Cooking With Angie - Know How Much

Being healthy is not an easy thing to do nowadays when everything is fast or fried. Even making fresh food at home we can get carried away with the fats and sodium.

If you have a health problem like diabetes or high blood pressure you seriously need to know what you are eating. 

While I am all for cooking with fresh and raw ingredients, I am not perfect and I will take that chili dog if offered or I will make my own at home.

I want to show you how many calories, how much fat, how much sodium and how much sugar is in a dish you make.

I will do it with canned food and fresh foods, lets make vegetable soup with hamburger!

We Will Use :

2 fresh Potatoes peeled and cubed 

163 calories each = 326 calories

.04 grams fat

26 grams sodium

3.4  grams sugar

1 fresh onion peeled and sliced - 

44 calories

0.5 grams fat

4 grams sodium

4.7 grams sugar

2 carrots sliced 

30 calories = 60 calories 

0.4 grams fat

100 grams sodium

6.8 sugar

Can Goods :

1 Can Green Beans - Drained

53 calories

0 fat

1015 grams sodium

3.5 grams sugar

1 Can Corn -drained

245 calories

3.5 grams fat

1050 grams sodium

12 grams sugar

1 Can diced tomatoes with juice

87 calories

0 fat

630 grams sodium

10.5 grams sugar

8 Oz.  Hamburger Meat

523 calories

27 grams fat

198 sodium

0 sugar

Now, lets add up those numbers!

Makes 9 1/2 Cups 

Total calories = 1338

Total Fat = 31 grams

Total sodium = 3023 grams

Total sugar = 41 grams

Now, how much per serving of 1 cup?

Calories = 141 calories

Fat = 3.4 grams

Sodium = 319 grams

Sugar = 4.5 grams

That is how I keep on track with how many calories I take in each day being on a 1200 calorie diet, low sodium and sugar. Sometimes it take a few minutes to figure up the amounts but well worth it in the end. 

By Andria Perry

Photos By Andria Perry & pixabay