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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)
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derekhansen
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Yesrdays Food:-
Lunch
2 eggs scrambled
Mackerel fillet
Cream cheese
A few peanuts
Dinner
Cold chicken
Salad (lettuce, tomato, celery, bell pepper and avocado)
Dollop of Hellmans mayo
Fage FF Greek Yoghurt
6 raspberries
Dessert spoon of lo sugar granola
Chia seeds
Lunch
2 eggs scrambled
Mackerel fillet
Cream cheese
A few peanuts
Dinner
Cold chicken
Salad (lettuce, tomato, celery, bell pepper and avocado)
Dollop of Hellmans mayo
Fage FF Greek Yoghurt
6 raspberries
Dessert spoon of lo sugar granola
Chia seeds
shelley262
Expert
Breakfast kefir then two boiled eggs with LC roll
Lunch made a LC pancake from remaining batter from yesterday - still very good. Recipe had optional cinnamon and sweetener I didn't add sweetener but doubled the cinnamon a favourite spice of mine and really enjoyed - not too sweet. To serve I added a few orange peel bits from hm low sugar marmalade and dash of cream.
Dinner Valentine's day treat of fillet steak cooked just a few mins each side and rested then cooked mushrooms in butter and steak cooking juices and lots of pepper with a dash of cream. Served with onions and baby tomatoes cooked in olive oil and spoon of hot horseradish and lovely glass of malbec wine
Just had a few squares of 100% chocolate with decaffeinated coffee
Lunch made a LC pancake from remaining batter from yesterday - still very good. Recipe had optional cinnamon and sweetener I didn't add sweetener but doubled the cinnamon a favourite spice of mine and really enjoyed - not too sweet. To serve I added a few orange peel bits from hm low sugar marmalade and dash of cream.
Dinner Valentine's day treat of fillet steak cooked just a few mins each side and rested then cooked mushrooms in butter and steak cooking juices and lots of pepper with a dash of cream. Served with onions and baby tomatoes cooked in olive oil and spoon of hot horseradish and lovely glass of malbec wine
Just had a few squares of 100% chocolate with decaffeinated coffee
IanBish
Well-Known Member
This evening I made a dish, loosely described as a kedgeree. Made with onions, garlic, smoked frankfurters, flaked salmon, mushrooms, peas, broccoli and boiled eggs, all fried with a portion of cauliflower rice, sprinkled with curry powder and smoked paprika. And it was lovely.
DJC3
Master
@shelley262 and @IanBish both your dinners look so tasty.
@PenguinMum I hope your tum has recovered after the German bread. Was it Dr Almond? I have some in my cupboard waiting to be made but I think I’ve had it about 5 yrs!
Didn’t eat today until about 2pm, by which time I’d been on 2 dog walks and one swim so I sort if hoped BG would be reasonable, but no! I’m heading into a higher phase, happens every couple of months for no good reason and whatever I do I stay in high 6s and 7s.
Lunch was a salad with bacon, h/b egg, cheese, lettuce, cherry tom. Followed by h/m yoghurt with grated lemon zest which was lovely.
Dinner chicken, chorizo, red pepper, mushrooms and onions airfried with Cajun spice. Few green beans and prawns chucked in at the end and a DGF garlic and herb wrap with it. Glass of red.
@PenguinMum I hope your tum has recovered after the German bread. Was it Dr Almond? I have some in my cupboard waiting to be made but I think I’ve had it about 5 yrs!
Didn’t eat today until about 2pm, by which time I’d been on 2 dog walks and one swim so I sort if hoped BG would be reasonable, but no! I’m heading into a higher phase, happens every couple of months for no good reason and whatever I do I stay in high 6s and 7s.
Lunch was a salad with bacon, h/b egg, cheese, lettuce, cherry tom. Followed by h/m yoghurt with grated lemon zest which was lovely.
Dinner chicken, chorizo, red pepper, mushrooms and onions airfried with Cajun spice. Few green beans and prawns chucked in at the end and a DGF garlic and herb wrap with it. Glass of red.
MrsA2
Expert
Skipped breakfast
Tea/coffee with a friend. The cakes looked amazing but we both resisted.
L: 2 crackers with cream cheese and cucumber and 2 sqs hm lc brownies
Mid afternoon a hot chocolate made with Baileys ( not lc but satisfying!)
D: hubby cooked a rabbit and mustard dish he'd seen telly. Had to substitute chicken for the rabbit and cut way down on the amounts of wine. Still very tasty and sooo rich. Had mine with celeriac mash and leeks.
Tea/coffee with a friend. The cakes looked amazing but we both resisted.
L: 2 crackers with cream cheese and cucumber and 2 sqs hm lc brownies
Mid afternoon a hot chocolate made with Baileys ( not lc but satisfying!)
D: hubby cooked a rabbit and mustard dish he'd seen telly. Had to substitute chicken for the rabbit and cut way down on the amounts of wine. Still very tasty and sooo rich. Had mine with celeriac mash and leeks.
jpscloud
Well-Known Member
Fasted until 1pm. Kefir first, then buttered broccoli and 2 hard boiled eggs with a side of mushroom "pizza" (flat mushrooms covered with mozzarella and some chorizo) Greek yoghurt and kefir for dessert. Snacked on a few walnuts and an avocado with baby leaf salad and Apple cider vinegar/olive oil/lime juice dressing. Finally got the image in ( dove in before I took a pic so it's a bit messy!)
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IanBish
Well-Known Member
As does yours. Mine was a bit too much, I almost didn't finish it. But some good stuff in there.
DJC3
Master
Same here. I really should have stopped about 3 mouthfuls from the end- but I didn’t!
jpscloud
Well-Known Member
That steak looks mouthwatering!
shelley262
Expert
Your food looks delicious too. I often use lemon zest to flavour kefir and yoghurt it's low carb and I feel helpful to our gut buddies.
jpscloud
Well-Known Member
I just started on kefir a couple of weeks ago, hoping to get my gut microbiome healthy - do you make your own? I am using store bought but will try making my own when the grains arrive.
Think I might copy this at some point. Looks delicious.
Margarettt
Well-Known Member
Today's menu-
Skipped breakfast
Lunch- 2 slices of seeded heylo bread (first time trying and it was lovely 0.3 g carb per slice) spread with half an avocado topped with smoked salmon. Followed by a small apricot.
Dinner- What my American husband calls "sausage gravy" (fried pork mince with cream, cream cheese and chicken stock) over two slices of white heylo toast. Followed by a slice of ketoroma chocolate cake.
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Skipped breakfast
Lunch- 2 slices of seeded heylo bread (first time trying and it was lovely 0.3 g carb per slice) spread with half an avocado topped with smoked salmon. Followed by a small apricot.
Dinner- What my American husband calls "sausage gravy" (fried pork mince with cream, cream cheese and chicken stock) over two slices of white heylo toast. Followed by a slice of ketoroma chocolate cake.
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Thank you for all your creative ideas on what to make with what I had on hand @Annb !
I didn't watch all the videos, lacking the patience to watch videos on recipes I could read in less than a minute, but the first video was enough to give me an idea.
Cut cabbage, mixed with two beaten duck eggs (the ducks have started laying eggs again, yay! I found these two this morning, again in the mud in the middle of the garden), fresh garlic, salt. pepper, smoked paprika.
I made it a crispy cheesy crust omelette, and filled it with plenty of cheese and chorizo slices.
You can really add a lot of cabbage to your eggs and still have an omelette that doesn't fall apart, very surprising!
Off topic funny story of the day: We went swimming this afternoon, and the water temperature has now risen to a balmy 8 °C, allowing for slightly longer swims (still less than 10 minutes, don't worry). So I finally felt safe to swim to the bridge (40 m or so) which turned out to have great acoustics. So after some oohooing I tried my best spooky hollow laugh. Right when someone on a bike passed by on the bike path under the bridge.
I never saw him coming and I have no idea what he thought of me, but he sure has a good story to tell at his family dinner!
I didn't watch all the videos, lacking the patience to watch videos on recipes I could read in less than a minute, but the first video was enough to give me an idea.
Cut cabbage, mixed with two beaten duck eggs (the ducks have started laying eggs again, yay! I found these two this morning, again in the mud in the middle of the garden), fresh garlic, salt. pepper, smoked paprika.
I made it a crispy cheesy crust omelette, and filled it with plenty of cheese and chorizo slices.
You can really add a lot of cabbage to your eggs and still have an omelette that doesn't fall apart, very surprising!
Off topic funny story of the day: We went swimming this afternoon, and the water temperature has now risen to a balmy 8 °C, allowing for slightly longer swims (still less than 10 minutes, don't worry). So I finally felt safe to swim to the bridge (40 m or so) which turned out to have great acoustics. So after some oohooing I tried my best spooky hollow laugh. Right when someone on a bike passed by on the bike path under the bridge.
I never saw him coming and I have no idea what he thought of me, but he sure has a good story to tell at his family dinner!
LivingLightly
Expert
Evening @IanBish
How I enjoy mystery creations like your dinner which is loosely described as kedgeree. Once I've tried a recipe for the first time, I can't resist tinkering with it subsequently.
The addition of flaked salmon and smoked frankfurters here sounds delicious; much more imaginative than the smoked haddock that is traditionally used in kedgeree.
DJC3
Master
I did wonder if it was good for the gut. I know you’ve posted that apple peel is, so I was hoping lemon zest would be too. (It tasted so nice I’d have it again anyway)
DJC3
Master
Cabbage and chorizo omelette sounds and looks great. My main reason for posting a response though, is to say I’m still laughing at you scaring the living daylights out of that poor cyclist!Thank you for all your creative ideas on what to make with what I had on hand @Annb !
I didn't watch all the videos, lacking the patience to watch videos on recipes I could read in less than a minute, but the first video was enough to give me an idea.
Cut cabbage, mixed with two beaten duck eggs (the ducks have started laying eggs again, yay! I found these two this morning, again in the mud in the middle of the garden), fresh garlic, salt. pepper, smoked paprika.
I made it a crispy cheesy crust omelette, and filled it with plenty of cheese and chorizo slices.
You can really add a lot of cabbage to your eggs and still have an omelette that doesn't fall apart, very surprising!
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Off topic funny story of the day: We went swimming this afternoon, and the water temperature has now risen to a balmy 8 °C, allowing for slightly longer swims (still less than 10 minutes, don't worry). So I finally felt safe to swim to the bridge (40 m or so) which turned out to have great acoustics. So after some oohooing I tried my best spooky hollow laugh. Right when someone on a bike passed by on the bike path under the bridge.
I never saw him coming and I have no idea what he thought of me, but he sure has a good story to tell at his family dinner!
LivingLightly
Expert
Evening everybody on Valentie's Day.
B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and four tiger prawns seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.
L: Aperitif: dry red wine.
Walnut and mushroom nut roast made with onions, eggs and flax 'egg', (strictly no breadcrumbs or flour), garlic, vegetable stock and rosemary.
Roasted Brussels sprouts with lemon zest and parmesan cheese.
Carrots cut on the diagonal, onions and apple peel sautéed in butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps and mussels, lettuce, Romano peppers, celery, baby plum tomatoes, Kalamata olives, oregano and salad onions, dressed with an olive oil, balsamic and garlic vinaigrette, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to swallow tablets.
B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and four tiger prawns seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.
L: Aperitif: dry red wine.
Walnut and mushroom nut roast made with onions, eggs and flax 'egg', (strictly no breadcrumbs or flour), garlic, vegetable stock and rosemary.
Roasted Brussels sprouts with lemon zest and parmesan cheese.
Carrots cut on the diagonal, onions and apple peel sautéed in butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps and mussels, lettuce, Romano peppers, celery, baby plum tomatoes, Kalamata olives, oregano and salad onions, dressed with an olive oil, balsamic and garlic vinaigrette, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to swallow tablets.
