Forty Ways to Enjoy Peanuts and Peanut Butter

Peanuts and peanut butter. 40 Ways to Enjoy Peanuts and Peanut Butter
A Friendly Reminder from the National Peanut Board, www.nationalpeanutboard.org
Edible Inventions Around the House Around Town

Edible Inventions

GORP (Good Ole Raisins & Peanuts).
Donate blood for the free Nutter Butters.
Ants on a Log (celery with peanut butter topped with raisins).
Make a "King"-sized Fried Peanut Butter & Banana sandwich and play some good Elvis tunes.
Boil to perfection and eat right out of the shell.
Skip your therapist this week. Make a PB&J to get in touch with your inner child instead.
Dollop over a heaping stack of pancakes - tastes great and keeps them from slipping off the plate.
Decorate a cake with it instead of icing.
Swirl it in your applesauce for a nice balance of textures. Do the same with oatmeal.
Whip up a peanut butter smoothie.
Bring some with you to the gym - there's a reason nobody's ever been called a couch peanut.
Submerge it in a mug of hot cocoa instead of a marshmallow.
Slather it on an apple slice.
Make a "Nana Dog" - replace hot dog with a banana in a bun, use peanut butter instead of ketchup.
Use it to keep lettuce and tomato from falling out of your sandwich.
Spread it on graham crackers and dunk them in chocolate milk.
Be innovative - instead of putting peanut butter between bread, put bread between peanut butter.
Smear some on a bagel for an energy bar with curves.
Scoop it on apple pie for a warm variation of "a la mode."
Mix it with soy sauce for a great marinade. Works great with BBQ sauce, too.
Scoop some on a big spoon, dip it in your favorite jam, and - viola - instant dessert!
Look 20 years younger … using your index finger as a spoon, take a dip right into the jar and then straight to your mouth.

Around the House
Use it to cut down on dishes - fingers, celery, apples, bananas, and graham crackers are ready and willing.
Make friends with your backyard birds ... slather it on a pinecone, roll it in birdseed and hang on a nearby tree.
Hide your dog's medicine in it so he'll have an easier pill to swallow.
Use it as white-out when writing on brown paper bags.
If you have milk in the 'frig that's about to "go bad," eat a lot of peanut butter to make yourself thirsty so you can drink it all.
Spread it on your homework so your dog really will eat it.
A 10-pound jar makes a handy doorstop.
Make any note a sticky note.
Write a love letter with it.

Around Town
Go to the zoo, feed the elephants.
Keep some in the glove compartment, just in case.
Be a hero, donate a case of it to your local community food bank.
Refer to peanut butter when you're making excuses ... there's just something believable about peanut butter.
Demand that your local donut shop make peanut butter-filled doughnuts. Cite that selling only jelly-filled is discriminatory and threaten with a lawsuit.
Tell someone they're worth their weight in peanut butter.
Wish on it if it's an overcast night and you can't see any stars.
Use it to time your counting ... one peanut butter ... two peanut butter.
Call it the "Play-Doh" of the New Millennium.

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