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Lou said:
The stuff I have I mix with warm plant milk and agave. I may not have the proportions right.
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I've made chocolate syrup with just cocoa powder and sugar heated in water. Keep very well in the fridge. Just add to hot milk, or coffee, or as a topping.
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Nothing too exciting. A couple of foil replacements for my battery operated shaver from Amazon. 😁

But my previous order from Amazon is kinda fun: An OXO compact whisk broom and dustpan. It’s so cute and adorable and small that I can keep it in the top drawer of the plastic cabinet under my bathroom sink. I got it mainly to sweep up the hair I’ve been cutting from my head that gets all over the floor and counter.

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I made another yarn haul. Joann's had a decent sale on some of the yarns I really like, so I stocked up in anticipation of making goods to sell.
 
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I took advantage of another Penzeys Spice email promo of a free 1/2 cup, $10.79 value, with $5 order!
I ordered 3/4 cup bag of their black pepper, 'cause we all swear it's the best, which was free with a 1/2 cup jar of Fox Point. I love Fox Point so much, but it shouldn't be that expensive! anyway, both were $9.95
 
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It’s raining heavily right now, our first real rainstorm of the season. The firefighters are happy because there’s less risk of a fire breaking out, but there is the threat of mudslides in some areas. The region has been dry as a bone until this week.
 
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So I order online from Penzeys to pick up at the store. You just park outside and give a call, they come out and place your bag in a box and you get it! I can imagine this should be protocol for any store you don't need to really 'browse in person'.
 
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I ordered a new dog bed, dog food and a king size blanket for our bed.
 
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I used my raincheck for Beyond Sausage for $3.99, and both 3 packs! One for rigatoni tonight, two for freezer
My windshield wipers rubber blade came off so I stopped to buy another. Figured I should get two--$41 bucks :argh:
They are a larger size, and I didn't want cheap, but geeeeeezzzz...that's crazy!
Usually you know blades are wearing, but I had no warning at all. They were fine, then the rubber comes off
Next is an oil change for $25
 
@Lou -- Please give your opinion on that almond milk chocolate!
I got the Naysoya vac packed super firm tofu and did not like it! I think it may have been frozen. I'm not one to press tofu though :shrug:
I almost went there this morning.
DId you find the shelf stable soy beverage?
 
My Aldi now has Violife cheddar slices-and I love them! I guess they're a lot like Daiya cheddar blocks, which I love, but because they're sliced they're easier to eat. I used to be one who'd eat American slices!
I just had one toasted in a pita and want another one o_O
 
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@Lou -- Please give your opinion on that almond milk chocolate!
I got the Naysoya vac packed super firm tofu and did not like it! I think it may have been frozen. I'm not one to press tofu though :shrug:
I almost went there this morning.
DId you find the shelf stable soy beverage?
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I was going to have the chocolate after lunch. but since you said, "please".
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OMG! It is so good.
now take into consideration its been years since I had milk chocolate
but I am going to get some Every time I go to TJs.

I have had Naysoya super firm tofu before. In fact, I have some in my frig right now. I sort of always keep my tofu in the freezer anyway so I think I took this out of the freezer to defrost. Anyway, I don't recall any issues. I will pay more attention next time I cook it. I think I'll cook it tonite or tomorrow night.

For a while there I was having trouble finding super firm tofu. I almost bought a tofu press. but so far it seems like I can find it again. Next time I'm at Molly Stone's (my local upscale market) I will take a look at what brands of super firm they have.

My TJs has not had any soy milk since.. .well its been a month or so. not even the shelf stable. I asked and they said it was supply chain issue. But I did buy Shelf stable soy beverage back when ever I was there and they had it. In fact, I've bought it a few times. The price is pretty good and I like to keep it for when I ran out of regular. must have been a good idea cause I don't have any now.

I need to reorganize my cupboards again. If I can make the room I think I will buy a case of shelf stable (I think its 10 or 12 quarts to a case)
 
^ Violife vegan cheese is lovely. Apple wood vegan cheese is great too.
 
Lou said:
With all this Trader Joe's chatter, I revised my shopping list, and went to TJs at 8am this morning (senior citizen hour).

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Wow! That looks like quite the haul...TJ’s has always had lots of Great Vegan stuff and in the years since I have been in the USA it has obviously become even better... one thing that I Really miss is their Vegan chocolate chip cookies...
Loved how they were firm on the outside and soft in the middle... Here in Ireland we have biscuits and they are usually quite hard...I guess most people like to dunk them in tea or coffee... Yuck!!
 
Lou said:
I was going to have the chocolate after lunch. but since you said, "please".
:)
.... yom yom yom....
OMG! It is so good.
now take into consideration its been years since I had milk chocolate
but I am going to get some Every time I go to TJs.

I have had Naysoya super firm tofu before. In fact, I have some in my frig right now. I sort of always keep my tofu in the freezer anyway so I think I took this out of the freezer to defrost. Anyway, I don't recall any issues. I will pay more attention next time I cook it. I think I'll cook it tonite or tomorrow night.

For a while there I was having trouble finding super firm tofu. I almost bought a tofu press. but so far it seems like I can find it again. Next time I'm at Molly Stone's (my local upscale market) I will take a look at what brands of super firm they have.

My TJs has not had any soy milk since.. .well its been a month or so. not even the shelf stable. I asked and they said it was supply chain issue. But I did buy Shelf stable soy beverage back when ever I was there and they had it. In fact, I've bought it a few times. The price is pretty good and I like to keep it for when I ran out of regular. must have been a good idea cause I don't have any now.

I need to reorganize my cupboards again. If I can make the room I think I will buy a case of shelf stable (I think its 10 or 12 quarts to a case)
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Many people love the texture of tofu after freezing, but I really dislike it--I always mention it because when I was first introduced to tofu by a friend who made bbq tofu, she froze it, and I hated it! :laughing: . I knew I liked the cubes they used in miso soup, at my fav Chinese buffet, so I made it myself with just extra firm, no pressing, and loved it ever since!

I'll have to go early next Sun, and be sure I have a good list! I'd like to try the almond milk chocolate!
 
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Wow! That looks like quite the haul...TJ’s has always had lots of Great Vegan stuff and in the years since I have been in the USA it has obviously become even better... one thing that I Really miss is their Vegan chocolate chip cookies...
Loved how they were firm on the outside and soft in the middle... Here in Ireland we have biscuits and they are usually quite hard...I guess most people like to dunk them in tea or coffee... Yuck!!
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They now have several versions of those. Chocolate chip, oatmeal, peanut butter and trail mix. ( You would have seen the chocolate chip in that picture but I bought some last week. ) although the Joe Joes are vegan they now have some "deluxe" sandwich cookies. I will have to try those next.
Although the vegan chunky cookies aren't hard they are sort of dry. I find that I can only eat them one at a time with a glass of milk. which is almost a plus.
 
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