Michelle Obama says she was a “picky eater” who ate peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches for breakfast every day until college.
The former first lady discussed her choice of breakfast food during an appearance on the podcast “Your Mama’s Kitchen” hosted by Michele Norris.
Obama said she was “kind of a picky eater” while growing up on the Southside of Chicago. She regularly ate peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches for breakfast every day until college.
“It was sort of a compromise that I made with my mother because I thought, well, it’s got peanuts, it’s protein, a little bit of oil,” Obama said. “Nothing’s wrong with bread. If we’re having toast, why can’t I have it in a sandwich form? And jelly. Everybody was having jelly on their toast. Let me just put it on my peanut butter. She gave up. And I literally ate peanut butter and jelly every morning for most of my life, literally until I was in college.”
Obama said she eventually learned to appreciate a more complete breakfast as an adult. She hasn’t had a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich in years — partly because her daughter, Malia, is allergic to peanuts, and partly because she got tired of eating the same thing every morning.
“You know, I think I kind of OD’d on it,” she said.
