Peanut Butter and Jelly Time (A Giveaway)

I have to admit that when I was a child I didn't ever get peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in my lunch.

And even though I usually got some kind of Cuban-food-of-awesomeness-leftover in my Barbie lunchbox, I confess that I was jealous of my little American counterparts who found those crustless sweet and salty offerings in their brown bags day after day.

As I got older, I didn't give peanut butter and jelly much thought, until I had a peanut butter and guava jelly sandwich. (ohyesIdid.)

It was a beautiful melding of the two cultures that have made me the person that I am today.

Are you wondering why am I waxing nostalgic over peanut butter?

The good folks at Jif Peanut Butter are celebrating Ten Years of Creativity in the Kitchen with a Jif^® Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest™.

Now through October 12, 2011, you can help your kids, age six to 12 submit their creative sandwich recipes for a chance to win a $25,000 college fund. Also, to mark the 10th Anniversary of the contest, this year’s Grand Prize Winner will also receive an additional $10,000 for educational products.

To find out more about the contest and/or to enter-click here. <--that, right there, is the link is to the Jif^® Peanut Butter home page. Who knew how many fabulous things you can make with this magical food?

Find Jif^® on Facebook or visit www.jif.com for more information, tips, recipes, contests and promotions.

And for my bilingual friends, you can also find the Jif site in Spanish.

I'm happy to announce that I've partnered with Jif^® to bring you this promotion and and they've provided me with a very cool and generous giveaway for MBFCF readers.

It's a pretty sweet Jif Branded Gym Bag, some Jif-to-go products (fabulous for lunches!), a Jif Picture Frame and an Amazon Kindle. (I know. Shut up.)

To enter the drawing for a chance to win that beautiful gift pack pictured above, please leave a comment on this post and answer one or all of the following questions: