Yay, Mooshu! Keep feeling better!
Good luck with the interview, ChiKat. I hope it works out for you!
I am so tired I keep tripping over my feet. At least, I think it's my feet . . . I can't actually see them these days. Signed, Grumpy
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Sparky1 - May 03, 2009 11:04:20 am PDT #8626 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
DCJensen - May 03, 2009 11:04:32 am PDT #8627 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Oh, Yeah, and
7. Be prepared to make a mess, even after you get good at blenders. Removal of miscellaneous things in the general area that you don't want to clean off is a good thing.
WindSparrow - May 03, 2009 11:09:45 am PDT #8628 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I can press the buttons; I just don't know what to put in them.
When I make smoothies at the group homes, I throw in a few ice cubes, cleaned and chopped fruit - big chunks, like an inch or more of banana, smaller for harder items, yogurt or milk or fruit juice. I've seen banana smoothies include peanut butter. I've heard of people putting various powdered supplements in, such as whey protein. I'm sure you could put a small amount of tofu in with just about anything - including some veggies, to heat up for soup.
DavidS - May 03, 2009 11:14:21 am PDT #8629 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just don't know what to put in them.
Strawberries, bananas, yogurt, ice and fruit juice (OJ or Apple) = smoothie yum!
Also good: mango, peaches, pineapple, apples.
ChiKat - May 03, 2009 11:25:01 am PDT #8630 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Also good: berries (blue, black, rasp, whatever). I haven't tried making smoothies out of melon, yet, but I suspect it could be good.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 03, 2009 12:09:04 pm PDT #8631 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
You can make soup by blending up vegetables. I like this one a lot.
Steph L. - May 03, 2009 12:09:12 pm PDT #8632 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You eliminate the need to deal with ice for a smoothie if you use frozen fruit. Take it straight from the freezer to the blender. Throw in milk/soy milk/juice, and puree the sonofabitch.
P.M. Marc - May 03, 2009 12:12:31 pm PDT #8633 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
P-C, I ate pudding and jars of baby food.
ChiKat - May 03, 2009 12:45:35 pm PDT #8634 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Good luck with the interview, ChiKat. I hope it works out for you!
Thanks! It's for a school I'd really really like to work at. And, teaching what I want to teach.
use frozen fruit
I do the same thing, Teppy. Easy peasy.
Ginger - May 03, 2009 1:08:38 pm PDT #8635 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'll reiterate my one piece of advice: stay away from little seeds. askye's tip about the teabag is a good one too.
My experience with blenders has been that no matter how many buttons a blender has, I only use pulse, slow, faster and liquify. No matter how expensive the blender was, I always eventually get too ambitious about what can be liquified and burn out the motor, so I always buy cheap blenders.