Kalyway Hackintosh

First let me tell you that we did buy an install disk, in fact my dad has three install disks, so the license is paid for.  But since I don't know how to apply the patch myself I downloaded one of the Kalyway distributions.  It was exciting to install it last night and see it work fairly well on the old hard drive of my Dell pc; that is I had no sound and no wireless, but otherwise it was a near Mac experience.  Here's what it looked like:

I think that's the aurora borealis glow off of Dave's elbow, actually the standard Leopard desktop image.  Since that effort put me back quite a bit on my REM time I tried hard to make up for that by cooking good food today.  Here's what it looked like:

I got the recipe from the October issue of Prevention magazine.  We keep it on the bathroom floor for lack of better inspiration in that room.  Anyway, here's the recipe:

Prepare  8 oz whole wheat rotini according to package directions.  (I simply boiled some noodles)  In medium saucepan, simmer 1/2 12 oz package frozen butternut squash (I bought an unknown variety on the hoof out near the bus station) until combined.  Remove from heat and mix with 1 c shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese, ( no Cheddar here, just whatever) 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp dry mustard, and pepper to taste.  (I added Lebanese zatar)  Pour drained pasta in to baking dish stir in cheese mixture and top with 1 Tbsp each Parmesan and bread crumbs.  Bake at 375 F for 20 minutes. 

I also added 2 beaten eggs to the squash.  It was kind of a fun way to hack mac and cheese.
As we were eating I dug the label for the noodles out of the trash can to wonder what they used to make them green..."spinach?", we wondered...here are the ingredients:


durum wheat semolina, wheat germ, red chili, black squid ink, dehydrated beet root.  Contains fish...

Anyway it was vegetarian.  I topped mine with chopped walnuts to give my plate a real gourmet effect, it tasted great and I was glad for the crunch as I wondered about the nutritional benefits of black squid ink.