potatoes & vegies cooked with chicken

Howdy!  I'm roasting a chicken for dinner tonight and plan on putting potatoes and vegies (carrots, onions, celery) around it to cook in the (fat :( and) juices.  Anyone out there in cyberspace have an idea for figuring the increase in calories over just plain?

im having the same thing for dinner tonight...so yeah info is helpful

Usually I would just add 100 cals to the total veggie calories for good measure...but i really have no idea

and yes folks it tastes SO GOOD this way...and its one of the very few things I actually like...so dont just say "why dont you do it this way instead..."

... or how much fat the vegies and potatoes would absorb?

... I agree -- I have no intention of boiling, baking or roasting the vegies by themselves -- Sometimes you just need the comfort food!!

well comfort food for me is a huge chicken fried steak with cream gravy and mashed potatoes with lots of cream/butter...haha...im no help :P

This is just a normal (cheap) meal...haha

...You're BAD.  LOL

yeah i know..too bad I havent had it in years...very sad...

bump for good measure....hahaha...and to say...its hot as hades in my house when I turn the oven on....im resisting using the AC...

bump because I cant believe nobody can help with this question

I believe if you use the nutritional information for "Chicken, meat and skin, cooked, roasted" you will have a pretty accurate count. 

Here is a cooking light recipe that includes vegetables roasted under a chicken.  It has nutritional info, so maybe you could use those numbers?

http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinde r.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=2237 05

Also, my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook has nutritional info for "Roasted Chicken and Vegetables"... this recipe says to parboil the potatoes, carrots and turnips, add a raw cut up onion and then drizzle them with melted butter or olive oil before roasting them along with the chicken.

Per 4 Ounces chicken + 2/3 cup vegetables

799 Cal

51g fat (17g sat)

233 mg chol

657 mg sod

28 g carb

5 g fiber

54 g protein

Certainly not healthy, but I agree that vegetables are completely delicious cooked that way.

thanks! I knew somebody could help us out!

I only put a few quick sprays of OO spray stuff on the chicken/potatoes before I roast them.....yum! Leftovers are good...now that the juices have solidified I can get most of the fat off the top and use the goodies!

(that link didnt work...)

I use recipe Zaar because along with the recipies they also give all the nutritional info. I copy the ingredients into the recipe analyzer here to double check the numbers.

http://www.recipezaar.com/10528

Here is one recipe that is 375 Calories per serving and thats cooking with Olive oil. So omit it from the recipe analyzer here.

Thanks for the help, everyone.