Nuts

pensierobello

I have been snacking on mixed roasted nuts. They come in a 250g bag and I brought them to work, where I don't have a scale. Is it true that a handful (clenched) of nuts is about 25g? Think I might have over-indulged today...

SugaryLynx

Depends on the size of your hands?

there's no way to tell, if you don't have a scale. Maybe portion them out in zip lock baggies next time. Don't worry about it today, just log to the best of your ability.

pensierobello

I have pretty weeny woman hands... Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Hadn't really thought it through this time!

sllm1

Could you make 10 handfuls of nuts from this one 250 gram bag?

cwolfman13

clinched handful is a pretty good estimate...just be careful that you're not overly stuffing your fist...that's what I used to do and instead of my 30 grams of almonds and 160 calories I was getting almost double that. To this day, despite being reasonably good about being able to eyeball most things (due to frequent use of food scale once upon a time) I still weigh out my nuts because I have a propensity to take a really large handful and tell myself that it's an appropriate serving.

I pretty much buy my nuts in bulk and portion them out now in snack bags...that way I just measure everything out once and I have snack bags of nuts that last me a month or so.

earlnabby

If you can visualize the size of almonds, 28g of almonds is typically 25-30 nuts. Not totally accurate but a good way to estimate when you have no other way. I generally count the equivalent of one almond as 2 peanuts, 1 regular cashew or 1/2 jumbo, 1 filbert, 1/3 brazilnut, etc.

DeltaZero

Handful of nuts huh?


Salty?

randomtai

I don't think it is a good idea to clinch nuts in your hand. Just sayin. :smokin: