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Making a recipe. should I count this?

teresa77447
teresa77447 Posts: 87
edited February 6 in Food and Nutrition
I am on the 5:2 diet and I am making some roast carrots in the crockpot. I added some onion soup mix but I don't intend to "eat" the juice just the carrots. Do I count the calories in the onion soup mix?

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  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    The carrots are going to soak up the juice.

    So yes, you count it.

    If you fry something in oil, you count the oil. Same concept.
  • dancephysics
    dancephysics Posts: 53
    I probably would, because a lot of that flavor from the soup mix is what has the calories, and that's what you want to stick to your carrots. Or if I was feeling indulgent I would count half the calories from the soup.
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    The calories will probably be negligible but be aware that soup mixes tend to be high salt so the carrots may absorb some of that. Just something to be aware of if you track sodium.
  • teresa77447
    teresa77447 Posts: 87
    Thanks y'all I just needed to hear from some others. I was not sure what to do. Majority rules, I'll count it.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    How many calories are in it?
  • teresa77447
    teresa77447 Posts: 87
    25 calories per TBS(8 grams)
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