Despite its praise as a super-duper food, quinoa just tastes great. Quinoa (pronounced Keen-wa or Kee-no-ah) is a grain-like seed that can be cooked like rice. With the water, and the boiling and the oh golly! After cooking, it has a fluffy texture, slightly nutty flavor, and has the consistency of rice. Most folks say it looks like couscous. 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. His neck was something for Mr. T to envy. Both of his hands were weighed down by rings; one went across three of his fingers spelling out his name, Jose. It looked like monogrammed brass knuckles. 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. That was Jose, and he was my client.
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