how many calories in this salad?

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2 slices naice ham from deli
1 tomato
1 hard boiled egg
A spoonful of coleslaw
3 slices beetroot
Sprinkling of grated cheese over the tomato

Are we talking 300 or 600 here?

I'd say closer to 300 than 600, maybe 400?

Definitely closer to 600

Just MFP it.

depends how big the cheese sprinkle is imo.

I second putting it into MY Fitness Pal. easy way without any googling.

WTF is MFP?

Where's the actual salad? Is that with lettuce or mixed leaves? Without Its just a platter isn't it?

At a rough guess I’d go:

150 ham
100 egg
Coleslaw - depends on the spoon but 100
Beetroot and tomato - 50
Cheese - again depends how much but anything from 50 - 100

So 450 - 550 really, depending on coleslaw and cheese quantities.

That doesn’t sound like a salad to me however I estimate at 400

My Fitness Pal
It works out the calories on almost anything

Closer to 600, if not over.

"Where's the actual salad? Is that with lettuce or mixed leaves? Without Its just a platter isn't it?"

Ha ha. Salad in Britain = any cold food
Seen a salad bar a supermarket? Full of pasta, rice, etc.

Ok, so not exactly low calorie.

Platter/salad/schmalad who gives a fuck lol

You have to weigh cheese to get an exact calorie count. Look on the packet to work out how many calories in the ham. A medium size hard boiled egg is 70 cals (offhand). Coleslaw - I would measure that if O was calorie counting because it can be quite high.

guess I'll be walking into town rather than taking the bus!

The coleslaw and cheese will bump that up by a lot unless you’re being extremely conservative with spoonfuls. Definitely 600+ calories.

For a healthier salad I’d have 2 boiled eggs, leafy greens, tomato, and more beetroot. Maybe a tiny sprinkle of grated cheese.

It’s a bit Lardy! Replace with nuts , raisins and herbs spring onions possibly to get the flavour but be healthier ?

"Platter/salad/schmalad who gives a fuck lol"

Well, it's kind of important if you think it's 'light' food and it's not, especially if you want to lose weight.

It's a bit lardy lol.

Just have a lentil and some dust.

About 600 calories.

Which is absolutely fine for one meal!

How long is a piece of string?

We’re all guessing unless you can tell us how many grams of ham, cheese etc.

Looking at that I'd say around 500

It's an egg, a bit of cheese, ham and other bits - not an XL pizza so I think you could manage to get away with getting the bus to town.

475 from what I worked out

If you like that sort of food and are trying to lose weight, a low carb diet would be much better than a calorie counting diet. If you made your own coleslaw, you could eat as much as you liked of any of that meal.