Carb Count in Recipes?

[rosie321]

I've found some recipes for baking/braising meat but I'm a little confused about whether or not to count the aromatics in my carb count even if I don't eat them. For example, if I cook a roast with onions and celery but I only eat the meat, are the veggies still contributing extra carbs to the meat since they're braising together for like 4 hours? And if so, how do you know how much extra to count? Thanks to anyone with more cooking knowledge than me!

[atkinsgal08]

>>are the veggies still contributing extra carbs to the meat>>

Yes. Hard to know how much though!

[JulieB]

You could count 1/4 to 1/2 the carbs from the veggies...but that's just a guess. I usually eat the veggies

[Elizellen]

Like Julie, I eat the veggies either as a side dish or make them into a puree to use as a sauce or thin to make soup.

My totally unscientific solution would be to count maybe 20% of the carbs if you are eating the 'juices' along with the meat but only about 5% (to err on the cautious side) if you are only picking out the meat to eat.

[rosie321]

Thanks for the advice everyone! I plan on eating some of the veggies too but I still have to limit.