Yep. :XD

The soup/chowder is a winner. It's pretty tasty!

Hooray! Yay for delicious new recipes. :D

I'll let you know how the pumpkin pie bars come out. xD I'm gonna go do the dishes and then finish up the bars. There's a topping to them (another one of the things we're "testing"), and if that sucks it won't go on the final product.

I hope it turns out awesome. It sounds like it will be delicious, but you never know.

The topping was atrocious, but together we've analyzed what needs to be done for the final version. It'll be fine. :3~

We ended up scraping off the topping and eating the rest. :XD

Hehe. At least the base was good, and you know how to fix the topping. :D
I've got a *huge* sweets craving and chocolate chips are doing *nothing*.

xD Yeah... we're ditching the topping completely. It was nasty. The base and crust? Fine, with just a slight tweaking. Gluten-free AND dairy-free baking is tricky.

My sweet tooth was definitely taken care of tonight. I'm in a state of "bleeeeeeeergh". xD *shares pie*

Hooray, pie!
I can totally imagine how hard that would be! Especially with baking, since dairy is in practically every baked good recipe I can think of.
But it will probably be easy peasy once you get enough recipes under your belt.

It's easier now that I've found ghee. It's clarified butter without the junk I'm allergic to. XD

That would make *much* easier. Because butter is kind of hard to get around. Heh.

I've not cooked much with it yet, save for mashed potatoes (:drool:) and the pie crust tonight. It's... very strong in taste, since it's so concentrated, so I'm still trying to find a balance. If a recipe calls for 2tbs of butter, chances are high 2tbs of ghee would make someone throw up. :XD

Haha, nice. Yeah, I use xylitol in place of sugar a lot, and it's hard to learn to cook with. It has a different melting point than sugar, so baking is a pain in the butt, and you really can't make candy with it (fudge still requires sugar, sadly).

I see, I see.

Baking in general is so tricky anyway. I much prefer my baking to be savory things like casseroles, but sometimes you just want a cake! XD

I'm definitely a better cook than I am a baker. Mostly because I like to experiment with things, and you can't get too wild with baking or the chemistry it involves won't work properly. Chemistry is much less important to cooking than it is for baking. My sister is a baking genius though (you know, as long as she doesn't do something silly like mix up cups and tablespoons). Haha.

I agree wholeheartedly. One of my biggest downfalls in baking was getting over my constant want/need for experimenting. It's been difficult to just stick to a recipe.

It's worked out so much better in the long run though. >.>

Now I wanna bake cookies. /fail It's too late for that though.

Mmm you guys are making me hungry! :drool:

The pizza was yummy too. I ate too much. *rubs tummy*

Heh. It's almost ten at night and I *still* haven't started the laundry. But, I probably won't sleep much tonight anyway, so I may still get it done.

I finished my laundry. I still have a load to fold. I think I'll wait until tomorrow. I'm not motivated enough to get it done tonight. :P

DAMNIT! God, my phone hates me! "Charles" called me to see if I wanted to see that movie we tried to see the other night. He called THREE HOURS AGO, and my phone never rang. And it just sent me the message *now*. Damn. Damn damn damn. I'm totally not going to be here all Thanksgiving break either. *sigh* Oh well. *pout*

Ugh I hate it when that happens, Steel!! Can you not drop him a text to make plans when you're back?

Well, I called him back, and left a message. It just sucks, because I really enjoy his company, and I'd like him to be able to think of me as someone he can hang out with when he has free time, but that's not going to happen if I never seem to answer my phone. Haha. I'm disappointed I won't get to hang out with him, too. Bah.
What's worse? He would totally be someone I'd be totally gaga over if I weren't on anti depressants, too. Which means that if I made some effort to like him, I totally could. But I won't unless he shows some inclination in that direction for me, because life is less complicated for me without those feelings.

Awww I hope he does. You deserve it hun! :hug:

*hugs* Well, thanks, hon. I haven't been in a real relationship since I broke it off with my fiancee almost three years ago. I think it has been good for me, but I'm starting to get lonely.

He called me back, though! It's why it took me so long to respond. He went and saw the movie but he "totally wouldn't mind seeing it again". :D
*And* he asked how I was doing and we had a conversation and everything. :D

Awww yay!! He sounds like a nice guy, and I'm hoping you two can make something of it. :yes: I'd take it slow though too and see if he gives you any green flags. Nothing sucks more than rushing in and ruining it. Been there, done that. :|

Haha, yeah. That's the nice thing about the anti depressant side effect, though. I have to actually put effort into romantic feelings, so it's still easy for me to look at him as just a friend. But he's definitely my type. Super sweet, responsible, a sci fi nerd, close to his family, loves his dogs, smart, works hard, and is even attractive (but not a super hotty...which is good because I usually hate super hotties).