To A Healthier Diet: Quinoa and Sprouts

My family's made a conscious decision and full effort to eat healthier along with a new dedication to consuming less processed foodstuffs (are they really food by any logical definition?) and more fresh foods. This also means cooking more from scratch and from healthier, fresh food items. This week we discovered Quinoa (KEEN-wa), a grain-like crop grown for its edible seeds.



I have to say, quinoa makes a pretty tasty dish when combined with other proteins and some spices! On Sunday I made vegan quinoa and black beans. Yum!



The taste of the dish is southwestern due to the cilantro and lime juice, but it's very reminiscent of Cuban dishes, as the spice taste isn't overpowering, but rather, it's balanced with the cilantro and lime. The quinoa acted as a thickener to an extent, but the dish is high fiber, high protein, vegan, and pretty healthy! I will definitely make it again, and it'll be a regular dish on our table.

AND! I decided I would begin growing my own bean sprouts. Started out this week with alfalfa sprouts. Super easy!! Look at my crop! I think it has a couple of more days until it's done. Does this mean I'm a farmer??
From this
to this

in 3 days!!

My Laptop Wireless Network Card Died

My wireless won't work, but the wired internet works.
I think I have gone back in time and entered the wireless network vortex from which no one emerges unscathed. At least, not if they're attempting to connect TO THE INTERNET.

The computer industry is the replacement for the automobile industry. It's bad enough that cars have to be replaced more often than intimate wear, now computers are taking the same route.



Fortunately for me I have my own Personal Network Administrator and Hardware Engineer (tm) to take care of these things. Unfortunately, it involves about 5,280 times as many things as just a wireless network card. *sigh*

Happy Ending: My PNA&HE installed Windows 7 and the problem resolved. Hurray!