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Let's Check Our Carbohydrate
Counting Skills

Contributed by Anna Bertorelli, MBA, RD, CDE  

1. Hood®, eggnog, Golden Eggnog, 1/2 Cup   g
2.

 

Potatoes, mashed, home-prepared, whole milk and butter added, 1/2 cup

  g
 
 
3. Bread stuffing, bread, dry mix, prepared, 1/2 cup   g
4. Carrots, cooked, boiled, drained, 1/2 cup   g
5. Cranberry sauce, 1 slice, 1/2 inch thick, approx. 8 slices per can   g
 
 
6 Roll, dinner, wheat, 1 ounce   g
7. Gingerbread cake, prepared from recipe, 1/9 of 8 inch square pan   g
 
 
8. Pumpkin pie, prepared from recipe, 1/8 of 9 inch diameter pie   g
 
 
9. Nuts, walnuts, 1 ounce (14 halves)   g
10. Candy cane, Bob's peppermint, .05 ounce   g
     
 

Nutrient data sources
Hood ® Egg nog:  http://www.hphood.com/products/prodDetail.aspx?id=389
Candy Cane:  http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-candy-pepermint-canes

All other foods:  http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

Answers  
1.) Eggnog - 22 g 2.) Potatoes - 18 g
3.) Stuffing - 22 g 4.) Carrots - 6 g
5.) Cranberry sauce - 22 g 6.) Roll - 13 g
7.) Gingerbread - 36 g 8.) Pumpkin pie - 41 g
9.) Walnuts - 4 g 10.) Candy Cane - 14 g

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