When it comes to counting the calories in just about any type of sandwich, whether it’s peanut butter or not, people are limited by circumstances and questions like: How much peanut butter is on the sandwich? How big is the slice of bread? Do you use one or two slices? Is it medium-fat or low-fat peanut butter? Are we talking about whole wheat bread, honey wheat bread, homemade wheat bread? An average slice of wheat bread with peanut butter is between 250 to 300 calories.
A tablespoon (approximately half an ounce) of peanut butter has 100 calories, give or take a few. A good sandwich takes up to one ounce of peanut butter. If you want to have a double-sliced sandwich, you may consider adding a little bit more. However, even if we’re talking about salted peanut butter, anything more than 1.5 oz would be too much. This means that peanut butter only has between 100 and 150 calories.
An average slice of bread is just a bit smaller than a regular CD and it has about 60 to 75 calories. Add 15 extra calories if you use whole wheat bread or 25 for honey wheat bread. This means a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 100 calories. So we have between 120 and 200 calories derived from two slices of bread. Such a sandwich can actually vary between 220 and 350 calories.
Even if these numbers sound a bit frightening, having a peanut butter sandwich at breakfast is a great idea. Apart from calories, this combination ensures a healthy intake of carbohydrates, proteins and sodium. Carbohydrates are especially recommended for morning consumption, as they’re responsible for the energy in your body that keeps you strong over the day. Proteins have a similar, long-term effect. So consider eating peanut butter sandwiches in the week days, when everything happens fast and you need to face about 100 tasks per hour.
A tablespoon (approximately half an ounce) of peanut butter has 100 calories, give or take a few. A good sandwich takes up to one ounce of peanut butter. If you want to have a double-sliced sandwich, you may consider adding a little bit more. However, even if we’re talking about salted peanut butter, anything more than 1.5 oz would be too much. This means that peanut butter only has between 100 and 150 calories.
An average slice of bread is just a bit smaller than a regular CD and it has about 60 to 75 calories. Add 15 extra calories if you use whole wheat bread or 25 for honey wheat bread. This means a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 100 calories. So we have between 120 and 200 calories derived from two slices of bread. Such a sandwich can actually vary between 220 and 350 calories.
Even if these numbers sound a bit frightening, having a peanut butter sandwich at breakfast is a great idea. Apart from calories, this combination ensures a healthy intake of carbohydrates, proteins and sodium. Carbohydrates are especially recommended for morning consumption, as they’re responsible for the energy in your body that keeps you strong over the day. Proteins have a similar, long-term effect. So consider eating peanut butter sandwiches in the week days, when everything happens fast and you need to face about 100 tasks per hour.
