This post is part of the NO-GMO Challenge Blog Carnival.

You’d think the boy cut his teeth on Skippy. He didn’t. Really! When my oldest three were young, we only ate natural, organic, homemade food. Not traditional so much, but never fast food and rarely processed food. The only peanut butter he knew until he was 10 was the kind you grind yourself at the health food store. Just peanuts. I even had an attachment to my food processor that would make dandy PB before it died.

I came home with the ONLY peanut butter in the store I could locate that didn’t have cottonseed, soy or canola oil in it: a glass jar of Smucker’s Organic. Even the store organic brand had sugar in it. Of course, the Smucker’s had a layer of oil floating on top, something I knew John would NOT stand for. So, I dumped it into a bowl and hit it with the handblender for a few seconds. Knowing our track record with kids handling glass jars and injury, I set it out for recycling and scooped the mixed PB into the plastic Skippy jar that was nearly empty. I wasn’t home to explain the switch when he got out the jar to make his before-bed sandwich.

You would think I committed a felony. John was not pleased that: 1) I “substituted this junk for real peanut butter,” 2) Didn’t tell him of the switch, and 3) “hid it in my Skippy jar like I was a two-year-old.”

I like the idea of replacing the things you eat most with the healthiest possible versions. John eats his way through a 16 ounce jar of peanut butter two or three times a week. Switching it out for organic, no GMO peanut butter with no added sugar would really benefit him. And I know once he gets used to it, the other stuff won’t taste right anymore. But getting there sure can be an uphill climb!

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