Cabbage? Cabbage Soup?

Nexus37 · 07-09-2007, 06:20 PM

It looks like 1c of cooked cabbage has an ECC of 1.92g carbs. What about cabbage soup? Anyone have any numbers? I make a cabbage soup with chicken broth as the base and only flavor with some salt and hot sauce. I typically strain the cabbage out and save for other meals and really just keep the remaining liquid. It tastes pretty good to me and I can drink a mug of it while I cruise the internet. I would think the carb count would be less but I'm not sure.

2big4mysize · 07-09-2007, 09:06 PM

cabbage soup is legal if your ingredients are legal and yours seem to be depending on what is in your stock base.

Carbs that ccount are water souluble so some of your cabbage carbs will leech into your soup liquid. As long as you figure out the total carbs in your soup and drink your broth as a serving of it and eat some of your cabbage as part of that days veggies you should not have to worry about.
Remember only have food when you are hungry not just cause you are cruising the internet and enjoy the taste. That is one of the hardest things to learn about weight control is learning to only feed our hunger.

Happy low carbing

Nexus37 · 07-10-2007, 04:12 PM

Probablt the best advice ever!
I guess I do just drink it as a broth without any cabbage in about 2 cup portions. I typically have only one. I mean, its good but not great, you know? Would you guess 1 carb per cup? As in my earlier post, one cup cooked cabbage is supposed to have only 1.92g carb. Do these numbers sound right to you?

flourchild · 07-10-2007, 07:13 PM

There's a fair number of cabbage varietals out there. In checking Atkins' site the highest carb count I saw was 2.9 per cup. But here's the thing; why worry about it? Of all the potential pitfalls out there, a couple of cabbage carbs shouldn't cause you the slightest stumble. Were it me, I'd add up all the ingredient's carbs and divide by the number of servings, regardless of whether or not I actually had cabbage floating in my cup. No way would I sweat the minutiae past that, as if a little cabbage got me to nearly 300lbs. All the best.

07-09-2007, 06:20 PM	#1
Nexus37 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Villa Rica, Georgia (Just west of Atlanta) Posts: 27 Gallery: Nexus37 Stats: 309/280/200 WOE: Atkins Start Date: July 8, 2007	Cabbage? Cabbage Soup? It looks like 1c of cooked cabbage has an ECC of 1.92g carbs. What about cabbage soup? Anyone have any numbers? I make a cabbage soup with chicken broth as the base and only flavor with some salt and hot sauce. I typically strain the cabbage out and save for other meals and really just keep the remaining liquid. It tastes pretty good to me and I can drink a mug of it while I cruise the internet. I would think the carb count would be less but I'm not sure.

07-09-2007, 09:06 PM	#2
2big4mysize Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,959 Gallery: 2big4mysize Stats: 313 to current goalie 169-173 WOE: Atkins 2002 Start Date: june 1 2002	cabbage soup is legal if your ingredients are legal and yours seem to be depending on what is in your stock base. Carbs that ccount are water souluble so some of your cabbage carbs will leech into your soup liquid. As long as you figure out the total carbs in your soup and drink your broth as a serving of it and eat some of your cabbage as part of that days veggies you should not have to worry about. Remember only have food when you are hungry not just cause you are cruising the internet and enjoy the taste. That is one of the hardest things to learn about weight control is learning to only feed our hunger. Happy low carbing __________________ 5/04 goalie Hashimoto hypothyroid diagnoised 02 kimkins info 2BIG's BLOG If you are or were a member of kimkins and live in San Diego County please help

07-10-2007, 07:13 PM	#4
flourchild MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Near Haight & Ashbury Posts: 1,234 Gallery: flourchild Stats: Soy un perdedor...baby WOE: Atkins' OWL Start Date: '05	There's a fair number of cabbage varietals out there. In checking Atkins' site the highest carb count I saw was 2.9 per cup. But here's the thing; why worry about it? Of all the potential pitfalls out there, a couple of cabbage carbs shouldn't cause you the slightest stumble. Were it me, I'd add up all the ingredient's carbs and divide by the number of servings, regardless of whether or not I actually had cabbage floating in my cup. No way would I sweat the minutiae past that, as if a little cabbage got me to nearly 300lbs. All the best. __________________ Own your decisions. Educate yourself. Induction is temporary. Yes, it's happened to someone else. We're all carb addicts. Combine patience with perspective.

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07-10-2007, 04:12 PM	#3
Nexus37 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Villa Rica, Georgia (Just west of Atlanta) Posts: 27 Gallery: Nexus37 Stats: 309/280/200 WOE: Atkins Start Date: July 8, 2007	Probablt the best advice ever! I guess I do just drink it as a broth without any cabbage in about 2 cup portions. I typically have only one. I mean, its good but not great, you know? Would you guess 1 carb per cup? As in my earlier post, one cup cooked cabbage is supposed to have only 1.92g carb. Do these numbers sound right to you?