Aims - Kat's a quinoa fan if I remember correctly. So are we, but I'm betting Kat's got more experience. We don't like the red quinoa as much as we're supposed to, for example. But I'll eat yellow(?) quinoa plain, with pesto and fish, veggies, or just about anything. We buy it bulk from the co-op, and wash it really well to get the outer coating off. Then just cook it (I think 1 cup to 2 cups water), with a little butter thrown in at the last minute. NOM.

In re: quinoa. I am using it in everything I used to use rice for.

Notably, tossing it into the rice cooker with a nice chicken broth (lots of sage and pepper). The resulting side dish went really well with everything I served it with, especially a bean stew.

wash it really well to get the outer coating off.

This is the key to quinoa success.

I don't think anyone famous went to my high school. College was UW-Madison, so I imagine a lot of famous people went there. My fave is Arnold Schwarzenegger - he and I both have business degrees from UW-Madison.

Melissa McCarthy, who plays Molly on Mike and Molly, is the only notable woman to graduate from my high school before it went co-ed. Our brother school has lots of famous athletes as alums, though, including Tom Thayer (on the '85 Super Bowl winning Chicago Bears), Mike Alstott, Terry Gannon, Mark Grant, and of course Rudy Ruettinger (from the movie Rudy). Since going co-ed, there has been a woman athlete graduating, Allie Quigley, who plays for the WNBA.

I buy quinoa in whatever box or bag my store is selling it in, not in bulk. I like to use it in couscous recipes.

I checked, and wikipedia does indeed have a page for my UK high school. I'm really sad that the notable alum that I knew the best is Britain's biggest female fraudster. She was continually on my jock.

That is the best idea for a hero/villain combo ever. You'd never know!

Wouldn't that be Two-Face? [link]

There have been a couple of football people from my high school, but that's about it. A fair number of famous people and white-collar felons went to my university.

I treat quinoa like rice. Rinse, then cook in rice cooker. I like the red but it is a bit more assertive. The yellow seems to be milder.

Also, I love this quinoa salad, but maybe not in winter: [link]

I have promised myself I'm going to cook tonight.

I am flummoxed at the very idea. It has been weeks.

I had to tell my boss the construction is still bothering me. He looked devastated. So now I feel guilty.