Thread: sweet potatoes
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10-20-2010, 03:47 PM #1
sweet potatoes
How come when I microwave them they weigh like 3 oz when they were 6 raw. How do I figure out the calories?
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10-20-2010, 03:51 PM #2
I think calories are before cooking. Only thing that leaves is water.
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10-20-2010, 04:18 PM #3
^^^ THIS. Everything is measured dry/raw. Meats, etc will lose some weight after being cooked due to water loss. Other things that you ADD water too (oats, rice, etc) will obviously be heavier.
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10-20-2010, 06:11 PM #4
Okay. Also I weigh my meat after I cook it because I chop it into peices then eat it so am I eating more calories than I think?
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10-20-2010, 06:13 PM #5
And for my rice I use a measuring cup and it says 1/4 makes a cup so when I eat a cup I just scoop a whole cup of it cooked will the calories still be the same?
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10-20-2010, 06:15 PM #6
don't microwave that crap....at least bake it you lose almost all the nutrition when you micro it.
btw love sweet potatoes.
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10-20-2010, 06:18 PM #7
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10-20-2010, 07:55 PM #8
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10-20-2010, 08:14 PM #9Junior Member
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sweet potatoes ftw
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10-20-2010, 08:15 PM #10
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10-20-2010, 08:22 PM #11Member
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Yeah, I have never heard of "MICRO-WAVES" destroying any nutritional value bro-jangles. Boiling however, realeases some nutrient content into the water itself, or so I've heard.
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10-21-2010, 02:27 AM #12
So how should I cook these f'in things now because I love them haha
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10-21-2010, 03:02 AM #13Junior Member
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Bake em'
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10-21-2010, 02:43 PM #14
I cut them between 1/2 -3/4" and put them on the grill with olive oil and a touch of sea salt. Yum. Prep some asparagus while they are cooking on one side and chunk those on grill too... I know what I am having tonight!
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10-22-2010, 12:03 AM #15
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10-22-2010, 01:04 AM #16
I stick a knife into them a couple of times, wrap them in foil, and bake for about an hour (depending on size) on a baking sheet at 400*. They always come out soft and ready to go. Usually cook a weeks worth at a time and put the rest in the fridge, microwave for one minute when ready to eat.
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10-22-2010, 02:46 AM #17
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11-06-2010, 05:23 PM #18
you would have to boil the hell out of it to loose nutritional value.
dont be afraid to boil people.
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11-06-2010, 05:55 PM #19Senior Member
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Peel, cut up and boil them, even an idiot could not mess that up.
4 lbs usually takes about 25min.
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11-06-2010, 10:39 PM #20
Just saw this, I just peel the skin after cooking or microwaving. Always comes right off no problem.
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11-07-2010, 10:59 AM #22Senior Member
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And doing them in the microwave they come out horrible tasting, does not even compare to cooking them right.
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11-07-2010, 11:56 AM #23
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