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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

@ianpspurs great you got your boiler sorted in such a timely manner. We’ve had sleet today - so cold and wet and needed heating on all day! Flood barriers up yet again here in Bewdley - so much rain and latterly sleet and lots of places locally flooded.
Worked today probably best thing with such lousy weather.
Breakfast one slice bacon, egg and half toasted chaffle
Lunch coffee and cream - worked through lunch
Dinner salmon with lemon butter with cauliflower cheese and glass dry white. Pudding heated up a strawberries and cream Blondie from deliciously guilt free served with yoghurt and cream.
Planning a few squares of 100% choc with decaf coffee and cream later.
Slow cooker due to be in service again tomorrow have got beef short ribs out of freezer ready for their long slow cook tomorrow- flu vaccines also booked tor tomorrow.
 
PenguinMum said:
Hi All
Usual breakfast of LivLife toast, butter, tea.
Lunch was two slices of said toast with peanut butter as was too busy to make anything else.
Supper will be a Thurs scratch meal of cauli rice with flaked salmon, diced red pepper and tablsp peas. Currently enjoying a G&ST.

Tomo No 2 son and girlfriend coming for supper and o/n to mark his 25th birthday. The menu requested is Moules Frites which will be followed by chocolate olive oil cake I made today served with a few raspberries and cream (no cream for me obs yuk). There will be Cremant involved also. Have ordered 3kg mussels off the boats in the morning!
@ianpspurs glad you got your heating sorted pronto. We had two consecutive Christmases here without electricity so no heat, cooking, etc. It was very challenging.
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Winner for birthday dinner planned sounds delicious especially the cremant and the fresh mussels hugs for your cold christmases
 
Evening all and belated thanks for glumness hugs yesterday to those I didn’t reply directly to ( @Annb @shelley262 @ianpspurs ) Feeling a lot more chipper today - ‘don’t let the b*****s get you down’ eh?
Today’s food:
CWC this morning then a lot of tea with almond milk.
First meal 2pm: Flaxseed bun filled with smoked salmon and cream cheese, then because I thought I was still hungry ( should have waited 20mins I know) had some cheese and lc seedy crackers.
D: mince and cabbage keema with a dollop of sour cream and roast cauliflower ( less faff than cauli rice) 2 glasses red. About 10g 100% chocolate
@ianpspurs I’m so glad your boiler was fixed so speedily. I agree that Homecare is worth every penny.
@PenguinMum that menu sounds perfect for you. Have a great celebration.
@Annb your bacon butty looks great what pancake recipe did you use?
 
Evening all and belated thanks for glumness hugs yesterday to those I didn’t reply directly to ( @Annb @shelley262 @ianpspurs ) Feeling a lot more chipper today - ‘don’t let the b*****s get you down’ eh?
Today’s food:
CWC this morning then a lot of tea with almond milk.
First meal 2pm: Flaxseed bun filled with smoked salmon and cream cheese, then because I thought I was still hungry ( should have waited 20mins I know) had some cheese and lc seedy crackers.
D: mince and cabbage keema with a dollop of sour cream and roast cauliflower ( less faff than cauli rice) 2 glasses red. About 10g 100% chocolate
@ianpspurs I’m so glad your boiler was fixed so speedily. I agree that Homecare is worth every penny.
@PenguinMum that menu sounds perfect for you. Have a great celebration.
@Annb your bacon butty looks great what pancake recipe did you use?
 
shelley262 said:
@ianpspurs great you got your boiler sorted in such a timely manner. We’ve had sleet today - so cold and wet and needed heating on all day! Flood barriers up yet again here in Bewdley - so much rain and latterly sleet and lots of places locally flooded.
Worked today probably best thing with such lousy weather.
Breakfast one slice bacon, egg and half toasted chaffle
Lunch coffee and cream - worked through lunch
Dinner salmon with lemon butter with cauliflower cheese and glass dry white. Pudding heated up a strawberries and cream Blondie from deliciously guilt free served with yoghurt and cream.
Planning a few squares of 100% choc with decaf coffee and cream later.
Slow cooker due to be in service again tomorrow have got beef short ribs out of freezer ready for their long slow cook tomorrow- flu vaccines also booked tor tomorrow.
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You’ve really got the brunt of the weather up there @shelley262 . I hope the flood barriers are up to the job and the rain eases off soon.

I think I’m finally going to succumb and get some of those Deliciously Guilt Free treats. From what you and others have said the chocolate brownies are the best?
 
DJC3 said:
My local Lidl had already sold out of the advent calendars but I think Asda have them too ( I’m hoping to pop in there tomorrow)
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Thanks to you and @shelley for your comments. I am always mystified why these stores run out of these things the minute after they come in. Its the same with M&S clothes though I rarely buy from there any more. Shame really as it was always my first port of call for essentials. Hope you have more success at Aldi and check out their Seville Orange & Persian Lime gin which is sublime.
 
DJC3 said:
You’ve really got the brunt of the weather up there @shelley262 . I hope the flood barriers are up to the job and the rain eases off soon.

I think I’m finally going to succumb and get some of those Deliciously Guilt Free treats. From what you and others have said the chocolate brownies are the best?
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The double choc brownies are great but I’m also loving the strawberries and cream blondies - heated up they are like jam sponge if you liked that pre the big D and also the millionaires shortbreadis delicious very similar to twix which used to be my fave choc bar! Lemon drizzle was also good but a summer special. They freeze well for two months.
 
@shelley262 hope the rainfall doesnt cause you any serious issues. It is really alarming what people are having to deal with atm. Its just not good enough imo. Stay safe.
 
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PenguinMum said:
@shelley262 hope the rainfall doesnt cause you any serious issues. It is really alarming what people are having to deal with atm. Its just not good enough imo. Stay safe.
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thank you we are very very lucky to have proper flood barriers as before that Bewdley used to be part of the river Severn with flooding in many houses up to bedroom level! The flood defences really help protect property now but a lot of local roads go under the river Severn today many roads out of Bewdley were flash flooded. We count our blessings as being lucky enough to have amazing flood barriers.
 
shelley262 said:
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thank you we are very very lucky to have proper flood barriers as before that Bewdley used to be part of the river Severn with flooding in many houses up to bedroom level! The flood defences really help protect property now but a lot of local roads go under the river Severn today many roads out of Bewdley were flash flooded. We count our blessings as being lucky enough to have amazing flood barriers.
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Glad to hear that...and everyone should have effective flood barriers. It makes me cross so much money seems to be wasted on advertising leaflets and leave on 31 Oct preparations which could have been well spent on flood lands. But hey what do I know!
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: gouda and chorizo rollitos with cauliflower and broccoli salad followed by Greek yoghurt, raspberries and macadamia and coconut keto granola.
Mid afternoon: coconut chia pudding and black coffee.
Dinner: mushroom and mature cheddar omelette with leafy salad, sweet pepper and two cherry tomatoes followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola.
 
Evening All!

b: bone broth and small HC hot choc
L: so cold in the kitchen that my smoked salmon pate hadn’t defrosted! Winter is Coming. Haha. So had cheese and ham rollups instead
D: airfried lamb steaks in tikka spices. Delish. Will have some cream and goatsmilk yog later because today has been lower fat than usual, and i can feel it.
 
DJC3 said:
Evening all and belated thanks for glumness hugs yesterday to those I didn’t reply directly to ( @Annb

@Annb your bacon butty looks great what pancake recipe did you use?
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I used a waffle recipe which I found somewhere on this forum but it was using almond butter, which I can't take, so I replaced it with peanut butter and a pinch of salt instead of sweetener. I needed to add salt to the mix after the first pancake, which was too bland. I wasn't sure whether it would stick so I didn't use the waffle maker - just a tiny frying pan to make exactly the right size of pancake. They make a very good bacon butty. Used the last of my bacon though so will have to use the rest with eggs tomorrow.
 
Disaster has just struck. Lid to my beloved slow cooker shattered in the washing up bowl :bigtears: hadn’t even eaten anything delicious from it tonight.

After a day of gluttony yesterday - all day meeting at an external site which is a) next to Hotel Chocolat and b) provides lunch which is mostly irrelevant to my way of eating, but includes delicious sausages (no one else got a look in) and also had some frittata with no pastry/potatoes or other nasties :D - more restrained today.

Lunch was bacon, eggs and cheese followed by 50g 85% chocolate

Dinner was garlic and Parmesan chicken wings
 
PenguinMum said:
Thanks to you and @shelley for your comments. I am always mystified why these stores run out of these things the minute after they come in. Its the same with M&S clothes though I rarely buy from there any more. Shame really as it was always my first port of call for essentials. Hope you have more success at Aldi and check out their Seville Orange & Persian Lime gin which is sublime.
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That gin sounds wonderful, is it Aldi own brand?
 
shelley262 said:
The double choc brownies are great but I’m also loving the strawberries and cream blondies - heated up they are like jam sponge if you liked that pre the big D and also the millionaires shortbreadis delicious very similar to twix which used to be my fave choc bar! Lemon drizzle was also good but a summer special. They freeze well for two months.
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Thanks. I’ve put in an order I’ll have to freeze them immediately I think to save me from myself!
 
Goonergal said:
Disaster has just struck. Lid to my beloved slow cooker shattered in the washing up bowl :bigtears: hadn’t even eaten anything delicious from it tonight.

After a day of gluttony yesterday - all day meeting at an external site which is a) next to Hotel Chocolat and b) provides lunch which is mostly irrelevant to my way of eating, but includes delicious sausages (no one else got a look in) and also had some frittata with no pastry/potatoes or other nasties :D - more restrained today.

Lunch was bacon, eggs and cheese followed by 50g 85% chocolate

Dinner was garlic and Parmesan chicken wings
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Oh dear. It was a similar event, in my case cracked inner pot, that led to the beginning of my obsession with the IP. Just sayin'

It's nearly Black Friday. :angelic:
 
DCUKMod said:
Oh dear. It was a similar event, in my case cracked inner pot, that led to the beginning of my obsession with the IP. Just sayin'

It's nearly Black Friday. :angelic:
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Hahaha you are incorrigible!

Seriously though @Goonergal , although I really do sympathise about the lid, you should think about an IP - you can still slow cook in it but at least you have the fast option too.
 
DJC3 said:
Hahaha you are incorrigible!

Seriously though @Goonergal , although I really do sympathise about the lid, you should think about an IP - you can still slow cook in it but at least you have the fast option too.
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You’ve seen my kitchen. Do you think the mini one would fit in?
 
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