While you're in the peanut butter aisle at Trader Joe's, be sure to check out their macadamia and cashew nut butter - totally yummy as a treat! (but just as dangerous calorie-wise as the PB)
Oh and you can grind your own at a lot of the Whole Foods stores. Mine has like 3 machines... Peanut, Cashew... forgot the other. So for those of you with control issues you can just buy a tiny bit and it has no additives!
I checked the website and there is one 3 hours away from me. I started to get some PB this morning with toast and a banan (love that) but it had 16g of fat.
Would anyone be willing to send me a jar by mail if I paypal the money??? Thanks!!!
ok. I'll look at the website and find one to check out when we're traveling. I love Whole Foods and Wild Oats because they're more about quality of food than quantity of food. It feels like a treat just to walk around Whole Foods. And I love all the choices!
Now - peanut butter - I eat it at least three times a week on toast for breakfast. It's a satisfying food for me, and the nut butters are the good kinds of fat, so it works both ways. I do measure my tablespoon (it's so easy to underestimate the serving size), and after I spread it on my toast, I suck the spoon dry. :-)
Regarding peanut butter, I love my 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter on celery. Yep, the calories are high in the stuff, but I plan for this and its so very very worth it! Yum Yum.
I'm not a big fan of Better Than Peanut Butter, but I do like PB2, the powdered peanut butter that you reconstitute (or use in smoothies and other recipes). Since it is peanuts, it's definitely got a peanut taste. I wish I were like those of you who can eat 1 Tbl. of real peanut butter, but I've come to accept the fact that I can't so the PB2 gives me that peanut taste I like without the calories.
Did any of you guys ever try a peanut butter sauce? I use peanut butter in some stews and in some stir fries. Usually one tablespoon will give enough flavour for 4-8 servings of whatever it is I'm cooking.
I do the all-natural organic peanut butter and actually love it more than the Jif that we used to use! Even my kids like it (as long as it is with jelly). I love peanut butter, and I have cut down on my usage. Unfortunately, like "light" mayonnaise, I just can't give up the real thing when it comes to PB. So, I go by the philosophy "all in moderation."
I didn't like Better Than Peanut Butter, it was way to sweet and I ended up throwing out the nearly full jar. Now I choose all natural peanut butter and can testify that you CAN lose weight and still eat peanut butter, I have it for breakfast nearly every day on a whole wheat english muffin, on my banana, in my oatmeal, whatever!
Did any of you guys ever try a peanut butter sauce? I use peanut butter in some stews and in some stir fries. Usually one tablespoon will give enough flavour for 4-8 servings of whatever it is I'm cooking.
Oh yes! My Hubby makes a Southbeach recipe for steak kabobs with a peanut butter and ginger dipping sauce. I absolutely love this one....hmmm ...I really need to ask Hubby to add this to his next menu.
...I really need to ask Hubby to add this to his next menu.
