Panda Express - Wok Smart is your Good Fortune

Hi IsaFriends,

My daughter’s school is having a fundraiser at Panda Express. So what can I eat and stay on plan???

Panda Express offers Wok Smart dishes and has a wonderful Nutrition Calculator feature on their website. You can “Select Items a la Carte” or “Build Your Meal” … on both you can change everything until you reach you taste and calorie goals. One advantage of the “A La Carte Menu” tab is it lets you see the calories and other nutritional facts before you add them to the meal but you have to go to the next page to see you meal total. With the Build Your Meal” you see the total calories as you add the item but have to add the item before the calories show. I clicked and deleted until I got the right combo to stay under 600.

 Keep in mind, the mixed veggies give you much more options with your entrees calories… but if you love chow mien and rice, there are options for you too!

Here are a few options I came up with:

2 item Plate

Tangy Shrimp, Black Pepper Chicken Breast, Mixed Veggies – 510 cal

Thai Cashew Chicken Breast, Kung Pao Shrimp, Mixed Veggies – 560 cal

Mongolian Beef, Kung Pao Chicken, Mixed Veggies - 570 cal

Broccoli Beef (2 servings), Mixed Veggies/Steamed Rice - 590 cal

2 item Plate & Soup

Broccoli Beef, Mushroom Chicken, Mixed Veggies (440 cal), Egg Flower Soup (90 cal) - 530 cal

String Bean Chicken Breast, Kabori Beef, Mixed Veggies (450 cal), Hot & Sour Soup (90 cal) – 540 cal

Panda Bowl
Orange Chicken, Mixed Veggies – 470 cal

Sweet & Sour Pork, Mixed Veggies – 520 cal

Broccoli Beef, Chow Mein/Steamed Rice - 550 cal

String Bean Chicken Breast, Steamed Rice – 590 cal

Panda Bowl + Soup/Appetizer

Potato Chicken, Mixes Veggies (290 cal), Veggie Spring Roll (160 cal) - 450

Broccoli Beef, Mixed Veggies (220 cal), Chicken Potsticker (220 cal) – 440

String Bean Chicken Breast, Mixed Veggies (240 cal), Cream Cheese Rangoon (190 cal) – 430 cal

You can add Hot & Sour or Egg Flower soup for just 90 cal more!

There are lots more combos… go to the site and play: http://www.pandaexpress.com/

Fortune Cookies are just 32 cal… hope yours is a great one!