Pb&j: it's NOT kid stuff

Alright! I saw at least 8 of you people on Facebook posting about the delicious PB&J you had for lunch the other day. THIS is the stuff that makes me happy. I'm all for embracing the inner kid... its good for us, for lots of reasons, but THIS is really GOOD for us, skin to bones, does-a-body-good, GOOD! (for wallets too!)

I will, however, ask you to skip the Skippy, Smuckers, and Wonder White... hear me out!

Here is my NEW classic PB&J recipe:

-Spelt Bread (though a form of sprouted wheat, lots of people with wheat/gluten allergies can tolerate Spelt aka ME) $4.59
-Trader Joe's Organic Creamy Peanut Butter (Salted please): $1.79
-Nature's Promise Organic Concord Grape Jelly (I'm talking NO High Fructose-Schmuctose): $2.29

$8.67 for more than 9 sandwiches!

The Facts
Calories 290 (!!)
Total fat 7.5g (!!!)
Carbs 45.5g (Balance people! Carb-counting sucks! It's LUNCH-get over it and have a salad for dinner)
Sugar 14g
Dietary Fiber 3g (yes!)
Protein 10.5g (This will naturally help your body breakdown and assimilate the carbs and sugar!!!!)

The break down:

2 slices of bread is 140 calories, 0.5 fat grams, 30 Carb grams, 2 grams fiber (whoo-hoo!), 2 grams sugar, and 6 protein grams.

Peanut Butter: Let's assume you put 1 table spoon of peanut butter on your sandwich (that's a fair amount for a good pb to j ratio... though I have been known to want to glue my mouth shut with pb and beg for soy milk). That's 100 calories, 7 fat grams, 3.5 Carb grams, 1 gram fiber (double whoo-hoo!), 1 gram sugar, and 4.5 protein grams.

Jelly time: Slap 1 table spoon of jelly on there (for balance's sake) That's 50 calories, ZERO fat grams, 12 Carb grams, 12 grams sugar, and 4% of your daily IRON!

So do it! Say hi to that kid in there and have a delicious and healthy lunch. Think of it this way: no one is gonna try and steal your lunch money when you bring a brown-bag-lunch!