VEGETABLE QUESTIONS PLEASE HELP

[Jetta21]

How Many Carbs Is In 1 Cup Of Celery it takes about 3 large celery stick to make 1 cup and it says 1 celery stalk is 1.5 carbs so how many carbs in a whole cup of celery

second question

how many whole jalapeno peppers does it take to make one cup? i could fit 4 whole ones in there but i need to make sure and also what is the carb count on 1 cup of jalapeno peppers

third question

how many carbs is it for 1 cup of Cauliflower in the book it says 6 florrets but i think it takes more than that to make a cup

PLEASE HELP RIGHT AWAY

thanks

Jetta

[spazzyhilo]

You're making me do math here... beware!

Ok if 1 stick of celery = 1.5 carbs, then 3 sticks of celery = 4.5 carbs.

If you are making whole jalapenos, then you need to measure them whole, but if you are chopping them up, then measure them after chopping.

According to Fitday.com 1 cup of slice jalapenos is 3 net grams of carbs. 1 pepper is 0.5 net carbs

cauliflower - go by how much you can loosely put in a measuring cup. If the florets are small then you can put more, but if you put in florets and stems then there will obviously be less cauliflower. So thats at your discretion.

Hope this helps!

[not2late]

The easiest way to measure is to get a standard cooking measuring cup (the 'dry' measuring cups work best for vegetables). And measure the vegetables out. Estimating the vegetables by "guessing" how much is in a cup will get you into trouble fast, because many of us can't not estimate portions. So get a set of standard measuring cups and spoons and start measuring.

This link gives instructions with photos on measuring flour, but the same instructions can be used to measure vegetables, fruits, nuts, etc.

http://www.baking911.com/howto/measure.htm

Also use a carb counter, like the one at http://www.calorieking.com to figure out the carbs.