Happy PB and J Day!
PB and Banana
I hope you have been able to say “Happy PB and J Day” at some point today. And if you missed today, you can surely celebrate all week long! April 2nd is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day – a food holiday (love those) that celebrates the “PB and J” sandwich. What’s your favorite way to eat a PB and J? With so many flavor combos and ingredients to choose from there must be thousands of possible combinations. PB and J is quite possibly the perfect lunch box sandwich. Simple, healthy, long-lasting and filled with fruity nutty cozy flavor. Lets take a look at a few of my favorite PB and J ingredients and recipes..
crunchy peanut butter
peanut butter sandwich
ice cold rice milk
Peanut Butter
chunky creamy
honey-sweetened
maple-sweetened
natural
old school, aka Skippy and such
..or go with almond or cashew butters
Jelly or Jam
grape
strawberry
apricot
straight-up honey or maple syrup
cherry
raspberry
mixed berry
blueberry
peach
mixed berry
blackberry
jelly or jam?
..or go with whole fruit like spliced banana
Bread
whole wheat
white
sourdough
multi-grain
with crusts
no crusts
bagel, pita or English Muffin too…
And don’t forget the bevies. My fave is this creamy basmati rice milk I found at Eataly NYC – made in Italy. Or go with your fave chilled milk. Ice cold.
..so many delicious sandwich recipe options, here are a few ideas..
1) Apricot Jam, Chunky Peanut Butter, Cinnamon, banana slices (pictured here - recipe)
2) Grape jelly with creamy pb on crustless white
3) Strawberry jam with chunky PB on whole wheat
4) Raspberry jam with creamy on multi-grain
5) Honey, banana, chunky pb on white sourdough
6) Creamy Pb with honey and cinnamon
7) Almond Butter and Peach Jam on Wheat
8 ) Cherry Jam, creamy pb on sourdough
9) Blueberry jam, crunchy pb on whole wheat
10) Blackberry with crunchy almond butter on a toasted bagel
peanut butter on bread
PB and Banana
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