Nutella

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  • MystiqueASAP
    MystiqueASAP Posts: 747
    My favorite Nutella recipe used to be (before I started a healthier lifestyle) to take the frozen Sara Lee pound cake, slice 2 slices off of it, and get out your panini maker. Spread Nutella on the pieces, and add sliced strawberries. Put them together like a sandwich and let the panini maker work it's magic. When toasty and brown, serve it on a plate with Reddi-Whip and a little chocolate syrup. O. M. G.

    Now I can't buy it at all. I have ZERO self control when it's in the house. I've been without it for 72 days now. The Nutella withdrawals have been fierce, but I'm hanging in there! LOL!

    CRAP!!! I have never tried Nutella. Prolly would never have bought it! Now I HAVE to! CRAP!!! :)

    I was beginning to think that I must be the only person to have never try Nutella. :embarassed: Maybe I will stop by the grocer after work to pick up a jar to see what the rave is all about.
  • Livingbalanced
    Livingbalanced Posts: 84 Member
    ARGH! Go figure, I just bought a big jar of the chocolatey stuff after staying away from it for so long, only to learn a woman won a lawsuit against Nutella for promoting it as a part of a healthy breakfast - $3 million!! lol

    I knew it wasn't "good" for me but everything in moderation... I just didn't need it so in my face tonight on the news... lol
  • smassattack
    smassattack Posts: 6
    I add it to my protein shake!

    That... is a fantastic idea. o.o I'll have to try that ASAP.
  • babygurl48
    babygurl48 Posts: 1,237 Member
    Throw it in the garbage! thats what I had to do to keep myself from eating it by the spoonful!
    this made me lol out loud!!!..lol..
  • starcharm3
    starcharm3 Posts: 12
    lol, i've only ever bought a snack sized packet of nutella. i walk by the jars in the stores and try hard not to buy them.

    if you need ideas for nutella, then go on tumblr http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/nutella

    i think i'd just eat nutella on fruit, people put it on waffles, bread, cookies, crackers, in ice cream...sigh.
  • walker001
    walker001 Posts: 116 Member
    I vote for the garbage. P-B is also a red light food for me so that is an other thing I can't have in the house.
  • justjustine1
    justjustine1 Posts: 10
    Nutella hot chocolate! 1 or 2 T in warm milk!!!
  • Mads1997
    Mads1997 Posts: 1,494 Member
    I have never had it before. I think it may be one of those things I just cant keep in the house. I didnt realize it would be so good.

    I had to stop buying it. It's to much of a temptation for me I'm afraid.
  • cld630
    cld630 Posts: 7
    I just bought some yesterday and tried it this morning on Whole Gain Toast. Wish I could have put bananas and unsalted nuts with it. It was amazing but 100 calories for 1 tablespoon. Thats torture!
  • JaymeLS
    JaymeLS Posts: 47 Member
    I made some french crepes and filled it with nutella and sprinkled a little cinnamon/sugar on top. It was good but way sweet.
  • ls_66
    ls_66 Posts: 395 Member
    can be used in the bedroom to spice things up....
  • kelseyhere
    kelseyhere Posts: 1,123 Member
    oh my god, nutella and i have a love/hate relationship. i used to buy it at costco- this had stopped because my thighs were truly becoming thunderous. that aside, nutella goes great on fruit, really good on a piece of toast, you could add it to a protein shake, eat with nuts, good on crepes/french toast/pancakes, i love to eat it on a warm croissant, and it's good for dipping chips (sounds crazy but the salty sweet is amazing). basically nutella is the food of gods and i would eat it all day with spoon if i could still fit my butt in my pants.

    one good thing you can tell yourself about eating nutella is at least it's all natural. much healthier than any other product out there with "milk chocolate" on the label- which isn't usually real chocolate at all but corn syrup and artificial flavors with a tad of cocoa. just watch your portions because that stuff is full of calories!
  • michbou
    michbou Posts: 8 Member
    Make a fondue- put some nutella on a plate and warm up in micriwave. then dip some cut-up fruits like banana , strawberries...
    delicious!!
  • LesaDave
    LesaDave Posts: 1,480 Member
    add 1/4 cup to blender with 3-4 bananas and splash of milk. Blend until smooth. Freeze...healthy "ice cream"! My whole family love it!

    I will need to try this when summer gets here.
  • icerafta
    icerafta Posts: 38
    I like using it on toaster waffles, or crepes,with a little orange liquor drizzled in with it.
  • mnharrington
    mnharrington Posts: 26 Member
    Put a tablespoon on it on a whole wheat waffle with sliced strawberries on top.
  • TenAceUs
    TenAceUs Posts: 3 Member
    I think it's fairly safe to say that Nutella is the tastiest mouthful of happiness ever created. When people tell me they have never had Nutella, I tell them they are fortunate, because one spoonful is all it takes. I say, if you are craving Nutella, go smoke a pack of filter-less cigarettes and eat a tablespoon of shortening instead, because the path back to the light from a Nutella craving is a long, treacherous road.


    This thread is pretty much counter-productive, but the above quote
    pretty much sums it up.. I think I will have to take that long treacherous road...now ...
  • lu136mickey
    lu136mickey Posts: 202
    Just bought it 2 days ago for first time, wish I never tried it lol it is so freakin good had 1 measured tablespoon on whole grain english muffin toasted then sliced banana's on top wonderful got rid of the sweet cravin I was having and the hunger LOVE IT
  • RachelsReboot
    RachelsReboot Posts: 569 Member
    ha i take spoon tto jar 1 tablespoon and have it wth banana and nuts.....also u can use it in wonton wrappers

    Before I cut out sugar I used to have it with banana and peanuts in a wonton wrapper, SOOOOOO yummy!
  • baseballmom1031
    baseballmom1031 Posts: 18
    Mix into plain yogurt or drizzle over frozen yogurt! Also delicious!!!

    Yum, I might be able to eat yogurt with Nutella on it.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    Nutella = 200 calories in 2 Tbsp (99 from fat) and 21g of sugar. Not in my shopping cart! I'll stick with my plain oatmeal.

    We all know how terrible it is for you & yes they produced such misleading adverts pretty much claiming "it is good for you"

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpNLUFA34iw

    and consequently:

    http://www.which.co.uk/news/2008/02/asa-backs-which-over-nutella-advert-133139/

    But OH THE TASTE!

    Personally for me, sometimes it is worth saving 200cals for it on a spike day or a day where you want to give your tastebuds a well deserved climax after eating pretty healthily & exercising all week long

    :blushing:

    Yeah, but I prefer Snickers bars, and Snickers bars have the advantage of being very slightly healthier for me than Nutella. I think that puts in perspective--per gram, Snickers is exactly equal to Nutella in everything but sugar and calories. Snickers has 11% less sugar per gram, and 12% fewer calories, than Nutella. As good as it is, do you really like it better than Snickers bars?


    It can be hard to compare by just looking and not calculating nutrition by weight. I mean, LOOK at them if you use equal weights!

    For 100 grams (chosen because the calculations are easy to do--Nutella claims a serving is 2 tbs, which weighs in a 37 grams, and M&M/Mars gives nutrition info for Snickers for 58.7 gram servings):

    Calories: Nutella = 541, from fat = 270 (50%) Snickers = 477, from fat = 221 (46%)
    Total Fat: Nutella = 30 grams; Snickers = 24 grams.
    Saturated Fat: Nutella = 9 grams; Snickers = 9 grams.
    Carbohydrates: Nutella = 59 grams; Snickers = 60 grams.
    Sugar: Nutella = 57 grams; Snickers = 51 grams.
    Protein: Nutella = 8 grams, Snickers = 7 grams.

    I occasionally eat candy bars, and once in a while even Nutella, but if I posted a thread to collect "good ways to eat Snickers bars" on MFP people would be lecturing me about how horrible candy bars are for you. Nutella is as bad. Worse if you consider the number of people who think they've made a healthy choice by choosing it over a candy bar. Unless you actually like it BETTER than candy bars, eat the candy bar.

    Personally, I do like it better than a candy bar. And if you're reasonable about it, like putting a single tablespoon on a piece of whole wheat toast you can get the same satisfaction of having your sweets cravings fulfilled, but it actually will often come in at less than 200 cals(depending on the bread). Not that it's a big deal if you want to stay away from it, that's fine. Just let us have our fun :tongue:

    You can be "reasonable" about how you satisfy a sweet craving with Snicker's bars too. Gram for gram, Snickers are healthier. My point is, people jump all over people who post "Good ways to eat Snickers" but this is actually worse.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    I vote for the garbage. P-B is also a red light food for me so that is an other thing I can't have in the house.

    Hard to compare peanut butter, which is a good source of protein and healthy fats with Nutella, which has more sugar and less nutritive value than a Snickers bar...
  • PeaceCorpsKat
    PeaceCorpsKat Posts: 335 Member
    Take a bunch of bananas, peel them. Cut them in half and then down the middle. Make nutella sandwhiches, wrap them in saran wrap, stick in freezer...

    I do this with Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter when it is that time of the month. It has more nutritional value then Nutella, but I guess it will work - and at least you are getting some fruit.
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