Thursday, June 6, 2013

Product Review - PB2

When Les was at Georgia Boot Camp in April, Lance introduced him to what he calls a "Green Monster Smoothie."  The ingredients are:

2 scoops Recoverite
2 tablespoons Peanut butter
1 Frozen banana
2 cups Almond (or Soy) milk
1-2 cups Baby spinach

Throw it all in the blender and you have a green shake that tastes like a peanut butter shake!  It's very tasty, but I felt the calories were too high for me.  The total is almost 600 with 15 grams of fat!  I cut the recipe in half and it was plenty, but I still felt the peanut butter portion wasn't worth it- even though that is what made it taste so good!  Enter an email from Hungry Girl:
Dear HG,
I recently bought PB2 for the first time, and don't know what to do with it! How do I use powdered peanut butter, and what are some recipes I can make with it?

Puzzled 'Bout Powdered PB (read the answer here

I had never heard of powered peanut butter before.  After a little investigation, I learned that 2 tablespoons of PB2 = 45 calories with 1.5 g of fat versus 180 calories with 15 g of fat in the creamy peanut butter in our pantry!  You just add water to make it... or put the powder directly into a smoothie!


I decided to give PB2 a try and ordered some from Amazon.  To save shipping costs, I had it shipped to California and it was waiting for us when we got home.  It blended really well and tastes great!  I haven't tried making it with water and I'm not sure if it would make a good sandwich, but I think it would probably work well in baking, too.

Have you ever tried powered peanut butter or some other powdered food?  Like or dislike?

5 comments:

Kathy McElhaney said...

I love PB2!! I have never thought to put it in a smoothie. I like them on peanut butter & jelly though.

Hope you are well!!

Hugs,

Frances
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Kathy McElhaney said...

So it works on a sandwich? I'm going to have to try it!

nancyayala said...

I love PB, I sure would like to try it.
can u get it at any store?

Kathy McElhaney said...

I couldn't find it in any stores.

Caroline (Jane) said...

I started using it a few months ago and really like it. I don't put as much water in the mix as it calls for because I like it thhhhick. :)

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