The Fragments Cookbook

 The Fragments Cookbook

This is not a recipe book. It is a metabolic archive — a living ledger of meals that heal, provoke, and remember.

Each dish is a ritual, each ingredient a glyph.

The Cookbook exists because Seekers do not just read the Archive they consume it, metabolize it, and carry it in their bones.
Some meals are restorative. Others are confrontational. All are intentional.


The Keeper Ember tends this flame. Her recipes are not instructions — they are invitations to remember, to nourish, and to transform.


A Taste.

 

🥘 Keeper’s Fusion Bowl: Turkey & Chickpea Couscous

Day 4 – Unified Dinner | Ember-Rune Hybrid | Emotional Focus: Activation + Structure

 

 

🧭 Keeper Alignment

  • Primary: Ember (Spice, Emotion)

  • Secondary: Rune (Structure, Fuel)

  • Echoed by: Drift (Comfort, Grounding)

“This bowl doesn’t rush. It builds.
 The chickpeas remember. The turkey moves.
 The couscous holds it all together.”

 

 

🍽️ Ingredients (Serves 2)

  • 150g turkey mince

  • 1 tin chickpeas (drained)

  • ½ red pepper, diced

  • ½ tin chopped tomatoes

  • ½ tsp cinnamon

  • ½ tsp cumin

  • 1 tsp harissa paste

  • 120g couscous

  • 200ml hot vegetable stock

  • Salt & pepper to taste

  • Optional: chopped parsley, lemon wedge

 

 

🔥 Method

  1. Cook Couscous

    • Pour hot veg stock over couscous in a bowl. Cover and let sit 5 min. Fluff with fork.

  2. Sauté Base

    • In a pan, cook turkey mince over medium heat for 5 min until browned.

  3. Add Veg & Spice

    • Add red pepper, chickpeas, chopped tomatoes, cinnamon, cumin, and harissa. Stir well.

  4. Simmer

    • Let mixture simmer for 10 min until thickened and fragrant. Season to taste.

  5. Assemble Bowl

    • Spoon couscous into bowls. Top with turkey-chickpea stew. Garnish with parsley and lemon if desired.

 

 

🧠 Ritual Purpose

  • Emotional Focus: Midweek activation, clarity, and fuel

  • When to Eat: Thursday evening, post-task reset or pre-weekend planning

  • Keeper Guidance:

    • Ember: “Let the spice speak. Let the fire return.”

    • Rune: “Eat with structure. Let the fuel align you.”

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🌶️ Ember’s Triple Bean Chili Ritual

Mixed Bean & Sweet Potato Chili over Rice
 “When the body needs fuel and the flame must not flicker, stir the cauldron and let the heat speak.”

 

 

🔱 Keeper Alignment

  • Primary: Ember (Spice, Boldness)

  • Secondary: Rune (Protein, Structure)

  • Echoed by: Drift (Earth, Satiety)

 

 

🍽️ Ingredients (Serves 2)

  • 1 sweet potato, peeled and diced

  • 2 red peppers, chopped

  • 1 onion, chopped

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced

  • 1 red chili (or ½ tsp chili flakes)

  • ½ tin chopped tomatoes

  • ½ tin lentils

  • ½ tin chickpeas

  • ½ tin black beans

  • ½ tsp cumin

  • ½ tsp smoked paprika

  • ½ tsp cinnamon (optional, for depth)

  • Salt & pepper to taste

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 100g rice (white or brown)

  • Optional: fresh herbs, lime wedge, cucumber slices (cooling garnish)

 

 

🔥 Method (Keeper Cadence)

  1. Ignite the Flame

    • Heat olive oil in a deep pan. Sauté onion, garlic, chili until fragrant.

    • Add cumin, paprika, cinnamon. Stir 1 min to bloom the spices.

  2. Summon the Cauldron

    • Add sweet potato and red peppers. Stir and cook 5 min.

    • Add tomatoes, lentils, chickpeas, black beans. Season.

    • Pour in a splash of water if needed. Simmer 25–30 min until sweet potato is tender and chili thickens.

  3. Anchor the Base

    • Cook rice separately. Fluff and season lightly.

  4. Assemble the Ritual

    • Bowl rice → ladle chili → garnish with herbs, lime, cucumber slices if desired.

 

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