#rowan's asks

Shrimpy cats for you!

Oh hi! It depends on what your goal is.

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If you're an ARFID kiddo,

I'd really really recommend getting a blender. If you have a Facebook, look for your local Buy Nothing group -- this is your best shot at getting one for free. If you're not, try looking at your local thrift store. (Not Salvation Army; they use their money in very un-cool ways). If you have a local Habitat for Humanity Re-store, maybe they'd even be able to get you a really good deal on one if you explain your situation.

The reason I really recommend getting a blender is that you can use it to do a LOT of heavy lifting in terms of sneaking nutrition.

If you like soups, try blending mild, cooked veggies into the broth.

If you bake, try adding purees into your batters

If you like smoothies, make fruit smoothies regularly

There are lots more ideas than that, but those are a few basic ones. If you want, I can email you some cookbook pdfs along the lines above, if you DM me your email address.

Keep in mind that frozen fruit and veggies are often even more nutritionally dense than the fresh produce on the shelves, and tends to be cheaper per ounce.

Some states will even allow you to use SNAP/EBT at farmer's markets, and if you have a freezer, you can get really inexpensive stuff and let it last for a long time. Sometimes farmers will even let you take produce for free if you help them put their stuff away at the end of the day.

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If you're just interested in formula for baby regression reasons, read on:

You can put some milk in a jar with a serving of "carnation instant breakfast" and shake shake shake! Bunny act,ually likes making a faux Starbucks drink using coffee, Hershey's Caramel syrup, soy milk, and vanilla flavored instant breakfast powder

Just drink applesauce

Nesquik comes in a few flavors, and can thicken up your drink

Oat flour is basically ground oats, so if you cook it in milk like oatmeal, you'll get a thickened drink that's smooth without a blender, probably.

Baby pouch purees? They're not as cheap as homemade, but you can get them from the Dollar Tree for 2-4 per $1.25, and they're okay.

So, those are my thoughts ♡

Iris: Name your top three favorite ships and your top three least favorite ships.

Top three favorites: HeatherBreeze (childhood friends to lovers and one of the only people in his life who actually supports him, and one of the only cats he actually cares about), RavenBarley (need I say more), and TallJake (they make me cry.)

Top three least favorites:

Bumble/Dove. Bumblestripe constantly ignores Dovewing's boundaries when she doesn't want to be with him.

Crow/Squirrel. I just do not see the appeal of this. Their personalities do not mesh at all. They have zero chemistry and seem so boring to me. It's just not my cup of tea. (The only exception is when they are both apprentices; it is more believable and easier to bear.)

Spotted/Fire. When she is alive, Spottedleaf never shows any interest in Firepaw. In the first series, it just seems like Fireheart has a crush on her which she doesn't reciprocate. He eventually realizes he has no chance with her and commits himself to Sandstorm. I don't mind this in the first arc when it is just one-sided. I dislike it in continuing books where Spottedleaf has retconned feelings for Firestar, still visiting him in his dreams when he is mates with Sandstorm, and Firestar is conflicted about his affection for Spottedleaf and his love for his mate. It just makes Firestar seem like a worse person that he's still obsessing over a long-dead crush, especially when his mate is with him. (the mate he specifically chose over Spottedleaf when he decided he had no future with the dead medicine cat and decided to devote himself fully to Sandstorm. This just erases all those moments of character development.)

There are ways this could've worked with Spottedleaf reciprocating, but I do not like how it happened in canon.

Sunflower: What’s a popular headcanon that you don’t agree with?

[ID: a screenshot showing that aromantic is number 1 trending right now on Tumblr. End ID]

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