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"Homemade" Chicken Strip Salad calorie question.

JeepBaja
JeepBaja Posts: 1,824 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I say "homemade" because the cafe I get these from has pretty much homemade items. I have to estimate the calories as they do not have any nutritional info.

As I prefer to slightly over-estimate my calorie intake while slightly under-estimating my calories burned, how do these numbers look for my salad...

Garden Salad with small amount of shredded carrots - about 4 cups (this is a big salad!)
One breaded chicken strip patty
1/2 cup or less of red onion
1/2 cup or less of diced tomato
About half a boiled egg (I use a whole one to be safe)
1/2 cup or less of shredded cheddar cheese
About 3 tbsp of Thousand Island dressing (could be made in the Cafe, I will have to ask)

Here is a screen shot of the nutritional guide I created at MFP.

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Does that sound about right? This is a such a big, good tasting salad that if I eat for lunch, rarely am I hungry for the rest of the day.

Like I said, I would rather over-estimate but for those of you who eat a lot of salad, do you think the numbers fairly accurate?

Replies

  • Drastiic
    Drastiic Posts: 322 Member
    How many ounces is the breaded chicken strip patty? does the half-boiled egg include the yolk?

    To me, it seems high but that's definitely the way to go when you aren't sure what's in it.
  • JeepBaja
    JeepBaja Posts: 1,824 Member
    The chicken patty is sliced up into strips. I would say no bigger than your typical frozen patty. I am horrible with weights so I would say less than 6oz. The egg has the yolk. I doubt it is a whole egg in the salad as it too is sliced. Calorie wise I included the whole boiled egg.

    I just find it hard to believe such a large salad, which is mostly salad, has so few calories. I may need to eat this more often!
  • sharleengc
    sharleengc Posts: 792 Member
    I make a similar salad at home...but I use

    1 chicken patty
    2tbs of bbq sauce
    2tbs of light ranch
    1oz of cheeze
    2 tbs of frenchs fried onions
    lots of lettuce

    I think the total comes out to about 500 (give or take a bit) I don't remember exactly. I find it really yummy and make it a lot in the summer! So I would say your 600 isn't a bad guesstimate!
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