Gronk. So little sleep last night.

Anne, I forgot to buy eggs last night for baking. So, I'm in the same boat. I was going to make brownies or a quick bread just for us this week. For Christmas I think I am mostly making various kinds of chocolate bark to gift to people we don't buy gifts for. Does anyone have any good recipes/ideas besides peppermint bark?

sj, we make bark with dark chocolate, dried cranberries, and pistachios, which is always pretty yummy.

sj, we make bark with dark chocolate, dried cranberries, and pistachios, which is always pretty yummy.

Yum. Maybe I'll do that with almonds instead of pistachios. I don't really like pistachios.

My older nephew is not biologically related to me, so he is not supposed to take after me, but it seems he got a lousy report card this quarter because he hasn't done nearly any homework. He's bored by it.

For those who are going to give birth, how do you like this maternity hospital?

sj, if you've got mayonaise, you can substitute an egg-sized blob of it in many recipes. I've used it in in corn bread, brownies, cake mixes, and meatloaf. Nice and moist, and doesn't add weird flavor to the sweet stuff like you might expect.

Thanks, Windsparrow. Neither of us like mayo, so we don' have any.

See? This is what comes of the mayo-hate.

Then there's my daughter, for whom mayo is a separate food group.

My younger brother used to love "butter & mayo" sandwiches when he was a child.

Also, molasses sandwiches.

Yogurt can also substitute for eggs. Also, soy milk with a little bit of apple cider vinegar mixed in, but that one takes some experimenting to get the proportions right.