One I think I’ve seen mentioned before is peanut butter on bread, put thin slice of cheese on that, then put it under the broiler until the cheese is just browned. A very common lunch for me.
Back in my bachelor days I used to mix in a tablespoon of peanut butter into the cheap ramen. Was watching Japanese TV about ramen restaurant secrets, on of the pros put just a little bit in his big pot of broth so can claim some authenticity.
Seconding sriracha. I great divey joint around let’s you customize any burger or sandwich with the addition a combination of crunchy PB, honey-slaw and srirarcha. Yumm.
I was in a rather fancy little foodie shop the other day and I picked up a jar of this - it’s crunchy peanut butter with smoked paprika and chipotle. It’s just peanuts, spices, salt, and it’s really very good; such a simple addition, but the smoky/sweet/warm dimension that the peppers add is amazing.
about 4 ounces (half a coffee mug) of peanut butter
“looks right” amount of artificial maple syrup, enough to mix the peanut butter into a gooey sticky delicious diabetes inducing mess (it has to be the corn syrup based stuff or the flavor ain’t right)
mix with spoon until mess is achieved, eat with spoon directly from cup
I think about that today and I just can’t imagine actually eating that as an adult, but as kid? Heck Yeah I ate that, I think the ratio was 2 ounces to 1 ounce, peanut butter to syrup
Last night I tried a spoonful of peanut butter with a little real maple syrup dripped on it. It was okay, but not something I’d crave.
Since I was feeling adventurous, I also dribbled some syrup on a spoonful of cream cheese. Tangy and sweet at the same time, but again not something I’d crave.
Just PB and mayo - not with jelly. Although probably there is someone out there who does add jelly to their peanut butter and mayo sandwiches. But just a “PBM” is standard.
Peanut butter and raisin on whole wheat, in a baggie, in a book bag, on a bike 300 Smoots or more across the river rain or shine to early classes, then noonishly unearthed beneath the textbooks mushed into a primordial lump - great one-handed brain food, and NOBODY ever wanted to steal your lunch.
My mother used to stir together equal parts peanut butter, raisins, and cottage cheese and use it as a sandwich spread for my lunches. It looked really awful - dark brown lumps (the raisins) and white lumps (the cottage cheese curds) bound together by peanut butter. It tasted okay, though. But certainly nothing I would crave.