Calories are sneaky! Let’s say you decide to take a day off from your diet and go to a Mexican restaurant for your birthday. What could go wrong? How bad could just 1 meal be?
You sip a margarita & snack on chips & salsa, then you order dinner. You choose chicken tortilla soup, grilled chicken Mexican Caesar salad and the quesadilla platter. After dinner you savor a simple flan custard with your coffee.
Guess how many calories? Carbs? Fat?
Calorie, Carb & Fat Breakdown (El Torito Mexican Restaurants)
- margarita … 540 calories 34 carbs 0 fat grams
- chips & salsa …430 calories 52 carbs 22 fat grams
- chicken tortilla soup …230 calories 13 carbs 10 fat grams
- grilled chicken Mexican Caesar salad… 840 calories 20 carbs 12 fat grams
- quesadilla platter (with rice & beans).. 1800 calories 144 carbs 40 fat grams
- caramel flan… 305 calories 46 carbs 12 fat grams
- TOTAL: 4,147 calories…. 309 carbs 96 fat grams
