Banana Chips & Peanut Butter on Hawaiian Rolls #EnergytoBurn

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I consumed ridiculous amounts of peanut butter when I was pregnant with my youngest son.  I wanted to eat it every single day, three times a day sometimes.  I had peanut butter cravings with my other pregnancies but this one was very different.  I started experimenting with everything.  Nothing gross though, I promise!  My moment of food guilt when I found myself dipping chocolate bars in the jar.  It was extraordinary - you know when food texture and taste are just magically sublime.  My dream breakfast was always hawaiian rolls slathered with peanut butter, fresh bananas and strawberry jelly.  There was a time when we were out of fresh bananas and I substituted for banana chips.  Hello amazing!  Back to my thing about texture and taste, the crunch of the banana chips really set it off.  And next thing you know, I was shoving pretzels in my sandwiches too!

Peanut butter is the perfect, easiest ingredient for those mornings I was half awake and needed a yummy boost of energy.  It also makes an awesome snack!  With 7 grams per serving, peanuts have more energy boosting protein than any nut.  Coupled with their more than 30 essential vitamins and nutrients, peanuts are considered a Superfood.


Pretzel PB&J Ingredients
4 count King's Hawaiian Rolls
4 tablespoons Skippy Peanut Butter
4-8 unsalted Pretzels
4 teaspoons Strawberry Jelly

Pretzel PB&J Directions

• Cut hawaiian rolls in half, horizontally.  
• Add peanut butter on one side, top with pretzels and add jelly to the other side
• Close and serve!

Banana Chip PB Ingredients
4 count King's Hawaiian Rolls
4 tablespoons Skippy Peanut Butter
6-12 Banana Chips

Banana Chip PB Ingredients

• Cut hawaiian rolls in half, horizontally.
• Add peanut butter, top with banana chips.
• Close and serve!

Peanuts and peanut butter provide lasting energy and are a smart addition to your diet any time of the day. It's also an affordable source of protein and really convenient--you can take a pack with you or stir peanut butter in a smoothie or your oatmeal.

Raybern's To The Rescue!

Our family is always on the go.  We are busy!  Especially with an almost one year old!  My husband works and goes to school.  I work at home and homeschool.  The teens are busy with high school and Boy Scouts.  The teens love coming home from school and relaxing before they get started on homework.  Relaxing to them means having a full belly and playing videogames before dinner.  Their food of choice - sandwiches and chips.  All the time.  I don't think growing kids ever get tired of sandwiches!  I know I didn't!  So we switch it up for them and make sure we have Raybern's Philly Cheesesteaks in our freezer!  This week is an even busier week for us because we are in go mode for Omie's First Birthday party on Sunday!  I needed to shop smart - make sure I bought everything we needed for the party not only to get it out of the way but make sure I bought food that would be easy to make during the week and have enough room in my kitchen!!!  

The additional dilemma is... Duke is a picky eater.  The teens love Raybern's sandwiches - they just pop one in the microwave for 90 seconds and it is done.  Easy, tasty, portable and filling!  I figured the way to sell it to Duke would be to pair it up with Funyons.  I usually don't buy them because they aren't in the budget.  I will make it work!!!

So many choices but we know which ones we want!      

I love that the roll stays soft!

Here we go... trying to sell it to this picky eater by letting him choose a bag of chips!

He's showing me that you put your 2 choices in that big bag!  He's interested... YES!  Which chips do you think he chose?  You can check out my Google+ Album with my whole Sam's Club shopping trip!

I loosen the wrap, microwave and eat the sandwich right from the wrap - So simple I'm sure my 7 year old can do it!  The plate is only used to hold the chips!!!  Yes he chose Funyons!

Duke likes it!!!


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