2012 PB my way Contest Winners
“PB my way” recipe contest generates a record number of entries as America gets creative with the affordable pantry staple Southern Peanut Growers (SPG) challenged consumers to get creative with peanut butter in our third annual PB my way recipe contest and you answered! We pledged to donate a jar of peanut butter for each [...]
Peanut Butter Prevails on Pinterest!
This National Peanut Month we’re celebrating peanut butter creativity! Mouth-watering recipes are gracing the pages of Pinterest, and we couldn’t resist sharing a few of our favorite finds: Beverage: Peanut butter banana shake Appetizer: Asian-style chicken bruschetta Salad: Cucumber peanut salad Soup: African sweet potato soup with peanut butter, black-eyed peas and beans Dessert: Peanut [...]
Thrifty shoppers choose PB
According to the USDA, the average weekly food cost in September 2011 for a family of four on a “thrifty” to “low-cost” budget was $125.70 to $187.70. On the high end, that’s an average of nearly $9 per meal, or $2.23 per serving. With peanut butter ringing up at less than 20 cents per serving, [...]
National Peanut Festival – Nov. 4 – 13, 2011
Looking for something fun to do to celebrate Peanut Butter Lovers Month? It’s opening weekend of the National Peanut Festival in Dothan, Ala. This ten-day event, November 4 – 13, 2011, was started in 1938 to celebrate the vital role peanut production plays in the ‘Wiregrass’ area. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. peanut crop is [...]
November – Peanut Butter Lovers Month
November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month, time to celebrate our favorite food! Americans will celebrate by eating more than 65 million pounds of peanut butter during the month of November. Southern Peanut Growers, representing southeastern peanut farmers, started the celebration as Peanut Butter Lovers Day on November 4, 1990. November 4 marks the anniversary of [...]
Southern Women’s Show – Jacksonville
Join us at the Southern Women’s Show at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in Jacksonville, Fla. this Thursday, October 20 – Sunday, October 23. We’ll be in Booth 1508 with lots of recipes. Make sure you bring your jar of peanut butter to donate to the local food bank and we’ll have a special gift for [...]
Peter Pan’s New Natural Peanut Butter Spreads
ConAgra Foods, Inc. has announced its new line of Peter Pan natural peanut butter spreads. The three no-stir varieties – Natural Creamy, Natural Crunchy and Natural Honey Roast Creamy – are made with 100% natural ingredients and contain no high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, trans fat or preservatives. “Some natural peanut butters are perceived [...]
Peanut Butter Squeeze Packs with FREE Jar of Peanut Butter!
People often ask uswhere to buy individual portion squeeze packs of peanut butter. Well, here’s a great deal for you! Peanut Butter & Co. offers their 1.15-ounce Easy Squeezy Peanut Butter in three flavors: Smooth Operator, Dark Chocolate Dreams and The Bee’s Knees. These packs are perfect for camping, hiking, and all kinds of snacking on-the-go. The squeeze [...]
Peanut Proud and Giving Back
Peanut Proud is a nonprofit organization of the American peanut industry created to unite the peanut community by ‘spreading the love’ through humanitarian efforts and the recognition of excellence. Most recently, Peanut Proud mobilized the peanut industry to help the victims of the tornadoes in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri. Peanut Proud collected more than [...]
Out with the Food Pyramid
Sending the old food pyramid into the sands of time, First Lady Michelle Obama recently introduced MyPlate to help Americans more easily visualize a healthy diet – one plate at a time. The plate is divided into four sections representing the basic groups – fruit, vegetables, grains and protein. A smaller circle representing dairy products [...]
