Counting Nuts {Portion Fix/21 Day Fix}

Counting Nuts {21 Day Fix} There are 6 different nuts that count as a blue container. Learn about how to split them up when you need to.

“How do I count 1 tablespoon of chopped walnuts?” When someone asks a question like that I have to break out a calculator and try hard math… and I suck at math sometimes! But it is a legitimate question cuz there are times that I only want to use a few nuts AND a little cheese at the same time! These Triscuits, goat cheese, walnuts, and citrus mustard sauce appetizers are a good example.  (P.S….I love this sauce on everything!! )

Why are we “counting” nuts on the 21 Day Fix? 

Nuts fit into the Blue container on the 21 Day Fix. They are considered a healthy fat. But if you know much about the Fix you know that every calorie Bracket A-F only gets 1 of those precious blue containers per day. 

Nuts are high in fat and calories. Even more fat and calories than cheese “ounce for ounce”, and that is exactly why our list of nuts has a hand-counted amount beside them.

That seems to be tiny amounts and well, it is… but the fat content has to fit into our macros. The people who created the plan did THAT math for us already. 

Breaking the Blue Container into Fractions When Counting Nuts 21 Day Fix Style

Our Blue container holds 1/3 cup. I have tested that over and over and over and over. I know that is 100% correct. Here is a handy chart that helps us determine how our containers look in “number” form. Calories, fat grams, carbs, and more all in one spot.

1/3 of a cup broken into tablespoons = 5 tablespoons.

Being able to break that blue container into smaller pieces makes it seem like you get “more” of it.  I talk about breaking it into tablespoons of cheese in this post about container hacks. 

I use the hack to have some guacamole AND some cheese on a burger salad! 

But Back to Counting Nuts on the 21 Day Fix

I researched this calorie information via Google and on the backs of packages. Different calorie counting “programs” may have a slightly different calorie count, usually by only 1 or 2 calories. And sometimes I had to find the caloric value of 1 nut and then multiply and divide by that number as needed. But I tried to double and triple check my numbers. 

For the tablespoons, I did try to get as exact as I could without having to be exact by a few calories. Because we live in a calorie bracket on the 21 Day Fix, that few calories will not matter at the end of the day.

Here are the 6 nuts and the information I found about counting nuts {21 Day Fix} style.

#1 ALMONDS

#2 CASHEWS

#3 PEANUTS

#4 PISTACHIOS

#5 PECAN HALVES

#6 WALNUT HALVES

How can you use this information about counting nuts 21 Day Fix style?

As you can see a full tablespoon of nuts can be MOST of a Blue container sometimes.  I personally take the 1/2 portion of nuts and chop them instead. Then I can use 2 1/2 tablespoons of cheese or 1/2 Blue on something too.  Like this wonderful salad of spinach ham, goat cheese, walnuts, and this creamy maple mustard dressing!

I love stuffing 2 1/2 tablespoons of honey goat cheese into a cup of hollowed-out strawberries and pressing them into 4 walnut halves chopped up tiny, then drizzled with 1 teaspoon of honey. It is a perfect snack I can make in the morning and then pull out as a cool snack in the heat of the afternoon. 

I hope this information helps you use your containers to their fullest!