Despite its praise as a super-duper food, quinoa just tastes great. Â Quinoa (pronounced Keen-wa or Kee-no-ah) is a grain-like seed that can be cooked like rice. Â With the water, and the boiling and the oh golly! Â After cooking, it has a fluffy texture, slightly nutty flavor, and has the consistency of rice. Â Most folks say it looks like couscous. Â I had just eaten it plain before, but then I got turned on to various tasty meals, even desserts, that can be prepared with quinoa.
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Brad On Whistler Mountain
I almost didn’t come home. Whistler exceeded my expectations. I have been lucky enough to do a good bit a traveling in my life. Only a few times has a place felt like it could be home. The interesting thing is, it’s not uncommon for people to feel this way about BC. Read On
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When I was about six years old, I lived on a river road where people liked to speed. On one side of this dangerous road were the houses and on the other side was a steep embankment leading down to the river. This strictly limited the number of neighborhood kids I could hang out with. Read On
Bear Grylls
“If it can keep you alive, then eat it.” – Bear Grylls
On the Discovery Channel’s show, Man Vs Wild, the host, Bear Grylls, has eaten many things to display how to stay alive in desperate situations. I have compiled a list of the grossest things I have seen this guy eat.
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Jewelry Guy
This guy was decked in jewelry. Â His neck was something for Mr. T to envy. Â Both of his hands were weighed down by rings; one went across three of his fingers spelling out his name, Jose. Â It looked like monogrammed brass knuckles. Â There must be a correlation with how slicked back your hair is, how many inches of unbottoned shirt across your neck, and how sleazy you come across. Â That was Jose, and he was my client.
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