I am all about convenience. I only buy "just add water" pancakes.
I buy pre-shredded cheese. I don't even own a shredder.
I haven't bought a whole head of lettuce in years. I like the salad in a bag version.
Ditto baby carrots and carrot chips...why peel if you don't have to?
I do draw the line at "Fast Franks". I mean, how slow is a regular hot dog? Is the effort to put the hot dog IN the bun seriously too much for some people?
"I could really go for a hot dog, if only it wasn't for all that time I would spend putting it in the bun. Far too exhausting...I guess I will starve."
Does that happen???
Anyway, I have similar issues with the idea of pre-made PB&J. How hard is it to make a PB&J?
And yet - my kids have great affection for Uncrustables, the Smucker's version of pre-made PB&J. So much so that when I told them they would be in their lunches today (thanks to a generous coupon from Mom Central), there was much rejoicing.
Tater's first reaction was "But I don't LIKE peanut butter and jelly!" (He's a Fluff man.) But when I clarified that these were the round, crustless kind, he said "Oh!" and commenced his happy dance.
Sprout was on board right away. "I LOVE THOSE!", she proclaimed.
I had planned to get them the new wheat version. The kids, like all kids, LOVE white bread, but I try not to give it to them all that frequently. Makes them too happy. Can't have that.
Unfortunately, the only ones I could find (after checking two grocery stores) were the regular white bread type.
Remind me sometime to tell you how much I LOVE the opportunity to visit multiple grocery stores to find all of the things I want. What fun!
Looking at the ingredient list for the wheat version, it is mostly white flour anyway - so pretty much the same nutritionally (3g of fiber v. 2g in the white version). I would consider these to be a "treat" anyway, so I will try to relax my overwhelming desire to whine about the partially hydrogenated soybean oil and the high fructose corn syrup. Those are all cool in a treat. Occasionally. See how relaxed and uncontrolling I am being? See??
Bottom line, the kids LOVE these. And it is insanely (like I question my sanity the whole time) easy to throw these into a lunch box. And you know the kids will eat them. And smile about it the whole time. And make all of the other kids jealous. And be the king/queen of the cafeteria. And grow up to be president.
Oh, wait...got carried away for a second there. You get the idea. Happy kids.
If you want to make your kids happy, you should go to www.uncrustables.com for a chance to win a FREE box of four cute little round sandwiches.
Then the next day you can go back to the 100% Whole Wheat Bread and natural peanut butter and...well, Fluff.
Don't look at me like that.
I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Smucker’s Uncrustables and received a sample to facilitate my candid review. In addition, Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.
