Bulk buying of foods / how to track calories, etc

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Go to diary, click on add food ( for breakfast, lunch or whatever ), type raw cashews in the search section, then choose an item that's corresponds with that, make sure to pay attention to serving size when picking one out and entering in your log

Search for

nuts, almonds

and

nuts, cashew nuts, raw.

I believe raw nuts are assumed to be unsalted, and organic doesn't matter for nutrition.

In general, use the USDA nutrient database to search for the item, then copy and paste the exact language used to describe the item into the MFP search field. Bonus: You now have the accurate USDA entry to compare to whatever MFP pulls up, so you can be sure you're using an accurate entry. After you've logged it one time, always log it in the future from your recent and frequent foods, or by copying it from an earlier diary entry, and you won't have to worry about locating the right entry in the MFP database.

If for any reason you can't or don't want to bother with comparing to the USDA database, good clues for accurate MFP entries that are based on the USDA database include

(1) not having 0 values for nutrients that commonsense tells you should not be zero (e.g., 0 protein for chicken) -- potassium is a good one to check, as pretty much all foods except pure fats and alcohol will have at least a little potassium;

(2) not having "round" figures for vitamins and minerals -- the USDA database doesn't round to the nearest 5 or 10 like food labels; and

(3) having serving sizes for volume and mass both, which the USDA database does, and which no MFP user-created entry can. USDA -based entries in MFP that were originally created by MFP itself might have serving sizes based on "piece" (bananas of different lengths, single eggs of different government-regulated sizes) as well as volume and mass. In practice, it's generally better to weigh your solid foods, but this is still a good hint for locating accurate entries in a pinch. I do log corn on the cob by the ear (using measured length) and eggs per egg of the appropriate government-regulated size (medium, large, extra large, jumbo) as it is much more convenient than weighing those foods. I weigh some liquids (milk, cooking oils, distilled alcohol) where there are USDA-based entries that have that option, because once you get used to weighing, it's actually easier than measuring by volume, and certainly more accurate.