Sweet, salty, smooth, crunchy – my love for peanut butter exceeds that of most other foods combined. Breakfast, lunch, dessert or post workout snack, it is a food that gives me a nutritional boost while making me feel like I’m getting a decadent treat that elicits happy childhood memories.
In recent, years I’ve moved away from the standard variety to more natural peanut butter to decrease the hydrogenated fats and improve on the nutritional content. I do still crave that old fashioned sweetness though.
I never realized how fortunate I was to have peanut butter (and other nut butters) in my life until I moved abroad. Our tasty PB is very much a US thing. While there are peanuts everywhere in Brazil, peanut butter is rare. Occasionally you can find some imported brands and there is one Brazilian brand that sometimes shows up in the supermarket, but I’ve been warned it can’t compare.
I guess it is no surprise that each time I make the trip back to the States, a jar or two goes back with me in my luggage to Brazil. We savor every last ounce in that jar!
Given all this, you can imagine my excitement over being a host of the Great Peanut Butter Exhibition #5! In conjunction with For The Love of Peanut Butter , The Peanut Butter Boy and ZestyCook, we are proud to invite you to enter this recipe roundup and competition!
This time the theme is “Sandwich”. What classifies a peanut butter sandwich? Traditionally it’s a slab of peanut butter between two slices of bread, but let’s see some creativity here. How about some peanut butter lettuce wraps or Peanut Butter Sushi? Any method of eating peanut butter that is all-inclusive and portable should do.
Personally, I challenge you to go fake food free with your entry. Use natural ingredients and few, if any, pre-prepared or processed foods, with the exception of the PB, of course. However, if you want to make your own, feel free.
To enter, submit your best peanut butter sandwich recipe below, following the guidelines. The deadline is March 15th @ Noon (PST) which gives you a full 3 weeks to brainstorm, develop and create the ultimate peanut butter sandwich! Stock up on peanut butter and get ready, read on for details.
Judging Criteria:
Peanut Butter Weight, Creativity, Portability and Preparation Time
Blogless? Don’t worry if you don’t have a blog, you can still submit your winning recipe. Fill out the same form but provide the “Recipe” instead of a “Recipe Permalink” and feel free to email a picture to “pbe (at) peanutbutterboy (dot) com” to go along with the recipe!
Submission:
Click here to submit your recipe online. Alternatively, email “pbe (at) peanutbutterboy (dot) com” with “PBE #5″ as the subject and the following information:
Name
Email
Recipe Title
Recipe or Recipe Permalink
Prize:
All recipes will be listed but the judges will vote for the Top 3. All 3 winners will receive a winning badge to place on their site but the first place winner will receive the Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook, one of the books that was the inspiration for The Peanut Butter Boy.
Happy creating and cooking! We can’t wait to see your entries!
Logos courtesy of the talented Kristina Sacci.
Fabulous!!
yum! so fun 🙂
I was bumming out until I saw that we can use another nut butter! I wish I’d thought of the PB sushi – how original. But I’ll think of something. Cashew and almond butters are my pre-workout energy shots; nothing motivates me to exercise than knowing I get to eat some creamy nut butter and pretzels!
I can’t wait to see all the entries!
What a fun idea. I just stumbled upon the powdered PB, and I’m a fan. You can make it as thick or runny as you want. 🙂
Being abroad I’ve also realized how “American” the love for peanut butter and peanut butter flavored things are. I have a hard time even finding peanuts! I grew up eating spoonfuls of the stuff so I miss the stuff. My favorite of course is white bread, toasted, with creamy peanut butter. I also love crepes with melty peanut butter and strawberry jam.
I hope you all enter your fun creations. I think it is such a great prize. I was bummed that I can’t enter! 🙂 But judging will be fun too!
Tangled Noodle – I can’t wait to see some nut butter creations. I was really excited when PB Boy came up with that rule too.
Jenn – Powdered PB. I hadn’t heard of that. Sounds interesting.
Gastroanthro – I tend to like it by the spoonful too. Then I can just enjoy it by itself. It can certainly stand alone in my book. 🙂 Those crepes sound great!
I just arrived back in Brazil so I’ll be back to normal blog posts soon!