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She Rocks

Kimberly — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:03:24 +0000

One of our newest nutty friends is also a new Krema PB convert! This girl is awesome! She is a nut about work-outs and eating healthy, no wonder she loves Krema And she rocks! Says so, on her blog: SheRocksFitness.

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Check out one of her favorite breakfasts! (her secret ingredient – besides Crazy Richard’s Crunchy PB – is cranberry swirl bread!)

1 sliced medium banana
1 T Crazy Richard’s crunchy peanut butter (I’m already almost done with this)
2 slices of Pepperidge Farm Cranberry Swirl

This one Looks Delicious! Thanks SheRocksFitness!

Asian Stir-Fry with Noodles

Ingredients:

3 T of Crazy Richard’s Peanut Butter
3 T of rice wine vinegar
3 T of low-sodium soy sauce
2 T of water
1 bunch of broccoli
2 cups of sliced mushrooms
Thinly sliced steak
Taste of Thai Asian Noodles

Directions:

In a bowl mix the PB, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, and water.
Place noodles in a pot and cover with hot tap water for 20 minutes. Then drain and add to the stir fry to cook for 2-3 more minutes.
Saute steak on high heat for 3-5 minutes, then set aside.
Saute vegetables on high for 5 minutes.
Add the steak back to the pan; add noodles; top with sauce. Cook for 3 minutes and serve.

…and one more! One of her favorite oatmeal recipes:

Ingredients:

1/2 c Quaker Oats
1 c fresh blueberries
1 T Crazy Richard’s Crunch Peanut Butter
1 scoop Trader Joe’s Whey Chocolate Protein

She has done it Again!

This is amazing, Thanks!

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Crazy Richard’s and a Leg Workout…Posted on January 26, 2011 by Kathleen

Oh Hump Day, how nice to see you! Despite the fact that it is snowing outside and supposed to snow all evening, I was pretty excited that my breakfast was Oats in a Jar! LOVE LOVE LOVE when this happens. Yep, I love my oats!

Crazy Richard’s is my peanut butter of choice these days. I discovered them in Shop Rite a couple of months ago. I was looking at all of my choices and the ridiculous prices that companies now charge for almond butter and natural peanut butter. But I noticed Crazy Richard’s and that a normal size jar was not only under $4.00, but the ingredients also only stated: PEANUTS! I laughed out loud and immediately put it in my cart. I’ve been using them on a regular basis and make sure to check out their blog for some of my recipes and where to buy their products. THEY ARE AWESOME!

So on this snowy morning, this was my “Oats in a Jar” recipe!

1/2 cup Quaker Oats
1 sliced banana
Crazy Richard’s Crunch Peanut Butter
1/2 T of unsweetened cocoa powder
dash of cinnamon

Absolutely delicious, filling, nutritious!

♥ Kimberly

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PB Popcorn

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:33:06 +0000

If you haven’t tried our Heavenly Crunch (or Buckeye Crunch as we Ohioans refer to it as) – then you are totally missing out!! It’s PB, Chocolate, Popcorn and Carmel! HELLO!! Is there anything better in the world?? Get yourself a case of it HERE. Don’t worry, the entire case can easily be consumed in a very short amount of time. If you’re in Ohio, stop by my moms candy store (The Sister’s Sweet Shoppe) and try some free samples! I am confident you will leave with your arms full of Heavenly Crunch.

But if that still doesn’t work for you – try this recipe Christy posted over at The Girl Who Ate Everything. This is the perfect Christmas treat for those cold winter nights by the fire. MMMM…. PB goes with EVERYTHING!!!!

PB Popcorn

1/2 cup unpopped popcorn or 16 cups popped popcorn

1 1/2 cups dry-roasted peanuts

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup corn syrup

1 cup all-natural Krema PB

1 teaspoon vanilla

Pop corn and remove any unpopped kernels. Place in a large bowl and stir in peanuts. (Jennifer pops hers in a 9X13 pan and keeps it warm in a 250 degree oven)

In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, honey and corn syrup. Bring mixture to boiling, continue boiling for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not boil too long or your popcorn will be rock hard. Remove from heat.

Stir in peanut butter and vanilla.

Immediately pour over popcorn and stir to coat.

Serve warm or a room temperature.

♥ Kimberly

Don’t Forget!! This is our last month to enter our Slogan Contest!!! Submit your brilliant PB ideas right here on this blog

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My Mom’s on FACEBOOK!

Kimberly — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:33:12 +0000

Check out my MOM on facebook!! haha

My mom and my Aunt Nanette finally started a Facebook page! Check out the “Fruitcake Sisters” at their new location : The Sister’s Sweet Shoppe Facebook Page!!!

How cool is that? I mean really, is your mom on Facebook yet?? I’m so lucky…. hehehehe

♥ Kimberly

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Another Review & a PB Banana Pudding Recipe

Kimberly — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:31:11 +0000

We received another rave PB review from the Peanut Butter Boy himself! haha! Check it out here.

(he likes to add kosher salt to our PB! silly boy )

AND the PB Boy recommends using our all-natural Krema PB in such scrumptious recipes as this PB Banana Pudding…

PB Banana Pudding

Ingredients:

1 cup nonfat plain greek yogurt, regular yogurt or sour cream
8 oz (~3 cups) nonfat frozen whipped topping, thawed for 30 minutes
2 cups skim milk
1/3 cup creamy unsalted peanut butter
2 small packages nonfat (sugar-free) instant vanilla pudding
30 vanilla wafers or ginger snaps
2 bananas, in 1/4″ slices
shaved dark chocolate, to garnish

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl whisk together the greek yogurt, peanut butter, whipped topping and milk until no clumps remain. Stir in the instant pudding until well incorporated and mixture begins to thicken.

2. In a large glass serving dish or trifle bowl, form a layer of vanilla wafers, flat side facing up. Cover with a thin layer of pudding, followed by a layer of banana slices. Add another thin layer of pudding and repeat. Or get creative by pudding (hah!) some wafers against the wall before adding the next layer of pudding for a nice presentation. Top with a few vanilla wafers and garnish with shaved chocolate and/or fresh berries. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

(Check out this recipe on the PB Boy’s website here.)

♥ Kimberly

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More Peanuts to Add to the Nutty Family Tree!

Kimberly — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:49:52 +0000

Hey all,

Y’know how I am always saying that my family is full of nutty people? And I’m always joking around about how everyone else is so crazy? Well, I guess I need to fill ya’ll in on my Nutty Situation…

I’m pregnant with TWIN BOYS!

(Me & my hubbs holding an ultrasound photo of the twinlets)

I already have two little girlie peanuts (ages 3 & 4) and now we’re expecting two boy peanuts some time early next year! I know, I know. We are CRAZY! Yes, I guess the peanut doesn’t fall too far from the tree….

(My cutie pie family after we just cut open two blue cakes to reveal we are having boys!)

Y’know whats even crazier? I am not the first one in my family to have multiples! My cousin Margo has TRIPLETS! Yes, you read that right. Triplets. They just turned 8! I’ve tried to tell you – my family tree truly is full of NUTS!!

(Margo’s eight year old triplets )

My mom’s oldest daughter (me) and my Aunt Nanette’s oldest daughter (Margo) will now both be the mothers of multiples! That means that The Fruitcake Sisters (a.k.a. my mom and my Aunt Nanette) will both be the grandmothers of multiples!! I think that they need to get some matching crazy shirts made that say something funny about it. Any fun ideas???

♥ Kimberly

oh and P.S. I pretty much have been living on straight PB. All-natural Krema crunchy PB of course, but most every thing else has made me sick. These boys are already PB lovers “in utero!” I love it!

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Peanut-licious-ness!

Kimberly — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:55:15 +0000

Well, I hate to brag all the time (ok, maybe not) but I just can’t help it! We have so many Krema PB devotees! Check out this review of our Krema PB on Sarah’s awesome blog called “Fritos and Foie Gras” She literally calls our Krema PB : Peanut-licious-ness! I love made up words like that! She and I were totally meant to be Nutty Friends

She’s totally addicted, for life. Its obvious Not that I blame her…

♥ Kimberly

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SCOTCHAROO’S

Kimberly — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:03:07 +0000

I love these things. I just made them this weekend and I literally used an ENTIRE jar of creamy PB! Ha! I just can’t get enough Krema PB! I acutally added a layer of plain PB on the top of the cereal before I put the melted chocolate chips and butterscotch chips.

The only problem was that my scotcaroo’s were eaten so fast that I forgot to take a photo. So I’m borrowing this one from this adorable website called Get Off Your Butt and BAKE! How cute is that? Check it out. Oh yeah, and eat some of these tonight. You won’t be sorry

♥ Kimberly

SCOTCHAROO’S

YOU WILL NEED:

1 cup Karo Light Corn Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup creamy all-natural Krema PB
6 cups crispy rice cereal
1 cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips

DIRECTIONS:

Cook corn syrup and sugar together in a large pan over medium -low heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring mixture to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter; mix well. Add cereal; stir until evenly coated. Pour into greased 13×9-inch pan and pat into place. Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips together in saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Spread over cereal. Cool at least 45 minutes, or until firm. Cut into bars.

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Another Nutty Friend’s Contest!

Kimberly — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:56:15 +0000

Wanna enter another Krema PB contest?? (I knew you did )

Well then you’ve got until OCTOBER 4th to enter this one!! Check out the details on our Nutty Friend Christina’s blog called Making Healthy the Norm.

Christina is a grad student and a new mom who is trying to be a healthy example to her son by exercising and eating healthy foods (like Krema) and she has lost almost one hundred pounds!! Way to go Christina!!

♥ Kimberly

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Krema PB Giveaway!

Kimberly — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:00:37 +0000

Check out our Nutty friend Christy over at the Girl Who Ate Everything. She is CRAZY about all kinds of foods – but especially about Krema PB! She even did a taste test with Krema PB v. Costco Natural PB and she decided that Krema PB won (big surprise )

Enter her contest by leaving a comment on HER blog about your favorite food item involving PB!!

And check out Christy’s recipe for PB Balls…Good luck! And if you don’t win this contest…hold tight! We’ll be having one of our own soon

♥ Kimberly

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Sammy of the Week : PB Sammy Cookies

Kimberly — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:03:40 +0000

This week I decided I needed a different Sammy of the Week. And by different, I mean a meld of Martha style and Krema style. Straight from the Martha Stewart website – I present this week’s Sammy of the Week : PB Sammy Cookies!

Ingredients

Makes 12 sandwich cookies

1/2 cup (1 stick) plus 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar
1/2 cup all-natural KREMA PB
Turbanado sugar, for sprinkling
Peanut Butter Filling

Directions

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add oats and cook, stirring, until toasted, 5 to 7 minutes. Spread oat mixture onto prepared baking sheet and let cool.
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat; set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together remaining 1/2 cup butter, granulated and brown sugars. Add peanut butter and mix until well combined.
Add oat mixture and flour mixture; mix on low speed until combined. Turn dough out onto a piece of parchment paper. Cover dough with a second piece of parchment paper and roll out dough, between parchment, to 1/4 inch thick. Carefully slide rolled dough onto the back of a baking sheet and transfer to a refrigerator until chilled, about 20 minutes.
Remove top layer of parchment paper; cut out cookies using a 2-inch round cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets; sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
Transfer baking sheets to oven and bake until golden, rotating baking sheets halfway through baking, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely on baking sheets.
When cookies have cooled completely, snip the end of the pastry bag and squeeze filling in a spiral motion on the bottom side of half of the cookies. Top with remaining cookies to form sandwiches.

From The Martha Stewart Show, October 2008

Read more at Marthastewart.com: Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies Recipe – MarthaStewart.com

Mmmmm….I mean, who doesn’t need a little sammy cookie once in a while?? Enjoy!

♥ Kimberly

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