Couscous

mictur
mictur Posts: 175 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I love to eat couscous instead of rice once in awhile. When I went to put to amount in my food data base I was shocked to see how many calories were in it. I know I am allowed to have 1 cup of couscous (I cook it in chicken broth and nothing else). 1/4 cup is 150 calories. It bothered me so much I went online to find out the actual amount of calories it has. Well low and behold the dry weight has more calories then cooked weight. 1 cup of cooked couscous is only 176 calories. Yip yip yippy! I put it on the data base if anyone else is interested and were afraid of eating a cup of delicious couscous.:flowerforyou:

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  • smae1980
    smae1980 Posts: 794 Member
    that's because couscous is basically pasta (its made of semolina). Pasta also has more calories for 1 cup dry than 1 cup cooked because it expands when it cooks
  • StarryEyedGirl
    StarryEyedGirl Posts: 585 Member
    its a great alternative though! great with broth like you did and added veggies. thanks for adding to data base, I will get some next shopping trip.
  • bjberry
    bjberry Posts: 665 Member
    You learn something new everyday! ;) Thanks, both of you. I guess I will add couscous to my diet.
  • mictur
    mictur Posts: 175 Member
    I did know that it expands when it cooks. But the data base has it calorie-wise as dry not cooked. So if someone wanted to eat couscous and clicked on the data base they would get the incorrect calorie count.:drinker:
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    Since it is a pasta...try the whole wheat version.
    Also a great alternitive is quinoa (a whole grain and a compleate protein).
  • smae1980
    smae1980 Posts: 794 Member
    I did know that it expands when it cooks. But the data base has it calorie-wise as dry not cooked. So if someone wanted to eat couscous and clicked on the data base they would get the incorrect calorie count.:drinker:

    gotcha, I misunderstood what you meant by what you said:blushing:
  • lucky1ns
    lucky1ns Posts: 358 Member
    I remember from my WW days that couscous was less points than rice.
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