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A Really Good Five-Minute Dinner

A Really Good Five-Minute Dinner

A Really Good Five-Minute Dinner

A few months ago, I came home with my five-year-old after a very long Sunday of activities and schlepping. Both of us were cranky and in need of early bedtime, and I was in no way up for cooking. It was one of those nights where you really want to order takeout, but you just did that the night before.

In a last-ditch effort, I grabbed a can of beans in tomato sauce from the cabinet, then looked in the fridge for something to oomph it up a bit. Mozzarella? Sure. I threw the beans in a pot with a handful of shredded mozz, along with some spinach, warmed it up for two minutes, then scooped it onto a slice of sandwich bread. “Pizza beans!” I declared, because sometimes ya gotta sell it. And frankly, my cabinet concoction did not look particularly appetizing. Still, I figured it would taste okay, because tomato sauce and mozzarella usually do. Then I took a bite from the pile of mystery beans, and to my astonishment, it was PHENOMENAL. Savory and saucy and gooey. It was so much better than a can-of-beans-plus-the-first-thing-I-saw-in-the-fridge had any right to be.

I now make it regularly, even when I have more than five minutes to make dinner. It’s warm and filling and super flexible and tastes great with whatever leftover veg you have hanging in your fridge, like cauliflower or zucchini.

Five-Minute Saucy, Cheesy Beans
Serves 1-2

1 can of white or gigante beans in tomato sauce (I used these, but any brand works! Just make sure it’s savory sauce — not sweet, like Heinz baked beans)
1 scant handful of shredded mozzarella
1-2 cups of baby spinach, or chopped cauliflower, broccoli, or whatever chunky vegetable you have knocking around the produce bin

Pour beans into a small saucepan (make sure to scrape out all that yummy sauce!), and set it over a low heat. Scatter mozzarella over the top and stir until it melts and everything is warm and gooey. Stir veggies in for a minute, then turn off the heat.

Serve in heaping scoops over a slice of sandwich bread, or on its own in a bowl. This makes a very hearty serving for one — or two, if you’re sharing it with a five-year-old who’s more tired than hungry. The good news is it really does take five minutes max. Rather than make a big batch up front, I’d suggest starting with one and just leaving the pot unwashed until dinner is definitely over.

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Amazon has my favorite Bissell carpet cleaner marked down by 25% right now

SAVE 25%: As of July 21, you can get the Bissell Little Green Max Pet SmartMix carpet cleaner (38572) for $119.99, down from $159.99, at Amazon.


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I used to have a Bissell Little Green machine, and it worked right up until I poured liquid into the wrong compartment. But before my little mishap, this little thing was a lifesaver (I seldom use that word, but in this case, it’s true). With two beagles running around my apartment, having a carpet cleaner is a necessity.

And right now, you can get your own Bissell Little Green Max Pet SmartMix carpet cleaner for $119.99, down from $159.99. That’s a 25% discount or $40 in savings.

It comes with a specialized Pet Hair Removal Tool designed to grab embedded fur and debris from your upholstery, and once you’re done scrubbing, the Self-Cleaning Tough Stain Tool rinses out the leftover dirt and residue from the hose with the touch of a button (my machine didn’t have that feature).

Another major upgrade on this specific model is the SmartMix Technology, which automatically mixes the water and cleaning formula together for you so you don’t have to measure anything. Just be sure you pour it into the correct tank!

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Time for a new smartwatch? Snag the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic for 51% off ahead of Samsung Unpacked.

SAVE $280: As of July 21, get the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic for $269.99 at Woot, down from its usual price of $549.99. That’s a discount of 51%.


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If you’re looking to kit your wrist out with a new smartwatch, now’s a great time to do so. Samsung is on the verge of debuting several new models, and that means the old ones are going down in price. Case in point: the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, which you can get for an excellent discount right now if you don’t want to wait for the new crop of devices.

As of July 21, get the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic for $269.99 at Woot, down from its usual price of $549.99. That’s $280 off and a discount of 51%.

This classy smartwatch opts to keep things traditional while offering a variety of modern features that you’ll appreciate. That includes a bright, easy-to-read display, a rotating bezel you use to select apps and navigate menus, and several health-tracking abilities so you can stay on top of what’s happening with your body and fitness at all times.

From a heart rate and sleep score monitor to a daily Energy Score calculated from your heart rate, sleep, activity, and rest this watch can make sure you’re ready for the day in all the ways that count. It can also be used to help track blood pressure.

Beyond all its health-centric features, this is a great smartwatch for day-to-day functionality and staying on top of your schedule. It has a built-in AI assistant as well as the option to use voice commands to navigate, which means you never have to use your hand to get things done if you don’t want to.

If you’re ready to debut a new smartwatch without breaking the bank, now’s a good time to buy in.

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The Latest Poster For Avengers: Doomsday Secretly Spoils The Plot

By Chris Snellgrove
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With less than five months left until the film’s release, Marvel has taken their marketing for Avengers: Doomsday to the next level. Right now, fans are mostly focused on the trailer that dropped today, which is no surprise; after all, it’s not every day that you see the reunion of Thor and Steve Rogers or, for that matter, a battle between Shang-Chi and Gambit. Amid all the breathless hype over the trailer, however, a more powerful advertisement is lurking in plain sight. At the same time Marvel launched the trailer, they also released a new Avengers: Doomsday poster.

Compared to that crowded character poster, the new poster is downright subdued. It features Doctor Doom staring at a huge tapestry with a broken world and two characters: a woman and a boy. Some comics fans think this image is Doom and his mother, a character who is eventually damned to Hell. However, other fans are convinced that this is actually an image of Doom’s wife and child; if true, this would effectively ruin the biggest plot twist. How does it do that? If you don’t mind some potential spoilers for this year’s biggest film, just keep reading!

You Can’t Spell “Painting” Without “Pain”

So, let’s start this story in reverse (just don’t let the TVA get me!): why do some fans think the woman in this poster is Doctor Doom’s mother? In the comics, she’s a big deal. To defeat an evil dictator who was ruling her country with an iron fist (an actual fist, not the kung-fu guy), she made a deal with the devil. As usual, the deal went wrong, and she lost control of the powers that she gained from Mephisto. She renounced those powers, got killed, and was then dragged into Hell. To see her again, Doom later mastered magic, visited Mephisto, and conducted an experiment that ruined his own face.  

However, all of the lore behind this origin story is too dense to fit into Avengers: Doomsday, a movie which is already crowded with endless character cameos. It seems the movie is taking a different direction, as multiple reports have claimed that the two figures are actually Doom’s wife and child. An unconfirmed leak of the movie’s plot (don’t say I didn’t warn you about spoilers, kids!) claims that Doom actually lost his family to one of the incursions, which is when one reality collides with another. This motivates Doom to learn more about the incursions and to plot his revenge.

A Hero Will Be Broken

Revenge against whom, you ask? According to the leaked plot, Steve Rogers! Reportedly, Loki visits the former Captain America in the past and warns him that the TVA will prune his entire timeline because he’s not supposed to be there. In an act of seeming kindness, Loki brings Cap, Peggy, and their young son to the Fantastic Four’s universe. However, the leak claims that Steve’s presence in this universe somehow triggers an incursion and that Doom disfigured himself and killed his own wife and son trying to stop it. In a shocking twist, Doom reportedly kills Steve’s son in front of the hero in an act of vengeance.

Now, again, all of this comes from a leaked plot summary that hasn’t been confirmed, so all of this could be an Ego-sized bottle of hogwash. But it’s worth noting that the Avengers: Doomsday teasers last year prominently focused on both Captain America and Thor becoming fathers. This potentially adds credence to the idea that this is a film about family and how far someone will go to protect the ones they love. If the leaks are true, this innocuous poster featuring Doctor Doom is spoiling the motivation the villain will have to cross time and space and cross countless moral event horizons along the way.

A movie where costumed vigilantes (like Batman, Spider-Man, and so many more) are driven by the ghosts of family members they lost when they were children? Well, nobody ever accused Marvel of being all that original!


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