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Are you guys on Pinterest?

I have been for a while.

Love, love, love it!

I think you can tell alot about a person by their Pinterest boards and likes.

Take a look at mine (follow me if you like)!

If you need an invite, let me know - I'll get you one pronto :)

Nominee for...

...The Dumbest Product Ever. After watching an episode of Unwrapped on Food Network tonight, I bring you:

P.B. Slices ('The Funner Peanut Butter")
Yes, you read that correctly: slices of peanut butter. Think cheese slices - but it's not - it's Peanut Butter! They are supposed to save you time (I think) when making a PB&J for your kid in the morning.

What a genius idea, considering how unruly spreading peanut butter with a knife can be. I wont even go into the fact that this is an environmental nightmare. And it's a tad suspicious that they don't actually list the ingredients on the site. Is it just peanuts? What else is in there?

I'm not one of those folks who want peanut butter outlawed, banned, and not manufactured, and I understand that there is always room for product innovation. I've seen the little tubes of PB that athletes eat while they are training - that makes sense! But this is ridiculous. Will mayo be next? And after looking at their website, it looks like they are endorsing putting these on hot dogs - something I just can't get behind. Good Lord!

But then again, maybe this is the 'peanut butter for a new generation'! Maybe the naysayers said this about Kraft Singles? I use the Tillamook kind that isn't individually wrapped, so I wouldn't know.

I could be wrong - maybe these things will catch on (and God Bless the entrepreneur in the inventor of the much needed (?) PB Slice) but even if Bella grows out of her PA, you can bet your life I wont be buying these. My 'Californian Tree Hugger' membership would be revoked.

Great Lunch Ideas in Parents Magazine

I saw another good article in the September issue of Parents Magazine:

Lunch is Served
Keep it simple with 25 easy ideas to make school lunches healthy and fun.

These lunch ideas look great, healthy and tasty, and best of all realistic for a working mom like me. Only one of the examples has PB&J and you could easily substitute cream cheese or Sunbutter (if your child eats it - B wont touch it).

They visualize each lunch with photos using the Laptop Lunch system. On that note, we are LOVING B's new LL system. She polishes off her lunch every day since we starting using it. And subsequently she's been gaining weight (which has been a bit of an issue for us).