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You'll have to spread a lot of organic jam to cause much of an eco-ripple, but this bread-and-spreads combo passed our taste-bud test and is healthier than conventional options to boot.
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Clumsy when it comes to picking the perfect PB&J sandwich ingreds?
The Bite
Stuff these in your yapper. With our rundown of the best light-on-pesticide bread, jams, and peanut butters (keeping it in the fridge keeps it freer of mold), there's no way to slip up.The Benefits
- Fumbling with fewer toxins. Organic versions avoid groundwater-contaminating pesticides such as methyl bromide, which depletes the ozone layer.
- Getting a grip on healthier options. These PB alternatives skip the artery-clogging trans fats and hydrogenated oils found in most butters.
- Letting fewer toxins slip by. Organic peanut butter from a jar (that you always remember to put in the fridge) beats the freshly whipped stuff from your local store, because it is less likely to contain the mold aflatoxin (and you'll still avoid pesticides).
Personally Speaking
Jenifer usually skips the jelly and goes for toasted bread with peanut butter, local honey, and, wait for it...regular butter. Not necessarily the healthiest choice, but oh-so-good.Wanna Try?
Our ultimate PB&J:- MaraNatha Organic Peanut Butter with Salt - salty-sweet and smoother than your average peanut butter - just stir before you spread. Also: a crunchy version ($6/16 ounces).
- Lagier Ranches Spreadable Fruit - organic apricot, bing cherry, and boysenberry jams, sweetened with organic cane sugar ($6/10 ounces).
- Rudi's Country Morning White - white bread's not the healthiest - but PB&J is better with this so-sandwich-ready organic bread ($5/loaf).
Aug 27,2008
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Crunch Time
There are two types of people in the world: those who like crunchy peanut butter, and those who like creamy peanut butter. (Technically there are three types if you count those who go into anaphylactic shock if they ingest peanuts, but for the purposes of my rhetoric here, let's stick with two.)
I am a crunchyphile. Personally, I can't understand why anyone would forgo the nutty goodness. ("Yes, I will accept your $1 million gift, but you keep the cash...just give me the rubber bands that hold the bills together.") But then again, I've eaten crayons.
In the interest of promoting dialogue between the two camps, share your peanut preference below, and tell us why. Maybe this is the first step toward world peace...
-SF Editor Mike...off to apply for a UN ambassadorship...
Biter Comments...
Okay - so it isn't about peanut butter, but I had to add.... I love PB&J and while I am sure that the jellies and jams you mentioned in todays tip are tastey - I have to recommend Nervous Nellies Jams. I have never had any better. I can't now remember if they are 100% organic (I ate my last jar and haven't ordered any more yet) - but it seems like they might be and I know they are sweetened with cane juice.... A must try for the true PB&J taster :)
I'm a creamy PB man. There are a couple of reasons.
First... I'm sort of picky. I don't like my bread to be all mucked up by all those cracked peanuts rolling across as the PB is spread onto it. I won't even spread real butter across my bread without softening the butter first. It's a personal preference, I guess.
Second, history. I had braces, and I got really tired of pulling peanuts out of them when I had lunch, ergo the switch to creamy.
Third, it melds better with the chocolate chips if there's not so much other stuff in there. Oh, that's how I like my PB - PB & CC. :)
Hands down, nothing beats these exciting crunchy (and noncruchy) flavors from Saratoga Peanut butter company (www.yopeanut.com) I started getting it at a farmer's market in upstate NY and now I am in OHIO and miss the good stuff! Flavors to try include "Adirondack Jack" "New York Maple" and "Monkey Boy"
Great topic! I don't like crunchy peanut butter because it is hard to spread evenly, but there is something missing from creamy pb. BUT - There is a happy medium! Grind your own peanut butter is great because it is mostly creamy, which makes it easily spreadable, but still has little "nuggets" of peanutty goodness! And nothing in it except peanuts (and sometimes salt) so it is even better for you than pre-made!
What about other nut butters... cashew butter, almond butter? They are scrumptious! I agree with Katie on getting mine from stores that let you grind your own...they taste so much fresher.
I'm all about the smooth ;o) I'm with Kim and the other nutters ... i'm a huge fan of Trader Joes cashew macadamia nut butter. My 3yr old can't get enough of the yummy goodness either, slathering it on rice cakes ... and then eating the rest of the jar with her fingers!!
Yummy Jamie, PB & CC .. I'm going to have to go make one now :o)
Cashew butter? It sound like it'd be delightfully delicious. I can't wait to find some in my neighborhood.
Butter with PB? Ewww... what a throat choking glob of grease.... I couldn't do it. Ugh, I almost puked on my keyboard. The ONLY things I put butter on are baked potatoes and melted in the skillet for makin' [organic, free-range]eggs, other than that, YUK! I don't use any of that fake processed margarine crap either (that's just a glob of carcenogenic [taste like garbage] chemicals anyway).
The fresh, grind your own nut-butters sound like they'd be delicious, but you can't find 'em in my neck of the woods. Strange too, because there's a large population of Amish folks around here. You'd think they'd be hip to it, but everyone I've talked to is, like, "What? Never heard of it. You're nice Tim, but you really ask some weird questions... 'course, you hippie/biker guys with that long girlish hair always do ask weird questions... we oughta be used to it by now."
Oh well, I'll keep readin' this daily stuff and hopefully learn something. Thanks, ya all... See ya 'round.
Tim
I love creamy peanut butter. I will try the cashew macadamia nut butter, it sounds yummy! I love macadamia and cashew.
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