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Recently I found a nondairy yogurt that I hadn't tried before, so I picked up one to sample.   This is Cocojune Passionfruit Organic Cultured Coconut, also available in a few other flavors.  The texture is on the thick side, so they did a good job with that, which is challenging in nondairy yogurt.  The flavor has a very bright fruity, floral top note, creamy coconut notes in the middle, and buttery nutty bottom notes.  Overall very summery and tropical.  It's tangy but not eye-crossingly sour, also not overly sweet.  It's on the lower-sugar side of the scale.  The thickener is tapioca starch, which I'm sure helps the flavor as well as the texture.  I quite like it. 

I think this would make a great topping for a bowl of fruit salad, or if you like a yogurt dressing it should work for that too.  The label is a little hard to read in places, but I believe it contains 6 different cultures, which is way above the usual 1-2 of commercial brands, and even health food yogurts average 3-4.  So if you are eating yogurt for the probiotics, then this is an excellent choice.  :D  Also worth trying as a starter if you want to culture your own cocogurt, and you don't want to buy a starter per se.  Most highly recommended.
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I finally finished organzing all the stuff I picked up yesterday, but by then it was too late to post, so this is a followup to the Today's Adventures.

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We went out today and got !!WOWL00T!! The main focus was visiting Dad, but I wanted to catch an event too. It's going to take me hours to sort through all the swag, so this is a partial post, then I'll come back and edit it or maybe put the vendors in a separate post.

EDIT 3/8/25 -- I finished posting about the vendors and swag here.

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The Plant Kitchen: 100 easy recipes for vegan beginners
Hardcover – January 14, 2020
by Ryland Peters & Small (Author)

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Taste of Home Easy Everyday Cooking 2024
ISBN: 979-8-88977-002-2
Publication Year: 2024
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: RDA Enthusiast Brand, LLC

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Scandinavian from Scratch: A Love Letter to the Baking of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden [A Baking Book] Hardcover – October 3, 2023
by Nichole Accettola

We just finished reading this cookbook. It's an interesting introduction to Scandinavian cuisine, which is pretty different from most European food. It makes heavy use of rye, which is nice. The front matter includes A Baking Love Letter, Scandinavian Baking: An Overview, The Scandinavian Pantry, Useful Baking Equipment, Baking Best Practices, and the Table of Contents. The Index lists both ingredients and recipe titles. Also, our hardback edition has a red grosgrain ribbon in it for marking your place.

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Heroes' Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook
Hardcover – October 27, 2020
by Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Michael Witwer; recipes by Adam Ried

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My partner Doug went up to Champaign today. He stopped at a food court to try a new restaurant, Les Gourmets Cuisine by Christelle, which is Congolese food. We're fans of African cuisine in general, so he brought home a ton of food. I am just so happy that we now have multiple African restaurants close enough to visit.

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As part of March Meta Matters Challenge, I have archived my Review tag posts from the past year.

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Kids on Brooms: Core Rulebook - Hunters Entertainment
This is a collaborative role-playing game about portraying a student at a magical school, with a rules-light, narrative-first storytelling game.

Read my review of Chapters 1-2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4.

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Kids on Brooms: Core Rulebook - Hunters Entertainment
This is a collaborative role-playing game about portraying a student at a magical school, with a rules-light, narrative-first storytelling game.

Read my review of Chapters 1-2, Chapter 3, Chapter 5.

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Kids on Brooms: Core Rulebook - Hunters Entertainment
This is a collaborative role-playing game about portraying a student at a magical school, with a rules-light, narrative-first storytelling game.

Read my review of Chapters 1-2, Chapter 4, Chapter 5.

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Kids on Brooms: Core Rulebook - Hunters Entertainment
This is a collaborative role-playing game about portraying a student at a magical school, with a rules-light, narrative-first storytelling game.

I picked this up at our local game store, because I like to read roleplaying handbooks just for fun, and also because Quixotic Ideas just spawned a magical school in "A Mirror for Witches." It turned out to be a fun book to argue with, and it has some very useful tools.

(See my review of Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5.)

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Today we finished reading a cookbook together, which is the second toward my goal of four for the year.

Basque Cookbook: Explore the Time-Honored Traditions of Basque Cuisine in the Heart of the Spain and France
Paperback – November 12, 2023
by Virginia Mills

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