My husband has been asking for Roast & Potatoes for awhile so I bought a Hormel Pork Roast yesterday and put it in the crockpot with peeled potatoes & carrots - I didn't use a gravy, just filled the crockpot with water. The pork roast had a little gravy in with it. I was trying to figure what the points would be for my meal tonight so that I know what I can afford to eat today. Here's what I've come up with so far:

The nutrition info on the roast:
Packaged Meals: Entrees, Pork Roast Au Jus
Hormel

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Serving Size: x serving, 3 1/2 container (4.9 oz) container (1 lb 1 oz) oz g


Nutrition Facts
Calories 180(Kilojoules 752)

% DV**
Total Fat 7 g 11%
Sat. Fat 2.5 g 13%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 85 mg 28%
Sodium 600 mg 25%
Total Carbs. 1 g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0 g 0%
Sugars 1 g
Protein 28 g
Calcium 0 mg



So, it looks like if I have 1 serving of the small roast (1/3 of package) it'd be - 3 Points

1 Peeled Potatoe -
I'm thinking this nutrition info would be correct??

Vegetables, Fresh: Potatoes, boiled, flesh only, no salt
Average All Brands

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Serving Size: x serving, 1/2 cup (2.8 oz) potato, 2-1/2" dia (4.8 oz) oz g


Nutrition Facts
Calories 118(Kilojoules 495)

% DV**
Total Fat 0.1 g 0%
Sat. Fat 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Sodium 5 mg 0%
Total Carbs. 27.4 g 9%
Dietary Fiber 2.4 g 10%
Sugars 1.2 g
Protein 2.5 g
Calcium 6.8 mg
Potassium 515.4 mg
Note: A dash indicates no data is available.

So, going off that it looks like the 1 potatoe would be - 2 Points

4 Cooked Baby Carrots - 1 Point (?)

Fat Free Spray Butter on Potatoes & A Little A-1 on Meat For Flavor
Light Salt & Pepper - 1 Point (?)

Water - 0 Points

Think I could safely say this would be a 7 Point Meal??? Seems low for how yummy it is!

If you count 1/2 points, like I do, I'd count the carrots as 1/2 points since a whole cup of them are 1 point. I'm not sure about the butter spray, since I don't use it, but I think a few sprays are free.

Enjoy your dinner!

I think its safe to call that a 7 pt. meal. I know that the SmartOne roast beef meal is only 3 pts. so it seems reasonable that your meal would be around 7 if not a little less.

I love roast and potatoes...yummmm!


Mindy