Update on Justice

[brit_columbia]

I'm not sure how many people are still reading Justice, but since I had said that the new chapter would be published long before now and it obviously hasn't been, I thought I ought to give you some idea of when to expect it. It came back from the betas, but needed some fixing and while I was doing that I got caught in the jaws of a hellish week,

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[brit_columbia]

Well, I had never baked anything with quinoa before, either, so don't feel bad. In fact, it had never occurred to me that one could bake with quinoa. This recipe was a total revelation. Since then I have also used cooked quinoa to adapt the microwave English muffin recipe, too.

Yes, by all means start with the English muffin one. It's so easy and fast and you'll have your result- good or bad-- in five minutes or less. I bought a couple of el cheapo ramekins from the dollar store because I didn't have any the right size. I think the recipe says that if the center of your muffin is still a bit wet after the allotted microwaving time, just put it back in for another 30 seconds. That's what I do. Maybe my microwave isn't very strong.

The chocolate quinoa cake was a bit more involved. I had to mix it up in batches because my food processor is a little mini Braun one and it wasn't big enough. I strongly recommend cooking the hell out of the quinoa. I personally don't like eating mushy overcooked quinoa just as quinoa, but the mushier it is the better for this cake. I found that my cake developed a hard gritty crust on the bottom because I hadn't cooked the quinoa thoroughly. This didn't stop the cake from being a hit, though!