I'm wondering...re: cheese chips

tyler43836 · 03-08-2010, 02:46 PM

Just nuked a batch of Mexican white cheddar chips and pepperoni....(got some dip to go with them!)
I wonder what it does to the calorie/fat content....when you nuke out the fat?

JoniBGoode · 03-08-2010, 03:00 PM

Most types of fat have 100 - 120 calories per tablespoon, about 10 -- 12 g of fat. So for each tablespoon of fat you cook out, you can subtract about that much. For a teaspoon of fat cooked out, it would be about 33 to 40 calories and 3 to 4 g fat.

The hard part will be measuring how much fat is cooked out. If you are cooking it on a paper towel, you could weigh the papertowel before and after. Or, you could guesstimate by pouring a teaspoon of oil on a papertowel, to see if it looked about the same as the fat that cooked out.

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03-08-2010, 03:00 PM	#2
JoniBGoode Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 480 Gallery: JoniBGoode Stats: 21 lbs gone forever! WOE: Almost Atkins Start Date: Aug. 21, 2008	Most types of fat have 100 - 120 calories per tablespoon, about 10 -- 12 g of fat. So for each tablespoon of fat you cook out, you can subtract about that much. For a teaspoon of fat cooked out, it would be about 33 to 40 calories and 3 to 4 g fat. The hard part will be measuring how much fat is cooked out. If you are cooking it on a paper towel, you could weigh the papertowel before and after. Or, you could guesstimate by pouring a teaspoon of oil on a papertowel, to see if it looked about the same as the fat that cooked out.