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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Just dipping in to ask about mulled wine. I do my main shop in Sainsburys and they have their Taste the Difference bottles which is 11% alc volume and they say contains spices, orange peel and vanilla. I am thinking a glass heated while watching Strictly tonight might be just the ticket. Its not worth me making h/m for one mug at a time. might have to road test…anyone with experience?
 
As often happens, it got to time to prep the gammon steak, etc for my 2nd meal, but couldn't be bothered. So I just went without after all. Did have a cup of milky cocoa before bed though. Got up after 21/2 hours but fell asleep in the chair for a while, so went back to bed and didn't wake up until 10.30.

Breakfast: the same idea as my chicken cocktail the other day, but with smoked salmon instead.

I did also take a large pork chop out of the freezer yesterday to have today, so I will have to do something with that and never mind the gammon - it will keep a bit longer. I really will try to cook and eat some time today. Otherwise it's just a waste of perfectly good food.
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
To add a bit of decadance to your tomato soup, add a tin of crab meat and extra cream to it while it is nearly finished cooking.

Yumcious! said the black and white catto. :D
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I already added a generous amount of cream to the soup, wonderful trick to make just about anything taste great and to get some extra calories in when you're not hungry. :)

Not sure they even sell tins of crab meat around here, but if they do they'll be very expensive so I won't use them when my sense of taste and smell is off with a cold. Cat disagrees. He'll have to make do with meatballs again, poor thing!
 
Antje77 said:
I already added a generous amount of cream to the soup, wonderful trick to make just about anything taste great and to get some extra calories in when you're not hungry. :)

Not sure they even sell tins of crab meat around here, but if they do they'll be very expensive so I won't use them when my sense of taste and smell is off with a cold. Cat disagrees. He'll have to make do with meatballs again, poor thing!
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I usually add double cream to tomato soup, along with quite a lot of butter. But then I always add butter to anything with a liquid base - not necessarily cream to everything. Since my recent food experiment with tinned crab, I shan't be bothering to add that to anything. It's just a matter of personal taste, of course, and I know many people love crab in any shape or form, but not me. My only other experience with crab was one that a fishmonger gave me about 47 years ago - it was still alive and he put it into a cardboard box, which it proceeded to drag around the boot of the car and then the kitchen floor until I gave it to a neighbour for her family to eat. No idea what it would have tasted like but that put me off the idea of crab for years.

Your poor cat, @Antje77, imagine having to make do with meatballs when you might have had tomato soup.
 
PenguinMum said:
Just dipping in to ask about mulled wine. I do my main shop in Sainsburys and they have their Taste the Difference bottles which is 11% alc volume and they say contains spices, orange peel and vanilla. I am thinking a glass heated while watching Strictly tonight might be just the ticket. Its not worth me making h/m for one mug at a time. might have to road test…anyone with experience?
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I always think of mulled wine as being quite sweet but if there’s no sugar in the ingredients I’d say go for it and keep everything crossed! Please let us know if it’s nice and doesn’t cause a spike, I’d quite like a mug of it too!
 
Brunch- 2 tuna muffins and an Advent choc
Dinner- flexing my Christmas muscles with a couple of trial side dishes: Roast duck with sautéed shredded sprouts&chorizo, braised red cabbage and baked aubergine. Keto fitness club cranberry chutney on the side. DGF cake afterwards.
@Antje77 has the tomato soup done the trick and made you feel better? Sorry I couldn’t make it over in time to try some.
 
I believe, that in the Uk alcoholic drinks don't have to displays ingredients or nutrition information and many of them have huge amounts of added sugars, mulled wine being one of them.

On a slight tangent on Saturday kitchen yesterday they were making variations on hot chocolate one of which was a mulled wine hot chocolate. Turns out, when I found the recipe on line , there is 400g (weight) of sugar added to a bottle of wine with spices to make the mulled wine, then 500g (weight) of dark chocolate stirred into it. No wonder it was the tasters favourite!
 
DJC3 said:
@Antje77 has the tomato soup done the trick and made you feel better? Sorry I couldn’t make it over in time to try some.
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Nope, it seems to be a very clingy cold which doesn't want to leave me, it's been with me for over a week now! :mad:
On the other hand, I think this is the first time in over 4 years I have a cold, so not much to complain about. :)
I made a new pot of tomato soup today, I can't really think of anything I'd rather eat, despite having eaten tomato soup for three days already. Usually I don't even feel soup is a meal by itself, no matter if the ingredients tell me it is.

Still, looking forward to my soup, so all is fine!
 
Actually cooked and ate my pork chop, so that's a plus. The trick was to prep the whole thing (chop, onions and plums) early on and then only to have to throw it into the oven. And then, to eat it before I start feeling nauseous, which does happen when I wait too long between meals.
 
Annb said:
The trick was to prep the whole thing (chop, onions and plums) early on and then only to have to throw it into the oven.
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That's a trick I often use! Prep everything preppable early afternoon so it's just the last bits to do come mealtime, or I'll procrastinate long enough to decide it's now too late for cooking.
 
PenguinMum said:
Just dipping in to ask about mulled wine. I do my main shop in Sainsburys and they have their Taste the Difference bottles which is 11% alc volume and they say contains spices, orange peel and vanilla. I am thinking a glass heated while watching Strictly tonight might be just the ticket. Its not worth me making h/m for one mug at a time. might have to road test…anyone with experience?
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I’d be worried about added sugar why not get a box of their Shiraz or Malbec - it will last in box a long while. you could make up a spiced syrup with spices, some peel and some sweetener and keep in fridge then mix and warm? You could then just mix a glass as a time. I’m not keen on mulled wine but have made batches in past for parties and the spiced sweet syrup seemed to be what made it a success. Good luck.
 
Antje77 said:
Cat disagrees. He'll have to make do with meatballs again, poor thing!
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It went even worse for the cat. No crab, no meatballs, only sharing the licking of the empty soup bowl with the dogs.
Looks like I'm starting to feel better, I smelled the soup when I went to the kitchen and had no trouble at all finishing my bowl. :)

I did make it up with the dogs and cats with a slice of liverwurst though. :cat:
 
DJC3 said:
Haha I can imagine! And I don’t blame her - my avatar is a constant lovely reminder of the joys of a big Brazilian meat meal.
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And a very happy memory!

To stay on topic, food today was hotel breakfast of omelette and bacon.
Then an early Xmas with my Dad. I cooked lamb shoulder, sprouts, cabbage and carnivore stuffing, plus potatoes for him. Dessert was a no-bake cheesecake with a base of crushed nuts (I hadn’t figured out how to use his ancient food processor by then, so a rolling pin it was) mixed with butter and a topping of mascarpone, whipped creamy cheese and double cream. Raspberries and extra thick double cream on the side.
 
Saturday 4 December - Bed 6 4 FBG 8. No idea what's going on with BGs.
@Annb - he's made another sparkling snowman for their classroom assistant who is off for an operation. He wrote a nice card for her too.

@Mrs T 123 & DJC3 - Glad your DGF arrived from the holiday resort in Peterborough.

B. TAG and a slice of SLC toast with egg mayo. No jujitsu as instructor Ill.
L. Got Hubby to football then had to rush back for grocery delivery.
D. Cold cuts. Ham, roast beef, ox tongue, mini German sausage, santini tomatoes, mozzarella, 1/2 avocado, coleslaw. Blackberries and brandy cream.

Sunday 5 December - Bed & FBG both 7.9

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with coronation chicken.

L. Started on the tree as swimming cancelled due to what I recall the Aussies calling a "brown alert" at the pool! Extensive sanitising needed!

D. Mussels and celeriac chips. Usual campari and soda. DGF Christmas pie with brandy cream.
 
Monday 6 December - Bed 8 FBG 7.5

The tree dressing and window lights continue amid school runs and home schooling.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with egg mayo.

L. Nothing - tree finished though.

D. Leftover cold cuts. Ham, roast beef, ox tongue, mortadella, mini German sausage, 1/2 avocado, santini tomatoes, coleslaw, mozzarella. Blackberries and brandy cream.

Tuesday 7 December - Bed 7.6 FBG 7.2 Signs of BGs returning to more normal levels.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with egg mayo.

L. Nothing.

D. Courgetti carbonara. DGF gingerbread with blackberries and brandy cream.

Christmas shopping continues apace but Arrrggh! Hotter called while I was out to say the Gortex boots I'd bought for Hubby's Christmas were in store now. Who took the call?? Hubby!!
 
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