Soften Sunbutter

Today we live in a world of allergies and the one that affects kids the most is peanuts.  No more delicious peanut butter and jelly or fluffer-nutter sandwiches at lunch, or your child is likely relegated to a "special" table, despite being in the majority of non-allergic kids.

There are numerous products to get around the peanut butter problem, and one of the most popular is Sunbutter.

Unfortunately Sunbutter is not very spreadable, even the creamy type.  And you can forget about it if you put it in the refrigerator, which I'm sure some of you do.

Fortunately there is a way to soften it up, you can microwave it.

Now you may have tried this and found that Sunbutter is microwave resistant, meaning it takes a long time to get results softening.

The trick is add water. 

1. Just add a little water to coat the bottom of your microwave safe container and put a dollop of Sunbutter on top. 
2. Microwave 30 seconds.
3. Drain excess liquid.
4. Spread!

Soften Dry Bread for Sandwiches

Sometimes when you get a loaf of bread, it's very dry.  This seems to happen more often with the expensive organic wheat or multi-grain loaves.

Dry bread can be off-putting to the little ones.

Fortunately there is an easy solution which will soften the bread. Once you are finished  you put it in the sandwich bag or container soon after, the bread will stay soft until they eat it for lunch.

To soften dry bread:

1. Take a paper towel and run some water over it to make it damp.
2. Wrap the paper towel around the bread.
3. Microwave on high for 10-15 seconds.