It is peanut butter and jelly time in Atlanta as 40 restaurants ban together in support of PB&J for Good, a 10-day fundraiser benefiting Stop Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), going on now through Saturday, October 25. Each restaurant is donating a percentage of sales from their one-of-a-kind peanut butter and jelly themed creations to Stop SAM. In turn, Stop SAM will use 100 percent of these funds to purchase Mother Administered Nutritive Aid (MANA) packets.

MANA packets, a form of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) produced in Fitzgerald, Georgia, contain a mixture of peanut paste and dry whole milk. According to Stop SAM, when these packets are administered three times daily for six to seven weeks they are 98 percent effective at returning children to a healthy and sustainable weight.

In five years, Stop SAM hopes to save one million children through fundraising and distribution of RUTF packets produced by MANA Nutrition. With $50, Stop SAM is able to provide a child suffering from SAM with a six-week treatment that can save his or her life.

Atlanta’s chefs have risen to the culinary challenge by turning peanut butter & jelly dishes into culinary treats. The following restaurant’s dishes are gluten free:

American Food & Beverage – Boiled peanut hummus with bacon jelly and crudites. Specify the order is “gluten free” and the wood-grilled flatbread typically served alongside the dish will be replaced with crudites.

Farm Burger – Peanut butter milkshake (photo)

Queen of Cream – Peanut butter chocolate chip ice cream

The Melting Pot – PB&J milk chocolate fondue with fruit, marshmallows, gluten-free brownies and cupcakes for dipping.

The Spence – Cashew and peanut butter with muscadines and crudites. Specify the order is “gluten free” and the dish will be served without gluten-containing accompaniments.

Let these peanut butter and jelly dishes transport you to wonderful childhood memories while contributing to a great cause!