Yes, ours does the water too. Only thing I don't like about it is that new filters are like $50 each, for a piece of plastic.

What?? You routinely make 3 completely different dinners as well as making your own hamburger buns instead of buying for your kid's cheeseburgers. I have some tips on how to make dinnertime more convenient but it involves not running a restaurant with multiple choices in the kitchen. :p But it looks like everyone ate the same thing for taco tuesday so :tu:.
I would never pay $5 for 2 avocados and (more like .69 for one). Just buy it a couple days ahead when it is rock hard and it will ripen at room temp in a couple days. I do understand that there are some great already made guacs and pico de gallos out there though and i was just pointing out that grilled guac is a different flavor. BTW--what are triceratops taco shells?
I don't still have the article but I know Consumer Reports says that the most common thing to break on a refrigerator is the ice machine. And of course it doesn't happen to everyone but I do know 2 people who had extensive damage with water slowly dripping. One of my friends now shuts off her water if she even goes away for a few days because of what happened. Anyway, I guess I am different than most on here...I easily make my own ice as needed in silicone giant cube trays...They take up very little space in the freezer (more room for food!) and I don't care what the shape is. If i ever need more ice for a party or something....$1 for a big bag at the local dollar store.

I missed that. :)

I don't make ice here (well water that isn't great, don't want to take up the freezer space). If I need it for some reason, I'll buy it. I don't care about shape.

Our place was in Bay Harbor. There are certain Little Traverse Bay dishes that I crave! The buttered noodles at Dam Site Inn are probably my #1 , but also the veggie crepes at Legs Inn, American Spoon Cafe gelato, the cold cherry soup at Staffords Pier and Toski Sands' smoked whitefish spread (which was my lunch today thanks to friends who were up there) and their cheddar horseradish dip. If we didn't have two cats at home (and aren't wild about having a petsitter/housesitter these days) we'd have spent a week or two up there this summer. Maybe we'll do a fall trip, TBD. Next summer, definitely.

Tonight it’s sausages mash and peas. Real comfort food!

NYT's Middle Eastern chicken with lemon/garlic yogurt sauce (one of our favorites and we typically make it for guests and never have left overs, so it's nice to just cook it for the two of us)
​​​​​​Couscous (my mother who grew up in Morocco and insists on making it the authenticity way would hate that I make it from a cardboard box)
Cherry tomatoes from my garden

Tired from a fun sunny hot (76??) afternoon at Marin’s pool. So fun.
tartine toast
peanut butter
morello cherry jam
butter
leftover thai iced tea

yeah, our LG fridge filter (Oem) is also $50. I’m not yet ready to buy the knockoff.

safeway avocados are $5/2 - I am not going to visit other shops for avocado savings. It’s not essential like when seeking Bays :-)
We use about $5 worth of ice a day. Best to make it.

Which box couscous? We have Israeli from TJs and Near East Brand.

Wow---that much ice! Is this year round or just in the summer?

Fun fact---Israeli couscous is not really couscous...it is a pasta. I love it though. Regular couscous is a grain.

Leftover pork fried rice.

Actually, couscous is a pasta, it's just smaller.

When I was growing up in Israel, the product that is marketed in the US as Israeli couscous was known as פתיתים, ptitim (flakes).

I didn't know that..i just learned something .

I only bought one box of Israeli couscous at TJs but we haven’t yet opened it because we enjoy the Near East brand.

Much ice - we just enjoy ice in our beverages :-)

Near East makes several types of couscous, most are traditional couscous. Their Pearled Couscous is similar to Israeli couscous.

I definitely bought smaller sizes than Israeli and so yum. Surreal how fast it cooks.