Peanut butter

Peanut Butter Brownies

Peanut Butter Brownies

1 stick butter
3/4 C peanut butter
1 3/4 C sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/2 C flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 C chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13×9 inch pan. Melt butter in a 4 quart pot, after the butter is melted
Take pot of the heat. Add peanut butter , and stir until melted. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs with spoon
stir until well blended. Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir until well blended. Stir in Chocolate Chips.
Spread in prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes or until tops is golden brown
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Peanut butter

Money Saving Lunch Ideas for Frugal Families

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but lunch is what gets you through until dinner time. The price of school lunches rises each year and it is hard for some parents to keep up. This is besides the fact that many lunch menus, not just in schools either, are not as nutritious as they could be. Here are some money saving lunch ideas for frugal families.

1. Take your lunch. This goes for parents as well as kids. We are tempted to eat out with the group everyday, too. That adds up after awhile. Those cute insulated lunch bags make it easier to carry hot and cold items. We can throw even throw out the brown bags in favor of reusable options which are more environmentally friendly. When you pack your own lunch, you know what is in it so it is easier to avoid a lot of unhealthy fats and junk food.

2. Make a sandwich. I’m not talking about just any sandwich. This can be a wrap, pita, crust less bread, or bun sandwich. Varying the bread each day will help you decide what ingredients to put on it. You may want turkey with alfalfa sprouts, tomato, and onion on a pita or chicken strips with barbecue sauce, lettuce, and shredded cheese in a tortilla wrap. Many kids like bread without crust for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. This makes lunch fun and your kids are more likely to eat it if they have a creative variety. Invest in single packs of condiments. They can be used in lunches as opposed to putting them on the sandwich and saturating the bread before lunchtime rolls around.

3. Bottled water and drink crystals. Water has never been the same since they came out with those handy packs of flavorings. You can find them everywhere. Best of all they have five calories or less. You can turn a bottle of water into a drink that is better than soda. Kids love them too.

4. Dessert courtesy of home. Stop! Put down that candy bar and walk away from the vending machine. Instead, choose a better option. Homemade granola can be shaped into bars and used as an after lunch snack. How about dried fruit pieces? They are sweeter than candy bars and won’t spike your blood sugar. It’s okay to have a naughty treat every now and then, but even at those times you can choose a healthier option than chips or candy. Make a batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies and pack a few in your lunch.

5. Ice packs. These nifty items will keep lunch from spoiling. The perfect complement to an insulated bag, they allow you to take yogurt or a sandwich with meat and not have to worry about it getting warm before it’s time to eat.

6. Veggie sticks. Eat them with your sandwich and add some Ranch dressing for dipping.

Lunch doesn’t have to come from the school cafeteria or the fast food joint around the corner to be good. Coming from home, it can be healthier, taste better and cost less. Now that’s a combination you can’t beat.

Peanut butter

Skinny Cow Products-A Dieters Dream

Now as I have stated on my previous site I decided this was my year to start eating healthy! I don’t want to use the D word but eating healthier. One of my friends on Twitter referred me to Skinny Cow products to help with my sweet tooth.

Skinny Cow is a wonderful company offering offering rich and yummy treats in low fat and no sugar added options. This was something right up my alley, a sweet treat I could enjoy and yet still not have the guilt when I was finished. After going to my local grocery chain I was surprised at all the products that Skinny Cow has to offer.

Products:

Ice Cream sandwhichs in the following flavors Chocolate Peanut Butter, Cookies N Cream, Mint, Strawberry Shortcake, Vanilla, Vanilla/ Chocolate Combo all of these sandwhichs have NO SUGAR Added and are around 140 calories per bar

Cones in the following flavors Chocolate with Fudge, Mint with Fudge and Vanilla with Caramel

Bars in the following flavors Fudge bars, Mini Fudge pops, French Vanilla Truffle Bar, Chocolate Truffle Bar, Vanilla & Caramel Dippers, and Vanilla & Mint Dippers

On this trip I purchased Chocolate peanut butter sandwhichs, Mint with Fudge Cones and Mini Fudge Pops. On the Sandwhichs they come 6 to a package and they are packaged really nice but not indivdually wrapped. The other bars and cones were individually wrapped.

Every product I bought was very delicious, at no time did I feel like I was eating low calorie or no sugar added product. These were rich, and flavorful to be honest they felt sinful. Even my children loved them and they can be picky when it comes to Mommies “Diet Food” but both of my girls loved them and would prefer to have these over their popsicles and ice cream bars of choice. So if you are looking for low fat and low calorie alternative to help crave your sweet tooth I would highly recommend any of the Skinny Cow products.

Here is product info for the products I purchased:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwhichs

Serving Size: Sandwich
Calories	150
Calories from Fat	20
Total Fat	2g
Total Fat Percentage	3%
Saturated Fat	1g
Saturated Fat Percentage	5%
Cholesterol	5mg
Cholesterol Percentage	1%
Sodium	100mg
Sodium Percentage	4%
Total Carbohydrates	30g
Total Carbohydrates Percentage	10%
Sugars	15g
Protein	4g
Calcium	8%
Dietary Fiber	3g
Vitamin A	6%
Iron	2%

Mint with Fudge Cones

Vanilla & Mint Dippers

Serving Size: 1 Pop
Calories	80
Calories from Fat	25
Total Fat	3g
Total Fat Percentage	5%
Saturated Fat	2g
Saturated Fat Percentage	10%
Cholesterol	3mg
Cholesterol Percentage	1%
Sodium	30mg
Sodium Percentage	1%
Total Carbohydrates	11g
Total Carbohydrates Percentage	4%
Sugars	7g
Protein	2g
Calcium	6%
Dietary Fiber	2g
Vitamin A	4%

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