Oh, I can't say enough about this amazingly smooth (or crunchy) protein filled spread. I love Natural Peanut Butter on whole wheat tortillas, by the spoonful, with dark chocolate kisses, smothered on a piece of 100% whole wheat bread...better yet, homemade bread! Mmmm! When I was pregnant with Isaiah I couldn't get enough Peanut Butter. Then, when I was nursing him, I seriously went through a jar a week. I would opt out of any meal for a PB sandwich....oooh, with honey! I even found a Peanut Butter Diet in a Guideposts' Magazine that I followed for maybe a day (I don't stick to "diets" very well), but was in heaven thinking that I could have just about as much peanut butter as I wanted.
Okay, maybe all of this is over the top. But, I do love peanut butter. I was so sad when I found out that many peanut butter items were being recalled because of Salmonella poisoning. Click to read the latest recalls (as of Wednesday).
Why the concern?
The problem is Salmonella, a nasty bacterium and the most common source of food poisoning in the United States. Symptoms of Salmonella poisoning include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramping. At highest risk of severe complications: those with compromised or weakened immune systems; infants and young children; pregnant women; and the elderly.
The Good News for Me
The foods of concern are not jars of peanut butter but rather foods that contain peanut butter such as bars, crackers, cookies, candy, cereal, and ice cream. The Salmonella outbreak has been traced to a plant in Georgia where peanut butter is used as an ingredient in other foods. The Food and Drug Administration has stated that name-brand peanut butter is not a cause for concern.
So, until this scare is over, we probably shouldn't be eating products that contain peanut butter, but we can buy a jar of Peanut Butter and go to town! (That is, in moderation of course!)
5 comments:
That's funny that you wrote about peanut butter on today's post. I love it too.
Just last night I was trying to avoid having a snack while I was watching TV. I was just hungry for something, but I wanted it to be healthy, so I had some peanut butter on a slice of multi-grain whole wheat bread. It was just what I needed to keep from snacking on something bad, and it really tasted good.
Ever have peanut butter on toast. It starts to melt a little, yummy!!
I had peanut butter on a banana the other day and it tasted so good. I think I will have that for lunch today.
Yes, girls, we ate PB today, too!
Ooooh, peanut butter on toast, yummy!! :)
Love you and I hope this weekend is a great one for each of you!!!
I like a good old fashioned PB&J on wheat. They even have it at Panera as a kids meal
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