So like Elvis, I love peanut butter and banana together. I put them together in smoothies, snacks and what I’m going to tell you about today. It’s what I have for lunch on the reg, which is my peanut butter and banana wrap. But the peanut butter I use is probably way different than the peanut butter you think I use, because my peanut butter starts as a powder.
I use a product called ‘PB2’ and I’m obsessed with it. It has 45 calories for the same amount that regular peanut butter has for 190 calories. It has 85% less fat and it tastes literally the same. The way it works is you use 2 parts peanut butter powder to 1 part water, the way they explain it’s 2 tablespoons powder, 1 tablespoon water. I weigh out 12 grams (the same amount but I just like weighing out my food because it’s more accurate) and then I just eyeball the water because it’s just easier for me that way.
But what about a Nutella substitute?? Don’t worry! There’s chocolate peanut butter powder as well. It’s delicious, I’ll mix it with some banana “ice cream” (just frozen bananas in a blender with a splash of cashew milk) so it adds a chocolate peanut butter taste but not a chocolate peanut butter boatload of calories.
There are two brands that I’ve had, but it doesn’t really matter because I couldn’t tell the difference. The only difference is where I bought them. PB2 by Bell Plantation I bought both the peanut butter and the chocolate peanut butter at Target. And the other brand I’ve tried of just the regular peanut butter powder is Just Great Stuff by Betty Lou, I got this at a local health food store. They also make a chocolate peanut butter powder and a peanut butter powder with extra protein, but I have not tried those.
So the recipe I was talking about! It uses a wrap that I’m in love with, I use it in a multitude of ways besides this one. It’s called ‘Let’s Skip the Sandwich’ by Tumaro, and it’s a low carb, low calorie wrap. It has only 60 calories, but has 5 grams of protein (in the one I’m using which is the 9 Grain with Chia Seeds wrap), only 12 grams carbs, and 2 grams fat. So not too bad for a wrap. I then use a serving of PB2, so there’s another 45 calories. But hey it’s totally okay this recipe is almost done. Finally I add around half a banana. And the reason I only add half is because a full banana wouldn’t fit. I just eat the other half of the banana because bananas are frisking delicious.
So here are the things you will need:
– 1 Let’s Skip the Sandwich wrap
– 1 serving PB2 (mixed with water so it’s the consistency you like)
– 1/2 a Banana (you can add more if you’d like to have it extra full
– Food scale, set to grams
I gave a basic rundown of the how to just a hot sec ago but it’s okay because this one will be rad too. So I get my wrap out of the package and set it aside on my plate. Next I get a small bowl to weigh out the peanut butter, I then add water and mix that up for a quick sec. Bring the wrap back and just schmear the now creamy PB2 on the wrap. Finally I take my banana and I cut it into slices (I just use the spoon because I’m not trying to wash more dishes than I have to) and place them on the wrap so they’re fairly even all over. Leave an inch around the edges, because it’s easier to wrap this way. The way you want to wrap your wrap is imagine it as having 4 sides. To start take two opposite sides, I generally take the left side and the right side, and fold them to the middle. To wrap it you just roll the top, while holding the two sides you just folded, till it’s to the other side. It takes a little bit of practice but it’s okay, you’ll get it in no time. You could cut it if you’d like but I just eat mine like a little burrito.
And that’s it! An easy healthy lunch that is so good. It’s like a peanut butter and banana sandwich but half the amount of calories that it would have been.
With much love,
PbandJaney
