@Rosy - you probably already know that plantains ripen from the outside in, unlike bananas which go inside out. Plantains you can leave to ripen -
basically when they're black, they'll be perfect for mild banana-y taste inside. Otherwise, treat them a lot like potatoes. Hard to peel potatoes. (I cut them in half horizontally (lay them flat and chop in half across it, not along the long side), then score the skin into 4 sections. Then peel the skin off each section at a time)
Favorite recipe for green plantains is spiders. A little like potato pancakes, but with plantains.
@SailingOnASmallSailboat - thank you so much for the details, I was actually completely clueless:). I usually consult my favorite gardeners on youtube but hadn't yet.
Please share your spider recipe that sounds like something we'd love.
@MaybeBabyMustache - Thx:)
Seeing your "stop and think mode" in action again and again challenges me to stop the "I can afford this" mode that is so easy to slip into. It is akin to the "I deserve this" mindset that can become the path to financial destruction over time.
Yesterday I reviewed and cashed in from holiday expenditures:
1. POINTS - Swagbucks - Discounts
Collected $150. in cashback and a $50 Amazon card.
Plus - $30 in digital books discounts, a total of $30 cash discount on GCs and $43 worth of bitcoin.
2. Used a coupon for a "free" Sam's Club membership. $45 savings
3. Today - scored more unexpected gifts- a box of chocolate-covered Hawaiian Macadamia nuts. Mr. R. will be happy.
Plus a lovely rainbow crystal suncatcher - my friend is experimenting with crystals:).
4. Thanks to my neighbor we just got an extra $100 discount on upcoming concrete work.
Said neighbor also has a pair of boltcutters that cut through chain link fencing like butter with no effort at all (arthritis-friendly), I'm borrowing them for my garden art project. Kept me from buying my own for other upcoming projects - nice savings.
FOOD
5. Fixing supper for tonight and tomorrow, steamed potatoes, sausage with green onions and a side of creamed spinach, plus enough for Mr. R's lunch. Saves me from cooking tomorrow. That will also give me potatoes to make my own lunch tomorrow - fried eggs, potatoes and fresh spinach or other greenery.
Planting the green onion roots in the garden for more free green onions.
Strawberries are in season, fresh off the field - so we'll have some with vanilla ice cream for dessert.
Cheap, quick and easy - always a good thing:).
Hope y'all fare just as well or much better - it all adds up over time. A free bunch of organic onions time and again is healthy, no trouble to cultivate even in a pot and will save you roughly $2.48 at Walmart in our region - one bunch a week = $128.96 per annum.
It's an easy no-brainer. If you chop them up and freeze them in the summer if you happen to live in a cold climate, you can use the free frozen onions in the winter.
Absolute mini savings - but hey, if you challenge yourself to find three more similar food savings you just took $500 off your grocery bill for the year.
Better yet, pick the most expensive item off your grocery list and challenge yourself to find a way to get it 25% or 50% cheaper.
Game on:).