RETIRED: Target chit chat

Never made black beans, would love a recipe for that, too. I make red beans and rice for hubby, Puerto Rican style. Need to work that into a meal this week.

we're going to have spicy maple blackened shrimp today or tomorrow (it's a family recipe).

i'm thinking, make some black beans, and a mango-avocado salsa and we can have wonderful lettuce fajitas with romaine leaves. low carb, high fiber, high protein, plus lots of nutrients, and lots of delish.

burned my middle finger against one of the burners so it has a big blister on it now. anyone of you guys need me to flip someone off? they won't miss it.

i've never met her so obviously i'm talking perched high on a cloud of ignorance, but still i'll say this in her defense:

i had never used mqs in my life. the occassional coupon for gap or banana, or coupons found on the net for discounts/free shipping etc for clothes etc sites from where i'd ordered, yes.

but mqs? no. in college, i had a few times cut out 2-3 coupons each from one sunday's flier. and i would always think, who uses all this other stuff, i only managed to find 2 useful ones. and that too, it's just 40c and 50c, just a 90c savings. bah, nothing. each time i cut those 2-3 coupons i ended up loosing the tiny pieces of paper or forgetting to take em with me, or by the time i'd take em to the store they'd have expired.

so i just gave up figuring it's stupid.

when i eventually discovered SD, i knew nothing about the possibilities, nothing about how, what, who, why. nothing.

that question that your SIL asked? i would've asked the same question: if it's wrong and illegal, why did shaws permit it on camera? just to make themselves look nicer? so they don't get punished even if it's illegal? etc. sounds very naive, i realize, but i would've said the same thing.

and many of the questions your SIL asks on how to use, are questions my siblings have asked me when i tried teaching em.

and yes, they too, told me, sorry don't have time to read reams. frankly, if someone told me that i would have had to read that whole new q users thread, plus several more how to threads, i never would've done it. it's overwhelming to hear that.

what i have found is that one does much better by emphasizing ease and mastery. you can do it! just learn the rules and then you can save so much! it's super easy! look at me, it took me just a few weeks and i got good at it! and so forth... then once people get reading, the more knowledge they get, the more they want to learn and do. plus the more they learn the more they appreciate nuances and that gets them learning more, discovering more. it works.

i can see how roadbumpy and burdensome this feels on your end right now, cos she's LEANING on you fully. but she'll be standing on her own soon. you're an expert at this - you've taught so many strangers, you can teach her, too.

OAN, has anyone here used an aquasana water filter? it has great web reviews, i've been looking at it for close to 3 years now, but haven't bit the bullet because it is expensive. but now there's a half-price groupon for it, and i'm wondering whether to go for it. still rather pricey, but would save us long term in brita costs. and the brita faucet filter has been such a pain recently. the aquasana one fits unobtrusively under the sink. although i don't know how long the filter lasts and how that part works out cost wise.

thoughts?

water is about all we drink all day long - rare soda consumption here, and we don't drink much juice either because of the high sugar content, so water goes fast in this house. plus i use filtered water for rinsing all food and for cooking, since the tap water has a strange metallic taste (lead pipes likely) and also a horrible odor. don't want whatever all that is in my food. filtering removes all that taste and odor problem.

we're going to have spicy maple blackened shrimp today or tomorrow (it's a family recipe).

i'm thinking, make some black beans, and a mango-avocado salsa and we can have wonderful lettuce fajitas with romaine leaves. low carb, high fiber, high protein, plus lots of nutrients, and lots of delish.

hey all!! Depressing day yesterday... the house offer was rejected and they didn't counter offer... which sucks!! I would of liked it to go through...we placed another offer (non-offically) to see what they think... BUT I am not sure how it will go... saddened I guess LOL

Hope all of you in oklahoma and texas are safe. We are safe here in MO.

i'm too late on this for tonight, but if you didn't use up the asparagus, here's what we love to do with it:

wash the spears and cut off about an inch or so off the tough bottoms. lay the spears flat in glass baking dish. drizzle evoo, fresh ground pepper. salt also if you like food salty. we don't so i don't use any. toss to coat. then take a couple of cloves of fresh garlic and slice thin. sprinkle the thin slices all over. take some fresh parsley, break off the whole leaves and spread around on top of the asparagus.
roast in oven for 7-8 minutes.
the asparagus comes out crispy tender, beautifully flavored with the roasted garlic and the parsley gets crisped.

that all the May 2011 SD joiners are now the experts in 2 of my threads.. Really?

hey all!! Depressing day yesterday... the house offer was rejected and they didn't counter offer... which sucks!! I would of liked it to go through...we placed another offer (non-offically) to see what they think... BUT I am not sure how it will go... saddened I guess LOL

Good Morning Creatures who live on my puter (cept' lurkers, you don't live, you oogle)

Yesterday while tending to my babies (garden) something bit me on my arm. It is swollen, it is about 2 inches round, with a little mark in the middle (where I was stung/bitten/nibbled on)...any ideas? It itches, but hurts more then it itches.

Yesterday while tending to my babies (garden) something bit me on my arm. It is swollen, it is about 2 inches round, with a little mark in the middle (where I was stung/bitten/nibbled on)...any ideas? It itches, but hurts more then it itches.

Does anyone know of a place for kids to eat free today (w/ adult entree purchase maybe?)?