

majigurl

It's like pasta. You measure dry ingredients before they are cooked.

lisa9805

oh i usually make up a cup of dry oats so i have it for the week. pasta i need to cook for the fam too

TeaBea

lisa9805 wrote: »

oh I swear it was cooked. it doesn't say that does it?

No, it's a dry measure. I add 1 cup of water to my 1/4 cup of steel cut. The serving size is decent.

lisa9805

so on pasta boxes it gives u the nutrition info on dry? same as oats and quinoa?

lisa9805

I'm just starting to use a scale now so trying to figure things out

jgnatca

@lisa9805 you hit the jackpot today! More food! Yes, these nutrition labels are all listing the dry measure.

Granola typically is higher in calories because of the honey, nuts, and dried fruit. That's what it is. You can measure a small amount and sprinkle it on yogurt to extend the pleasure and keep the calories down.

You might check out muesli which may be a little lower on calories. If I were to have muesli today I'd soak it in yogurt overnight like they do in Europe. Or so I hear.

williams969

Yes!!! Those weights listed on oats, pasta, grains, etc. Is DRY. Trust us, 40g (~1/4 cup)of dry sc oats turns into a lot more by volume cooked. Yay, you get to eat more

mishkins3

pasta label are for uncooked, most things are for uncooked unless they come precooked/prepared

beware bones and skin when doing meat calculations, most nutritional information doesn't include the bone (or all not sure)

some things can be confusing like pistachios sometimes they include the shell sometimes not, 6 cal/g excluding shells 3.0 cal/g with. Sometimes packaging will say (edible portion)

vegetables are sometimes more sometimes less cal/g for cooked than uncooked, mushrooms change from 0.22 to 0.28 cooked but onions barely change from 0.4

mishkins3

also cooking doesn't add calories but often less water meas more caloric density and thus tastier

debsdoingthis

lisa9805 wrote: »

what's a good granola? the blue menu one i have seems to be high in cal as well

I also eat the blue menu granola but not on its own with milk. It just doesn't keep me full for very long. What I do is add 10-15 grams (weighed on a scale) to my breakfast of pc greek yogurt and fruit to give my brekky some crunch. That combination keep me going for a few hours.

BrandyGanus

I've been eating oatmeal every day but MFP states that the Sprouts bulk oatmeal is only giving me about 180 calories (and that's with milk added). I add fruit and brown sugar to it and it usually only brings it to about 250.

cross2bear

lisa9805 wrote: »

oh I swear it was cooked. it doesn't say that does it?

Yes it does - right beside the "serving size (40gms) DRY. Do you see it now?

lisa9805

cross2bear wrote: »

lisa9805 wrote: »

oh I swear it was cooked. it doesn't say that does it?

Yes it does - right beside the "serving size (40gms) DRY. Do you see it now?

it def does not say it lol i can show u a pic but i don't know how to post one

lisa9805

thanks everyone for the tips it will help

cross2bear

oh sorry - my bad - I thought we were referring to the previous pic, where it definitely says dry where I specified.

Joanna2012B

I love my steel cut oats. I like mine with strawberries, blueberries and greek yogurt. I also like them with apples, cinnamon and a little brown sugar.

TeaBea

amyrebeccah wrote: »

lisa9805 wrote: »

cross2bear wrote: »

lisa9805 wrote: »

oh I swear it was cooked. it doesn't say that does it?

Yes it does - right beside the "serving size (40gms) DRY. Do you see it now?

it def does not say it lol i can show u a pic but i don't know how to post one

OP is correct, based on my googling, but this was the only teeny picture I was able to find. It's also true if you go to the product's webpage and click on nutritional information. Neither clarifies that it's a dry serving.

Ewwww - how frustrating!

extra_medium

lisa9805 wrote: »

so on pasta boxes it gives u the nutrition info on dry? same as oats and quinoa?

Yes. But if you can, measure by the weight rather than the volume. It's the only way to really be accurate.

lisa9805

thanks everyone

Linzon

I've been noticing quite a few labels (possibly a Canadian thing?) don't specify whether the serving amount is dry or cooked. From a quick look in my pantry I have pasta, rice, cornmeal, lentils, and oats that don't state it's an uncooked measurement.