SuperFoods are fun! They’re delicious and do so much good for your body. A SuperFood is one that is better for your body than all (or most) others in it’s category.  Blueberries are considered to be a SuperFood (or SuperFruit) because they are higher in antioxidants, fibers and vitamins than other fruits.

Loren made an amazing PBnJ for lunch today. Preservative free wheat bread (toasted) with Smart Balance crunchy peanut butter, Polaner blueberry jelly, fresh blackberries and hemp seeds. Most amazing sandwich ever!

Be careful when buying peanut butter and jelly at the grocery store.  Most of the popular peanut butters (Jiffy, Kroger brand, Publix brand, etc) all contain high fructose corn syrup as well as partially hydrogenated oils….these things are TERRIBLE for you! Lots of jelly contain HFCS as well. Always, always, always read the ingredients on the back of the food you’re buying.  If you don’t know how to pronounce a word or have no idea what it is, then it’s probably really bad for you.  Smart Balance peanut butter has some very simple ingredients: peanuts, natural oil blend (flax seed and palm fruit oils), salt, molasses.  Jif has these ingredients listed: peanuts, sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, fully hydrogenated vegetable oil, molasses, salt, mono and diglycerides. Ummm….what was that last word? Partially hydrogenated AND fully hydrogenated?! Color me surprised! Oh wait…no, don’t.  You can find good peanut butter for you even if you don’t have Smart Balance by you–Publix organic brand peanut butter has none of those bad things listed as ingredients and what it does have listed is similar to Smart Balance (if not the same).  Always be careful when buying food, y’all…and ALWAYS read the ingredients!!!