Guess-timate calories

sarymerejo
sarymerejo Posts: 26 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Can you give me a guess-timate on the calories for this taco salad?

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It is a large romaine base, it has tortilla chips, cheese, grilled chicken, pico de gallo and guacamole.

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  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
    Can you give me a guess-timate on the calories for this taco salad?

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    It is a large romaine base, it has tortilla chips, cheese, grilled chicken, pico de gallo and guacamole.

    I changed your link for you-edited cause you just did it. No clue-have you entered in all the info in the receipe?
  • GoatBoat66
    GoatBoat66 Posts: 56
    That looks delish.
  • bradphil87
    bradphil87 Posts: 617 Member
    I would say with the cheese, guac, and chips its 800+
  • jess7386
    jess7386 Posts: 477 Member
    hmmmm.... I'd say 200 cals for the guac, around 30 for the romaine, 100 for cheese, 300 for chips, 40 for pico, 250 or so for grilled chicken...

    hard to know without exactly what you put in it, but I'd say 800ish.

    Then again I usually overestimate.

    Put all the ingredients into the "recipe" builder in MFP, assuming it's homemade :)
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,732 Member
    1,285,789....
  • sarymerejo
    sarymerejo Posts: 26 Member
    It's a local deli-brought salad....not sure how much of each or how they prepare stuff like the guacamole and tortilla chips.
  • mailinator
    mailinator Posts: 31 Member
    Hard to guess without knowing how many chips you have in there. Chips are surely the highest caloric item. C'mon - give us a little help! Avocado is next and, again, hard to tell from the pic how thick a layer you've got. Throw a ruler in that pic, too!
  • xtrout
    xtrout Posts: 193 Member
    985 calories
  • sarymerejo
    sarymerejo Posts: 26 Member
    1,285,789....

    OMG...I ate my calories for the next three years!!
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
    with store bought guac i'm always suspicious of added sour cream.

    i think 800+ is on the mark. just eat half!
  • Elainejk21
    Elainejk21 Posts: 121 Member
    I'm not an expert, but I'm guessing 500-600ish.

    Romaine - basically nothing
    Tortilla chips - 6 chips is 1 serving @ 120 cal so 120-240 depending on amount
    Cheese - at least an ounce - 100
    Grilled chicken - 120
    Pico - 50
    Guacamole - 100-125
  • MrsPong
    MrsPong Posts: 580 Member
    Try using Chipotle's calculator to figure it out....
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    5,000

    I base that purely on believing that is mixing bowl.


    No one can tell...that could be a lab dish for all we now.
  • Erica0718
    Erica0718 Posts: 469 Member
    I have no idea on the calorie count but it looks delicious and I want to eat it. :tongue:

    I am going to lunch now and having my (now) boring turkey on wheat, sigh :frown:
  • miadhail
    miadhail Posts: 383 Member
    mmmmmmm! I am guess it is YUMMMYYYY! Usually when I am guessing, I'd instantly put 800. :)
  • sarymerejo
    sarymerejo Posts: 26 Member
    Thank you everybody!! I put it in the recipe builder like most of you suggested (I overestimated amounts-just in case) and it came out to 830 calories...not as bad as I was thinking.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I would say with the cheese, guac, and chips its 800+

    Yep 800 to 1000!

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