You see, my cuckoo culinary compatriots,is getting a little bit out of control.
Sure it’s cool when you get excited about reaching the end of the nut butter jar…
…and you get to make your breakfast [to go!] inside of it.
[Is it also weird that sometimes I think frozen berries thawed overnight are even MORE delicious in their syrupy deliciousness than fresh ones?*]
…I mean, in the long run and to the common population, it’s probably forgiveable.
But, whereas cereal and yogurt makes a whole lot of sense—
–hot oatmeal + plastic “jars” is probably not the smartest of plans I’ve ever had.
BPA be darned!
[Please note that I did not learn my lesson the first time...and continued to use plastic "jars" for oatmeal. If I get 'crazy sexy cancer' any time soon(er or later), you will know why.]
So transportable! So efficient!
Even after the BPA-infused melting experience(s), I didn’t think there was a problem. Sure, I glimpsed a hint that things had gotten worse when I started carrying around a jar of chopped dates* in my purse.
Frantically searching the cabinets at my aunt’s house to find out what had happened to the peanut butter jar I’d brought with me, finished, and then run through the dishwasher? OK, we were getting a little freakier.
But really? Well, the whole “eating out of jars” thing isn’t all that strange.
It’s really just good fortune: “Hooray! I’ve got just enough nut butter left to eat with my breakfast! Aren’t I lucky?”
But when you take out all of your nut butter jars…
…and measure out the ‘buttahs’ so that you can purposefully have the experience of scraping the sides and bottom with your breakfast?
I think that—well, I think THAT is when you know you’ve got a problem.
M.Y.O.N.E.J: Make Your Own (Nearly) Empty Jar
The wave of the freaky foodie future?
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If making your own nearly empty jar is wrong, I don't want to be right. I'm off to go pillage every jar I have…
i love jars. one of my projects over winter break is transferring the stuff in my pantry to jars!
My family is obsessed with jars too! I eat outta them all the time
hahaha, my husband does know to save the nearly empty nut butter jars for me – but i don't think i've ever created one myself! i kind of like the idea though…. i pack breakfast to eat at work every day, so it makes sense in a weird way….
Haha smoothies in a jar are my FAVORITE and it's slightly less "dangerous" since there isn't really any heat involved.
also, I like frozen berries better than fresh sometimes too, especially in my yogurt!
I love everything you had to say for many reasons, but namely because I ate OIAJ this morning (Mighty Maple jar, oats, So Delicious chocolate yogurt, chia seeds, almond milk, and homemade cranberry sauce like whoa), and also because I've totally fabricated a jar experience just like you. I love cereal in a jar, yogurt in a jar, I've stuffed a sweet potato in a jar, squash in a jar. Jar eats are far superior.
i tried the whole oiaj thing, and honestly it just wasn't my thing. something about needing to get the whole spoon dirty to get to the bottom of the jar just kind of bugged me! ocd, much?
oh, and ps, i love frozen bananas and really don't like fresh ones!
It is frustrating waiting for the jar to get "just right." You're too funny, Sarah!
Love this
I've made my own before! Not as good…