Forget the Jelly
June 19th 2011 21:56
My kids love peanut butter sandwiches; I hate buying jelly. This was my conundrum. During the last fight over who was going to pick out the jelly I was in a particularly bad mood. This caused me to state, rather emphatically, "That's IT! I will not buy another jar of jelly until you all learn how to like the same thing!"
Ironically, my statement made little difference to my children at the time, but we did not buy jelly. The next day, I ws rethinking myself when my daughter was begging for peanut butter and jelly. However, as with many of my ideas, genius was born from my child's anger.
Out of sheer desperation to get my daughter to stop whining and crying, I pulled out the peanut butter and bread and asked her what she expected me to put on her sandwich instead of jelly. Children, unlike adults, have no realization that peanut butter is meant to go with jelly, so my 3 year old says "apples".
Yes, I pulled out an apple, peeled and sliced it and put it on a sandwich with peanut butter. By the time it was done, my husband and I had each had one, too, and we are not fans of peanut butter sandwiches. However, the result was fantastic.
The apple slices were cold and crisp, much like lettuce on a ham sandwich and the juice broke up the stickiness of the peanut butter. It was sweet, crisp and cold with a very clean, healthy feel to it. Since then, we have used apples, bananas, strawberries, grapes, oranges and blueberries.
My family has informed me that it is okay if I don't want to buy jelly anymore, as long as I keep buying fruit!!!
Ironically, my statement made little difference to my children at the time, but we did not buy jelly. The next day, I ws rethinking myself when my daughter was begging for peanut butter and jelly. However, as with many of my ideas, genius was born from my child's anger.
Out of sheer desperation to get my daughter to stop whining and crying, I pulled out the peanut butter and bread and asked her what she expected me to put on her sandwich instead of jelly. Children, unlike adults, have no realization that peanut butter is meant to go with jelly, so my 3 year old says "apples".
Yes, I pulled out an apple, peeled and sliced it and put it on a sandwich with peanut butter. By the time it was done, my husband and I had each had one, too, and we are not fans of peanut butter sandwiches. However, the result was fantastic.
The apple slices were cold and crisp, much like lettuce on a ham sandwich and the juice broke up the stickiness of the peanut butter. It was sweet, crisp and cold with a very clean, healthy feel to it. Since then, we have used apples, bananas, strawberries, grapes, oranges and blueberries.
My family has informed me that it is okay if I don't want to buy jelly anymore, as long as I keep buying fruit!!!
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