PBB&J

Time for another food post!

This time we're going to be looking at something a little more simple, yet gourmet none the less.

Peanut Butter, Banana & Jelly

The PB&J sandwich has been popular in North America for over 100 years! According to the Wikipedia article on the sandwich, the average American has eaten over 2,500 PB&J sandwiches before graduating high school.

In the words of the great Fred Penner:

Sandwiches are Beautiful,
Sandwiches are Fine.
I like sandwiches, I eat them all the time.
I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.
If I had a hundred sandwiches, I'd eat them all at once.










-Ingredients

3 Slices of Bread
Peanut Butter
Homemade Strawberry Jam
1 Fresh Banana





Step 1
Take 3 slices of bread. For today, I will be using white bread. Place the bread side by side.

Step 2
Using a butter knife, spread peanut butter over the slice of bread to the left as well as the centre slice of bread. Leave the slice of bread to the right untouched.

Step 3
Take your homemade strawberry jam and spread it over the peanut butter on the slice of bread to the left.

Step 4
Slice your banana into pieces. It really doesn't matter how you slice them (length wise or width) so long as they are thick and can be distributed over the surface of the centre slice of bread (the one with peanut butter but no jam).

Step 5
Distribute your sliced banana over the surface of the centre slice of bread (the one with peanut butter but no jam).

Step 6
Put it together. This is kinda tricky but we'll get through it I promise. Starting on the right side, pick up the slice of bread with nothing on it and place it on the centre slice of bread (the one with banana and peanut butter on it). Congratulations! You have a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

We're almost done now. Take your already established sandwich and place it on top of the remaining slice of bread (the one with peanut butter and jam). Congratulations! You have your peanut butter, banana and jam sandwich!

Step 7
Cut your sandwich. This is optional but I suggest it as you may have trouble holding this monster sandwich in your hands. You can cut it in half diagonally, down the centre, across the centre,  or into fours by using a combination of the already described cuts.

Step 8
Enjoy. I suggest you take the time to pour a glass of milk to wash down this tasty meal or snack.

Yum.

Tofu Pad Thai

I got this recipe from a Martha Stewart website. 

There. It feels so good to get that off my chest. Anyway, it is really easy to make and is one of my personal favorites.

Ingredients

Part 1:

• Tofu (14 ounces from the website but I put in desired amount)
• 2 Carrots, peeled and cut up small
• 2 Minced Cloves of Garlic
• Some other veggies you desire (something with a light flavor -- scalions or sprouts, etc)
• Vegetable Oil

Part 2:

• 3 Tablespoons of Soy Sauce 
• 1 Tablespoon Chili Sauce
• 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar (I like a pinch more cause it smells yummy)
• 1/4 cup Lime Juice

Part 3:

• Rice Noodles (it says 8 ounces on the website but I don't really know what that means)
• Vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• Fresh Cilantro leaves
• Crushed peanuts

*Make sure all your ingredients are at the ready. I may include instructions as to how to prep your ingredients if necessary.

Directions

Part 1:

• Cut up tofu into thin slices
• Heat a sauce pan with and spread vegetable oil
• Fry tofu till golden brown on all sides.
• Remove tofu from pan and put aside till later.
• Then throw in those carrots and garlic and other veggies. Fry them up until they are cooked.

Part 2:

• Mix all those ingredients up into a sauce (Soy Sauce, Chili Sauce, Brown Sugar, Lime Juice) in a bowl.
• Add sauce and tofu to veg. 

Part 3:

• Boil water
• Beat eggs into a yellow goo
• Drop noodles into water (Heads up! Rice noodles cook super quick. Like 60 seconds quick)
• Put a super big sauce pan on medium heat with oil then pour that yellow goo in there.
• For the best results, put the noodles into that yellow goo as soon as the goo hits the pan.
• Mix well.
• Add veg, tofu and sauce to noodles and eggs
• Mix very well.
• Put into bowls (or plates if you are into that).
• Throw some peanuts and cilantro on that baby and enjoy.

Important notes!

1. Start Part 2 
2. after you put the veg on to cook. 
3. It should only take two minutes to make the sauce so once that is done, move on to beating eggs. Wait till the veg is almost done to boil the water.
4. If the veg/sauce/tofu combo is ready before the egg/noodle combo, just let simmer on low heat.

I hope you enjoy this dish. The timing is a bit tricky to get down but once you do, you'll be making Pad Thai like a boss! It looks better on the Martha website but I swear this is really good. 

PS- water bottle isn't necessary; however, I kinda like it in the photo.