How many calories would you estimate for this meal?

I know it's not what you want to hear, but there is no way to know ahead of time. Grains can be calorie dense, so depending on how much of each is on the salad, just the grains could be 100, 200, 400 cals. The house dressing could be 40 calories of vinaigrette or 150 calories of creamy dressing. The roasted and marinated veggies could have a little oil left or still be soaked with a couple of hundred calories of oil. You can't really estimate until you see the portions.

It sounds yummy though! I always eat light on days I'm going out to eat, and just do my best to moderate my portions and estimate the calories afterwards.

Start at 500 calories.

The majority of calories are going to be the various grains and the dressing. It'll be very hard to estimate until you find out how much quinoa/rice/barley is there, and what is in the dressing and how much. I'm guessing somewhere between 400-800 calories.

My guess is 700 - 1,000 calories.

Determinedtoloseliz wrote: »

I am going for a meal later on and will be eating the meal below. Obviously I know it depends on portion size etc, but I can't give you that information. I want to estimate the calories now so I know what to eat the rest of the day, without too much restriction. I won't be having a starter or a dessert, and no there isn't any meat fish or dairy in the meal. Thanks for any help.

Superfood Salad
Baby spinach, red quinoa, red rice, buckwheat, lentils, barley, spelt, rocket, house dressing, tenderstem broccoli, roasted mushrooms, fennel, kale, garlic & basil marinated Marzanino tomatoes

One meal over or under isn't going to make much of a difference (if any) when viewed on the overall food profile over the entire week.

Don't stress it. Eat the salad, log whatever # of calories you feel is appropriate or don't log it at all. It's only one meal. Enjoy it!

Superfood Salad
Baby spinach, red quinoa, red rice, buckwheat, lentils, barley, spelt, rocket, house dressing, tenderstem broccoli, roasted mushrooms, fennel, kale, garlic & basil marinated Marzanino tomatoes[/quote]

Baby spinach = 0
Broccoli = 0
mushrooms = 0
marzanio tomatoes = not sure.
barley =0
rice - 150 calories per 40g. so they prob will give you 2 - 3 servicings 450 calories
red quinoa contains 170 calories
1 cup of lentals = 230 kcal

i would say almost 500 calories

Determinedtoloseliz wrote: »

snickerscharlie wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

snickerscharlie wrote: »

Determinedtoloseliz wrote: »

I am going for a meal later on and will be eating the meal below. Obviously I know it depends on portion size etc, but I can't give you that information. I want to estimate the calories now so I know what to eat the rest of the day, without too much restriction. I won't be having a starter or a dessert, and no there isn't any meat fish or dairy in the meal. Thanks for any help.

Superfood Salad
Baby spinach, red quinoa, red rice, buckwheat, lentils, barley, spelt, rocket, house dressing, tenderstem broccoli, roasted mushrooms, fennel, kale, garlic & basil marinated Marzanino tomatoes

One meal over or under isn't going to make much of a difference (if any) when viewed on the overall food profile over the entire week.

Don't stress it. Eat the salad, log whatever # of calories you feel is appropriate or don't log it at all. It's only one meal. Enjoy it!

If I was having a meal to enjoy and not worry about calories, it certainly wouldn't be a superfood salad!!! :laugh:

I agree!

Thing is a lot of these salads - even though they seem like such a 'healthy' option - are actually surprisingly caloric once you factor everything in, especially the dressing.

It's the only thing on the menu I can eat

Then just go, eat, estimate the calories and log them (or not) and move on.

The point is, it's only one meal and won't make enough of a difference if you're over or under your goal by a few hundred calories one way or the other for that particular meal on this particular day.

Commander_Keen wrote: »

Superfood Salad
Baby spinach, red quinoa, red rice, buckwheat, lentils, barley, spelt, rocket, house dressing, tenderstem broccoli, roasted mushrooms, fennel, kale, garlic & basil marinated Marzanino tomatoes
Baby spinach = 0
Broccoli = 0
mushrooms = 0
marzanio tomatoes = not sure.
barley =0
rice - 150 calories per 40g. so they prob will give you 2 - 3 servicings 450 calories
red quinoa contains 170 calories
1 cup of lentals = 230 kcal

i would say almost 500 calories

All of those things you listed as 0 calories are incorrect. If you look at the ASDA values for each of those, while it''s true that the amounts are fairly low, they still have values.
Also, might want to recheck your math, as 450 cals of rice, plus 230 cals of lentils, plus 170 calories equals 500? Plus don't forget about the dressing..

I'd say the earlier estimate of 700 - 1000 is more likely. Does this restaurant have a website that lists calorie amounts, OP? Just wondering if maybe you are vegetarian...is a veggie burger an option as well?

Commander_Keen wrote: »

Superfood Salad
Baby spinach, red quinoa, red rice, buckwheat, lentils, barley, spelt, rocket, house dressing, tenderstem broccoli, roasted mushrooms, fennel, kale, garlic & basil marinated Marzanino tomatoes

Baby spinach = 0
Broccoli = 0
mushrooms = 0
marzanio tomatoes = not sure.
barley =0
rice - 150 calories per 40g. so they prob will give you 2 - 3 servicings 450 calories
red quinoa contains 170 calories
1 cup of lentals = 230 kcal

i would say almost 500 calories

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Vegetables arent 0 cals and barley is over 600cals a cup (184g) on a quick google search. This can't possibly be correct.