I've seen that recipe. I tend to like challah on the sweet side, so flaxseed seemed wrong to me. I'm not sure it really needs anything to sub for the egg -- I've seen one recipe that just skipped the egg -- but this one with banana got a ton of great reviews on the site where I found it, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

I'm trying to get a good recipe by Rosh Hashanah, so that when I go to my parents' for the holiday, I can just bring a few challah rolls with me.

here is one for your dad

Beth, I was looking at smoothieweb.com! He will LOVE the one you linked, because he was asking me if they could be "modified" with sherbet.

He told me that if I print out some smoothie recipes for him, he'll give me the chocolate he brought back for us from Vermont. Since it's from Lake Champlain Chocolates, which is SOFUCKINGGOOD, I'm willing to find him recipes, despite how silly I think the need for smoothie recipes is.

Heh. I'm all about the sourdough challah, so we are probably not looking for the same taste at all.

This was the recipe I was using: [link] I think that next time, I'll cut down a little bit on the sugar -- it's a bit too sweet.

If there are any decent vegan mayonaises, perhaps that could be used as an egg substitute? My mom taught me that in a pinch, an egg-sized lump of mayo works pretty well in most recipes.

There is a pretty good vegan mayo (Veganaise), and I never would have thought of that. I'd think it would taste weird in challah, though. I can see it working in something that's supposed to be a little tangy.

That's an interesting idea. I'll try to remember it next time I'm having my parents over. I'm pretty sure I've had cakes made with mayo that tasted fine.

I bet that banana one would make kick-ass french toast.

Thanks for your advices, everyone. I think the most important thing is for me to strengthen previously said boundaries, because she tends to exaggerate with pushing them. One of her calls? 3 days after my grandfather died. And she knew. Kept apologizing for calling me at time like this, but she really needs my help. And that help is mostly to listen to her.

There's not much advice I can give to her, in the first place. I'm more like some sort of a comfy blanket, to whom she keeps apologizing if I'm telling her I can't deal with her at the moment, yet continuing. And from her perspective, I know she thinks she's considering.

I'm usually in favor of Laga's approach. I wouldn't try to run away from this if she really didn't have anyone else, but especially now, after she stopped seeing her psychologist, this may become dangerous for her to depend on me.

I bet that banana one would make kick-ass french toast.

That was my plan for tomorrow, but french toast requires soy milk, which I don't have, and I was too lazy today to go out and buy some. So, french toast on Tuesday. And Wednesday and Thursday, probably.

I think I'd really like a slightly banana-flavored challah.

Hi, Shir! Hope you don't mind a stranger jumping in with advice... having been in that situation (right after my mom died, with a relative, even, who kept calling me at work) I think the only thing you can effectively do is, say you have to go and give her a chance to let you off the phone, and if she doesn't, say, "No, I really do have to go, right now, I'm sorry, but I'm hanging up now." and hang up. Don't wait for her to acknowledge, just hang up. It sounds really mean, but if she's causing you distress, you need to protect yourself. You don't have to stay on the phone just because she's still talking; you can enforce your own boundaries even if she won't respect them. Good luck.