roasted vegetables - calories?

yirara
yirara Posts: 9,943 Member
edited November 15 in Food and Nutrition
Hello,

the office canteen has a new dish in the healthy corner: roasted vegetables: mainly onion, bell pepper and some courgette and aubergine. They seem to be putting some oil or something else slightly brownish over them, but it doesn't taste overly fatty. Any idea how much calories I should be calculating for 100 grams? I could not get an answer from the caterer, even though they do try to post some calorie information for some dishes.

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  • cbhubbybubble
    cbhubbybubble Posts: 465 Member
    It's a bit of a crapshoot guess if you don't know how it's cooked.....I'd probably try to guess roughly how much of each veggie in a serving and get that count (or just guesstimate 50-100 cal for veggies) and then I'd add a guess at oil and sugar.....the veggie calorie count won't add up to much usually, but whatever oil or sauce is used cooking and serving them can possibly make big difference
  • prestigio
    prestigio Posts: 181 Member
    Perhaps it is an idea to ask how they make the dish (what ingrediënts they use and approximately how much of it) and estimate it yourself?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,943 Member
    Yes, I asked them. No answer unfortunately.
  • astrose00
    astrose00 Posts: 754 Member
    I would overestimate a bit. Tally the veggies separately and then 0.5 to 1.0 tblspn oil, depending on how oily they are. If it had excessive oil, I would blot it with paper towel. Sounds healthy, though so I think u should be fine.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,943 Member
    I think there's indeed not much calories on them. All the veggies are very low in calories and should not sum up to much more than 40kcal I think. There seems to be some oil in there though I'm not sure. If so it's not much. If it aint oil, what is it then? Sugar? No idea. Onion and red bell pepper are sweet if roasted I think, and the other veggies don't taste sweeter than normal.
  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    Alot of vegetables are roasted with olive oil. I would consider adding some oil to the calorie count.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    They could roast them in olive oil and vinegar. They could roast them in crisco. They could soak them in beef fat and then roast them in lard. There's no way you could be accurate without knowing the cooking oil used.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    Imo, I would log the weight of the veggies then log a tbspn of fat.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    britishbroccoli wrote: »
    They could roast them in olive oil and vinegar. They could roast them in crisco. They could soak them in beef fat and then roast them in lard. There's no way you could be accurate without knowing the cooking oil used.

    As long as the amounts used are the same - all 3 of those things would have roughly the same calorie count. A tbspn of fat is roughly 100cals.
  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
    I put this item in my own recipe box here on MFP. Mine is a mix of Zucchini, yellow squash, red bell peppers, garlic sea salt and 2 tbsp of olive oil. Here is what it came out to:
    Servings 4.0
    Amount Per Serving
    calories 71
    % Daily Value *
    Total Fat 7 g 11 %
    Saturated Fat 1 g 5 %
    Monounsaturated Fat 5 g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
    Trans Fat 0 g
    Cholesterol 0 mg 0 %
    Sodium 5 mg 0 %
    Potassium 88 mg 3 %
    Total Carbohydrate 2 g 1 %
    Dietary Fiber 1 g 4 %
    Sugars 1 g
    Protein 1 g 2 %
    Vitamin A 2 %
    Vitamin C 458 %
    Calcium 0 %
    Iron 2 %
  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    mkakids wrote: »
    britishbroccoli wrote: »
    They could roast them in olive oil and vinegar. They could roast them in crisco. They could soak them in beef fat and then roast them in lard. There's no way you could be accurate without knowing the cooking oil used.

    As long as the amounts used are the same - all 3 of those things would have roughly the same calorie count. A tbspn of fat is roughly 100cals.

    Agreed...
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    mkakids wrote: »
    britishbroccoli wrote: »
    They could roast them in olive oil and vinegar. They could roast them in crisco. They could soak them in beef fat and then roast them in lard. There's no way you could be accurate without knowing the cooking oil used.

    As long as the amounts used are the same - all 3 of those things would have roughly the same calorie count. A tbspn of fat is roughly 100cals.

    I don't know, they might just mist with olive oil and salt.
  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    britishbroccoli wrote: »
    mkakids wrote: »
    britishbroccoli wrote: »
    They could roast them in olive oil and vinegar. They could roast them in crisco. They could soak them in beef fat and then roast them in lard. There's no way you could be accurate without knowing the cooking oil used.

    As long as the amounts used are the same - all 3 of those things would have roughly the same calorie count. A tbspn of fat is roughly 100cals.

    I don't know, they might just mist with olive oil and salt.

    That's true too.
  • vicky1947mfp
    vicky1947mfp Posts: 1,523 Member
    Eating food prepared by others is always a crapshoot. Just eat in moderation. That is why I limit my eating out so much. There is so many hidden calories and sodium. BTW - love roasted veggies.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    mkakids wrote: »
    Imo, I would log the weight of the veggies then log a tbspn of fat.

    This is what I would do as well.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    mkakids wrote: »
    Imo, I would log the weight of the veggies then log a tbspn of fat.

    This is what I would do as well.

    This is what I do also.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,943 Member
    Sure, I eat in moderation. I do love the roasted vegetables. One of the few things (apart from vegetarian curries) is the only thing they are able to do. Though really, I cannot even guess what the calorie amount is. All the dishes that have calorie information range from 90-400kcal/100gr. Well, that's a wide range. Still waiting for an answer from them.
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