Peanut Butter!!!!!!!

Heidi_11913

So everyday I measure out 2 tbsp of peanut butter that I eat w/ my apple..... is it weird that I wipe the container I brought it in with my finger----clean, so that I get every morsel???

BarackMeLikeAHurricane

No, and full fat or GTFO. I eat peanut butter every day. I take my vitamins with cheese and peanut butter so the fats can help absorb the fat soluble vitamins.

jacksonpt

I've been known to lick clean the jif-to-go cups...

Heidi_11913

No, and full fat or GTFO. I eat peanut butter every day. I take my vitamins with cheese and peanut butter so the fats can help absorb the fat soluble vitamins.

I've always bought the reduced fat, so just what I'm used to mmmmmmm

Heidi_11913

I've been known to lick clean the jif-to-go cups...

The to go cups seem to have more in them.... that to me, would be very dangerous!!!!

bellaa_x0

try "better 'n peanut butter" its amazing! made with real peanuts but its only 100 calories for 2 tbsp.

Heidi_11913

try "better 'n peanut butter" its amazing! made with real peanuts but its only 100 calories for 2 tbsp.

Just googled it and found it at a few stores around here... awesome, will definitely give it a try... Thank you! better than the 190 in my current PB

MayaSPapaya

I do the same thing when I eat apples (and now that I've upped my calories, I get to have 4 tbsp! :drinker:)
Perfectly normal

cwolfman13

try "better 'n peanut butter" its amazing! made with real peanuts but its only 100 calories for 2 tbsp.

ShannonMpls

try "better 'n peanut butter" its amazing! made with real peanuts but its only 100 calories for 2 tbsp.

QFT.

Better n' Peanut Butter is neither "better" nor "peanut butter".

grandevampire

Even better, make your own! Throw 4 cups of raw unsalted peanuts into a food processor and let it process for about 5 minutes. It may go through a doughy phase at first, but keep it going and it turns into butter. Tada! Also works on almonds, hazelnuts, etc.

OT EDIT:

Ingredients of the pb pictured in the OP contains:
PEANUTS, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUGAR, PEA PROTEIN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, MOLASSES, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, NIACINAMIDE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, ZINC OXIDE, COPPER SULFATE, FOLIC ACID, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE.

Homemade contains:
PEANUTS

diaryofaskinnygirl

I do not understand why people recommend Better n Peanut Butter or PB2. Absolutely nothing compares to real peanut butter. It may be more calories than you'd like but it's easy to find a spare 100 calories for a tablespoon of heaven!

obrientp

It would be horribly wasteful if you didn't!!

taycheese

I love peanut butter

GormanGhaste

I do not understand why people recommend Better n Peanut Butter or PB2.

Yes, I usually use regular peanut butter, or even chocolate peanut butter when I want a treat. I do keep PB2 on hand though, as it is easy to mix into certain things.

Heidi_11913

Even better, make your own! Throw 4 cups of raw unsalted peanuts into a food processor and let it process for about 5 minutes. It may go through a doughy phase at first, but keep it going and it turns into butter. Tada! Also works on almonds, hazelnuts, etc.

OT EDIT:

Ingredients of the pb pictured in the OP contains:
PEANUTS, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUGAR, PEA PROTEIN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, MOLASSES, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, NIACINAMIDE, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, ZINC OXIDE, COPPER SULFATE, FOLIC ACID, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE.

Homemade contains:
PEANUTS

I've actually 'pinned' this on Pinterest(I'm an addict!) ---have you actually made this? I do know the ingredients in Jif PB aren't very good... I'd really be interested in trying the homemade kind, if its as good!!!

tartsul

i do that too! and if it's a plate, i skip the finger wiping step and just lick it clean.

oh PS they have PB making stations at various grocery stores (at least where i live). they have honey roasted, plain, etc, and it just grinds up the peanuts right in front of you into your container. i've never tried it, but maybe now i will! i'm craving PB now!

AND i really want to try making THIS! http://www.gingerbearkitchen.com/2013/03/homemade-peanut-butter-chocolate-peanut-butter/

grandevampire

I've actually 'pinned' this on Pinterest(I'm an addict!) ---have you actually made this? I do know the ingredients in Jif PB aren't very good... I'd really be interested in trying the homemade kind, if its as good!!!

I have, and it's f'n delicious (in a good way!). Seriously takes you about 10 mins, if you have to shell the peanuts. If you've got a food processor (one cannot live without, really), what've you got to lose? Give it a go! I found this out by googling, actually, after I discovered that my beloved Skippy (the only brand I see here in France) contains pernicious palm oil. After one batch of homemade (yielded two small jam jars worth that has kept well for about 3-4 weeks) I have forever renounced store bought. :P

According to the MFP database, it isn't horribly caloric either. EDIT: This can obviously easily be figured out by weighing the pb and taking the nutritional value of that weight in raw peanuts, as, bingo, that is all that's in there.

elleloch

I just started eating all natural, organic almond butters and I can't eat that reduced fat JIF anymore.

Know what I noticed recently? The reduced fat JIF is not called peanut butter anywhere on the jar. It says Reduced Fat JIF, peanut butter spread (on the side) and then "25% less fat than peanut butter." Well wtf is this stuff then?

suchastruggle

Smucker's Natural - smooth or crunchy - no bad junk in it. Yum, yum, yum!!

g0ldenb0y55

You'll notice that reduced fat has way more carbs than the regular kind. Reduced-fat peanut butter has fewer peanuts' that contain heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and more of the refined carbs and sugar that spike blood sugar.