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How do you track food from a salad bar?

kmab1985
kmab1985 Posts: 295 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Sorry for the silly question! I'm new to using the MFP calorie counter but just wondered how you track food from a salad bar as you can;t weight it.

This morning I got a salad from Morrisons salad bar which was a medium one and it consists of 2x boiled eggs, cucumber, spring onion, carrott, sweetcorn, bit of coleslaw (i.e. no where near a scoop full) and about 1/2 scoop of cous cous.

Should I guess at maybe 400 calories?

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  • abelcat1
    abelcat1 Posts: 186 Member
    It can´t be helped. You have to guestimate. ;-) Eating out is allways a challenge to log correctly.
  • lisafrancis888
    lisafrancis888 Posts: 119 Member
    edited May 2015
    It's about time they labelled stuff like the coleslaw with calories per 100g or something. At least then you could estimate more accurately. I think two boiled eggs are about 150 depending on size so I think your probably about right depending on the amount of coleslaw which is the killer. I loved Tescos finest Waldorf but stopped having it when I realised the amount of calories. I ought to learn to make my own I think.
  • lisafrancis888
    lisafrancis888 Posts: 119 Member
    Just a thought for future some supermarkets put the same coleslaw, cous cous etc in pre made packs. Might be worth looking next time and seeing if they have a barcode. Could use your phone app then and it Would give you some idea. I think Morrisons do this. Don't know why I never thought of that before myself.
  • kmab1985
    kmab1985 Posts: 295 Member
    Thanks for the tips!

    I will guesstimate at 400 calories!
  • louise3uk
    louise3uk Posts: 24 Member
    Here's the nutritional info from the website

    http://your.morrisons.com/Market-Street/Nutritional-Information/?type=1&category=Fresh+to+Go&PageIndex=1
  • kmab1985
    kmab1985 Posts: 295 Member
    That link is great! My guesstimate wasnt far off, I guessed 400 calories but having worked it out, it was 481
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