Great Quinoa recipe

Hi all, 

Alright so we have not been great at posting things but I am going to change that.  I wanted to post a great quinoa recipe that I made tonight and I liked how it turned out so much I determined that this is something that I had to share with my family.

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
• 3/4 cup uncooked quinoa
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup frozen corn kernels
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion and garlic, and saute until lightly browned.
2. Mix quinoa into the saucepan and cover with vegetable broth. Season with cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes,
3. Stir frozen corn into the saucepan, and continue to simmer about 5 minutes until heated through. Mix in the black beans and cilantro.

Some substitutions I made were I only used 550 ml of beans (so about 10 oz) mainly because I only had one can of beans and I also added it after simmering the quinoa for 10 minutes.  I also used two cups of corn, well because I like corn.  In my opinion the one can of beans and two cups of corn was perfect.  Everything else I kept the same except I used chicken stock instead of vegetable stock (you can probably use any stock you like) and used parsley instead of Cilantro (again had parsley but didn't have cilantro).

Anyways, the recipe turned out GREAT.

Love

Wes

P.S Netty since you are going on a retreat I expect to see some pictures posted to remember to bring your camera (NO FORGETTING) and mom and dad where are your pictures from your trip?!?!?!?!

Apartment Part 2

Hi all,

Here are the pictures of my apartment with stuff in it.  As you can see there is still lots of stuff to do but it is getting there.

My living room (notice my sweet couch which turns into a bed (becky this may look similar)

My Ikea desk/table

The view from my front door

My bathroom (not sideways)

My bedroom

So there is my apartment, as you can see it is small but cozy.  I also have a storage room outside my apartment that I can store stuff.

My Apartment

Hi Family of Mine

As I had originally challenged here are pictures of my apartment.

This is my living room (as you can notice the floor was recently cleaned).  On the wall you will my Ikea coffee table (some assembly required)

This is the picture of my couch (some assembly required)

The Entry to my apartment

The view of my kitchen from my living room

My kitchens (as you can see it is a little bigger then my kitchen in Winnipeg)

A picture of my bathroom

My bedroom (a little small especially when you have a queen size bed in the area)

The view of my bedroom to the rest of my apartment

The other wall in my bedroom.

The pictures of my apartment unfinished (I had just moved in about a hour earlier and had yet to have set up anything (except for my bed because that is important),

The pictures of my finished apartment will soon follow.

My Apartment - cleaned

I know that Mom already posted pics of my apartment, however, to be fair, the place was a mess, so I have attached pics of my cleaned apartment.

My bed - please note the beautiful bed spread. Mom sewed this for me when she was in Winnipeg. THANKS MOM I LOVE IT!!
The Bed (folded), as you can see I have a plant in my window - real basil (delicious!) (again thanks to Mom). Since taking these pics, I bought another plant, a spider plant, just for Dad.
My Desk (and part of my table - a gift from Mom and Dad - the flaps can fold up). I've purchased a bulletin board which will find its home above my desk, I also have a printer sitting on the desk now, and the pictures have moved to my bookshelf (eventually I'll purchase a shelf for them).
My Watermelon red kitchen - I LOVE this colour, Mom did a FANTASTIC job painting (THANKS MOM!!), I finished painting the red trim on the cupboard doors of the island (sorry no pics).
And finally, my newly improved bathroom - isn't it pretty?!?

Well, now you've seen what the apartment always looks like (OK OK so maybe I cleaned up especially for the pics, but this is how clean I would like to keep it - too bad it intentions aren't enough!)

THANK YOU MOM!!! for making my place so comfy cozy - I love it!!

The Parental Apartment

Hey family of mine!

Since we're all inclined to post pictures of our respective apartments, I thought I'd respond to Wes' challenge to post pictures of our apartment here at Handong Global University. Actually, your Momma hasn't seen the new kitchen cabinets in their finished form - she left for Canada just when they were being installed - I needed to add the hanging units underneath the upper cabinets, as well as some finishing touches. I've also added some pictures of the rest of our cozy apartment - see Jude, the plants ARE all alive and thriving - I took these pictures today, January 24th! I've also added a picture of Carens, our faithful SUV Vehicle, standing ever-at-the-ready just at the rear of our apartment. Carens will soon get a bit of a workout as I head up to Seoul/Incheon next week, the Lord willing, to pick up your Momma!

Alright Nettie, now it's YOUR turn to respond to the challenge by posting the pictures of your palatial mansion in Polican - sooner than later sounds just about right!

I love you all!

-Pokey/The old man/Daddy/Poppa-
XOXOXOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXO

Our Handong Apartment

Rebekah's New Pad

Park La Fontaine - across the street from Rebekah's apartment. Notice the cushions around the base of the tree. We figure it is to keep people from hurting themselves when they slide into the tree. There is a bit of a hill here and the frozen pond is at the bottom of the hill.

Looking through the window - in the center is a Catholic church - Notre Dame something or other (can't remember the whole name).

The one and only window in the apartment. Note the curtains - Rebekah had a great idea. It is a King size bed sheet that was cut in half and hemmed. Note the wicker basket which stores her bedding.

The table for two or four depending if you put up the side leaves. It was a great find. I like it.

The sofa bed with a cover. Again we used a fitted bed sheet to cover it. It has a velour covering and everything sticks to it.

This is the new sofa bed and book shelf.

The new improved kitchen. We painted and put stuff on the walls. Looks really cherry.

The original look in the kitchen before the organization and the paint job.

Welcome to 3655 Papineau. Rebekah is on the 11th floor. There are 12 floors. Her apartment faces onto the side street. We are standing in the park across the street, taking this picture.