Fajita calculations confusing

chugglebunny · January 2014

Hi Guys.

I am planning on having fajitas for dinner with some friends.

The problem is, I cant seem to find an accurate way to allocate calories, basically, I plan of cooking up the chicken with the seasoning and then eating it in a wrap with peppers etc. I plan on having 2. But all the searches on here are for pre-made wraps with peppers / onions / salsa etc in varying combinations.

I would ideally like to know the calories separately for the tortilla wraps and then the seasoning and veg separately as I am a little OCD and I do not like salsa and can weigh out my chicken and veg easily enough.

The info on the website from the kit I'm using isn't much help

http://www.oldelpaso.co.uk/products/original-smoky-bbq-fajita-dinner-kit/f4992247-150c-409d-a506-2d6c16112588/

Long story short...anyone know the calories for a white tortilla flour wrap and the old el paso seasoning?!

Thanks for any help!

eldamiano · January 2014

Dont lose any sleep over it. Overestimate and then no harm is done.

transmute · January 2014

Do you use MFP on a mobile device? Scan the packaging, and that will give you the details for one serving of the fajita if prepared to the instructions on the box. (ie, one serving of tortilla, chicken, seasoning, salsa, one red pepper, one green pepper, one onion)

Or, if you really want to be THAT exact; just look around the website more.

http://www.oldelpaso.co.uk/products/flour-tortillas/9d0e4a27-bf5a-44ad-ad27-264339ee8cb6/
http://www.oldelpaso.co.uk/products/spice-mix-for-original-smoky-bbq-fajitas/90de008d-35a9-40ce-a018-497c7ff3c93a/

chugglebunny · January 2014

I'm only on 1200cal a day though and would rather not eat under my daily allowance by overestimating too much. I also don't actually have any idea what to roughly guess it at, the website says 159cal per wrap but that doesn't include chicken, there are search options up to 300cal per wrap too.

dianeellen2 · January 2014

Hi

Can you create this in 'my recipies' tab on FOOD and just enter everything individually?

Diane

chugglebunny · January 2014

Do you use MFP on a mobile device? Scan the packaging, and that will give you the details for one serving of the fajita if prepared to the instructions on the box. (ie, one serving of tortilla, chicken, seasoning, salsa, one red pepper, one green pepper, one onion)

Or, if you really want to be THAT exact; just look around the website more.

http://www.oldelpaso.co.uk/products/flour-tortillas/9d0e4a27-bf5a-44ad-ad27-264339ee8cb6/
http://www.oldelpaso.co.uk/products/spice-mix-for-original-smoky-bbq-fajitas/90de008d-35a9-40ce-a018-497c7ff3c93a/

I do have the app, good idea thank you. I will scan it and deduct a little if it counts for bits I don't plan on eating. Thanks

Fajita calculations confusing

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