• Guest, the forum is undergoing some upgrades and so the usual themes will be unavailable for a few days. In the meantime, you can use the forum like normal. We'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Chicken wings in buffalo sauce for smoko as I did not feel like eating earlier.
No lunch as my insides were resting comfortably after taking a couple of metoclopramide anti nausea tablets to go with the wings.
Beef jogan rosh with a small portion of reheated cooked rice that came in the heat and eat packet, couple of crispbreads with blue cheese for supper at six.

Glass of single malt before a early night.

Just stuck a new 50mcg Fentanyl patch on as they only last three days, I will be humming along very shortly. :woot:

Edit: added patch info.
 
Last edited:
Good to hear your aunt is doing well @Antje77 but it must be a worry her being so far away. Good coffee planning for your hols next month. I’d be really miserable if I couldn’t get my morning coffee.

Todays food centred around a duck.
Breakfast was the liver, sautéed in butter and popped on 1/2 SLC toasted roll. Lovely but yet again caused BG spike. It wasn’t a large liver, can’t have weight more than a couple of ounces. Very annoying. Dennis had the rest of the organs - happy dog.
Dinner roast duck with edamame beans, creamed cabbage, fried mushrooms. Red wine.
Might have cheese& h/m seedy crackers if I’m hungry later.
 
Breakfast: a slice of wholemeal bread and butter with some cheese (bits and pieces left in the box).

2nd meal was going to be some kind of veggie thing but Em came for the afternoon and has only just gone home but she will be back before bed time and sleep here. My brother will be phoning in about an hour and I haven't done any prep yet so I'm giving up and just had a wholemeal wrap with some tomato and ham. That'll do me for tonight.
 
Today I went to visit a friend who understands diabetes. She made us lunch of salmon fillet with mixed seafood, French beans, courgettes and peppers, with a small Lidl yoghurt for pud. Tonight's supper at home will be steak with broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts. What a gourmet day - and all keto!
 
Breakfast 2 slices wholemeal toast with white coffee (no sweetner). Lunch 2 hard boiled eggs.
 
Cooking in someone else’s kitchen is always more complicated, especially when they have an oven ‘complex’ - hard to work out which oven does what, what the knobs mean etc!

Food was fab but I’d overheated the plate in the grill so the cauliflower cheese started frying when I served it up :hilarious:

Main event was boneless lamb shoulder with rosemary and garlic with a side of cauliflower cheese mixed with bacon (saw @AndBreathe posting about that on another thread and thought it sounded good) and some pointed spring cabbage.

Either side was a small ice cream (posted up thread) with cream.

Stuffed and a fridge full of leftovers for the week.

242BEE27-FCBE-4915-812D-A656F66398C7.jpeg
 
Goonergal said:
Cooking in someone else’s kitchen is always more complicated, especially when they have an oven ‘complex’ - hard to work out which oven does what, what the knobs mean etc!

Food was fab but I’d overheated the plate in the grill so the cauliflower cheese started frying when I served it up :hilarious:

Main event was boneless lamb shoulder with rosemary and garlic with a side of cauliflower cheese mixed with bacon (saw @AndBreathe posting about that on another thread and thought it sounded good) and some pointed spring cabbage.

Either side was a small ice cream (posted up thread) with cream.

Stuffed and a fridge full of leftovers for the week.

View attachment 56496
Click to expand...

We had wonderful lamb tonight too, with steamed cabbage and leaks and roasted carrots. There were also roast potatoes. Absolutely delicious.
 
Just finished 2 x mackerel fillets with few peices of cheese wrapped in prosciutto
1330hrs Dinner . Roast beef done on barbecue with broccoli ,carrots and 1 small roast spud as it looked devine . I actually don't miss Potato's since dx
0900hrs I had 1x 85% pork sausage and 2x boiled eggs
A gallon of black coffee and 1 cup of green tea consumed because I was in work .
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a phd bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Aldi protein bar.
Tea at ILs: cold meat, cheese and salad buffet followed by one Jaffa cake!
 
DJC3 said:
Good to hear your aunt is doing well @Antje77 but it must be a worry her being so far away. Good coffee planning for your hols next month. I’d be really miserable if I couldn’t get my morning coffee.
Click to expand...
I couldn't agree more on the coffee part!
Of course you can buy a coffee anywhere, but I'm very sure paying some 2,50 times 3 for my waking up routine wouldn't enhance my mood in any way.
I don't mind enjoying a bought cup of coffee at the right time and place, but I prefer to have my first (and second) cup nicely and grumpily on my own while slowly getting used to the world again, and definitely not while dealing with waiters and stuff.

And speaking about coffee, I spoke to my aunt today, who's allowed out of bed and even to venture outside the hospital, and she was just about to go coffee hunting! :joyful:
Turns out that in French hospitals you're not offered anything beside water in between meals. Sound like a very effective way to get your patients up and active as soon as they are able! :hilarious:
Outlier said:
Today I went to visit a friend who understands diabetes. She made us lunch of salmon fillet with mixed seafood, French beans, courgettes and peppers, with a small Lidl yoghurt for pud. Tonight's supper at home will be steak with broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts. What a gourmet day - and all keto!
Click to expand...
I always love to find out a friend has taken some time thinking about a suitable meal, it's like a little present. :)
And I make sure to do the same for lactose intolerant/celiac/vegetarian/vegan friends in return, knowing how nice it is if someone just takes your diet for what it is and works with that.
Antje77 said:
Brussels sprouts with parmesan, and a burger on a bed of fried onion and tomato , with raw onion and chicory on top.
I plated too much but I found out the dogs unexpectedly loved the leftover onion/tomato mix and the last of the sprouts, so nothing wasted. :joyful:
Click to expand...
I made too much onion/tomato mix yesterday, thinking I could use it again today, and leaving it in the frying pan on the stove.
Should have gotten the clue from the dogs of course. Apparently the cats liked it as well so the pan was empty and clean this morning. :hilarious:

Didn't feel like cooking much so I didn't have the planned brussels sprouts.
Instead I went with a 'classic' burger (somewhat burnt on the outside, somewhat raw on the inside, hasty cooking) with melted cheese on a slice of low carb bread with some cucumber and tomato.

Pretty sure this doesn't really count as a full meal, nor as my 5 a day, but I did have it on a cute plate which counts for something too!
I'll have another chicory with hummus in bed to have some more vitamins. :angelic:

1663532634399.png
 
B: 2 scrambled eggs with some cheese
3 ish a nut bar
4 ish a bit of cheese
6:30 tried a new wine bar when you can fill your own 1/4 glass tasters! Only 102 to try!! Stayed sensible if expensive. Ate cheese and chicken ( which arrived coated in breadcrumbs and fried, not mentioned on the menu grr!) Think the wine is keeping the bg down though.
Will be interesting to see the libre through the night.
40g 80% chocolate
 
Breakfast: a 3 egg cheese omelette. Em asked for a 2 egg omelette but only ate half of it. But she did have lunch (pancakes and bacon)
2nd meal: depends on when Em goes home. There are veggies to be used up, but if she stays very late, I probably shan't bother cooking and will just have some more cheese.

Edited to complete parenthesis which I'd missed earlier.
 
Last edited:
Evening all.

Meal 1 was Greek yoghurt, cream and raspberries.

Meal 2 was using up yesterday’s leftovers. Not very fond of cold lamb, so chopped the remains of the shoulder roast into small pieces and fried it with some streaky bacon and onions, and added the leftover cabbage to warm it through. Served with a side of some of the leftover cauliflower cheese. Still have a generous portion of that left.

8C647873-AF04-4CF5-A64A-FCADAE7C6D4F.jpeg
 
Not eaten yet but looking forward to it!
Antje77 said:
I went with a 'classic' burger (somewhat burnt on the outside, somewhat raw on the inside, hasty cooking)
Click to expand...
After yesterday's hasty cooking I thought to take a little more time today.

So beef, lots of onion, a couple of carrots and two stock cubes have spent 6 hours in the large pot to make a basic stew to go in the freezer for a future dish.

I then transferred half of it to the smaller pot and added a pack of sauerkraut, a tin of concentrated tomato purée, lots of sharp paprika and some caraway seeds, and left it stewing for another hour.
Only needs cream added before eating to make it an adapted version of my grandma's 'Transsylvanian sauerkraut'.
Was going to eat it with cauliflower purée but forgot to make it, and I'm sure it'll be tasty without as well. :hungry:

Left the large pot stewing too, to lose some of the water so it'll take less room in the freezer.
And yes, cooking in the bathroom to keep the cats away from it! :hilarious:

1663605921164.png
 
Back
Top