What is Nutella, Breakfast, Lunch, dessert, or all of the above?

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   OddDustinposted 12 years ago

   What is Nutella, Breakfast, Lunch, dessert, or all of the above?
   
   My daughter is making her lunch for summer school and is making a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich. She is arguing that it is fine for breakfast but I told her it was dessert and reminded her she is making her LUNCH not breakfast. Teenagers! She went on a 10 minute rant about nutella and the nutritional facts about how...zzzzz I tuned her out and made this questions instead. We'll see what you think.
   
   

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   Lady Wordsmithposted 12 years ago

   Actually, it's none of the above.  But the supermarket's own brand is all of the above, and it's in a bigger jar, and it's much, much cheaper, and tastes exactly the same!  Love chocolate spread. 
   
   Seriously though, my middle son (and I) love it for breakfast on toast, or on sandwiches for lunch.  We don't really have it for tea (dinner, supper, whatever you choose to call your evening meal!).  I don't let him have it all that much, as it is chocolate after all!  I prefer them to have something more balanced, with some salad hopefully.
   
   I don't think of Nutella as a dessert at all - how would you eat it as a dessert?  On sweet waffles I suppose.  Or to top a cake?  I don't know.  It's for putting on bread in our house
   
   Linda.

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   LuisEGonzalezposted 12 years ago

   Nutella is made from nuts; mainly hazelnuts, so consider it the same as peanut butter. Whatever you do with peanut butter, you  can do with Nutella

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   stricktlydatingposted 12 years ago

   Just like Peanut Butter I would say it's fine on toast for breakfast or a sandwich for lunch.  I don't know about the heath benefits, though I think your daughter is fine to make a nutella sandwich for lunch...  I've never thought of it as a dessert!

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   rhian-joposted 12 years ago

   All of the above, although on toast/sandwiches mostly breakfast. For those of us who remember choc dips it's wonderful to dip bread sticks into.

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   OddDustinposted 12 years ago

   She had it the day before yesterday on some frozen yogurt and it was pretty good. But she insisted it was fine for lunch. Peanut butter and hazenut butter sandwich.

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   lee custodioposted 12 years ago

   nutella is a sandwich spread.
   
   heat it up in the microwave and top it on (grilled) fruit and or ice cream and it becomes dessert.

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   Kate Spenserposted 12 years ago

   Make sure she's using whole grain bread, and tell her to add sliced banana to it, and then tell her it's a perfectly acceptable lunch! Toast with peanut butter, nutella, and banana is one of my FAVORITE treats. Yeah, I guess I think of it as a treat, meaning I wouldn't eat it every day, but I would eat it for breakfast, or lunch, or dinner, or a snack, or a dessert (but definitely not all of the above in one day).

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   The Ghostwriterposted 12 years ago

   It is just a product of  fantastic marketing - it is an 'anytime' food

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    jacqui2011posted 12 years ago

    I have the same problem as you. My daughter always opts for the nutella on toast at breakfast, and I always try and encourage her to eat fruit or cereal. I am a chocolate lover, but couldn't face it in the mornings. I have given up on trying to convert her, but I think it is more of a dessert in my opinion.

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    Rochelle Frankposted 12 years ago

    According to the  label, the main ingredients  are sugar and vegetable oils ,mostly palm oil, followed by hazelnut, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, which together are at most 29% of the ingredients.  Half of the calories  are from fat  and about 40% of the calories come from sugar . It is only 13% hazelnut.

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    Michael Conleyposted 12 years ago

    All the above...It's great stuff I have used it for so many thing. I will say it does make a great frosting for brownies.

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    I Am Rosaposted 12 years ago

    I mostly see it used as a condiment.  I've seen it used on pancakes/crepes, toast, etc. for breakfast ... In sandwiches (ie. with peanut butter) or on rice cakes for lunch ... as a dip for popcorn, etc.  Like any good condiment, a little goes a long way :-)

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