As the school year commences in earnest, what to pack for lunch suddenly becomes important again. Not only is it important, it can get expensive quickly and it most definitely grows tedious. Let me encourage you to revisit pb&j:
- it's cheap
- it can be quite healthy
- it can be varied a lot
- it's transportable
- it doesn't need refrigeration
- it doesn't need special utensils to eat
- it's readily available
- it's quick to make
Bread: Whole Wheat bread, Raisin bread, French bread, Sourdough bread, Multi-grain bread
Protein Spread: natural peanut butter (yum!), other nut butters, cream cheese (VERY good with jelly and peanut-free if that's a concern), Nutella
Sweet Spread: any flavor jelly or jam (although marmalade might not be the best), all-fruit spreads, honey, apple butter, well-drained/minced canned fruit (like pineapple) if you choose cream cheese as the protein spread, sliced bananas along with honey and a nut butter
Our family's favorite combos: cream cheese and jelly on wheat, nat'l peanut butter and berry jam on raisin bread, nat'l peanut butter and strawberry jam on French or sourdough bread
What are your favorite combos?
1 comment:
PB&J is an "anytime" food at our house. Breakfast is Fuller's favorite time to eat it. And we are big pb and strawberry jelly fans. I like the honey version as well, but Fuller doesn't. PB and Honey is a chocolate substitute for me.
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