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I only buy unsweetened plain almond milk, but still notice that mac & cheese or whatever turns out a little sweeter than regular milk... But I don't mind it too much. Still, I wouldn't recommend it, but I haven't found a better option!

Mini chocolate chips! Or cut out what you want to say in paper, as a stencil, then dust cocoa powder or carefully pour sprinkles on top.

Um, can we get a recipe for the lavender & pisco drink?!?! That sounds amazing!

I like vodka as a mixer, sure, but a Woodinville Whiskey makes a sipping vodka that is actually really good straight. It has a bit of a butterscotch flavor. Super strong, but tasting it expanded my idea of vodka's role as a spirit.

I already have a washi tape addiction (I keep buying it under the excuse that I will use it for my wedding... how? Not sure yet.), and I saw this but I don't know how well it'll come off! I don't want tape marks on my pretty glasses!

They aren't too fancy, but I have created many an addict by serving scotcheroos. I cut them up really small so I can go back and have a second (and a third... and a fourth...).

My dad is the chef of the family, but not the baker, and my mom didn't cook hardly anything, so I kind of took on the baker role when I was old enough. We had lots of packaged cookies, ice cream, boxed cake and brownie mixes, and other not-from-scratch things until I started experimenting. Then I would make all kinds of different cookies! I'd pull out the old Betty Crocker cookbook, see if there was anything that we had all the ingredients for, recruit my brother as my sous chef, and whip something up. That was so fun!

I go with my gut. I look at a lot of recipes on Pinterest, but always go to the source to see if the site looks decent, if the recipe seems to make sense, and if it is missing anything. I haven't had too many failed recipes this way, and sometimes I'll search for a similar recipe to compare just to make sure.

I spent the last three days at home sick! But I really don't like soups, especially not ones with noodles in them, and I don't really remember what I would get when I was little, so I have only a few standards. Jello is always a must (not sugar free, because I need the calories when I am sick), and applesauce makes me feel better immediately. I also have boxed mac & cheese sometimes, or plain noodles, or rice (rice is my favorite!). Today I'm back at work and trying to be a regular person, but still had applesauce and jello!

I only use buttermilk in 1 recipe, pancakes, that we eat very rarely, and use white vinegar with almond milk (lactose intolerance means we don't keep regular milk around) every time and it always turns out nicely. I might have to try lemon or lime juice next time, though, maybe it would add a nice bright flavor!

Dang, I like #4, the Preston Hollow Kitchen Cart, but it links to Sams Club, not Costco like I hoped/it said. But I have been thinking about getting a kitchen cart, especially one with a door on at least part of it like that one. Seems handy and would be nice to store my baking stuff somewhere that isn't a clear box on the floor...