Before the Hulk was diagnosed, a pb&j meant grabbing the bread (the gluten filled soft stuff), a jar of peanut butter and your choice of jelly. Crumbs? Who cares! (my kids certainly did not I will tell you). Grab the jars, shove the knife in there, spread everything around and boom. Happiness.
My oldest has been taking uncrustrables for lunch recently. She is picky and those seem to do the trick for her lately (I will take what I can get - no judging please!). They give her gluten that she needs (if we don't continue to eat gluten, our yearly blood tests will be inaccurate), they are individually sealed and take up little space in the freezer. However, have you looked at the cost of those? Actually, I haven't - my husband bought them the last few times but from what he says - the cost is dumb. So, of course, I decided I would make my own. I mean, I can be that modern day DIY Martha (who hasn't done hard time). Upfront the cutter was a small "investment" ... but regular bread is inexpensive, as is the jar of peanut butter and jelly. So, I went to target, gathered up my supplies and brought it all home.
And then I froze. I had to open up the gluten filled bread in the kitchen I worked hard to clean and make a safe zone for Hulk.
No big deal - I can do this ... in a few days.
Fast forward to tonight - I grabbed the Target bag of items, the baggies I would need, the freezer bag, a marker, knife, I cleared the counter off and made sure all the surrounding cupboards and drawers were closed. I was ready.
I marked the freezer bags like they were a housing toxic chemicals (which to Hulk they pretty much were), opened the peanut butter, the jelly, and laid out all the bread in an assembly line. Jelly ... peanut butter ... spread .. close. Then I cut everything with that handy cutter I was talking about. And packed them up in their baggies (yes, a waste of baggies - I should think of a better way to wrap them but for now - I am doing my best and I can throw them right into a lunchbox), then into the freezer baggie and right into the freezer they went.
Now to clean up. I rinsed off the knife and the sandwich cutter (first making sure the sponge was on the other sink side, otherwise I would have had to throw that away) with hot water, soap and some more hot water .... and for good measure a little more soap. Then I got a paper towel wet, lathered up some soap and washed the counters down (top and the face of the cabinets). Wiped those down. Used my homemade gluten busting spray. Wiped them down again. Sprayed anything else I touched ... and then for good measure used the disinfecting spray on the handles/cupboards.
And as I am sitting here ... I am still not fully content with the job I did making sure I kept everything clean. I just cross my fingers and hope I got it all. I also hope my oldest actually eats these and wont find anything wrong with them.
And that my friends, is the making of a pb&j these days in my house.
It might be easier just to buy the damn uncrustable.
My oldest has been taking uncrustrables for lunch recently. She is picky and those seem to do the trick for her lately (I will take what I can get - no judging please!). They give her gluten that she needs (if we don't continue to eat gluten, our yearly blood tests will be inaccurate), they are individually sealed and take up little space in the freezer. However, have you looked at the cost of those? Actually, I haven't - my husband bought them the last few times but from what he says - the cost is dumb. So, of course, I decided I would make my own. I mean, I can be that modern day DIY Martha (who hasn't done hard time). Upfront the cutter was a small "investment" ... but regular bread is inexpensive, as is the jar of peanut butter and jelly. So, I went to target, gathered up my supplies and brought it all home.
And then I froze. I had to open up the gluten filled bread in the kitchen I worked hard to clean and make a safe zone for Hulk.
No big deal - I can do this ... in a few days.
Fast forward to tonight - I grabbed the Target bag of items, the baggies I would need, the freezer bag, a marker, knife, I cleared the counter off and made sure all the surrounding cupboards and drawers were closed. I was ready.
I marked the freezer bags like they were a housing toxic chemicals (which to Hulk they pretty much were), opened the peanut butter, the jelly, and laid out all the bread in an assembly line. Jelly ... peanut butter ... spread .. close. Then I cut everything with that handy cutter I was talking about. And packed them up in their baggies (yes, a waste of baggies - I should think of a better way to wrap them but for now - I am doing my best and I can throw them right into a lunchbox), then into the freezer baggie and right into the freezer they went.
Now to clean up. I rinsed off the knife and the sandwich cutter (first making sure the sponge was on the other sink side, otherwise I would have had to throw that away) with hot water, soap and some more hot water .... and for good measure a little more soap. Then I got a paper towel wet, lathered up some soap and washed the counters down (top and the face of the cabinets). Wiped those down. Used my homemade gluten busting spray. Wiped them down again. Sprayed anything else I touched ... and then for good measure used the disinfecting spray on the handles/cupboards.
And as I am sitting here ... I am still not fully content with the job I did making sure I kept everything clean. I just cross my fingers and hope I got it all. I also hope my oldest actually eats these and wont find anything wrong with them.
And that my friends, is the making of a pb&j these days in my house.
It might be easier just to buy the damn uncrustable.
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