A Pottage Posture: A Telling Tale

For the last two weeks, I plodded through the day--clothes wrinkled, as unkempt as my humor. "How are you now brown cow," I asked myself as I slouched in my ergonomic office chair.

Decaffeinated (hyper-unaware), I grazed through the hours, interspersed with distractions: data cleanup, webpage updates, workflow troubleshooting, tech support, customer service, and online social networking. Placid ambiance was audible: music to my ears. I put on my earbuds to listen to talk, staving off my drowsiness, averting a full-body shutdown. I coaxed myself to get a coffee.

My eyes popped open. I am alarmed--a spontaneous nap for me!!! I had conked out sitting flat-back in the chair next to my son's bed as he "hushed" in his sleep. The biography I thought I was reading lay at my feet. I placed a bookmark randomly before going downstairs.

I started the laptop, plugged in the portable speakers, selected a playlist, put on my sweatpants and shirt, stumbled over to the rowing machine, and oared for ten minutes. Adrenalinated, I checked my blood sugar, then snacked, then washed some dishes while summarizing the preparation for a Scruffy Crock Purloo.

Scruffy Crock Purloo

Scruffy Crock Purloo

Mushrooms: Button Cap (diced, boiled in butter)
Artichokes (boiled, leaves raked, heart minced)
Purple Pickling Onions (soaked in filtered water until shooting or liquid color resembles the onion's;
     rinse away dirt, peel top layers of silky skin)
Onion Stock (sieved through cheesecloth, removing any silt and skin)

Artichoke | Mushrooms | Purple Pickling Onions

Rice (boiled in onion stock)

Oven Roaster Chicken (plump, slow cooked)
Thyme Sprigs (under the skin)
Artichoke Stock



Chicken and Thyme

 Green Beans (frozen)

Haute Meatloaf

By a guest's request for admittance into the culinarian's archive, this recipe is influened by the promotion from a influential contemporary who is the glory as well as the keeper of the gate. The promotion (inverted request) was for a meatloaf made out of ground turkey and oatmeal.

Here is another attempt at glory! Hopefully this meal will please the keeper of the ¡¡gate!!

Haute Meatloaf

     -- Ground Turkey/Oatmeal

Ground Turkey/Oatmeal

     -- Tarragon (minced)
     -- Goat Cheese
     -- Roasted Red Pepper (chopped)

Tarragon, Goat Cheese, Roasted Red Pepper

Into the mixing bowl.

NOTE: Include plain bread crumbs.

Into the loaf dish. 

Pre-baked loaf at room temperature.

Bake twenty minutes. Dowse with grapseed oil. Bake twenty minutes.

Settle for fifteen minutes. Slice. Toast.

On the Side

     -- Carrot (circles)
     -- Red Onion (diced)
     -- Olive Oil

     -- Crisp Bread (multigrain)

Haute Meatloaf with Carrots and Crisp Bread

Moody Monday--Having [No] Fun

A typical start of the day: breakfast, pack lunches for my son and I.

Mama Tostada: corn tortilla, mushroom (olive oil, lemon juice), banana,
chili pepper (dried)

He got to school on-time, and I to the office (without having to canvas the neighborhood for a parking space).

Smiling Tostada: corn tortilla, watercress, almond butter, cantaloupe

At my desk working (synchronizing databases), I am feeling sluggish.  Acid reflux--not the best, but not the worst start of the week, I am pacing myself.

Monstah Poena-Crania Tostada: corn tortilla, grapefruit (pink), ketchup, hotdog, onion,
peanuts, watermelon

I think I have a migraine.  Good news!  There has been a new methodology for the importing of data that will be implemented within a week.  I must prepare ASAP.  My skull implodes, eradicating my excruciating headache.  I feel much better.



Pixie-Taurus Tostada: corn tortilla, cactus, mineola, sun dried tomato


Dinner was a delight; the evening, a tumultuous tizzy.



The Mashup Medley Tostada: corn tortilla, mushroom (olive oil, lemon juice),
banana, chili pepper (dried), watercress, almond butter, cantaloupe, grapefruit (pink),
ketchup, hotdog, onion, peanuts, watermelon, cactus, mineola, sun dried tomato,
[cheddar cheese (on the side)]