ianpspurs
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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)
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Thanks.
That was supposed to be in reply to @DCUKMod putting boiling water from the kettle into the IP!
Must have forgotten to touch the reply button.[/QUOTE]
We have MrB to thank for that little gem.
maglil55
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@DJC3 - Having got through all the posts a question - when are you an Dennis in the press? @Viv19 - I see you already have the answer on increasing the heat on the saute function. I'm with @DJC3 on this. I always use it (and scrape the bits to add flavour). Yesterday the munchkins decided they wanted mince, mash, carrot, peas and mushrooms. Thankfully I had mince already made and frozen so into the IP it went along with the carrot. I even had frozen mash. Lovely memories too - mussels & chips in Bruges.
@ianpspurs - scary (although not as scary as a toilet seat I saw yesterday with a closeup of Pennywise from It under the lid in snarling mode. Not sure what that would do to little ones toilet habits.
Yesterday - bed 6.1 FBG 6.3. Happy to see BGs settling again and DP subsiding at last.
B. TAG with ADOC. A baby bel, slice of wafer thin ham and a boiled egg from Hubby's fridge stash.
L. Nothing - boys here and was sorting out their dinner requests.
D. All cold again - chicken breast, 1/2 avocado, lettuce, piccolo tomatoes, coleslaw, boiled egg, Helmans, boiled beetroot.
Scoop of Breyers Chocolate and hazelnut ice cream with raspberries.
We were supposed to get thunderstorms but they headed out to the North Sea south of us so it's still dripping hot.
@ianpspurs - scary (although not as scary as a toilet seat I saw yesterday with a closeup of Pennywise from It under the lid in snarling mode. Not sure what that would do to little ones toilet habits.
Yesterday - bed 6.1 FBG 6.3. Happy to see BGs settling again and DP subsiding at last.
B. TAG with ADOC. A baby bel, slice of wafer thin ham and a boiled egg from Hubby's fridge stash.
L. Nothing - boys here and was sorting out their dinner requests.
D. All cold again - chicken breast, 1/2 avocado, lettuce, piccolo tomatoes, coleslaw, boiled egg, Helmans, boiled beetroot.
Scoop of Breyers Chocolate and hazelnut ice cream with raspberries.
We were supposed to get thunderstorms but they headed out to the North Sea south of us so it's still dripping hot.
maglil55
Expert
I've added 3 new recipes to CMT. Chicken breast with a creamy paprika and spinach sauce
https://whatsinthepan.com/chicken-and-spinach-in-creamy-paprika-sauce/
I removed the flour. It's not required when you reduce the sauce before the cream goes in.
Other two are a summer cauliflower salad and Parma ham parcels.
tasty.co/recipe/loaded-summer-cauliflower-salad
tasty.co/recipe/loaded-summer-cauliflower-salad
@Annb - you could use grated cauliflower (or grated broccoli ) to thicken soup.
https://whatsinthepan.com/chicken-and-spinach-in-creamy-paprika-sauce/
I removed the flour. It's not required when you reduce the sauce before the cream goes in.
Other two are a summer cauliflower salad and Parma ham parcels.
tasty.co/recipe/loaded-summer-cauliflower-salad
tasty.co/recipe/loaded-summer-cauliflower-salad
@Annb - you could use grated cauliflower (or grated broccoli ) to thicken soup.
That one looks good.
maglil55
Expert
And if you thought Peter was scary 
Today - still sweltering. Bed 6.3 FBG 6.4.
B. Usual TAG with ADOC
L. Last of Hubby's boiled egg stash, 3 spicy chicken wings and 4 piccolo tomatoes.
D. Repeat of yesterday. Chicken breast, lettuce, 1/2 avocado, tomato, beetroot, burrata. Breyers chocolate & hazelnut ice cream and raspberries.
Working my way through my list - just having a quick break while I wait for a washing to end.
Today - still sweltering. Bed 6.3 FBG 6.4.
B. Usual TAG with ADOC
L. Last of Hubby's boiled egg stash, 3 spicy chicken wings and 4 piccolo tomatoes.
D. Repeat of yesterday. Chicken breast, lettuce, 1/2 avocado, tomato, beetroot, burrata. Breyers chocolate & hazelnut ice cream and raspberries.
Working my way through my list - just having a quick break while I wait for a washing to end.
maglil55
Expert
Easy too. Glad you're feeling better.
PenguinMum
Expert
@ert @Viv19 @gennepher @SlimLizzy when I was growing up in Ireland my mother used to sometimes buy from the butcher a joint of Salt Beef aka Corned Beef which I think was brisket which had been brined. Like all meat she used to boil the life out of it. When served it was a bit lik “pulled” meat so trendy now, very tender. But I remember there was also Corned Beef sliced on the Deli counter which was like what we get now. Btw M&S do two pre packs of CB and the dearer one is really very much tastier.
Viv19
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Your creamy chicken recipe looks delicious
Viv19
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Yes there’s definitely a difference between the sliced cold ‘formed’ meat and the large piece of meat cooked at home. I remember, as a kid, also having thicker slices of the first kind fried. Really didn’t like that.
Annb
Expert
Things were going reasonably well until I went out for a meal yesterday evening. I knew the meal was to be vegetarian so I thought I would be allright if I avoided the rice element. Took my usual insulin beforehand and had some mid eastern style spinach and bean dish and some water. Didn't take the rice or the melon dessert, nor the soya and coconut ice cream (full of sugar!). Sat for the rest of the evening, slowly melting, watching the boys (young men) playing backgammon and the women fussing over babies. Had a small cup of black tea and I knew something was going wrong. Checked my BG and it was low. Not disastrously so, but enough to make me shake and wobble when I stood up. Had a choc biscuit and got out to the car. Had a further sugar hit with 2 travel sweets from the first aid box.
But the drive home was awful. I actually dozed off briefly and found myself on the wrong side of the road. Luckily nothing coming the other way. So I stopped for a break and woke myself up a bit. Then continued, slowly and carefully, singing loudly to myself some stirring songs to keep me awake. It worked and I managed the remaining 10 miles without incident, got home in one piece, dropped into my big chair and fell asleep. Woke, had a cup of tea and went back to sleep. 3 times my son came in and suggested it was time to go to bed - last time was "I thought you said you wanted to go to bed!" in a forceful manner. So I dragged myself up. Checked my BG - it was 9.5 and went to bed.
I think the major problem was dehydration and perhaps a fall in blood pressure - that happened before. Actually my GP just called and told me that I am anaemic and need to take iron supplement, so I don't suppose that helped.
Anyway, today has been a couple of cups of tea, lots of water with lemon slices, an oatcake, some raspberries and yoghurt, some of my leek and squash soup and some cucumber with a Marmite dip.
Dinner is going to be lamb chops with a watercress salad. It's too early to have it yet, but I'm already hungry and watching the clock.
But the drive home was awful. I actually dozed off briefly and found myself on the wrong side of the road. Luckily nothing coming the other way. So I stopped for a break and woke myself up a bit. Then continued, slowly and carefully, singing loudly to myself some stirring songs to keep me awake. It worked and I managed the remaining 10 miles without incident, got home in one piece, dropped into my big chair and fell asleep. Woke, had a cup of tea and went back to sleep. 3 times my son came in and suggested it was time to go to bed - last time was "I thought you said you wanted to go to bed!" in a forceful manner. So I dragged myself up. Checked my BG - it was 9.5 and went to bed.
I think the major problem was dehydration and perhaps a fall in blood pressure - that happened before. Actually my GP just called and told me that I am anaemic and need to take iron supplement, so I don't suppose that helped.
Anyway, today has been a couple of cups of tea, lots of water with lemon slices, an oatcake, some raspberries and yoghurt, some of my leek and squash soup and some cucumber with a Marmite dip.
Dinner is going to be lamb chops with a watercress salad. It's too early to have it yet, but I'm already hungry and watching the clock.
DJC3
Master
Wednesday now - bed 5.7 FBG 6.5. @DJC3 - I was going to say I liked the sound of your cloud eggs until you said they were disappointing. Also my eyes went wide when I read you'd had 1/2 a bar of Absolute Black until I noticed it was a 30g bar
@Goonergal - please take care. I am seriously neurotic about flu since my son's flu went into pneumonia and he ended up in ICU in a medically induced coma for 10 days. We still shudder every time he gets a cold.
The promised thunderstorms arrived about 3.30am. Very loud, forked lightning and torrential rain. It was after 5am before I got back to sleep. Still incredibly hot.
B. TAG with ADOC. No boys until the afternoon but just had a cold boiled egg since Hubby had boiled s batch of them yesterday and put them in the fridge.
L. Nothing - finally forced myself to iron the clothes to pack with every window wide open.
D. Still to hot to cook so repeated yesterdays dinner more or less - burrata, lettuce, santini tomatoes, 1/2 avocado, pickled red pepper.
SF jelly and raspberries.
Decided it was also time to write my list so I don't forget anything!
The egg white was really chewy and tasteless. Looked ok but really not worth the faff.
I bought a box of 26 of the 30g bars of Montezuma’s to help with portion control. At around 3G carbs per bar they are great and it feels like such a treat to have an actual chocolate bar. They are quite chunky little things.
Good luck with your packing, not long now.
DJC3
Master
They’re not. Don’t bother. Can’t remember where I found the recipe now.
So glad you’re starting to feel a bit better now.
DJC3
Master
Thanks for the new recipe links @maglil55 they do look nice ( and easy)
Your toilet seat cover would put me off going - let alone the little ones. Where on earth was it? We have a Santa seat cover for Christmas and a Santa hat for the spare loo roll. I bought them just to see Mr C’s look of resigned horror when he saw them!
Not sure when the Sun article is due - I hope the journalist will let me know. The photographer said features can take a week to 6 months to appear.
Your toilet seat cover would put me off going - let alone the little ones. Where on earth was it? We have a Santa seat cover for Christmas and a Santa hat for the spare loo roll. I bought them just to see Mr C’s look of resigned horror when he saw them!
Not sure when the Sun article is due - I hope the journalist will let me know. The photographer said features can take a week to 6 months to appear.
maglil55
Expert
It was a specialised web site. I have no idea how it popped up on these targeted ads - quite frankly it is terrifying. I agree with you- toilet would be off limits mainly because I always found Pennywise quite terrifying too. It's one of these stick on things especially for Halloween which made it even more weird that it popped up on my ad feed now. There was one that was worse and that was Pennywise inside the toilet bowl! That reminded me too much of him in the drain in the movie- ewww creepy. I have to confess to having Christmas towels, dishcloths and mats and a really irritating battery toy with 2 soft toys dressed in Santa Hats singing "If you're happy and you know it". Yes they do clap their hands and the boys keep them going non stop.
PS I'm pretty much organized. If I can keep Hubby out of my way tomorrow I'll be packed in no time. Just back from M&S with my food for the train as we're going down with Transpennine and I know they'll have absolutely nothing I can eat.
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Evenin’ All,
11am a 25g pack of @goonergal’s duck scratching (well, you knew i had to order some, didn’t you? The sweetish one. It was ok.
12.30pm one of my ham/cheese/creamcheese and branston open ‘sarnies’. Jaarlsberg this time. Even nicer.
What is it about Branston???
2pm a 25g pack of goonergal’s duck scratchings, the pepper one. Delicious!
4pm a 25g pack of goonergals’s duck scratchings, the chilli one. Oweee! HOT!
6pm was a lamb’s liver and lamb’s kidney soup, with cream, thyme and mustard. Will have to try and remember the combo. Trouble is, i make most stuff up, spur of the moment.
So, today’s lesson: Brunneria cannot be trusted with multiple packs of duck stratchings in the house.
11am a 25g pack of @goonergal’s duck scratching (well, you knew i had to order some, didn’t you? The sweetish one. It was ok.
12.30pm one of my ham/cheese/creamcheese and branston open ‘sarnies’. Jaarlsberg this time. Even nicer.
What is it about Branston???
2pm a 25g pack of goonergal’s duck scratchings, the pepper one. Delicious!
4pm a 25g pack of goonergals’s duck scratchings, the chilli one. Oweee! HOT!
6pm was a lamb’s liver and lamb’s kidney soup, with cream, thyme and mustard. Will have to try and remember the combo. Trouble is, i make most stuff up, spur of the moment.
So, today’s lesson: Brunneria cannot be trusted with multiple packs of duck stratchings in the house.
Viv19
Well-Known Member
You had a lucky escape Annb! Do you think one of those Libre monitors might help you for a while? Perhaps one might help you to know more exactly how food and insulin affects you.
Viv19
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Tea
Gym
Cwc nuts
Lunch LC bread with smoked salmon and cheese.
Pm I didn’t have any hm yoghurt so bought some, and then had my yoghurt and berries mid afternoon.
‘Dinner’. Scrambled eggs and toasted LC roll with butter.
Glass white wine.
Trouble is I’m still hungry, don’t want to cook, no meat. Maybe some more yoghurt and berries;-))
Gym
Cwc nuts
Lunch LC bread with smoked salmon and cheese.
Pm I didn’t have any hm yoghurt so bought some, and then had my yoghurt and berries mid afternoon.
‘Dinner’. Scrambled eggs and toasted LC roll with butter.
Glass white wine.
Trouble is I’m still hungry, don’t want to cook, no meat. Maybe some more yoghurt and berries;-))
