Guest guest Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 I’m wondering how you all get the peanut butter or other nut butters out of the VM. I ruined a pampered chef scraper trying to get ice cream out. How in the world do you get nut butter out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 It's certainly a start. Thanks :)On 10 Apr 2012, at 10:13 PM, Kartik Srinivas <kartiksrinivas@...> wrote: If you measure how much you add to the VM (e.g., 3 cups of dry-roasted peanuts) and google the calorie count (like from this page) you'd come up with 854 x 3 = 2562 total calories in your final peanut butter. If you then add it to a mason jar with quantity lines and figure out how much you take at any serving as a % of the total, that'd be your answer. A little convoluted perhaps but not too bad. --"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain."--Anonymous On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:36 PM, drunkendebbieninjamaster <drunkendebbieninjamaster@...> wrote: Evening all. This may be a bit of a no brainer but here goes. Does any one know how to work out the calories in homemade nut butter? I know most people on here are more bothered about good nutrition rather than calories, however at this moment in time, for me calorie counting is the way it needs to be. Obviously I can check the calories before I start but the quantity reduces so I'm kind of stuck. Would I need to measure it out afterwards, tablespoon by tablespoon? Or is there a better way? Thanks very much in advance Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 I think doing it by weight would be a lot easier, if you have the ability. If you're dieting, which it sounds like you are, a kitchen scale is a great tool to have if you don't already. With a scale, all you'd have to do is what the previous poster mentioned about calculating the calories in the nuts you're using. But after you're finished making your butter, you'd just have to weigh out the final product then weigh what your typical serving would be and do the math. I find it much more accurate to weigh food than to measure it. If anyone has an android device, I found an awesome app that converts volume to weight measurements for almost any food out there. So, if a recipe calls for a cup of cabbage, you can convert that cup of cabbage to a weight which I find much easier to work with. I just did this tonight and according to my app a cup of chopped cabbage weighs 89 grams, so it was a lot easier for me to measure that out rather than chopping cabbage and putting it into a measuring cup. > > Evening all. This may be a bit of a no brainer but here goes. Does any one know how to work out the calories in homemade nut butter? I know most people on here are more bothered about good nutrition rather than calories, however at this moment in time, for me calorie counting is the way it needs to be. Obviously I can check the calories before I start but the quantity reduces so I'm kind of stuck. Would I need to measure it out afterwards, tablespoon by tablespoon? Or is there a better way? > > Thanks very much in advance > Debbie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 That's fantastic. Yes unfortunately I am dieting and I weigh everything I eat and pretty much everything I drink so that would be ideal. I have an iPhone do don't know if I can get that app. What is the name of it?Thanks :)DebbieOn 11 Apr 2012, at 12:53 AM, "cork2win" <cork2win@...> wrote: I think doing it by weight would be a lot easier, if you have the ability. If you're dieting, which it sounds like you are, a kitchen scale is a great tool to have if you don't already. With a scale, all you'd have to do is what the previous poster mentioned about calculating the calories in the nuts you're using. But after you're finished making your butter, you'd just have to weigh out the final product then weigh what your typical serving would be and do the math. I find it much more accurate to weigh food than to measure it. If anyone has an android device, I found an awesome app that converts volume to weight measurements for almost any food out there. So, if a recipe calls for a cup of cabbage, you can convert that cup of cabbage to a weight which I find much easier to work with. I just did this tonight and according to my app a cup of chopped cabbage weighs 89 grams, so it was a lot easier for me to measure that out rather than chopping cabbage and putting it into a measuring cup. > > Evening all. This may be a bit of a no brainer but here goes. Does any one know how to work out the calories in homemade nut butter? I know most people on here are more bothered about good nutrition rather than calories, however at this moment in time, for me calorie counting is the way it needs to be. Obviously I can check the calories before I start but the quantity reduces so I'm kind of stuck. Would I need to measure it out afterwards, tablespoon by tablespoon? Or is there a better way? > > Thanks very much in advance > Debbie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 I'm sure there's a similar app for IPhone, but here's the android app, Kitchen Math: http://housejw.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > Evening all. This may be a bit of a no brainer but here goes. Does any one know how to work out the calories in homemade nut butter? I know most people on here are more bothered about good nutrition rather than calories, however at this moment in time, for me calorie counting is the way it needs to be. Obviously I can check the calories before I start but the quantity reduces so I'm kind of stuck. Would I need to measure it out afterwards, tablespoon by tablespoon? Or is there a better way? > > > > > > Thanks very much in advance > > > Debbie > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Do you know if this app will allow you to add food items to the data base? The description says that it has 300something items in the database, but knowing me, I would come up with ingredients that aren't there, and I would like to have the ability to input items. FrannySent from my iPhoneOn Apr 11, 2012, at 6:51 AM, "cork2win" <cork2win@...> wrote: I'm sure there's a similar app for IPhone, but here's the android app, Kitchen Math: http://housejw.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > Evening all. This may be a bit of a no brainer but here goes. Does any one know how to work out the calories in homemade nut butter? I know most people on here are more bothered about good nutrition rather than calories, however at this moment in time, for me calorie counting is the way it needs to be. Obviously I can check the calories before I start but the quantity reduces so I'm kind of stuck. Would I need to measure it out afterwards, tablespoon by tablespoon? Or is there a better way? > > > > > > Thanks very much in advance > > > Debbie > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 No, you cannot add anything to the database. He pulled the database of food items from the USDA website so it's pretty complete. It's only 99 cents, and a great app for the price. I've yet to find anything not in the database, but I don't eat tons of weird stuff either, so your mileage may vary. > > > > > > > > > > Evening all. This may be a bit of a no brainer but here goes. Does any one know how to work out the calories in homemade nut butter? I know most people on here are more bothered about good nutrition rather than calories, however at this moment in time, for me calorie counting is the way it needs to be. Obviously I can check the calories before I start but the quantity reduces so I'm kind of stuck. Would I need to measure it out afterwards, tablespoon by tablespoon? Or is there a better way? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks very much in advance > > > > > Debbie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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