Top Five Items/Products that you Just Love

[brahmacharya]

Oooooh....I confess, I am stuff-centric. But so many things have been making me smile lately that I've simply got to come clean [in some cases, literally!]

1. Kiss My Face "Conditioned Response" aromatherapeutic conditioner. It's truly amazing that I even made it to work today after I put this stuff on my head. I'm alone in the apt., showering, talking to my own hair. Making up little songs about how awesome the conditioner is. "Oh, sweet peppermint...how tingly on my temples..."

2. My new Timbuk2 yoga bag that I got for myself after finishing my last 60-day yoga challenge [that's practicing every day for 60 days]. www.timbuk2.com ... and the shipping was prompt, too

3. I just ordered the Millenium Cookbook from my local Snooty Cookbook store and I used to cook out of it all the time in my youth, but it got lost in one of my multiple moves and travellings. Eggplant timbales, here I come!

4. Amy's Roasted Vegetable Cheeseless Pizza. A prominent figure in the "I Ate Today" thread. I'm a big Amy's fan in general actually.

5. Fritz' fries with mushroom gravy at Davie and Granville, Vancouver, BC, Canada. When my friend found out these were vegan the drooling commenced and has not stopped.

What are the five things that make you smile? In keeping with this forum I think some of them should be products but we don't have to be ENTIRELY materialistic...

[Rie]

I have 7!!

1) Vegan Gourmet Cheeses
THESE ARE AWESOME.

2) Silk Unsweetened Soymilk
Tastes the closest thing to skim milk that I've found.

3) Boca Vegan Burgers
My "I have to eat in 2 minutes or I'm going to starve" solution.

4) Tings
Do I even have to explain?

5) Braggs Aminos
I love this stuff. It goes on everything.

6) Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning
Goes on everything the Braggs doesn't.

7) Stevia
I use this in all my beverages.

[Brandon]

Let's see:

1. My new 5 or 6" tall dwarf Alberta spruce tree. It was mutual tree-person love when we first saw each other. :)

2. My Airzooka. :D

3. The copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that will be shipped to my dwelling after its release *very soon* :) (does this count? a thing that I've yet to possess?)

4. The set of 4 way-cool glass bowls that I was given by a friend. Totally clear, flat on the bottom and very wide and the top. :up:

5. My latest discovery: El Yucateco Kutbil-ik XXXtra hot sauce! :drool:
Well, it makes me smile, cry, and sort of want to run and hide under the bed simultaneously. Good stuff. :up:

[Bunny Hugger]

1. COFFEE!! I don't know what I'd do without you :love:

2. Luna Bars! (chocolate peppermint stick :drool: ) :lick:

3. "SLAUGHTERHOUSE".......awsome book overflowing with need-to-know- facts :up:

4. My blankey :smitten:....it's the only thing that keeps me from dying of coldness...because my house is freeezing :nigel:

5. My cd player, I need music, I'd go insane if I couldn't listen to music

[Ahimsa_Kate]

I have 7!!



4) Tings
Do I even have to explain?


actually...could you explain? i feel very naive about 'tings.' i've heard of em before but i confess i'm clueless, but intrigued. :shy:

[remilard]

actually...could you explain? i feel very naive about 'tings.' i've heard of em before but i confess i'm clueless, but intrigued. :shy:

Tings are corn puffs, like cheetohs. The original has nutritional yeast so they are cheesy like cheetohs. The spicy have less nutritional yeast and allegedly some spicy ingredient, the sunflower butter ones are self explanatory and my favorite, the super veggie ones have a vegetable powder thing on them, pretty good.

My favorite things are (these don't have to be veg related?)
Benchmark DAC1
Chocolate (Cluizel esp)
Shun Classic Knives
All Clad Cookware
And my trusty out of production Wilson Pro Staff 6.1 Classic (someone want to loan me money so I can buy a lifetime supply of these while they are available?)

[Minibean]

In no particular order...

Crazy Rumors lip balm: I am so in love with it. It's vegan, and the Coffee Bean flavour is so incredible. It smells just like walking into a coffee shop. Anyone who doesn't already have at least one needs to get one, now! www.crazyrumors.com

Vegan Gourmet cheese: I'll second that one! After wanting to try vegan cheese for so long, I'm just happy I can actually get it here now. Plus it's really good on pizza, pasta and bruschetta.

My computer. No explanation needed.

Yodelingfish homemade soaps. Most of them are vegan, the come in great scents and they lather really well. www.yodelingfish.com (she's closed right now)

Cocoa Camino 70% cocoa chocolate

[IamJen]

Trader Joe's "Essential" shampoo and conditioner. I just started using this stuff a couple of weeks ago, and it's fantastic. It makes my hair fuller, rinses clean and causes people to stop and say "Gee, your hair smells terrific". (okay, so I'm old...)

Pineapple Orange Mango juice from TJ's. If I had to pick one thing to drink for the rest of my life..this would be it.

My crinkle cutter (http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_products/catalog/product.jsp?productId=31&categoryCode=CE) from Pampered Chef. Crinkly potatoes, crinkly carrots, crinkly finger sandwiches...crinkles everywhere. :)

The stuff I mentioned in the salsa thread..American Spoon's Mango-Habanero salsa. Yum.

Terra Nostra's Rice Milk Choco (http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/terra-nostra-organic-rice-milk-chocolate-bar.htm) bar. The closest thing to milk chocolate that there is. Orgasmically good. ;)

and...:up: to the next HP. July 16th is marked "Harry Potter Day" on my calendar, heh.

[brahmacharya]

Cocoa Camino 70% cocoa chocolate

Oh yeah man. Just came home with the almond bar for me [PMS] and Morgan [unexplained male hormone cycles]. Too bad I didn't make this SIX Things you Just Love.

[Cissy]

1. JASON Henna Hi-Lights Shampoo and Conditioner. I adore this stuff.
2. Plain Silk Light
3. My System of a Down CDs... but you all knew that.
4. Eyeliner. Preferably liquid.
5. My purse. It's a mail-tube style bag with pictures of purses on the fabric. I adore it, I carry my life in it.
6. TaTa Tangerine lip balm.
7. Prismacolor colored pencils. With a clear blender marker.

[Rie]

Tings are corn puffs, like cheetohs. The original has nutritional yeast so they are cheesy like cheetohs. The spicy have less nutritional yeast and allegedly some spicy ingredient, the sunflower butter ones are self explanatory and my favorite, the super veggie ones have a vegetable powder thing on them, pretty good.

Yeah, but they're so much better than cheetos. The bag says like 6 servings -- yeah right! Those things are goners once I've got my hand on a bag. The spicy ones are ok... kinda weird, and the veggie ones are good but kinda powdery tasting. Haven't tried the sunflower butter ones, but, I do prefer the originals among the ones I've had. AND, they don't make your fingers all nasty orange like real cheetos. :)

[Rie]

Vegan Gourmet cheese: I'll second that one! After wanting to try vegan cheese for so long, I'm just happy I can actually get it here now. Plus it's really good on pizza, pasta and bruschetta.

I didn't really like cheese before I went vegan, and now I eat this stuff all the time. That's how good I think it is. :lick:

[Michael]

Mine would probably be...

Dirty Kitty soap - http://www.cleanvegan.com
Morningstar Farms buffalo wings
Morningstar Farms mini corn dogs
Tofurky (slices, jurky, roast, it's all good!)

[FalafelsRule]

There's more than five, but here goes:

(not in order)

-Silk Nog
-Organic Earth Balance
-Vegan Gourmet cheese
-Uncle Eddie's peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies
-Rice Dream drumsticks

[Kattie]

1) Sparta Soap (http://www.outworldarts.com/store) Best soap ever. Especially the peppermint! Wheee! They have lovely lip balms, as well...

2) Morningstar's parmesean ranch chikn patties!

3) Silk Light. Plain, Unsweet, Vanilla.. I don't care. Just give me my Silk!

4) Endangered Species Sea Turtle Chocolate Bar (http://www.chocolatebar.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=jnnnmsf0).

5) My computer, of course!

[kraftykraft]

1) Dunking Doughnuts French Vanilla Coffee

2) Cooking Light, Veg News and Glamour Magazines

3) Almay's Bring out the Brown eye shadow collection

4) C. Bigelow's Menthol Peppermint lip balm (freshens your breath and soothes your lips)

5) Advil - having major jaw problems right now

6) Invisalign Braces - I don't have these yet, but I am grateful that I won't have to endure the metal braces of yesteryear

7) Luna Bars - chai tea and smores

[Dirty Martini]

1. coffee. strong and black.
2. tampons :p ok i know... but i couldn't resist!!
3. french fries... mmm... greasy salty fatty potato goodness :drool:
4. my mobile phone. go nokia 6230!
5. beer. c'mon.... did you really think i'd leave this one off? :D

[Rie]

5. beer. c'mon.... did you really think i'd leave this one off? :D

gasp! I can't believe I left of alcohol! Wine, girly drinks, cool stuff on the rocks, beer, it's all so good! :beer:

[remilard]

5. beer. c'mon.... did you really think i'd leave this one off? :D

Personally, I was waiting for the 20 favorite beers thread.

[brahmacharya]

Well get going big guy, I'll definitely post in there.

By the way, you guys, the Millenium cookbook is even better than I remembered now that I'm like 7 years older and actually read the instructions and can afford to buy the proper ingredients. I just made Spring Risotto with Fiddleheads and Lemon Thyme and it was INSANE.

[Satya]

I love my vegan bath products. I'm a "girlie" girl that way. So I'll start with my fav's:

1. Aveda Purifying gel cleanser: just the herbal smell gets me ready for the day

2. Aveda Sap Moss hair conditioning detangler: the smell again, hmmmmm...

3. Aloegen hair sculpting gel - smells luscious

4. my new mouth wash - Jason's healthy mouth (tea tree & cinnamon): who doesn't love a fresh, clean mouth???

5. Soy Delicious non-dairy frozen dessert in Mango Raspberry: heavenly delish!

[winking_turtle]

For food products, my favorite branded items are:

Uncle Eddies PB & Chocolate Chip cookies
Soy Cream (mint chocolate chip and raspberry white chocolate flavors)
Wildwood Garlic Aioli
Rudy's Roasted Garlic Bread
Tofurky Hickory slices


Most of my favorite non food items aren't branded, it seems, so I'll go with:

My bed w/ its soft flannel sheets (!) and cats properly flopped about :)

[mouse]

Lulu's salty peper crispy tofu :lick: (found only at Lulu's restaurant :p )

Pernicotti's Gianduiotti chocolates (the best vegan chocolates - heck, the best chocolates ever!)

Sharon's coconut sorbet

Whole Food's hazelnut cutlets (rarely to be found anymore)

vegan Earth shoes

[pseudo_vegan]

1.) Coffee/espresso/coffee drinks

2.) Seitan

3.) Vegan chocolate chips in bulk

4.) My Soloman trail-runners

5.) Oh god how could I forget?? PEANUT BUTTER PANDA PUFFS!!!

...apparently anything edible makes me smile? :think: ...'cept for those killer running shoes :D

:nigel: Cheers!

[DoshKel]

1) Nag Champa
2) Silk
3) Vans Waffles
4) Organic No Salt No Oil Popcorn
5) My Skateboad
6) Anime (Cowboy Bebop especially)
7) Music

Cheers.