Today’s lunch was a long-lost noodle bowl!
It has been a while since I had one of my favorite veggie-packed noodle bowls for lunch and today I got a craving.
My craving actually wasn’t for pasta, but for more marinara sauce. Apparently last night’s dinner left me wanting more marinara.
Craving satisfied!
National Peanut Butter Day
Thank you to a bunch of you for letting me know that today is a holiday!
Happy National Peanut Butter Day!
You know we have to celebrate this special day on the blog.
For my fellow peanut butter fanatics, here are some of my all-time favorite peanut butter recipes:
- Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies (These can be easily shaped! Perfect for Valentine’s Day!)
- Peanut Butter Granola (Healthy and so, so simple!)
- Apple, Peanut Butter and Granola Sandwich
- Peanut Butter-Stuffed French Toast
- High Protein Peanut Butter Bars (PBF’s most popular recipe of 2011!)
Thankfully I assembled the bottom portion of this blog post after lunch, otherwise I’m fairly certain I would’ve found myself eating peanut butter cookies as my midday meal.
And on that note, I’m off to eat a spoonful of peanut butter and keep on truckin’ through the rest of my work day.
Of Possible Interest
- Jillian Michaels’ Go-To Snacks (FitSugar.com)
- 10 Weight Loss Myths (MSN.com)
- DailyBuzz Healthy Living (A new website I’ve been helping with, HealthyLiving.DailyBuzz.com)
- FitFluential Ambassador Spotlight (Featuring yours truly, FitFluential.com)
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THat pasta bowl looks awesome! I love me some marinara!! Have fun licking those fingers — I unfortunately don’t do PB….I am an almond butter gal through and through.
But your recipes look like I could switch ’em up with AB!
Those flourless peanut butter cookies look so good and very easy! I may have to make those in celebration later..:-)
oh yes, national peanut butter… most definitely an important holiday! 😉 all of your PB treats look great! i want to try out those high protein peanut butter bars… i might have to go make some in honor of this day!
National Peanut Butter Day? ! ? ! You better have a jar sitting next to you at all times today to show your appreciation! LOL
Happy PB Day!!
Julie, are those carba-nada noodles? How does the taste compare to regular pasta in your opinion?
yes! i love them! i actually prefer them to regular noodles, but use them sparingly since i cannot find them near me and have to order them online. they have 12g protein per serving, too! 🙂 honestly, they taste very similar to regular pasta to me. literally every single person i’ve known who has tried them has great things to say!
Sorry to butt in, but can I ask where you order those? I’m interested in trying them! I’m guessing they keep you full longer than regular pasta since they have extra protein? I am a pasta fiend, but it always leaves me starving within 2 hours!
i ordered them from netrition.com!
Cool, thanks for the info!
Sorry, I am butting in too! I make my own egg noodles at home with 1/2 cup whole wheat flour and 1 whole egg (just roll it out, cut into thin strips, and boil for one minute) and they are 270 calories with 16g protein. Not sure how that stacks up against the carba-nada noodles, but an additional option for when you don’t feel like ordering them or spending the money 🙂
perfect, thank you!!
AHhh! I love peanut butter! I started today with a PB Banana protein smoothie to celebrate right! 🙂 Except I didn’t know until now that I was celebrating the holiday haha 😉
i was going to leave a comment that it was PB day!! of course you knew 🙂 thanks for the recipe roundup.
I love your pasta bowls – the noodles look so good. Thanks for all the peanut butter recipes. I think everyday is national peanut butter day at my house!
I had no idea today was national peanut butter day either! I love peanut butter, I think I need to go home and make pb cookies now!
one of the best food holidays ever !! 🙂
I think your marinara cravings are being passed off to me. I want pasta for dinner now!
I am in LOOOOVE with this peanut butter roundup. I wish I had a jar with me right now so I could have a peanut butter finger, though…
the flour less pb cookies!!? HOLY COW!
Yum! I’m off to make some peanut buttery goodness to celebrate!!
I think it should be perfectly acceptable to ONLY eat peanut butter today! hahaha. I think the flourless cookies will be happening
Happy PB DAY! What a perfect holiday for you and your blog!
SOMEDAY i’ll be able to be trusted with a jar of PB in the house. and then i’ll come find these!!
Ah that peanut butter french toast looks delicious!
happy peanut butter day! I have been making those pb protein bars for months and I love them!
Happy Holiday 😀
Happy Happy Peanut Butter Day 😀
My favourite peanut butter recipe has got to be Tosca Reno’s no bake nut butter bars, from her Eat Clean Cookbook. They’ve got pb, coconut oil, oats, dried cherries, agave, and chopped nuts. And. They. Are. Awesome.
After looking at the recipe for flourless PB cookies, I couldn’t refrain from whipping up a batch! With a few chocolate chips thrown in as well. So delicious!
Got my flourless PB cookies in my belly today! It’s so easy and fast… makes my whole apartment smell like PB !
I always crave marinara sauce! In fact, I was earlier while working out. The last 1/2 hour of my bike ride all I wanted was the left over spaghetti that was in our fridge. Came home and the boyfriend had just finished it off. it was so sad.
As odd as it sounds, I get marinara cravings too. A pasta dish, gooey pizza, or even little English muffin pizzas usually do the trick.
Happy PB Day!
I love peanut butter! Especially the crunchy kind! I made a recipe a while ago of what I call Peanut Butter Power Bites. In a way it’s like granola but a bit softer. I’ll have to put the recipe up on my blog! I made it when I realized I needed to snack more throughout the day to keep my energy up. They are perfect when you feel like your dragging!
Peanut butter RULES. I never get sick of it. Great recipes! I’ll have to treat the High Protein Peanut Butter Bars if they’re the most popular.
The chickpea recipe is great! I’ve multiple modified versions of it and they always turn out wonderfully!
I knew you’d do something special for PB Day 🙂 I still haven’t tried your PB protein bars. I need to make them soon!
Those flourless peanut butter cookies are awesome — & so easy!
You just inspired my dinner choice for tonight! Veggies, pasta, and marinara sauce!!!!
Somehow I KNEW you’d be celebrating! Yum.
Good thing I had some peanut butter for lunch! I feel so spirited.
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EEEK its almost 10pm and I haven’t celebrated this momentous holiday. Off to whip up those flour less cookies. Thanks for saving the day!
I did not know that there was a holiday dedicated to peanut butter! I might just have to have some right now in honor of its greatness 😉
Did PBF change to a twice a day blog? I was used to three a day posts. Out of curiosity, why the change?
i haven’t committed to the change yet – i’ve honestly just been innundated with a lot of freelance work (which is great!) and after writing all day i felt like i didn’t have time to pour effort into dinner posts and don’t want to throw up something on the blog that is just “meh.” it’s not an official change or anything – it will likely depend on my freelance workload.
I appreciate that you take the time to put up quality posts instead of putting up “meh” posts just to fill in space. 🙂
Apparently I’m late to the party- I brought a pb sandwich for lunch today 🙂
This is such an amazing holiday and since I don’t feel like I celebrated as much as it deserves, I will have to continue the celebration tomorrow… 😉
Oh, no! I forgot about National Peanut Butter day yesterday! I’ll be sure to have some today to make up for it. 🙂 That noodle bowl sure does look yummy!
Everyday is a PB holiday for me!
The pumpkin peanut butter french toast and the high protein peanut butter bars are getting added to my to-make list! In honor of National PB Day, I did a little Pinning last night and got a little carried away… I think all my Pinning this week is going to result in baking this weekend ;P
I do love some peanut butter and have been having it lately with some apples Yummy! I actually kind of had a noodle bowl myself yesterday but mine was with Spaghetti and marinera & broccoli. It was delicious 🙂
Please tell me you had more than ONE spoonful of peanut butter on the holiday of your favorite snack!!
the peanut butter granola is my favorite! BUT I NEED TO TRY THE PROTEIN BAR!