PB and Bananas

[Babyfaced Assassin]

Nah, I like cooking. Cheaper, too.

~2 Shy

hmm your bread sounds nice
you'll have to bake me some sometime hehe

 

[sh4dowf4lcon]

peanut butter and bananas.....ummmmmm!!!!!!!!

 

[easy]

Not exactly health but nothin better than a fried pb and bannanna sandwich. Elvis got me eating them. Not literally but he was the insperation for trying it the first time. I know evreryone wants a body like the king... Sorry for ruining your thread.

 

[Qbert]

can someone please explain what "natty peanut butter" is?

 

[2Shy]

Natural peanut butter. You usually find it in health food stores or health food sections of your grocery store. Regular peanut butter (like Skippy/Jif) contains sugar, hydrogenated oils and other unpleasant things. Natural PB is just peanut butter and peanut oil.

 

[Qbert]

thanks, 2shy. ever tried cashew butter? i would, if it didn't cost $7 a jar.

 

[2Shy]

Same here. Mmmmmm cashews. I've also seen madedamia (sp?) nut butter.

I've toyed with the idea of trying to make my own someday.

 

[young guns]

Anyone eat bread daily? Bread and Protein bars are the two things I've always been a strong advocate of shying away from....can't even remember the last time I had either....now, I'm thinking about incorporating bread (flax or 100% whole grain only) and ABB zero sugar protein bars, 0 sugar, 3-4g of fat...10 net carbs....30g of protein....no hydr. fats...seems like the best one on the market......thoughts?

I eat 100% whole wheat (brownsberry) bread daily. It's one of my favorite carb sources actually. I look at it this way. Whole wheat bread isn't the lowest GI carb source, but it's much much better than most carb sources. Besides, it eat alot of lower GI sources - oats, chick peas, peas, whole wheat spaghetti, ect. So I don't see eating some whole wheat bread as being a big problem. If I were cutting, I'd cut back on how much bread I eat, but I still won't eliminate it, regardless of what many think about bread.

100% whole grain bread would be a perfectly fine choice too, and I imagine flax would too. Just look at the ingredients. Don't buy any breads with hydrogenated fats of high fructose corn syrup. And just make sure it's from a whole grain source of some kind.

As far as protein bars, I really don't see them as worthwhile. The whole net carb thing is kinda deceiving. My understanding is that sugar alcohols behave alot like fructose. Plus, alot of the protein usually comes from hydrolyzed collagen (gelatin).

But in a pinch a protein bar can useful. Like the one you mentioned, just avoid any with hydrogenated fats, sugars, and hydrolyzed collage as part of the protein source. It's better than fast food anway.

 

[Qbert]

2shy, i've also seen almond and hazelnut butter. also, i once saw an expensive juicer that had a feature for making your own nut butter - just put nuts in and a little water. cool!

about natty PB, do most people drain all the oil from the top of the jar when they first open it, or mix it into the PB (smuckers says to do this on the jar)?

 

[2Shy]

I mix it in myself.