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Quinoa with Caramelized Crimini Mushrooms, Soy Sauce, and Ginger Recipe

February 15, 2010 – 5:00 am | by admin

It was many years ago when my mum first set a bowl of quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) in front of me. It didn’t look like rice; in fact, to my teenaged self, it resembled something straight out of a hippie-infested Woodstock-ian field. Quinoa is, in fact, a grain that originated in South America and was once known as “the gold of the Incas”. It became a sustaining grain for the people of the

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Webster’s Dictionary Words 2009: Goji, Acai, Locavore.

July 9, 2009 – 3:30 pm | by admin

1bcb8ddadds21500 150x138 Websters Dictionary Words 2009: Goji, Acai, Locavore.

A few of my favorite words (and foods) have been officially added to the 2009 Webster’s Dictionary . Among the additions are Goji, Acai and Locavore . Click ahead to read the official definitions and more 2009 word additions… Healthy New Words. I’m so glad that goji and acai have been added. However, my blogger.com spellcheck needs to catch up to these new word additions!…Also, I’m starting a trend to make Bee-gan (a vegan who eats honey) a 2010 Webster’s addition word! 2009 Word Additions: Acai -a small dark purple fleshy berrylike fruit of a tall slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) of tropical Central and South America that is often used in beverages ; also : the palm Goji -the dark red mildly tart berry of a thorny chiefly Asian shrub (Lycium barbarum) that is typically dried and used in beverages Locavore -one who eats foods grown locally …

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