Oh LOL I'm glad it's not just me. I thought I was the only one who
could spend hours with the app looking at different brands and
other items I didn't even know most grocery stores carry.
The good thing about Instacart is that most of the time, the nutritional
information for products is listed within the item details, so if you're
a diabetic or if you have to contend with other food allergies, you can
see first hand what's available.
If you don't like Instacart, you may be able to browse your local
store's web site. We have Kroger's here, and it's possible to go to
their site, type in a zip code and see products from that store. From
there, it's easy to use coupons to set up delivery or pick up, but
having access to the ingrediants and nutritional info is priceless for me.
On 8/2/2020 10:31 AM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote:
Linda:
I can't help you much with the angel. I had a fantasy about using Aira for
shopping, so I tried it once. But the reality is that if you are not paying
for a rather substantial number of minutes, that may not work out very well.
But there are shopping services, like Instacart and Shipt, that are as close as
it comes.
I love using Instacart. I have spent hours and hours just browsing the store's
offerings. You can search for a product, or you can just pick an aisle and
look at everything. I wouldn't have believed that there were so many things to
buy. I didn't even know that some of them existed.
If you are not sure you want to use the service, you could set up an account
without paying for a yearly membership. Setting up the account will allow them
to show you the stores available in your area. Then you could just pick a
store and look at the shelves to your heart's content.
I have to admit that joining Instacart caused me to spend a little more money at first
because I was trying so many new things, things I never would have known about at all.
It frees you from the so-called "sighted filter", where somebody else decides
for you what is important or what you want. Nobody is going to tell you absolutely
everything on the grocery store shelves unless you pay them by the hour, but Instacart
will. I looked up and down the shelves in almost every single aisle at Costco. Except
the automotive, of course.
There are drawbacks, of course. I'm not going to go into them here. The app
and the web site are accessible, requiring what I would call intermediate
skill. You need to know your way around, but don't have to be a power user.
So if that's you, you might try it.
Shipt might be the same. I have not used them, but there are blind people who
have.
-----Original Message-----
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Linda S. via Cookinginthedark
Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [CnD] Microwave tuna caserole
Oh, I love everything with corn; tortillas, pollenta etc.
One of my dreams/fantasies is to have a little angel on my shoulder so we could
just go aisle by aisle in the grocery store, and the little angel would tell me
everything that is there. (smile)
On 8/1/2020 6:25 PM, diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark wrote:
Hi,
No interest in polenta, otherwise known in the South as cornmeal mush. (smile)
I am really interested in the pasta. Happy to know gemelli is included. I'll be
looking for them. Thanks.
Diane
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [CnD] Microwave tuna caserole
Hi Dianne:
So, I gave you a little misinformation. The pollenta we bought isn't
microwavable, however, there are three types of pasta you can microwave.
Rotini, elb ow mac, and/r gemmelly. Gimelly is like a twisty pasta. You only
microwave them for one minute. Hope this helps.
Sorry for the misinformation.
On 8/1/2020 4:57 PM, diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark wrote:
Linda,
I have had microwave rice in a pouch. I heard about pasta, but, didn't know
where to look for it. Is all that other stuff you mentioned in pouches like the
rice? Thanks.
Diane
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:39 PM
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Cc: Linda S. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [CnD] Microwave tuna caserole
There are so many things you can buy now that can be microwaved. You can buy
quinoa, rigatoni, instant rice, brown and white, basmadi and jasmine and even
pollenta. Amazing, especially on these hot days when you don't want to heat up
the house.
Linda
On 8/1/2020 3:58 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote:
You could also use canned salmon instead of the tuna.
I didn't know you could do Mac and Cheese this way. I am one of
those people who thinks that the microwave is for reheating
leftovers and warming coffee.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On
Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark
Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:19 PM
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Cc: Deborah Armstrong <[email protected]>
Subject: [CnD] Microwave tuna caserole
My Husband's favorite: I invented this recipe because it uses stuff
I can stock up on and I can make it in a half-hour after a busy day
or before a busy evening.
For a change, try some of those flavored tuna in packets.
1 box Kraft macaroni and cheese
2 cups hot water
1/4 cup hot milk
¼ cup butter
2 cans about 10 oz tuna packed in water
1 pkg highly flavored tuna (2-3 ounces optional)
1 can peas
1 can Pringles or equivalent amount of chips
Microwave the macaroni in 2 cups water in a greased, covered dish
for four minutes. Stir, turn and microwave another 4 minutes. DO NOT drain!
Stir in the sauce packet and hot milk. Stir in the optional butter,
preferably melted.
Add the drained tuna and stir. Add the drained peas and stir.
Crumble the chips in a zip-lock bag. Sprinkle on top and press down.
Microwave now uncovered, for 4 minutes.
Notes: If you use another brand of boxed mac and cheese such as
Cracker barrel, you may need to reduce the liquid, especially if the
sauce packet is gel and not powder.
--Debee
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