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Calculating carbs in rice

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Vix

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Hmmmm... I've just cooked some brown rice, cooked weight 66g but I'm confused (doesn't take much) I looked in my carbs and cals book and the portion size looked like 10g carb but says weight 30g! Looking at the packet it says 62.5g = 45g carb!! I've gone on the image of the carb and cals book but it seems a big difference between the two... I'm guessing the weights might be referring to dry weight but I only have cooked weight... Which sounds most accurate??

xx
 
Rice approximately triples its weight when cooked - or at least it does the way I cook it!
 
A tablespoon of cooked rice is 10 carbs 🙂
 
hmmm my blood is now 13 so can't work out if I miss calculated or if it's just that my lantus has run out before my evening dose... if a tablespoon is 10 carbs then the picture in the carbs and cals book is very misleading! xx
 
Vix said:
hmmm my blood is now 13 so can't work out if I miss calculated or if it's just that my lantus has run out before my evening dose... if a tablespoon is 10 carbs then the picture in the carbs and cals book is very misleading! xx
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Rice is a s*d to bolus for, you need to use trial and error to get as near as you can. IE delay your bolus so the slow rise in blood sugar then coincides with with the slow digestion of the rice.

Just turfed out an old book and it says before cooking 2 heaped teaspoons is 10 carbs. (1/2 oz)

Cooked rice is a heaped tablespoon for 10 carbs (1oz)
 
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Because I only cook for myself, I find it easier to weigh out rice/pasta dry so I only cook what I actually plan to eat (and don't get tempted to have an extra spoonful that gets 'accidentally forgotten'). When I'm feeling really saintly, I make cauliflower rice instead and dry-fry with Basmati spices.
 
LeeLee said:
Because I only cook for myself, I find it easier to weigh out rice/pasta dry so I only cook what I actually plan to eat (and don't get tempted to have an extra spoonful that gets 'accidentally forgotten'). When I'm feeling really saintly, I make cauliflower rice instead and dry-fry with Basmati spices.
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Hi Leelee,
Vix has type 1 diabetes so doesn't have to be saintly 🙂 All she has to do is bolus for any extra on the plate.
Personally I avoid rice and pasta as such a s*d to bolus for.
Cauliflower in any shape or form is disgusting as far as I am concerned 😛
 
"Cauliflower in any shape or form is disgusting as far as I am concerned"

OOH! Don't tell Dory! :D
 
Weigh the rice before cooking, 50 grams of Basmati rice works out at 40 grams of carbohydrate when cooked.
 
Thanks 🙂 I looooove cauliflower so it's caulifower cheese for dinner! xx
 
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Cauli rice is the stuff of the Gods!!

Sue that's blasphemy! 😉
 
Dory said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Cauli rice is the stuff of the Gods!!

Sue that's blasphemy! 😉
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I'm not convinced yet Dory. Don't like cauliflower so can't see how it'd be a suitable or tasty substitute for rice. I like making homemade curries or chilli and am frightened it would spoil either of them. 🙂
 
no no no no you MUST try it!!!! it's gorgeous!

chop up some fresh cauli into pieces then blitz until it looks like grains of cous cous.

throw it into a pan, spray fry light buttery (or use butter/olive oil mix if you're not on a diet!) and stir fry for about 7-10 mins. I throw in smoked garlic and for curries i sprinkle in ground cloves.

try it try it try it!!!! 🙂
 
Dory said:
no no no no you MUST try it!!!! it's gorgeous!

chop up some fresh cauli into pieces then blitz until it looks like grains of cous cous.

throw it into a pan, spray fry light buttery (or use butter/olive oil mix if you're not on a diet!) and stir fry for about 7-10 mins. I throw in smoked garlic and for curries i sprinkle in ground cloves.

try it try it try it!!!! 🙂
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Dory, just for you I will try it. My daughter is making chilli this week so I will definitely have that rather than rice or tortilla chips. It had better be nice! :D
 
I'm sitting here eating curry with cauli rice, cooked before I looked at this thread. I like it best when 'fried' with Fry-Light on a medium hob for at least 10 minutes. A few slightly brown bits, not cremated, and cooked through.
 
Oh yay Cat! let me know how you get on. don't use a blender, it's the wrong blade/tool. you need a food processor - i have a mini hand one which i use (not great but I have no room in my small kitchen to leave my massive food processor out!)

definitely like Lee Lee says. YUM!!!
 
I don't have a blender Dory and can't buy one as my kitchen is fit to burst with all my baking stuff and gadgets. Is there any other way to do the cauli?
 
er........ guess you could try the hand blender and see how you get on. would need to cut up the florets quite small though so the blade doesn't get ruined 🙂
 
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