Pop-Tarts Are the New Toast
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann At least once a year, I go on a Pop-Tart kick, and I’m currently working at Rockette levels. You can use them to make holiday pie…
Why You Don’t Need to Refrigerate Peanut Butter
I grew up in a PB-in-the-fridge household. Every other jar that’s been opened lives in the fridge, so why not the peanut butter too? If you’ve been refrigerating your peanut…
The Easiest Way to Prevent a Soggy Sandwich
The only thing sadder than opening your lunchbox to find a soggy sandwich is opening your kid’s lunchbox at the end of the day to find a completely untouched one.…
Make a Quick Peanut Butter Cup in Your Freezer
I’ve been on a magic shell kick recently. Ever since I made this Sara Lee ice cream cake. I’ve been drizzling it on ice cream, obviously, but the fast-setting chocolate…
The Best Way to Secure Your Bread Bag Without a Twist-Tie
Unless I was visiting my grandmother, most of my childhood sandwiches were made on whole-wheat sandwich bread, with Ezekiel sprouted grain bread making an appearance every once in a while…
The Easiest Ways to Eat Cheap and Healthy on a Road Trip
Road trip season is approaching. Do you know what you’re going to eat? There’s nothing wrong with hopping in the car with a hope and a dream and an assumption…
Put Some Plantain Chips in Your PB&J
Photo: Joel Cunningham “Put some potato chips in there” is a sandwich hack so timeworn, I’m hesitant to characterize it as anything more than generally accepted wisdom at this point.…
Everyone Should Know These Unexpected Ways to Use Peanut Butter
Photo: etorres (Shutterstock) During the Great Depression, peanut butter’s low cost and high protein content made it an indispensable ingredient in countless meals and sandwiches. The nut spread—and newer, more…
Impress Your Guests With a Butter Board
Photo: rukxstockphoto (Shutterstock) Food on boards is very popular, perhaps more popular than it’s ever been. Search “grazing table” on this world wide web, and you’ll find lots of photos…
Peanut Butter and Pumpkin Will Be Your New Favorite Fall Sandwich
Photo: Rachel Fairbank As our colleagues over at The Takeout point out, there’s a weird peanut butter sandwich in all of us. For my mother, that meant packing a peanut…