| I love a good PB&B, but I'm with the other commenters who just smash the banana onto one of the slices of bread. Lately my go-to PB&* sandwich has been peanut butter and kale. Yes, PB&K. Toast the bread, spread peanut butter on each slice, pile up some baby kale in the middle and smash it together. No machine learning needed. Sometimes brute force algorithms are best! To make a really great PB&K or just about any sandwich, if you're in the Palo Alto area visit the downtown Palo Alto farmers' market on a Saturday morning and get either of: 1. The big fat sourdough English muffins from the bakers across Gilman from the produce vendors, or 2. Any loaf from the bakers on the Gilman sidewalk next to the produce vendors, or Better yet, just get both! Now a pro tip on peanut butter. We usually get the salted crunchy from Trader Joe's, but it is a pain to stir it up when you open it. The "microwave for 30-60 seconds before stirring" trick helps, but I found something even better. This was in one of those "71 weird tricks" listicles, but you won't believe what happened next: it turned out to actually work! Store the peanut butter jar upside down. Then for a few days before opening it, shake it up a few times each day and keep it upside down. After a few days of that, it will be easy to stir. |
You can smash a pitcher full of kale leaves and balance it out with just a tablespoon of PB. Not that making everything taste divine is always the end goal, but it was surprisingly difficult to find an ingredient that balances out the taste of kale.