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I need some nutritional expertise, Ointyites! Today we’re working on a big project, so for lunch, I went to the Trader Joe’s vending machine and grabbed my absolute favorite, the Mediterranean Feast. It includes hummus, a pita, falafel, tahini sauce, and taboule. Delicious, filling, cheap, fresh, awesome. The problem is, however, that this “feast” contains 860 calories and therefore about ten million points.
I don’t eat it all, however. I don’t like falafel, so the three falafel patties are shared with my co-worker. There are two containers of tahini sauce, and I only use one of them. But I have no idea how to figure out where all these calories are living, or how many calories/points I am cutting down by not eating it all. Here’s my theory:
A pita is like three points, hummus is probably another three (at most). The taboule is mostly tomatoes and parsley, but I’ll even call that two, and the sauce one. So that’s nine points—nowhere close to 860 calories. Is it possible that the three falafel patties are six points each? That would mean if I ate the whole thing, it would be sixteen points—that’s about right for 860 calories, maybe a little low.
What do you guys think? Is my estimating way off if I call this a nine-point lunch?
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