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Growing up, Hellmann's mayo was THE ONLY mayonnaise in my house. Since going vegan, I found that the Vegenaise with the purple label is the exact same thing, and I am so grateful for it.

Pottery Barn's sofas are made in the USA!

You could use white chocolate to make a white chocolate ganache or coating. Also good would be any almond-based or -flavored frosting. (Or very thinly-rolled marzipan as just a top layer, with undecorated sides?) Along the lines of a glaze, you could do an apricot glaze: just mix some apricot jam with enough water to make it spreadable, then spread it over the top.

Our current bathroom is a blue very similar to #3. I love it so much.

Do they attract critters? I imagine that skunks and raccoons must be very interested in compost piles...

I LOVE #5. If I had such a great hang-out area in my bedroom, I might never leave!

This sounds awesome! For those of us who don't eat dairy, what does the Parmesan do in this recipe? Does it do any binding, or is it only there for flavor? (If it's for flavor I'll replace it with nutritional yeast; if it's a binder I'll have to play around a little.)

I really like soy curls, but I find them sort of heavy, so I don't use them often. My mother swears by them for subbing out meat in any casserole that calls for chicken.

Elizeh--If you can't find soy curls, then seitan would be good texture-wise, but soy curls are so porous that I find that they soak up flavors even better than gluten.

I always cook a big batch and then freeze them! I prefer to freeze the beans without their cooking liquid, as it makes for faster thawing. I drain them, then measure them out into old yogurt or deli containers, and pop those into the freezer. Ideally I'd remember to take them out of the freezer a day in advance so I could put them in the fridge to thaw, but I never remember. Instead, I run warm water around the edge of the container, which allows me to plop the frozen hunk of beans into a colander, and I run warm water over them until they separate. Then they're ready to use! It's seriously as easy as using canned, since using cans requires you to open a can, rinse, and drain the beans too.

@MrFusion For slow cooker times: 3-4 hours on high, 6-8 on low. (For me it's always 3 and 6, but slow cookers vary.)

My relationship with my fiance is more important than how much I detest wall hanging that he loves and insists upon.

This is something I have to remind myself all the time! Because no matter how much I hate that one picture he refuses to take down, I have to remember that our relationship (and the fact that I am pretty much allowed to hang up anything of my own anywhere else) is worth it.