I've decided that I like to blog. I think. Decisive as always...
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The other day, I was out and about in my car when I saw a big-ass boat! I couldn't get close to it since it was moored pretty much at tourism ground-zero (traffic/people congestion hell) so I drove over to the other side of the harbour and looked at it from the other side.
According to the local news... it's 'The Pallada' a Russian tall ship (no shit) on an expedition retracing the 'discovery' of Russian America by Russian sailors 270 years ago. It sailed from Russia on July 1st towards Alaska and then down the coast to Victoria then soon it will be off to San Fransisco, then Honolulu, then Japan, then home.
A few tall ships show up in the harbour every year and Victoria usually hosts a 'Tall Ships Festival' (though it's been cancelled this and next year as people/organizations can't afford to get here thanks to the crap economy) but I never tire of seeing them.
I normally put the 'cute animal' video clips that I come across on the right hand column of my blog but this, in my opinion, is exceptional. A lovely black cat and a lovely barn owl as friends. Oooh, it's just so beautiful.
I think I am a pretty good cook. However, I don't get off on it; if I was rich, a personal chef would be something I'd seriously consider. I rarely even discuss cooking but today I am going to because today I made something that was either going to be very good or total shite ... and it was, still is, deeeelicious!
As per my previous post, I've gone a bit cave woman in terms of my eating. I'm not following any strict way of eating, no 'diet.' I'm just dropping the bread, pasta, grains while eating more meat, nuts and veggies. Essentially a paleolithic diet... except with some cheese. :D
Today, I bought some ground up turkey with the plan to make 'my mom's meatloaf.' Alas, it called for breadcrumbs and onion soup mix. Hmmm, what to do, what to do? Well, I thought, bread is just filler and texture really so I figured grated zucchini would suffice... except I had none. But I did have a bit of cauliflower and an apple. And a fried onion is way better than a soup mix. And I also had some capicollo and some cheddar that needed to be used up. So essentially I just went a bit 'mad scientist' and emptied my fridge.
Et voila!
Cave Woman Meatloaf... avec fromage
Fry up an onion in olive oil. Add two hand fulls of chopped up cauliflower.
As that cooks...
In a bowl mix up: - ground turkey breast - an egg - a chopped up apple (yes really, an apple) - a few squirts of BBQ sauce - a few splashes of Wooster sauce - Salt & Pepa
Also: grate up some cheese but keep it aside to sprinkle on top.
Let the onions and cauliflower cool a bit then throw it in the bowl with the turkey stuff and mix it all up. It should look pretty gross. ;-)
Put half of that stuff in the bottom of an oiled dish*.
Then! Arrange a layer of capicollo (spicey ham) and then the rest of the turkey mixture.
Remember the cheese? Sprinkle that on top.
Bang it into the oven - 350 for 90 mins... ? or until it looks done.
Yum.
Anyways...
It's just been over a week of Cave Woman eating and I already feel a lot better. Oodles more energy already... makes me wanna Shoop!
* I don't have a loaf pan... so my meatloaf looks more like lasagna. ;-)
Tuesday morning I went for a walk by the ocean and the breeze was amazing! The air is always cool and fresh but it was super-duper, uber-duber fresh that morning. Other walkers, joggers and bench warmers all commented, 'it's exceptionally fresh today, eh!'
It was wonderful!
Then I looked down. See in the bottom right of the above photo?
Here is it, up close, foot included:
Vote?
ARGH!!!! Don't remind me! Yes, I fucking voted and yes I'm fucking pissed off at the results!!! lol.
I dislike Steven Harper very much. I dislike that his 'Harper Government' now has a majority in Parliament.
But there was some good news. My MP, Denise Savoie (whom I voted for) was re-elected with even a larger share of the local vote; Elizabeth May, leader of Canada's Green Party was elected - the first Green MP!; and there's been a surge of support for Canada's leftist NDP Party, a phenomena nicknamed Orange Crush.
Here's a recap from Democracy Now! which I think is very good:
Anyways... who cares, really? Look, a pretty sailboat:
There's a woman on the west coast A prolific burner of toast She's not feeling good Not good as she should Just 'ok, fine' at the most
Her gusto for life has faded Her energy stores; down-graded It could be the meds She takes for her head That's making her seem so jaded
So many goals are in her head Stuff to do before she is dead But motivation's flat WTF is it at? And she does a duvet dive instead
I don't think her prob is mental I think it's what's on her table Too many carbos 'n blood sugar yo-yos She needs to get herself stable
Deep history gave us our genes We're not as evolved as it seems Our bodies like meat More than grains and wheat And loves lots of nuts, fruits and greens
So for the next thirty one days She will alter her eating ways Gonna give it a whirl Grrr! Eat like cave girl! And hope to find the oomph that she craves!
