<\/strong><\/p>\n Nutrition information for 1 Tbsp B^3 from www.caloriecount.com<\/p><\/div>\n B^3<\/strong> Soften by bringing all ingredients to room temperature, then blend well. I am careful not to whip too much air into the mixture, as I measure it by the tablespoon. Of course, it may also be weighed for precision.<\/p>\n I think this completely filled up a quart jar last time I made it. Refrigerate and it will keep a long time. At 1 tablespoon a day, it lasts a while.<\/p>\n The B^3 is now ready to be made into 1 tablespoon servings and loaded with supplements. It’s a great delivery system because the taste of the supplements is masked by the nut butters.<\/p>\n Adding supplements to B^3<\/p><\/div>\n Nora gets 1\/4 of an adult Centrum every day (her diet does not guarantee her the required vitamins and minerals), 1 tablet of carnitine (an amino acid that helps with processing fats), and 200 mg of folic acid (helps with thinning hair due to the medication). She also gets calcium supplements, but we do not add them here. Any chewable kids vitamins have carbs to make them tasty, so those are out of the picture for Nora. Of course, we can’t expect a 3 year old to swallow pills, so we crush them into a powder with a small mortar and pestle and incorporate them into her food.<\/p>\n I start an assembly line process by measuring 1 tablespoon of B^3 into 4 small dishes. I crush 1 day’s supplement tablets into a powder and add it to each bowl of B^3. That way, she gets a consistent daily dose. I mix in the supplements and put the little bowls in the freezer to harden.<\/p>\n Frozen B^3 + Supplements<\/p><\/div>\n When the mixture is hard (it does not have to be frozen solid), I use a melon baller to scoop it all up into a little ball.<\/p>\n Then I put each ball into a container and keep it in the refrigerator. That keeps the mixture solid enough to stay separate, but gets pliable quickly when it is ready to eat.<\/p>\n It is a bit of work, but I love having little balls of B^3 to grab out of the fridge when I’m preparing each day’s meals. Meal preparation is enough of a chore without getting out 3 more supplements to add to Nora’s food. We can put a few week’s worth in the fridge and keep it on hand.<\/p>\n Finished B^3 + Supplements<\/p><\/div>\n Productivity is happiness. Maybe that statement is a little too strong. Concentrated tedium is preferable to daily tedium.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nora needs several supplements everyday, some multiple times a day. It’s tedious to crush tablets and add them to foods on a meal-by-meal basis, so here’s one of my time saving processes to ease the daily grind. Peanut butter (B^3) … Continue reading ![\"Nutrition](\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonketokids\/files\/2012\/04\/Screen-shot-2012-04-15-at-9.28.30-PM.png\")
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\n1\/2 cup Adams 100% Natural Peanut Butter
\n1\/2 cup Sunbutter Organic Sunflower Seed Spread
\n1\/2 C Bob’s Red Mill flax meal<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>