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Sammy of the Week : NuttyCreme

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This dessert-like creation could make any man, woman or child salivate just at the mere sight of it.  Similar to the famous ‘fluffernutter’ sammy but with some LEGITIMATE PB (instead of just the other guys look-a-likes).  Plus you’ll feel better knowing that when your kids are eating a ‘NuttyCreme Sammy’, they are getting valuable nutrition from our all-natural Krema PB…along with a bunch of sugar… hehe ;-)

Ingredients :
soft white bread
marshmallow creme
Krema (or Crazy Richard’s) PB

Assemble; Enjoy!  Delight in this childhood delicacy no matter what your age is!  I’m going to go make myself another one right now in fact… ;-)

Seriously.

♥ Kimberly

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Powdered Peanut Butter?

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My husband took me on a date the other night which usually lands us in Cold Stone Creamery eating way too much fattening ice cream and leaving us feeling stuffed and sick for the remainder of the evening which pretty much ends our date on a sour note.  So on Saturday night I thought we’d try a new local frozen yogurt place a couple blocks away.  The store was full of sugar-free, carb-free foods from breads and frozen dinners to candies, chips and wine.  It is a self-proclaimed “Atkins Diet Favorite Mini-Market”.

After getting our yogurts we were standing at the cash register when I saw a jar of PB – POWDERED! Now maybe I am just ignorant and ya’ll already knew this stuff existed but there was a huge display and tons of “NEW” signs all over the powdered PB jars.

I of course was completely intrigued and began reading all of the pamphlets about this “natural” PB with half the fat and calories.  The label claimed that they make this PB powder by using just peanuts and pressing them until 85% of the fat calories (i.e. natural oils) come out and they are left with a dry, PB powder.  Fascinating.

How do you eat this stuff you wonder?  Well, you combine the powder with water and stir it up until you get a reduced-calorie PB you can spread on your sandwich!  Sounds just delicious doesn’t it?

Then I read the ingredient list (which I assumed would be ONLY peanuts) and I was shocked to see that after the first ingredient – peanuts – there were two more ingreients – sugar and salt!  And this Atkins-friendly store was selling each jar for $6.95!

Hmmm…so lets get this straight – you can take a spoonful of our great tasting, smooth and creamy or nutty and chunky Krema All-Natural PB (with NO SUGAR AND NO SALT) and spread it onto your bread for your PB and J Sammy, or you can mix a PB powder (that has added sugar and added salt but without the flavorful, healthy oils that come from natural peanuts) with some water and slap that onto your Sammy?

Uh, I think I’ll stick with my tried and true PB of choice – Krema.

Ah, doesn’t it feel good to just say no sometimes?

♥ Kimberly

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Recycle Much?

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If you’re like me than you care about reusing and recycling products.  I feel like I recycle everything!  But sometimes its a little more difficult than I’d like it to be.  Like those PB jars!  We used to use only glass jars which were beautiful, old-fashioned, easy to clean and just the right size for reusing.  But we had to make the switch to plastic – but the new plastic PB jars can be cleaned, reused or recycled also.  Our all-natural PB can be very sticky and pesky to remove (even though I scrape as much PB out with my knife as I possibly can ;-) ), so here’s my tip…

After you’ve gotten out as much yummy PB as you can, fill your jar completely with some warm, barely soapy water and let it sit for a few days.  I put mine on my windowsill above my kitchen sink but you could hide your water-filled PB jar in a cupboard or behind a kitchen appliance.  Every other day I give it a shake and flip the jar over on its lid (and then back over again then next day) to make sure the water dissolves every PB particle.  Then when recycling day rolls around – I pour out the water and voila!  A nicely clean recyclable plastic jar I can be proud of!  Or I could just keep the clean jar to use around my house, such as on my husband’s messy tool bench. :-)

♥ Kimberly

p.s.  I almost posted a photo of my current PB jar on my windowsill awaiting the recycling truck but I didn’t want anyone to see only the photo and think our Krema PB looks like skim milk with chunks of peanuts!  haha.

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Sammy of the week : PB & Green Tomato Jalapeno Jam

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Picture this : the perfect, all-natural PB paired up with a savory, sweet but spicy jam together on toasted homemade wheat bread??  Ahhh…

Now, picture this :

Can we say, delish?  What a unique, inspiring twist on the ol’ PB&J Sammy!  I love it!

My favorite recipe for the Green Tomato Jalapeno Jam is from Chef Jeremy at Cork Restaraunt…

4 jalapenos, stems & seeds removed, sliced
1 cup loosely packed cilantro and mint steams and leaves (the ratio of each is up to your taste)
2” section of ginger, chopped
5 cloves of garlic, smashed
½ cup cider vinegar
2 tbl soy sauce
1 lb green tomatoes (skin removed and chopped)
3 cups sugar

In a blender or food processor, blend the jalapenos, herbs, ginger, garlic, soy sauce and cider vinegar till smooth. Add the mixture to a heavy bottom pot with the sugar and tomatoes. Place on the heat, bring to a simmer and cook on low till glossy and thick, about 15 minutes. Make sure you stir occasionally to avoid the jam from sticking to the bottom of the pan.  Check out steamykitchen.com for a detailed how-to.

I also found good Green Tomato Jalapeno Jam recipes here and here.

But lets not forget the most ingredient in today’s Sammy of the Week : Krema (or Crazy Richard’s) PB!!

♥ Kimberly

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