Overnight Oats

Lots of fibre. 125g steel cut oats 1 tbsp sunflower seeds 1 tbsp goji berries 1 tbsp raisins 1/2 tsp turmeric, ground 1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground 1/4 tsp ginger, ground 1 dash of lite salt Put in a jar Add water about 50% above the oats Let soak overnight Eat Number Change Date v2 Adjusted to 1 tbsp each to ease making 30-Sept-2025 v1 Initial recipe 30-Jan-2025
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Tomato Soup

My primary goal here is to boost lycopene. Courtesy of Serious Eats. 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, divided 2 cloves garlic, grated on a microplane grater 1 small onion, finely sliced (about 1 cup) 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 slices white bread, crusts removed, torn into rough 1/2inch pieces 2 800ml cans whole peeled tomatoes packed in juice Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over mediumhigh heat until shimmering. Add garlic, onions, oregano, and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring frequently until onions are softened but not browned, about 4 minutes. Add bread and tomatoes. Roughly mash tomatoes with a whisk or a potato …
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Chana Masala

The primary goal here is to increase my lycopene consumption, as I was noticing this is one of the antioxidants that Cronometer reported as me needing to focus on. Olive oil (a lot) 4 cans chickpeas, drained & rinsed 2 large onions, finely chopped 6 cloves garlic, minced 140g tomato paste (concentrated lycopene hit) 2 cans (400g) crushed tomatoes 2–4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (for absorption) 1 bay leaf 2 tsp cumin seeds 2 tsp ground coriander 2 tsp turmeric 2 tsp garam masala ½ tsp ginger powder 1 tsp chili powder (optional, adjust to spice tolerance) 1/2 tsp black pepper (enhances absorption of antioxidants) 1 tsp lite salt Fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped (folate boost) Take out immersion blender so …
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Lentil Bolognese

Another way for me to get lycopene. 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried thyme (or use more oregano) 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste Freshly ground black pepper to taste 140g can of tomato paste 500 mL vegetable broth 760g red lentils, soaked (use boxed lentils) 32g walnuts, crushed finely 800g can of whole peeled tomatoes, blended 1 tablespoon high quality balsamic vinegar (see note 5) Whole-wheat pasta or other whole grain base Add olive oil then onion. Cook 10min, deglaze periodically Add the garlic, thyme, oregano, 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt, and pepper to taste. Stir frequently and cook for 60-90 seconds. Stir in the …
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Nutty Pudding Modified Recipe (Australia)

It has now been quite some time since I’ve been making Blueprint’s Nutty Pudding. For future reference, in case the Blueprint site stops showing recipes, here is the OG: 50-100 mL Macadamia Nut Milk 3 tbsp ground macadamia nuts 2 tsp of ground walnuts 2 tbsp chia seeds 1 tsp of ground flaxseed (seed that is ground into flour) 1/4 brazil nut 6 grams of Blueprint cocoa 1 tsp sunflower lecithin 1/2 tsp ceylon cinnamon 1/2 cup blueberries/raspberries/strawberries (your choice) 3 cherries 2 oz pomegranate juice Some of these items are a little hard to get in Australia, or have (in my opinion) below average value-to-benefit ratios, and I’ve decided to swap them out. Instead, this is the recipe I am …
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Quick Sardines

My primary goal here is to boost Omega 3, B12, and Calcium. This is generally the only meat that I’ll consume outside of travel. 1 can 120g sardines in olive oil 2 large garlic cloves, minced ½ tsp dried oregano Pinch of low sodium salt Ground pepper Preheat oven to 250°C Put sardines in an oven-proof tray Cover with garlic Sprinkle the oregano, kosher salt, and pepper on top. Cook the sardines for approximately 15 minutes until they get nice and roasted on top. There is no need to flip the fish while it cooks. Put on a plate and eat with a few crackers. Number Change Date v1 Initial recipe 30-Sept-2025
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Super Veggie

Inspired from Bryan Johnson’s OG “Super Veggie” recipe, this is my version with some tweaks. 1.5kg frozen broccoli / cauliflower 180g french style lentils ½ tsp black pepper, ground 125g of EVOO 2 tsp of turmeric ½ tsp Lite salt ½ tsp ginger, ground 1 tsp mustard powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp cumin, ground 1 tbsp nutritional yeast 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar 8 tsp hemp seeds 8 tsp sesame seeds 8 tsp of pumpkin seeds 150g of beetroot, thinly sliced Add cold water to a big pot, put in lentils. Cook for 15 minutes. Put in frozen vegetables. Cook for ~5 minutes. Portion to 4 containers Make sauce and spread evenly on each container. Number Change Date v3 Reduced lentils, …
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Migrating To Github Pages

I started this website 20 years ago as a means to learn Django, which made sense, as at the time I wished to do everything myself: website and hosting, running my own mail server, dns server, and probably something else, too. Over time my desire to spend time on these activities dwindled, and I move my content to blogger. Year by year I wrote fewer articles, and then it became years since I wrote anything. Perhaps it was the UI for blogger or the niggling feeling that Google could kill it off at any time, or perhaps it was having a kid. Eventually the libraries were no longer maintained. This weekend I opted to:
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Geocoding Photos (Mac)

I’ve recently started using OSX (again), and am really enjoying it (again). One Windows-only tool that I found really useful is Geosetter, which allows you to add geo coordinates into photos. There don’t appear to be any free geocoding tools that work to my satisfaction to do this, so the next best thing was geocode like you would using Linux. Here’s how. We’re going to use the command line program ExifTool (by Phil Harvey) to extract coordinates from a gpx file and embed them in a directory of images.
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Snap-CI Deploy to OpenShift

There are some wonderful CI / CD tools out there right now, and some of them have very usable free tiers. A few good examples include Shippable, Wercker, CloudBees, and Snap-CI. There are others, of course, but these all allow at least one private project to get started. I have recently moved my projects to Snap, and my hack for the day needed to be deployed to OpenShift. Although Snap has built in integrations for some providers, no such integration currently exists for OpenShift (yet!). However, it takes less than 10 minutes to configure a Deploy step to OpenShift, and here’s how.
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