Hmm. Plei, I have all of S3 and S4 on my hard drive. On the other hand, I'm legendary at forgetting to ship things. Also, I'm out of town this weekend. But if you want them, drop me a note next week and I'll see whether I can bludgeon the dvd burner into submission.

Being able to sleep would be nice.

Song lyrics? Almost completely about sex. Did we know this?

Suela, I'll will certainly drop you a line next week.

Timelies! Up early, but I made up for it by going to bed early....

I see you all got pictures of the 'panda dog', but did you see this?

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Baby!!!

Does anyone have a good recipe for vegan cookies/brownies/other baked goods? My hairdresser is vegan, and therefore misses out on partaking of a lot of the baked gifts that other salon patrons bring in as holiday gifts.

Anne, I have made vegan chocolate chip cookies using my usual recipe but substituting all vegetable margarine (I think I used a canola based one to be sure), egg replacer and making sure the chocolate chips had no dairy. The egg replacer makes them a little crunchier than usual but they were still chocolatey goodness.

I have had vegan peaunut butter balls in the past that were to die for, but unfortunately, I don't have the recipe.

Thanks, Sue!

I've been doing baked goods sans recipe recently. It's actually worked pretty well, but I've been baking for a long time, so I may just have a good feel for it.

Chili: Sautee onions, add garlic, add beef and brown. Drain. Add a shitload of tomatoes, beans, V-8 is great if you need to make it more liquidy, other veggies if you want. Chili powder, any other spices that strike your fancy - cumin is good, cinnamon can be nice. Other things I've added with success - bulgar wheat (great in vegetarian chili), corn, especially the big white hominy corn, really anything you have around can work.

I am a pretty good baker and often improvise. (One time I was making cookies and realized I had no eggs, so I used mayo.) I just try to keep the wet dry ratio intact.