i suck at estimating.

Grilled asparagus, Japanese eggplant, zucchini, green onions and roasted corn, served warm over a bed of chilled Romaine lettuce, fresh avocado and sun-dried tomatoes in a Dijon balsamic vinaigrette.

Shredded Napa cabbage, julienne cucumbers, edamame, crispy wontons, peanuts, cilantro, julienne carrots, red cabbage and green onions tossed with a lime-cilantro dressing. Topped with crispy rice sticks and Thai peanut dressing

minus the avacado in the first one, and getting the dressing on the side, how many calories do you think would be in each of those? i have to eat at california pizza kitchen tomorrow & i want to work it into my menu without over/undereating :) thanks!

edit: to clarify

Look up each ingredient in cc's food database, estimate the amount you'll eat, and add them all together. :)

It really sucks that places like this don't list their nutrition values.

I'm going there tonight and driving myself crazy trying to figure out what to eat.  Looks like I'll be going with the grilled veggie salad as well, adding shrimp to it. Avocados are the good kind of fat, so I'll eat just a few pieces of them.  I've planned ahead, so regardless of the calories, I'll be fine with my eating.

There should be some kind of law saying that they MUST have nutrition info available!

Robbyn

There's little point in restaurants displaying their nutrition information.  Unlike meals put together in a factory by robots, restaurant dishes vary a lot depending on how the cook operates.  And unless the restaurant is happy to slow down their service to a crawl by asking employees to measure out precise quantities before being added to recipes then the calorie count is always going to be inaccurate.

Just choose foods that look like they are going to be reasonably healthy... ones with lots of vegetables and salads for example.  Ask for any high calorie additions to be served separately... sauces, dressings. Judge by eye whether the rest of the meal matches the serving size you'd normally have at home.  And then enjoy the meal, the company and the surroundings rather than fretting about the precise calorie count.  Food's to be enjoyed.