Celebrate National PB&J Day!

Do you know what is celebrated on April 2?  It’s doubtful you’ll get a day off of school or work for it, but it certainly is a fun one to celebrate!  Historically this popular sandwich all started during WWII when American soldiers mixed their rations of peanut butter and jelly to make a PBJ and it became an instant classic!

Many of us grew up on PB&J sandwiches, and my kids and I still eat them quite frequently today. They are the ultimate sweet and salty comfort food I can enjoy pretty much anytime during the day – snack, lunch, dinner, or late night snack.

Are you a grape jelly or strawberry jam kind of PBJ eater?  Worried about unhealthy “stuff” in your spread?  Check out Welch’s natural spreads with:

• No high fructose corn syrup
• No artificial flavors
• No artificial colors
• No preservatives
• Are made with 100% North American grown fruit

How are you going to celebrate the holiday of America’s most popular sandwich? Here are some fun ways you can commemorate National PB&J Day.

• Grill it! Make a basic peanut butter and jelly sandwich and put it in a skillet until the edges are golden brown
• Use cookie cutters to make fun sandwich shapes with your kids
• Make an open faced peanut butter sandwich with a jelly smiley face
• PBJ for dinner with this PBJ Noodle Salad
• Try Graham Cracker PBJ Nachos
• Dip fresh fruit or veggies into warm PBJ dip
• Make PBJ Burritos or PBJ Fruit Pizza
• Use different Welch’s spreads http://www.welchs.com/products/natural-spreads to mix up the flavor
• Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly smoothie

No matter how you make or how you enjoy your PB&J, you can’t go wrong with this simple, healthy comfort food!