Food Facts & Fancies

Thursday, March 1, 2001

( QS Spreading The Love (NAPSA)—Are you a peanut butter lover? Join the club: Americans eat enough peanut butter in a year to make more than 10 million peanut butter andjelly sandwiches. Peanut Butter Lovers Monthis celebrated in November, but Americanslove eating peanut butter all year round. Maybe that’s because it not only tastes good, it’s cholesterol-free and is a good source of vegetable protein, vitamin E, niacin, phosphorous, magnesium and copper. A Whole Lotta Love The amount of peanut butter eaten annually could wrap the Earth in a ribbon of 18-ounce peanut butter jars one and onethird times. The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before he graduates high school—and adults actually eat more peanut butter than children do. Odd but true—when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, 96 percent of people put the peanut butter on before thejelly. Sixty percent of consumers prefer creamy peanut butter over crunchy. Here’s a yummy peanut butter- ROUGH DAY?Try a peanut but- ter smoothie, a yummy blend of milk, banana and peanut butter. based recipe that youngsters and adults alike may enjoy for breakfast or any timeof the day. Peanut Butter Smoothie 1 cup cold milk 1 ripe banana 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter In a blender, combine in- gredients and process until smooth. Makes1 serving. A two-tablespoon serving of peanut butter contains 12.2 grams of unsaturated fat and 3.3 grams of saturated, and 0 grams of cholesterol.

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