Toddler-friendly PB&J

Here's the practical lunch hack I promised earlier.

I'm a lover of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, as are many kids. Toddlers, however, can have a hard time chewing a sticky glob of peanut butter. Try this: spread the bread first with butter, then, with a thin layer of peanut butter, and finally with jelly, jam or honey. The result is smoother, milder, and generally easier to eat.

(You keep your sandwich bread in the freezer, right?)

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Comments

[Scott Severtson]

Another trick: microwave the peanut butter before spreading - it'll spread much easier.

[Roger]

This might qualify as its own hack. We only buy natural peanut butter - roasted peanuts and salt - which means we don't buy the name brands.

Natural peanut butter tastes different than skippy or jif, because it has no sugar, no hydrogenated oils, and no other ingredients.

Unfortunately, it also tends to seperate the oil from the solids.

We take a container or to of PB, and put it in the large food processor, and give it a good minute or two of processing. This emulsifies the PB, makes it smoother, easier to spread, and you can keep it in the fridge. Even cold, it's still perfectly smooth and won't crumble up your bread.