Peanut Butter - How Many Calories?
Posted on Nov 11th 2009 12:00PM by Bev SklarFiled Under: How many calories
You're celebrating and you didn't even know it -- November marks National Peanut Butter Month. Unless you've got a nut allergy, it's a big month for the creamy stuff.
PB fans love it spread on a sandwich, smeared on hot toast or stirred in oatmeal. Those living diet-dangerously lace that heaping tablespoon with semi-sweet chocolate chips, then rationalize it all down saying peanut butter is a terrific source of protein.
If you're a regular pb-lover, it's time to arm yourself with the nutritional facts. For starters, how many calories in two tablespoons of peanut butter?
Two tablespoons of peanut butter have 188 calories, 16 g of fat (about 3 g saturated fat) and 8 g of protein. It's a good source of vitamin E, niacin and fiber, too. Interestingly, peanuts are not nuts, they're legumes from the pea family. And Americans have peanut butter breath, we eat three pounds per person annually. Here's another fast fact, Jif has America's tastebuds -- about one in every 10 peanuts grown for food in U.S. soil lands in a jar of Jif.
At least peanut butter is cholesterol free. If you haven't made healthy homemade peanut butter since your Girl Scout days, here's a refresher recipe.
PB fans love it spread on a sandwich, smeared on hot toast or stirred in oatmeal. Those living diet-dangerously lace that heaping tablespoon with semi-sweet chocolate chips, then rationalize it all down saying peanut butter is a terrific source of protein.
If you're a regular pb-lover, it's time to arm yourself with the nutritional facts. For starters, how many calories in two tablespoons of peanut butter?
Two tablespoons of peanut butter have 188 calories, 16 g of fat (about 3 g saturated fat) and 8 g of protein. It's a good source of vitamin E, niacin and fiber, too. Interestingly, peanuts are not nuts, they're legumes from the pea family. And Americans have peanut butter breath, we eat three pounds per person annually. Here's another fast fact, Jif has America's tastebuds -- about one in every 10 peanuts grown for food in U.S. soil lands in a jar of Jif.
At least peanut butter is cholesterol free. If you haven't made healthy homemade peanut butter since your Girl Scout days, here's a refresher recipe.
