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I really like yellow mustard. Unlike other types of mustard, including dijon or whole-grain, the vinegar flavor is really at the front of the flavor profile, which is what I love since I like less sweet or oily condiments (like dijon). i think if you find a good yellow mustard it's not something that is colored with food coloring, but rather with tumeric, which adds a lovely dimension to the flavor. There is a yellow mustard sold in Texas that is a house brand of a gourmet grocery store that is, by far, the best mustard ever: Central Market Organics Yellow Mustard.

I buy organic coconut oil, not for cooking, but for my hair! best hair mask ever. I have super sensitive skin and as someone else said, it is a great chemical free beauty product.

I have really strong opinions regarding this because I had the same issue several years ago. I really love Edward & Sons Not Chick'n Buillon Cubes you can get at whole foods.

If something calls for chicken stock/broth putting veggie stock in just seems to ruin the recipe for me. Veggie stock/buillon is just so much sweeter and generally is too mushroom-y or carrot-y and overwhelms the dish (to me).

The Edward & Sonds cubes have a nice roasted flavor to them, which is really what I'm looking for if I would be using chicken stock. I've had great success using it.

OMG, is the WallFlowerPower post a joke? I hope so. That's insane.

I think it's pretty!

That picture is totally my soup! The suggestions are super helpful! I don't know why I didn't think of adding the noodles at serving and keeping them separate.

Culturally I grew up in a shoefree house and of coursed carrier that over to my own house as an adult. When I go over someone's house I almost always just automatically take off my shoes without thinking.

I don't ask people to take off their shoes, most people do, but I don't consider it disrespectful (unless their shoes are all grimy).

Also, as a person that LOVES shoes and prepares for shoefree, I often pack a pair of socks in my purse :)

I had huge, like 15 foot, windows in my previous 2 story loft. I didn't want to spend a lot of money but did want curtains. I will say the dramatic impact of 20 feet of curtains was fabulous. I looked for nonexpensive curtains and actually found some fabric shower curtains I really loved. So I sewed 2 panels end to end to make it long enough to hang and viola - long cheap curtains.

I have low wide bowls that I bought for pasta and I LOVE THEM. I use them for a variety of things and have never regretted the purchase.

Brussels Sprouts. I think i had only ever been served frozen brussels sprouts as a kid. When I had roasted fresh brussels sprouts as an adult - a revelation! Growing some in my garden now!

One of my favorite recipes, from bon appetit, had a whole paragraph of directions missing. I realized this when I ended up with 4 ingredients that were never used. I managed to figure out what to do, but always read a recipe thoroughly before execution!

Also, the last recipe I really really didn't like was the Untidy Josephs from this site. You add tomato sauce at the very end and it has no time to deepen in flavor or really meld. The recipe just has this really sweet rawish tomato flavor I couldn't stand.