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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)
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Annb
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Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and salted caramel phd bar
Late Lunch: small pack of Wildings lamb crackling followed by Greek yoghurt, orange chia pudding and macadamia and coconut keto granola.
Dinner: lamb roasted with garlic and rosemary, one tiny roast potato, mixed veg, gravy made from meat juices thickened with flaxseed and a tiny blob of mint jelly. Followed by LC chocolate peanut squares with cream and LC chocolate granola.
My son and daughter bought me daffodils in place of a chocolate egg as they couldn’t access anywhere that sold dark chocolate eggs
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I haven't had any breakfast yet and seeing your lamb is making my stomach rumble!
I think you need to do one of those unboxing videos, like they do on YouTube. You could be a whole new carni vlogger.
I think you need to do one of those unboxing videos, like they do on YouTube. You could be a whole new carni vlogger.
It would have been comedy. Just spent 20 mins prone on the kitchen floor searching for a dropped screw that holds the chicken skewers in place
Found under the washing machine!!It looks good - makes the IP look quite small but I like the shelf arrangement. Family FaceTime call now then the experimentation will begin in earnest.
maglil55
Expert
Mission also accomplished together with a free range chook, more spices, high protein noodles, biscuits and ice cream for Hubby, his potatoes packs, more veggies and 95% chocolate!! Never spent this much in one go inside Lidl before. Saw they had the Philips one at the same price but it didn't do half as much.
Chook
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Just a quick post today - my FBG was 14.2 and I'm not feeling at my best. Something definitely brewing / starting. I haven't been out of the house or garden for more than three weeks so I can't think what it might be.
Breakfast: usual three egg omlette in an effort to stop my BG rising
Lunch: won't bother
Dinner: Dunno - its supposed to be a roast with me having quorn roast (tastes a lot like chicken breast) and veggies but probably won't bother.
Breakfast: usual three egg omlette in an effort to stop my BG rising
Lunch: won't bother
Dinner: Dunno - its supposed to be a roast with me having quorn roast (tastes a lot like chicken breast) and veggies but probably won't bother.
It would have been comedy. Just spent 20 mins prone on the kitchen floor searching for a dropped screw that holds the chicken skewers in place
It looks good - makes the IP look quite small but I like the shelf arrangement. Family FaceTime call now then the experimentation will begin in earnest.
This is another gadget that'll never go away, in a cupboard, or whatever.
Aside from the chip basket, which we used once, then decided it was more faff than it was worth, the tools, rotisserie, skewers and so on are still in their original packaging. We seem to have plenty "stuff" that works well in there.
I don't know how deep/shallow your drip tray is, but I rummaged through my baking tins and found a square sandwich tin that fits fairly well, and is, in my view, better than the original tray. That said, it sits on the tray.
Do you think you'll manage to get enough lamb ribs in there?
Success! One rotisserie chicken. Most difficult bit is getting the skewers out of the bird without burning fingers! Love the window so progress can be checked. Seemingly you can toast/bake in this so carni pizza might be a better bet in this than the previous air fryer. Might need to be tested soon.
@maglil55 I bought some 95% chocolate too, along with some almond butter, smoked salmon, bacon and a few odds and ends. Store was remarkably empty of people. Also saw the other air fryer but this one looks far better.
@maglil55 I bought some 95% chocolate too, along with some almond butter, smoked salmon, bacon and a few odds and ends. Store was remarkably empty of people. Also saw the other air fryer but this one looks far better.
This is another gadget that'll never go away, in a cupboard, or whatever. Do you think you'll manage to get enough lamb ribs in there?
Definitely a counter top item. Excellent lamb rib potential. May even be able to sneak in halloumi fries at the same time. Can’t think of anything I’ll need the rotating basket for.
Looks good!
When we started off with ours, we seemed to be eternally poking whatever we were cooking with the thermometer probe, just to be sure.
I like the window too, and the fact you can turn the inner light on (and off and on....), whilst it's cooking, so that there's less risk of over-cooking some things.
Just read your last.
If doing multi-levels, it's worth thinking if you can use upper tier or tiers to create natural basting, from their drippage. Or alternatively, anything you don't want fat drops on, go on the top shelf.
Whilst there could be a miniscule temperature difference between the shelves, it hadn't yet proven a problem so far.
Honestly, anything you would do in your oven can go in there - size permitting.
These are quite good for just pulling a shelf forward to look at, but I have also burned fingers when I haven't used then well enough, so a tricky one:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303220758177
Or how about something like this: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/stinn-oven-glove-red-40186633/
The beauty, being silicone is the wipe clean factor, rather than washing machine for conventional oven gloves.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303220758177
Or how about something like this: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/stinn-oven-glove-red-40186633/
The beauty, being silicone is the wipe clean factor, rather than washing machine for conventional oven gloves.
Annb
Expert
After seeing @Rachox's lamb, I was so hungry that I went and ate a couple of RyVita with cream cheese. Finished off with half a glass of yoghurt. Not what I had intended for breakfast, but the need was urgent. (BG 13.5 before lunch.)
Just had oxtail soup for lunch.
Breakfast was going to be bacon and eggs so before I get too tired I'll do the bacon in the microwave convection oven and hard boil the eggs. Then I can chop them all up together in a bowl for my evening meal - probably with some tomato and some spring onion. Maybe some olive oil.
Neil came into his own again today - no heating and no hot water to be had (surely the oil can't have run out again, so soon!) It seems that the water pressure had dropped too low during the night and the boiler had cut out. I thought I would have to try and get our heating engineer man out but Neil fiddled around with it and got it going again. Since our boiler is outside, it's lucky it wasn't raining. Now we are warm again and there's hot water for hand washing (we do have electric showers, so it wouldn't have been the end of the world).
I have a yen for whitebait but haven't seen any for years. Does anyone know if it is still available? My mother used to buy "sprats" and fry them just as they were, when we were kids - mind you, then we were happy with the pint of shrimps she used to buy in Macfisheries and cockles and winkles when we went to Herne Bay or Margate. Wouldn't put them in my mouth now but the sprats ...
Just had oxtail soup for lunch.
Breakfast was going to be bacon and eggs so before I get too tired I'll do the bacon in the microwave convection oven and hard boil the eggs. Then I can chop them all up together in a bowl for my evening meal - probably with some tomato and some spring onion. Maybe some olive oil.
Neil came into his own again today - no heating and no hot water to be had (surely the oil can't have run out again, so soon!) It seems that the water pressure had dropped too low during the night and the boiler had cut out. I thought I would have to try and get our heating engineer man out but Neil fiddled around with it and got it going again. Since our boiler is outside, it's lucky it wasn't raining. Now we are warm again and there's hot water for hand washing (we do have electric showers, so it wouldn't have been the end of the world).
I have a yen for whitebait but haven't seen any for years. Does anyone know if it is still available? My mother used to buy "sprats" and fry them just as they were, when we were kids - mind you, then we were happy with the pint of shrimps she used to buy in Macfisheries and cockles and winkles when we went to Herne Bay or Margate. Wouldn't put them in my mouth now but the sprats ...
Sorry!
Annb
Expert
Both of these oven gloves look good. No 2 son bought a silicone oven glove for me some years ago now and it withstood the heat very well, but it was a full mitten and quite thick and difficult to use because it was not flexible enough. The should both be better, being smaller and, I imagine, more flexible.
Annb
Expert
Sorry!
My own fault, but the lamb did look delicious. Unfortunately, I don't have any lamb in the freezer so can't replicate it.
At this rate I’ll be dispensing with the gas oven to create more counter/cupboard space.
I’ll take a look at those. Thanks.
maglil55
Expert
Bed 5.6 FBG 5.1. Enjoyed today picking up then playing with new gadget. @Goonergal & @DCUKMod - no doubt about it. This is without doubt a countertop item. I piri piri rubbed the chook hence the golden colour. I had to secure it with mini skewers as Hubby didn't know where he'd put my butchers twine (more ordered from Amazon as well as netting). Great success I have to say.
B. TAG and 2 GF oatcakes with pate when I got back from Lidl's (got some upright geraniums as well).
L. TAG and a DGF Millionaire shortbread
D. Rotisserie peri peri chook with remains of celeriac dauphinoise, mini cob and tenderstem broccoli. Ooh to have 2 squares of 95% later or not.
@Chook & @Annb - do you reckon a lurking bug is sending your BGs up? That's what was odd with my illness - BGs remained quite stable. Do take care x
@Goonergal - I think we can both claim success with our first foray with this. I want to try zucchini and celeriac chips in the rotating basket and definitely veggie crisps on the trays. @DJC3 - Yesterday is scheduled for this evening.
B. TAG and 2 GF oatcakes with pate when I got back from Lidl's (got some upright geraniums as well).
L. TAG and a DGF Millionaire shortbread
D. Rotisserie peri peri chook with remains of celeriac dauphinoise, mini cob and tenderstem broccoli. Ooh to have 2 squares of 95% later or not.
@Chook & @Annb - do you reckon a lurking bug is sending your BGs up? That's what was odd with my illness - BGs remained quite stable. Do take care x
@Goonergal - I think we can both claim success with our first foray with this. I want to try zucchini and celeriac chips in the rotating basket and definitely veggie crisps on the trays. @DJC3 - Yesterday is scheduled for this evening.
That chicken looks great. I’ll be giving carni pizza and lamb ribs a shot soon and perhaps some cheese crisps too.
shelley262
Expert
Enjoyed the cooler but sunny weather today - managed a walk in nearby forest, a great joy.
Breakfast bacon and egg
Dinner frittata with salad followed by lc pudding with yoghurt and cream
Just had one montezumas peanut butter 100% egg with decaff coffee.
Breakfast bacon and egg
Dinner frittata with salad followed by lc pudding with yoghurt and cream
Just had one montezumas peanut butter 100% egg with decaff coffee.
DJC3
Master
Black coffee until midday then a cold slice of the leftover keto meat pie. It’s just as good cold. afternoon went a bit haywire food wise - nonstop snacking ( chocolate, nuts, pack of Cheesies, you know the sort of stuff)
Dinner: https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-fish-casserole-mushrooms-french-mustard this is a really nice meal, made even better today as I made it with monkfish tail. (The lovely fisherman called round again today - monkfish, John Dory, sole, pollack. Wonderful.)
@maglil55 that chicken looks so good.
Dinner: https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-fish-casserole-mushrooms-french-mustard this is a really nice meal, made even better today as I made it with monkfish tail. (The lovely fisherman called round again today - monkfish, John Dory, sole, pollack. Wonderful.)
@maglil55 that chicken looks so good.
