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Step right up! The Great Peanut Butter Exhibition has returned! In conjunction with Foodaphilia, I am proud to present the latest and greatest in peanut butter blogging! The theme for the second PBE is breakfast! What's your take on the ultimate peanut butter breakfast? Submit your recipe following the guidelines below and we'll be rounding up all submissions and choosing a Top 3. The deadline

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Due to popular request (one person even "pretty pleased with peanut butter on top"), feast your eyes on this. No, your eyes aren't deceiving you, that's only one sandwich. A super-loaded jam-packed (literally) monstrosity, but a sandwich nonetheless. How did this happen? In short, I ran out of meat. I woke up one morning and realized I had no meat in the fridge, thereby unable to make my usual

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By popular demand, I've decided to post my favorite mousse recipe. I've actually promised this recipe to several people for a while now, but never got around to making it myself. My best excuse is that the store that sells my favorite cheese to use in this recipe is the furthest of the 3 local grocery stores I frequent (about a 10 minute drive) - a terrible excuse, I realize. That cheese by the

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So I just spent an amazing weekend in Napa. My parents, my sister and her boyfriend, my girlfriend and her parents all came out to visit me and we headed up to Napa for a long weekend. It was a great weekend - the wine, the food, the views. Everything was awesome except that I pulled my back....twice. The first time was at the gym right before Napa and it just got worse on the drive there. The

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Update: I completely forgot to include someone in the roundup, my good friend Naomi from Straight Into Bed Cakefree and Dried. I think it was because she informally submitted it and it just blew past me when it came to judging time, but it was completely my fault! I apologize! You've been added to the listing/collage and if anyone else is missing, let me know! This was tough. Tougher than I

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Reminder: The deadline for the Great Peanut Butter Exhibition #1 - Cookies is coming up fast! Tomorrow, April 28th at Noon PST (3:00PM EST) we will stop accepting entries. Get your winning submission in now! Speaking of the contest, here is my contribution to Peanut Butter Exhibition #1. These are one of my fondest memories as a child. My mother usually only made these treats for Easter, but I

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Reminder: Don't forget about Peanut Butter Exhibition #1 - Cookies. This is the last weekend to work on your winning entry, the final submission date is Monday, April 28th! When you think of Persian cuisine, what do you think of? I think of nothing because I've never had it. For example, does the name "Khoresh Fesenjan" ring a bell with you? Me neither. But I discovered a recipe a while ago (

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Quick. Easy. Simple. Delicious. Nutritious. All perfect ways to describe this well balanced meal. You've got your lean protein, whole grain starch, vegetables and healthy fats. The difference with this meal is that I simply baked everything, there are really no recipes here. I normally shy away from prepared items because I like knowing and controlling what goes into my food, but this dinner was

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Consider yourself lucky! In this post, I plan to reveal three separate and very delicious recipes - one of which is the aforementioned *secret* peanut butter flavor. I've been slaving day and night to get the correct proportions, but I think I've got it just right. Not only that, but I'll be sharing a picture of my personal peanut butter collection as well as writing a "MeMe" for an insight into

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Come one, come all! The Great Peanut Butter Exhibition has come to town! In conjunction with The Chocolate Peanut Butter Gallery and Foodaphilia, I am proud to present the latest and greatest in peanut butter blogging! It's time to show off your skills and your love affair with peanut butter! The theme for the first PBE is cookies! Do you have what it takes to create the best

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I love Mexican food. I can't get enough of it. Other than peanut butter, Mexican food is what keeps me going. The savory meats, refried beans, tortilla chips, guacamole, salsa, onions, cilantro, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, black olives... Perhaps not all of those are authentic, but they certainly manage to make their way into my Mexican-inspired dishes. The one ingredient that hasn't

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I did it. I gave in. I caved. I bought a jar of Skippy, the epitome of heavily processed, trans fatty goo and my least favorite brand of peanut butter. The only saving grace was that I didn't buy the original variety, which I think tastes over-processed, pasty and awful. [As a side note, I recently saw a food network tidbit about an independent company that rates commercially available foods and

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Does that look like an alligator sticking it's tongue out to you? It does to me, but that doesn't make it any less delicious. Despite it's animal appearance, this dish is actually vegetarian. Given the popularity of my previous post about Banana Pancakes, I figured I would hold off on my next big peanut butter treat just to tease you guys. That, and it's still only partially finished and

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Update: Recipe entered into the Gluten Free Finger Foods roundup. Today is a national holiday, do you know which one? April 2nd, for whatever reason, is national peanut butter & jelly day. I had almost forgotten, when A. Grace reminded me in a comment on my Peanut Butter & Jelly Oatmeal post. But instead of having oatmeal for breakfast like I normally do, I had already planned to make pancakes

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Spring is creeping in slowly and there is no better time of the year to get up early and take a jog or ride your bike. The mornings are getting warmer and the sun is rising earlier so there's no use fighting that one ray that peeks through your blinds every morning and straight into your eye. Get out and enjoy the sun! To keep up your energy, you'll need a healthy, nutrient-packed breakfast

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Apparently I'm not a very good hider. To be honest, I didn't even know I was playing hide and seek, but I've been tagged by Baking Blondie. So five random facts about myself....are you ready for this? 1. I'm not very good at ballet: 2. I'm too heavy for 4 girls to hold up: 3. But light enough for one...: 4. Little kids seem to have a fascination with me. I have yet to determine if it's my

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¡Es una fiesta! Nothing says party like chips & salsa! The tortilla chip is a versatile creature and a necessity with favorites like guacamole, chili, stews and dips. And why stop there? Be it salty or sweet, savory or succulent, nothing complements a dish like tortilla chips. The last two times I made tortilla chips were for stuffed peppers and Peanut Butter & Jelly Dip. Store brand tortilla

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I guess Easter got my sweet tooth going because I awoke this morning craving cookies. Specifically, I craved the smell of peanut butter baking in the oven and the satisfaction of it filling my belly. This time around, I felt a new cookie was in order. Previously, I posted Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies and remarked at the end on several possible variations which I forgot about until recently.

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For me, the summer of '07 was the summer of peanut butter. I had just graduated from college and was attending graduate school the following fall. My dependence on peanut butter was increasing with each passing day and I was eager to experiment but more than anything, I had a lot of free time. Several recipes from that era include: honey roasted peanut butter, dark chocolate peanut butter,

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I've been a bad peanut butter boy. Not only have I neglected to post a single recipe with crunchy peanut butter, I also forgot one of the original reasons I became so peanut butter crazed. About a year ago, I made a trip to Whole Foods and discovered an amazing contraption. This big red machine had only one switch and one purpose: to turn peanuts into peanut butter. Temporarily putting aside the

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Certain cravings must be fulfilled. Sleep is a good example. We all need it, our bodies crave it. If we don't give in, the body protests and decreases our energy level until it gets what it wants anyways. You simply have no choice in that matter. Peanut butter is a similar craving for me, one which resembles the need for sleep in that I eat or think about it approximately 8 hours per day. The

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Weekends are a time for sleeping in, watching a movie and unwinding. But the most important aspect of the weekend is brunch. This is no time for a bowl of soggy Cheerios, this is a time to celebrate and do nothing simultaneously! What better way to celebrate your empty schedule for the day than with a crispy, chewy, salty, sweet and satisfying meal. Hitting all those taste buds at once requires

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Mac and cheese cravings are rare but powerful. My mother always made great homemade mac and cheese and until about 6th grade I had never even heard of mac and cheese from a box. One day I went to a friends house for dinner and stunned his family when I revealed this. His mom even jokingly called me "sheltered". The menu for the evening was of course mac and cheese from a box, a weekday-night

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I awoke the morning of Thursday, March 6th with a rumbling belly and a well-rested mind. I got on my comfy pants (my term for loungewear that meet precies specifications) and ventured to the kitchen to cook my standard PB&J Oatmeal. On the journey, I remembered that I had a carton of Eggbeaters in the fridge. I had only used 1 tsp of them in the past few days (I was trying out a new cookie

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I've heard several rumors circulating the internet about "healthy" brownies. Several sources that I discovered claim that you can buy a standard brownie mix from the store, ignore the required ingredients (oil, eggs, etc..) and simply add a can of pureed black beans. Everyone seems to say they cannot tell the difference and apparently even children who are clueless to the contents love them.

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