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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Goonergal said:
Evening all.

Brunch rather than lunch today as ravenous by 10.15. Cafe meal of bacon, eggs and cheese.

Dinner was my best IP meal yet. Slow cooked shoulder of lamb with butter, rosemary, lemon zest and a touch of mint. Really tender and enough left for tomorrow’s lunch.

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I have to say that looks and sounds amazing. I am a big lamb fan but Mr PM isnt but I do go to our local butcher and stash away a couple of his excellent lamb chump chops for me to have maybe not quite once a week but as often as we eat differently.
 
Breakfast: usual three egg cheese and mushroom omelette, fatty bacon, tomatoes, spudlite.
Lunch: Mutton chops and salad out at the block, cranked up the fire pit for the first time this year with Black Mario.
Dinner: Grilled red emperor fillets and more salad.

Drinks: Black coffee no sugary, water.
 
PenguinMum said:
I have to say that looks and sounds amazing. I am a big lamb fan but Mr PM isnt but I do go to our local butcher and stash away a couple of his excellent lamb chump chops for me to have maybe not quite once a week but as often as we eat differently.
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I bought it ready prepared from Morrison’s at the weekend - reduced as close to sell-by date; no gunky/carby ingredients. Would definitely buy again.
 
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Goonergal said:
Evening all.

Brunch rather than lunch today as ravenous by 10.15. Cafe meal of bacon, eggs and cheese.

Dinner was my best IP meal yet. Slow cooked shoulder of lamb with butter, rosemary, lemon zest and a touch of mint. Really tender and enough left for tomorrow’s lunch.

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Looks great, I love shoulder of lamb. Did you slow cook it in your usual way with just a splash of leftover meat juice for the liquid?
 
shelley262 said:
@Tori71 good to see you posting your meals again - looks delicious menu and the tumeric and ginger choc sounds amazing must look at it.
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Thanks, good to be back! The chocolate is from Ocado and it's 28g carbs per 100g (90g bar). I'm currently getting 90% Godiva but I need a change now and again. There is one from the Divine range with lemon, but personally I find it a bit 'toilet duck':yuck:......probably just me!
 
Tori71 said:
Thanks, good to be back! The chocolate is from Ocado and it's 28g carbs per 100g (90g bar). I'm currently getting 90% Godiva but I need a change now and again. There is one from the Divine range with lemon, but personally I find it a bit 'toilet duck':yuck:......probably just me!
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Thank you but prob too many carbs for me. I have montezumas as it’s only got 8g per 100g and I love the orange oil and almond varieties - would need to eat a lot less of it! but maybe a bar of the Divine may find its way into my Ocado shopping basket!
 
DJC3 said:
Looks great, I love shoulder of lamb. Did you slow cook it in your usual way with just a splash of leftover meat juice for the liquid?
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It was in the Instant Pot using the slow cook setting on high (have concluded that the low and normal slow cook settings are useless) for 8 hours. Perfect! Just used juices from a previous meal in the bottom of the pot. The cooking process produces plenty more liquid.
 
Evenin’ All :)

VERY productive work day, then hung a new and GORGEOUS door curtain between the kitchen and the ‘office’.
Even managed to get the curtain track level, which is astonishing considering that the ceiling, picture rail and door frame are not level in this house. Heck, neither is the floor. Lol

dogs are deeply suspicious of it, but then I did drop Mr B’s snooker cue case right next to a sleeping dog or two during the works. My bad.

All this activity was fueled by:
B: bone broth and LC hot choc :wacky:
L: duck soup
D: chicken stir fried in garlic and lime, and finished with cream.

would have preferred steak ;)
 
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Brunneria said:
VERY productive work day, then hung a new and GORGEOUS door curtain between the kitchen and the ‘office’.
Even managed to get the curtain track level, which is astonishing considering that the ceiling, picture rail or door frame are not level in this house. Heck, neither is the floor. Lol
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Now I’m imagining you libe somewhere like this :hilarious:

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shelley262 said:
Thank you but prob too many carbs for me. I have montezumas as it’s only got 8g per 100g and I love the orange oil and almond varieties - would need to eat a lot less of it! but maybe a bar of the Divine may find its way into my Ocado shopping basket!
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Love montezumas, but finding the nutrition panel on online supermarkets is impossible. Most of my shopping is done on line for various reasons, and none of them seem to display it. I've even been on the Montezuma site!
 
Day 1 of my holibobs.
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning snack: gingerbread carb killa bar and black coffee.
No lunch as was driving to holiday venue.
Dinner: take away crispy duck, ate just two pancakes and a smidge of sauce, followed by low carb carrot cake bought from home.
 
Goonergal said:
It was in the Instant Pot using the slow cook setting on high (have concluded that the low and normal slow cook settings are useless) for 8 hours. Perfect! Just used juices from a previous meal in the bottom of the pot. The cooking process produces plenty more liquid.
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Must try it. I haven’t actually used the slow cook function.
 
DJC3 said:
Must try it. I haven’t actually used the slow cook function.
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When I’m going to be out all day I prefer it to pressure cooking. I don’t think the keep warm function keeps the food warm enough for long periods, so rather than set off the pressure cook before leaving and rely on keep warm for several hours, it works better for me to use slow cook and then have a short (or non-existent) keep warm period.
 
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Tori71 said:
I've even been on the Montezuma site!
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You did not try real hard then @Tori71: https://www.montezumas.co.uk/downloads/1453987565Nutritional-Examples.jpg

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Rachox said:
Day 1 of my holibobs.
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning snack: gingerbread carb killa bar and black coffee.
No lunch as was driving to holiday venue.
Dinner: take away crispy duck, ate just two pancakes and a smidge of sauce, followed by low carb carrot cake bought from home.
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Duck and hoisin roll mmm
Whats coconut porridge like, where dyou get the coconut?
 
Goonergal said:
When I’m going to be out all day I prefer it to pressure cooking. I don’t think the keep warm function keeps the food warm enough for long periods, so rather than set off the pressure cook before leaving and rely on keep warm for several hours, it works better for me to use slow cook and then have a short (or non-existent) keep warm period.
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Makes sense. The fact that it can be used for both slow and pressure cooking appealed to me in the beginning. I got rid of my slow cooker.
 
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