Rollin

Though all PB sandwich creations are inherently good, this one was uniquely awesome. White-Chocolate blended peanut butter and raspberries, all rolled up in a honey-wheat wrap. Radical.
Delicious.

PB and Raz
- honey wheat wrap
- 2 tbsp White Chocolate Wonderful PB (PB Co.)
- handful of fresh raspberries
- cinnamon
- roll game

Spread the wrap with the peanut butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Spread out the berries. Roll.
If you're cool, let that shit marinate in the fridge over night for ultimate textural fusion. If you're cooler, dunk it in your morning coffee, because all food tastes better dunked.

Asian Peanut Noodles

There is a universal law that you won't find in your science books.
Blame the public education system.
Blame government funding.
Blame Texas.
But really, you'd have to be deaf, dumb, and blind - or at least tasteless - not to know;
Anything with Peanut Butter on it is good.
Yep, even noodles.
Even noodles with carrots, chicken, scallions, fish sauce, hot sauce, ginger and sesame seeds.
Yep.
Everything with Peanut Butter on it is good.

Asian Peanut Noodles
- 1 pack shiritake noodles
- 1 chicken breast, sliced thin
- 1/4 c peanut butter
- 1/8 c coconut milk
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 carrots, shaved
- 3 scallions, minced
- sesame seeds
- Sri Racha Hot Sauce
- pickled ginger

Boil and drain noodles. Brown chicken, then toss in the noodles. Pour in the coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar, and peanut butter. Stir. Add in the carrot and toss to combine well. Cook till heated through. Top with scallions and sesame seed, and serve with hot sauce and pickled ginger on the side.

Not Your Mama's PB and Banana

Why, you ask, would I post a simple PB and Banana sandwich?
'Cause it's freakin' delicious, that's why!
I mean, just look at it...Anyway, this isn't your mama's PB and Banana sandwich - though it was made with love. What's special is the peanut butter (purchased at an amish market) - it's blended with butterscotch chips, for a rich, buttery, scotchy experience, like none other.
Layered with banana slices, dusted with cinnamon, drizzled with honey, and then fried, this sandwich was everything good in the world between bread.
Told you it wasn't your mama's PB and Bannana...
PB and Banana
- 2 slices whole wheat bread
- Honey-Roasted Butterscotch Peanut Butter
- Small ripe banana, sliced
- 1 tbsp honey
- cinnamon
- a cup of coffee

Spread each slice of bread liberally with peanut butter. Top one piece with banana slices, dust the other piece with cinnamon, drizzle honey over either or, squeeze the two together, and then fry till golden on each side. Cut in half, and enjoy with alternating sips of coffee.

PB and J Oatmeal

Peanut Butter, Jelly - meet Oatmeal.
This was only a matter of time...

But what the hell took so long?PB AND J OATMEAL
- 1/2 c rolled oats (not instant)
- 3/4 c milk (or more if you don't like it thick)
- sugar to taste (or maple syrup if you're cool)
- 1 to 2 to 3(!) tbsp Peanut Butter (again depending on coolness)
- shake of cinnamon
- 1 awesome tbsp of chunky jam (blueberry was awesome)
Pour the oats and the milk in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer, dump in your sugar, cinnamon and peanut butter and stir it up till oatmeal has arrived at your desired gooiness. Scoop into a bowl, top with the jelly and now decide whether you want to scoop a little of the jelly mountain up with each bite or stir it all together into a puddle of PB and J love. Either way, there will be a next time.
You are officially hooked.

Peanut Butter Jelly French Toast

PB and J breakfastfest.
There is nothing not to like about this unless you don't like peanut butter, don't like jelly, or don't like French Toast, in which case you're not allowed to talk and shouldn't have come here anyway.


Peanut Butter Jelly French Toast
- 2 slices whole wheat bread
- honey roasted peanut butter
- blueberry preserves
- cinnamon
- 1/4 c egg whites
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp maple extract

Spread PB and Jelly on the two slices of bread, dust the PB side with cinnamon and then put the two together to form a sandwich. Next, mix the egg whites with the sugar and the maple extract and pour onto a plate. Coat a small skillet with butter-flavored cooking spray, dip both sides of the sandwich into the egg white mixture until all the liquid is absorbed and throw it in the pan right away. Pour out any remaining egg whites into skillet, and cook sandwich till golden brown and crispy on each side and all liquid has seeped out and cooked up. Enjoy as is or with whipped cream, or a drop or two of that sweet elixir called maple syrup !

Sianara and a Peanut Butter Jelly Yogurt

Sianara. I'm off to Japan with my family today for a three week vacation! Needless to say I won't be doing any cooking to blog about... But who knows, maybe I'll post some pictures of food that I find there. Anyway, here's a last post before I go, and it's a simple one, straight from the heart.
I don't need to remind you about my love for Peanut Butter, right?
Good. So this is good stuff. Hit's the spot for breakfast, snack, lunch, dessert; you name it.
Healthy as hell too.
PEANUT BUTTER JELLY YOGURT
- 1 c greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp PB2 (or 3 if you know better)
- sugar/sweetener
- cinnamon
- strawberries, sliced thin
- vanilla extract
- granola

Slice strawberries and stir with a bit of sugar and vanilla extract (the longer these sit, the tastier) Mix cinnamon and sugar/sweetener to taste with yogurt. Finally, make a hole in the center of the yogurt and scoop in strawberries. Finally, throw on some granola, dig in, devour.

PB and Joy

Everybody has that one food that is always in the back of their minds, teasing them, whispering insistently into cravings that can last for days! For lots of people, it's chocolate, but for me it's Peanut Butter, and more specifically, its harmonious, divine manifestation as the ubiquitous PB and J sandwich.
But wait! I said that I LOVE Peanut Butter, and I meant it damnit! So don't get to thinking that I just smack some smuckers and skippy together on any old bread and call it a sandwich. No, no, my friend. I have been known to spend 10 to 15 minutes putting together a PB and J, adding stuff, toasting read, chilling in the fridge, etc...
I still have not decided what I like best; a sandwich of crunchy toasted bread straight from the toaster that just warms/melts the PB and J, or an untoasted sandwich that's been sitting in the fridge for a few hours, the bread having turned a little mushy with all the Peanut Buttery and Jelly goodness...
I'm getting carried away, but seriously, let me know what you think.
I'm going to use this post to document the different concoctions I make over time, and any tried-and trues I've had in the past.
Finally, let me begin by laying down some RULES, or strong suggestions at least for proper
PB and Jaying:
- Use good Peanut Butter (i prefer crunchy, but not huge chunks of peanut - go for Whole Foods grind-it-yourself honey roasted. it is the shiznittlebamsnipsnapsnap)
- Jam kicks Jelly's ass
- Lay it on thick
- ALWAYS enjoy with a glass of milk or a coffee

DIVINE INSPIRATION:
Cereal Killer (PB and J + cereal of choice, like granola)
A Raisin in the Bun (PB and J + raisins or dried fruit of choice)
Figgin' Awesome (PB + Fig Spread)
Blues Bros (PB + Blueberry Jam +Blueberries)
Cinna Mon (PB and Honey + Cinnamon and Ginger)
GORPwich (PB + Mashed Banana + Raisins and M&Ms)
Old Snappy (PB and J + Sharp Cheddar Cheese) (trust me, it's good)
The King (No fluffernutter is complete without slice banana)
The PB and Fruitwich (see post)
Noreaster (PB + Raisins + Maple Syrup/Spread)

SNACK,crackle,pop
- Cereal Killer with rice krispies
- homemade strawberry jam



















PB Jammwhich
- 2 thin slices leftover Peanut Butter Bread, toasted
- Homemade Blueberry Jam












PB Hall of Fame:
- Whole Foods grind-it-yourself honey roasted peanut butter

- PB2 powdered peanut butter

- Skippy Natural Chunky (i grew up a Skippy kid, and this has no hydrogenated oils)

Wake and Bake

Peanut Butter Bread, that is...

I woke up early to a Sunday as usual, and decided myself to partake in some baking. Banana Bread has been my go-to since I was a kid, but this PEANUT BUTTER BREAD!!!!!!! While Banana Bread has a special place in my heart, this stuff is a close number 2.
It answers my love for anything Peanut Butter and utilizes my assortment of Jams. Out with the old in with the new, I say. morning I took an adventure.
I got the recipe from CinnamonSpice and added only a few minor tweaks, like a spoonful of cinnamon applesauce in with the butter, and a sugar sprinkling on top for crunchitizing.
Peanut Butter Bread
- 1 c white flour
- 1 c whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- cinnamon
- 1/4 butter (room temp)
- 1/2 c sugar
- 1 tbsp applesauce
- 1 c crunchy peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 c milk

Preheat oven to 350. Whisk flours, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together. In a separate bowl, mix butter and sugar and then applesauce. Add the peanut butter and blend till smooth, then add in the vanilla and the egg. Next add the flour mixture to the PB mix and continue beating on low. It will be really chunky and dry-looking, so then add your cup of milk and blend until smooth.
Bake in a loaf pan for 50 minutes, keeping an eye not to overcook. Use a toothpick to tell if it's done, and let it cool for 15 minutes before flipping it onto a cooling rack. Serve with homemade Strawberry Jam (I also had my aunt's homemade Maine Blueberry Jam!) and a glass of milk or a good Coffee... you're going to need it!

The PB+Fruitwhich

Since I'm on a breakfast kick, I want to post a favorite morning sandwich that I made up. I should tell you here that I am a peanut butter maniac, and it has a special and disproportionate place in my heart. PB and J, PB and Banana, PB and Fluff... i could go on forever. But before I forget, go buy yourself a pound of Whole Foods' grind-yourself Honey Roasted Peanut Butter. Trust me, all PBs are not created equal, and this is the king of them all!
The funny thing is that this sandwich actually grew out of the first fruitwich that I invented, the CinnaSwiss Breakfast Panini, which replaces the peanut butter with spreadable Swiss Cheese.
But this concoction, combining my love for PB with the use of old bananas and any other on-the-verge fruit, has quickly replaced it's predecessor as my go-to breakfast. This + a cup of strong coffee makes you want to seize the day and kick its ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I kid... but really it's delicious!)

PB BANANABERRY FRUITWICH

- 2 slices Whole Wheat Bread
- Honey Roasted Peanut Butter
- 1 ripe banana
- Blackberries (or whatever you have)
- Cinnamon
- Butter-flavored cooking spray

Mash the banana with cinnamon, leaving a few chunks if you're a cool guy. Toast your bread till just a little toasty, but still soft and then spread one slicee with as much PB as you can handle and spread the other with your mashed banana. You can mash the berries or just leave them whole, but in either case put them on top of the PB slice and then close it all up with the banana slice on top. Spray a skillet with your cooking spray and brown the sandwich on each side, squashing it down a little after you flip it. Put it on a plate, cut it in half, dip it in your coffee, and fall in love.

variations: use any kind of berry you want, or any other fruit for that matter (apples, raisins, etc.), substitute honey, maple syrup or jam for the fruit, or become my hero and make this sandwich, dip it in egg, and make yourself the most ridiculous frenchtoastwich this world has ever seen!