What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[ianpspurs]

[COLOR=#000000]That’s it. It (almond butter) isn’t salty. You are right. I hadn’t noticed that.[/COLOR]

I tried 1 tsp of the stuff - Aldi - it was so salty I needed far more than my usual 3 pints of tea and still couldn't slake my thirst. Just shows how tastes vary.

 

[BibaBee]

I tried 1 tsp of the stuff - Aldi - it was so salty I needed far more than my usual 3 pints of tea and still couldn't slake my thirst. Just shows how tastes vary.

That's a bit odd. Was it this one? It doesn't have any added salt or oil, just 100% roasted almonds. https://www.aldi.co.uk/almond-butter/p/079920182253700

 

[BibaBee]

@Listlad @BibaBee and @SlimLizzy this is the 90 second bread I use, which works well and is lovely made into a fried cheese sandwich @zauberflote
jenniferbanz.com/90-second-microwave-bread

SlimLizzy don’t buy almond flour, it’s so expensive and for most recipes ground almonds work well and are much cheaper.

BibaBee hugs for the end of your holiday but it sounds like you’ve had a lovely relaxing break and I’m glad you’ve still enjoyed the simple pleasures of a lovely coffee shop

Thanks, I'll give that recipe a go. I'm liking the addition of flax for flavour, so might try swapping out a tsp of almonds for flax.

 

[ianpspurs]

That's a bit odd. Was it this one? It doesn't have any added salt or oil, just 100% roasted almonds. https://www.aldi.co.uk/almond-butter/p/079920182253700

That's the culprit. Even before LC eating I found many foods too salty for my taste YMMWV as they (who?) say

 

[dunelm]

@Listlad @BibaBee and @SlimLizzy this is the 90 second bread I use, which works well and is lovely made into a fried cheese sandwich @zauberflote
jenniferbanz.com/90-second-microwave-bread

SlimLizzy don’t buy almond flour, it’s so expensive and for most recipes ground almonds work well and are much cheaper.

BibaBee hugs for the end of your holiday but it sounds like you’ve had a lovely relaxing break and I’m glad you’ve still enjoyed the simple pleasures of a lovely coffee shop

Yep, that’s the recipe that I use - pretty good with ghee instead of oil I think.
Agree about the almond flour, I grab bags of ground almonds whenever I see them - even in pound shops (read the ingredients list though).

 

[DJC3]

Thanks, I'll give that recipe a go. I'm liking the addition of flax for flavour, so might try swapping out a tsp of almonds for flax.

I like the sound of that too - will give it a go next time. Thanks for the idea.

 

[DJC3]

Yep, that’s the recipe that I use - pretty good with ghee instead of oil I think.
Agree about the almond flour, I grab bags of ground almonds whenever I see them - even in pound shops (read the ingredients list though).

I use a lot of ghee too - only ever used to use it for currys but since low carbing I use it for a lot more.
Hadn’t thought of looking for ground almonds in Pound shop - mind you the one near me doesn’t seem to sell anything for a pound anymore.

 

[zauberflote]

@dunelm sounds like a wonderful break you got there! Tell about making kefir please?
@Listlad and @ianpspurs I guess almond butters differ, but none of the ones I see is salted. I found that unusual but good to my taste. I’m with Ian on salt taste. Eating in restaurants is a challenge.
@BibaBee @Listlad @SlimLizzy @DJC3 sorry to say, (and @dunelm ) that grilled cheese sandwich was made with traditional quick bread... I make an8x8 pan and keep most in the freezer. It has lots more flax in proportion to almond than the mug bread I’ve been working on. Probably more time-effective to invest the hour to make the big pan, for me anyway. But nobody said I was always successful in my pursuit of efficiency! I’ll try to figure out how to put in my own recipe on CMT. All I can think of is to capture a useless recipe, and edit it out of existence!
I am sitting in rehearsal here, waiting out my time. I play an “offstage flute”
part which comes as the very final notes of a wonderful American work which is in essence a Jewish Requiem Mass. so for the concert I’ll sit in the audience for an hour, then theoretically pick up my stone cold flute and walk out of the hall (a synagogue this time) playing in a gently manner while moving fast. Marching band was 50+ yrs ago, give me a break!
Bfast the rest of the pretty darn awful frozen avocado with hm salad dressing, and halfway through added the egg and mooshed them up. Much improved the flavor, and tomorrow it’s back to fresh avocado.
Lunch 16 oz chix broth from freezer with PINK salt! Never had it until last week and it’s got such a gentle flavor; I love it for broth. Maybe some seltzer.
Supper TBA. Spinach and celery and maybe some cherry tomatoes for starters. Need the crisp cold crunch of that celery!
Before I left this morning I put on an IP of chix broth for Mr MizzableZF. I am driving him to urgent care this afternoon because his cough went from benign to really nasty in about 8 hrs 4 days ago, and he is reallllly puny for the third day in a row. I swear, the internet has learned how to carry germs!

 

[DJC3]

@dunelm sounds like a wonderful break you got there! Tell about making kefir please?
@Listlad and @ianpspurs I guess almond butters differ, but none of the ones I see is salted. I found that unusual but good to my taste. I’m with Ian on salt taste. Eating in restaurants is a challenge.
@BibaBee @Listlad @SlimLizzy @DJC3 sorry to say, (and @dunelm ) that grilled cheese sandwich was made with traditional quick bread... I make an8x8 pan and keep most in the freezer. It has lots more flax in proportion to almond than the mug bread I’ve been working on. Probably more time-effective to invest the hour to make the big pan, for me anyway. But nobody said I was always successful in my pursuit of efficiency! I’ll try to figure out how to put in my own recipe on CMT. All I can think of is to capture a useless recipe, and edit it out of existence!
I am sitting in rehearsal here, waiting out my time. I play an “offstage flute”
part which comes as the very final notes of a wonderful American work which is in essence a Jewish Requiem Mass. so for the concert I’ll sit in the audience for an hour, then theoretically pick up my stone cold flute and walk out of the hall (a synagogue this time) playing in a gently manner while moving fast. Marching band was 50+ yrs ago, give me a break!
Bfast the rest of the pretty darn awful frozen avocado with hm salad dressing, and halfway through added the egg and mooshed them up. Much improved the flavor, and tomorrow it’s back to fresh avocado.
Lunch 16 oz chix broth from freezer with PINK salt! Never had it until last week and it’s got such a gentle flavor; I love it for broth. Maybe some seltzer.
Supper TBA. Spinach and celery and maybe some cherry tomatoes for starters. Need the crisp cold crunch of that celery!
Before I left this morning I put on an IP of chix broth for Mr MizzableZF. I am driving him to urgent care this afternoon because his cough went from benign to really nasty in about 8 hrs 4 days ago, and he is reallllly puny for the third day in a row. I swear, the internet has learned how to carry germs!

Re CMT and your own recipe - if you go to the menu and ‘Add New Recipe’ you can just type in your recipe, and add your own photo
Hope Mr ZF is ok.Agree the internet must have learnt to carry both types of virus.

 

[Mongolia]

I know that if you mix peanut butter with double cream it makes a lovely fudgey mixture. Can add a few dark choc chips or liquid Stevia if desired. Can't see why it wouldn't do the same if using almond butter instead...

 

[Chook]

Back to eating (well, more than i have been this week)

Breakfast: bacon and eggs

Lunch: bit of cheese

DInner: roast lamb, roast parsnips, sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, few bits of carrot, gravy - i ate about half but counted that as a victory

Dessert: (if i ever feel like eating again) strawberries and cream - or maybe just the strawberries - or maybe nothing at all)

Drinks: black decaff coffee, water, red wine

 

[Chook]

I know that if you mix peanut butter with double cream it makes a lovely fudgey mixture. Can add a few dark choc chips or liquid Stevia if desired. Can't see why it wouldn't do the same if using almond butter instead...

It does - stirring in the almond butter makes the cream go thick and gorgeous.

 

[zauberflote]

Re CMT and your own recipe - if you go to the menu and ‘Add New Recipe’ you can just type in your recipe, and add your own photo
Hope Mr ZF is ok.Agree the internet must have learnt to carry both types of virus.

Thanks @DJC3 !

 

[DJC3]

It does - stirring in the almond butter makes the cream go thick and gorgeous.

I bought another jar of almond butter ‘accidentally’ last week. Looking back I haven’t posted that I’ve eaten any, yet my jar is already half empty! Can’t imagine how that’s happened
It’s too addictive I really should ban it.

 

[PenguinMum]

I bought another jar of almond butter ‘accidentally’ last week. Looking back I haven’t posted that I’ve eaten any, yet my jar is already half empty! Can’t imagine how that’s happened
It’s too addictive I really should ban it.

Love that expression ‘accidentally’ that happens to me with Lindt 90 regularly!
Todays food was tea and slice HiLo toast and butter this morning.
Lunch was mug of mixed veg soup. Small Danone light yogurt.
Supper for me is roasted aubergine, red onion and tomato, herbs, olive oil. Made Lasagne for OH and son. Could have made an aubergine lasagne for me but feel like a lighter veg meal instead. Will be early night for me after The Voice.

 

[PenguinMum]

@Chook glad you’re feeling better and hope you start enjoying food again.
Would nut butter mixed with plain Greek be nice? Am not able to digest cream.

 

[PenguinMum]

Edit. Meant plain Greek yogurt obs.

 

[Listlad]

That's a bit odd. Was it this one? It doesn't have any added salt or oil, just 100% roasted almonds. https://www.aldi.co.uk/almond-butter/p/079920182253700

That’s the one I have. From Aldi. 100% almonds.

 

[zauberflote]

@Chook glad you’re feeling better and hope you start enjoying food again.
Would nut butter mixed with plain Greek be nice? Am not able to digest cream.

I’ve mixed nut butter and yogurt for decades — it is definitely good!

 

[DJC3]

Would nut butter mixed with plain Greek be nice? Am not able to digest cream.

Hope you get a better night tonight. Has your tum settled down now?
I bought this Alpro almond yoghurt today, only 2.3g carb/100g so fewer even than Gk yog I don’t know if you’d tolerate that?
Ive just had some with grated 100% choc on top, but didn’t think about adding almond butter - probably just as well.
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