chicken roast dinner

donnamillie

Im wondering how to work out the calories for my sunday roast. i will have

2 slices chicken
sprouts
Carrot an parsnip roasted with a little honey
yorkshire pudding
scoop of mash
1 roastie
gravy made from meat juices

tenax

i'd say its going to come out between 600-700 calories. yorkshire pudding and mashes potatoes and gravy are probably 350 between them.

kyle4jem

600-700 sounds about right. Gravy made from meat juices is high cal because of the fat from the bird. I know it's not the same, but instant gravy is a lot lighter on the cals.

What you can do is plug these ingredients into the recipe tool and see what it come up with. Use branded products as a guide, so if you make your own yorkies, take the value for Aunt Bessie's instead.

We're having roast chicken tonight too :happy:

Di3012

Im wondering how to work out the calories for my sunday roast. i will have

2 slices chicken
sprouts
Carrot an parsnip roasted with a little honey
yorkshire pudding
scoop of mash
1 roastie
gravy made from meat juices

I had something very, very similar two Sunday's ago, it amounted to 733 calories.

You would need to weigh everything and input it into the food diary honestly to get the correct calorie amount.

Estimating can sometimes be a disaster as people often, without realizing it, underestimate the calories.

runnercheryl

Im wondering how to work out the calories for my sunday roast. i will have

2 slices chicken
sprouts
Carrot an parsnip roasted with a little honey
yorkshire pudding
scoop of mash
1 roastie
gravy made from meat juices

I had something very, very similar two Sunday's ago, it amounted to 733 calories.

You would need to weigh everything and input it into the food diary honestly to get the correct calorie amount.

Estimating can sometimes be a disaster as people often, without realizing it, underestimate the calories.

I agree with this. My roast is turkey, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, mixed veg and stuffing, which comes to just under 600 calories unless I get greedy on my portions or add a Yorkshire pudding, which I occasionally do.

donnamillie

ill go with 750 cals i think. i know theres ways i cud make it lower but it just wouldnt taste the same lo

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Di3012

Im wondering how to work out the calories for my sunday roast. i will have

2 slices chicken
sprouts
Carrot an parsnip roasted with a little honey
yorkshire pudding
scoop of mash
1 roastie
gravy made from meat juices

I had something very, very similar two Sunday's ago, it amounted to 733 calories.

You would need to weigh everything and input it into the food diary honestly to get the correct calorie amount.

Estimating can sometimes be a disaster as people often, without realizing it, underestimate the calories.

I agree with this. My roast is turkey, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, mixed veg and stuffing, which comes to just under 600 calories unless I get greedy on my portions or add a Yorkshire pudding, which I occasionally do.

mmmmm yorkshire puds, I luffs me yorkies lol