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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

shelley262 said:
Do you ever slow cook @RosemaryJackson it's not only a good way to get cooking done before going out but it's also a brilliant way to get gravy. For example today I'm slow cooking a beef casserole. I soaked some dried woodland mushrooms (Waitrose cooks ingredients not foraging - I don't know enough) overnight and then use this as a simple but tasty stock. Put mushrooms and resultant liquid stock into slow cooker with a few veggies, the meat and lots of onion powder, and herbs and spices to taste I use some paprika, garlic and celery salt. I often just use the gravy as it is from the slow cooker as it's so tasty but if you like your gravy thicker you can put some of the resulting stock into a small pan and reduce down. If making a strogannoff type meal - add a dash of cream to the gravy as it thickens it. You can keep remaining liquid from casserole in fridge for a few days and warm in a pan for gravy to go with other meals or freeze. Ideally too you'll have made more than one portion for leftover meals and in leftovers the gravy thickens too.
Great to see you sounding happier with your food.
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I was about to say the same thing, but you're well ahead of me. The boys' favourite is the featherblade recipe, which is a 3.5 hrs slow cook with a delicious red wine gravy (I do reduce off the alcohol)
 
Annb said:
Clabber (claibair) sounds very much like the drink that Tom used to make. So, it has to be raw milk - that makes sense. I like the idea of kefir but am alarmed by stories of the brew taking over the house. I wouldn't get through much at a time, so maybe not. Yoghurt perhaps. I can make that but don't - it's easier just to buy a tub at the supermarket.
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Wow, this sounds like @ravensmitten solved the mystery!
I love this forum for things like this. :joyful:
(And for many more serious reasons of course, but stuff like this makes me happy!)
 
RosemaryJackson said:
don't know whether to give you a hug or a laugh! Maybe both?
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Good with both, thankeee.

It's fine though, could have been any other tooth in the mouth and wouldn't have had to do all the extra work/cost.

buuut, it wasn't so, there we go. Laughing myself because of the typical absurdity of it all, is what it is though, what can you do.

Chicken tonight, though not the shop bought sauce that used to have a catchy theme tune on the UK telly in the 1990s

Edit: If anyone reads this remembers I've probably sparked off an annoying earworm, sorry!
 
Annb said:
Clabber (claibair) sounds very much like the drink that Tom used to make. So, it has to be raw milk - that makes sense. I like the idea of kefir but am alarmed by stories of the brew taking over the house. I wouldn't get through much at a time, so maybe not. Yoghurt perhaps. I can make that but don't - it's easier just to buy a tub at the supermarket.
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It was the first thing that came to mind, hope it helped or sparked a few ideas.

A friend of mine used to teach me all these old Irish songs and sayings and regale me with the stories when his mum would make it back home, a long long time ago now. They used to do it with raw milk and top it up over time, I'm not sure it was as thick as in the article but am going by second hand stories.

I remember there being confusion when he encountered buttermilk in England and the reason I remembered the whole thing is because I looked up why there were two things called 'buttermilk' for him, and if the one they sold in supermarkets differed from what they made back home. it led me down quite a rabbit hole of international fermented milks, a centuries long activity.

We came to the conclusion that something got lost in literal translation over the years and people called the same things different things depending where they came from, and also called the different things the same things. That almost reads a bit monty pythonish reading back.
 
You lovely lot are making my mouth water tonight! And I'm not in the least hungry! I started with some kefir around noon, then out to lunch with a friend, asking a baffled server if the kitchen could leave off the chips and bun and just give me the tower burger meats - she caught on I think because she came back and asked if I'd like some extra leafy salad with it bless her! It was really delicious. My friend is also doing a slightly lighter version of low carb, so we both swerved any dessert and had a nice double shot of espresso with a bit of cream.

I felt a bit snacky when I came home so had tomorrow's buttered broccoli and hard boiled egg (forcing me to make more for the morning!)

My kefir grains arrived while I was out, I've set them up with their first feed, next to the fridge which generates a little heat (most of my house isn't very warm most of the time). Not sure if I'm going to like the fizzy, @shelley262 !
 
I didn't make a 2nd meal after all. Feeling cold and ill, I put on an extra heater, and a knitted poncho that DIL made for me, and a blanket. Sat in the big chair in the kitchen. Next thing I knew it was 1800 and I didn't feel up to doing anything - pushed myself too hard at the exercise class and am aching all over. A cup of coffee to warm me up, I think and that will do me. I'll think about the cabbagey thing tomorrow.
 
jessj said:
You're okay, @Antje77, it's legal here, thank goodness. I used to drink real milk, sadly that's now off the menu, but thankfully, the cheese isn't.
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Evening @jess.

Raw cow's milk that has not been pasteurised or homogenised is still sold by registered producers in England and Wales, The bottle has a green foil top.

There are some wonderful cheeses made with from unpasteurised milk, as you say.
 
shelley262 said:
Your Hba1c is your average blood glycation over last three months so will include all those times overnight and before you eat. A bg of 4.9 in afternoon before eating shows your background bgs are probably good. Yes you should avoid a raise of more than 2 after a meal and the reason for regular testing is working out those things that aren't our friends so we avoid in future. Having said that a few rises while working out what you can safely eat will probably have little impact on your hba1c next month provided you are not keeping raised levels for long periods. Just see it as a learning experience as you clearly have and try not to worry about impact of a few rises above the 2 starting point. I'm sure you'll get a good improvement as you are doing so well keeping going in right direction.
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Evening @Keith Saunders and @shelley262

Rest assured Keith, you're doing well. One disappointing reading doesn't matter. A week's worth might, a month's worth will and a year or more's worth is probably what unknowingly landed most of us in diabetes territory!
 
Annb said:
I had thought that the change of law to make sale of raw milk illegal was right across the UK. I was already living in Scotland at the time and didn't realise it was only this country. Interesting. Thanks.
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Evening @Annb.

Yes, if memory serves, restrictions in some countries on the sale of raw cow's milk are due to the possible transmission of tuberculosis and brucellosis from cows to people. AFAIK, sheep's milk and goat's milk are still not affected.
 
Evening all

Today, we celebrated Valentine's Day (a day late due bad clash with medical procedures) with a slap-up lunch at a favourite eatery.

B: Two poached eggs topped with butter, avocado and three crevettes all seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Aperitif: gin on the rocks with a slice of lemon.
Goat's cheese served with pear poached in red wine, walnut halves, lamb's lettuce, tomato, basil, cucumber and rocket dressed with vinaigrette.
Monkfish alla Parmigiana.
Spinach with garlic and butter, deep fried zucchini matchsticks.
Steamed carrot batons, broccoli and French beans.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
Espresso
Brandy on the house.

D: Seafood salad made with mussels and brown shrimps, lettuce, Romano peppers, celery, baby plum tomatoes, Kalamata olives, lemon verbena and salad onions, with a dollop of home-made aioli for dipping, topped with roasted macadamia nuts..
Water to swallow tablet.
 
LivingLightly said:
Raw cow's milk that has not been pasteurised or homogenised is still sold by registered producers in England and Wales, The bottle has a green foil top.

There are some wonderful cheeses made with from unpasteurised milk, as you say.
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Hi & sorry, @LivingLightly, I meant from the diabetic side of things that it was off the menu. :)

@MrsA2, I feel your pain at forking out for the glasses. Last year I donated a large sum for readers & lookers, then the end of the year, they were no good. I was having blurred & double vision, plus other things, so had to fork out for prisms, within a few weeks the lookers were no good & now the readers are going the same way. I can't afford to get any at the moment & daren't as it could well be another waste of money. At least with the Kindle & laptop I can make the writing huge, the Kindle will soon be a few words per page. :hilarious:

Dinner was lamb chops with cavolo nero & broccoli followed by some Dolcelatte, smoked Cheddar & Barolina Occelli.
 
Breakfast sausage on L/c bread
Lunch didn’t really happen but the local bakery gave me a fabulous passionfruit macaron as a treat. I managed to dose insulin well which was a surprise.
Dinner , out with winter friends who very kindly were considerate of my low carb choices. Dinner was supplemented with very enjoyable sangria.
 
Morning all, celebrating low carb here, Hba1c 33! Down from 86 in May23. Not quite officially in remission as only first test when off Metformin but I’ll take it. On the downside, Doc tested me for everything but all other bloods normal so no answer for itchy rash.
Yesterday
B Yog,blueberries,seeds
L Parma ham,cheese salad
D Late pancake day coconut pancakes which were horrible! Had with berries and cream,
 
Ended up too ill to make any more food yesterday. Just sat in my big chair, keeping warm and dozing for the rest of the afternoon and evening with the occasional cup of coffee. Still very sore today and can't easily move around but will have to do something because I am very hungry. I'll try to make a quick verson of that cabbage, onion and egg dish - using the food processor for the prep.
 
sueh21 said:
Morning all, celebrating low carb here, Hba1c 33! Down from 86 in May23. Not quite officially in remission as only first test when off Metformin but I’ll take it. On the downside, Doc tested me for everything but all other bloods normal so no answer for itchy rash.
Yesterday
B Yog,blueberries,seeds
L Parma ham,cheese salad
D Late pancake day coconut pancakes which were horrible! Had with berries and cream,
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Wow winner for your hba1c result - well done you. Shame about your itchy rash hope it clears as mysteriously as it arrives.
Edit to add just spotted your coconut flour pancakes comments I generally haven't liked any experiments I've tried with coconut flour it's hard to get the water ratio right so tend to avoid using it prefer ground almonds recipes.
 
shelley262 said:
Wow winner for your hba1c result - well done you. Shame about your itchy rash hope it clears as mysteriously as it arrives.
Edit to add just spotted your coconut flour pancakes comments I generally haven't liked any experiments I've tried with coconut flour it's hard to get the water ratio right so tend to avoid using it prefer ground almonds recipes.
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Thank you! Couldn’t have done it without all the lovely people with ideas, support and help on here.First pancake day as diabetic, def need to experiment more with pancake recipes.
 
Charlett said:
This quick and nutritious dish should help satisfy your hunger.Hope you're better now)
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Threw 1/4 cabbage, 1/2 onion, 1/2 carrot, and a few bits of leftover Mediterranean veg into the food processor and chopped it all pretty small. Large chunk of butter into a big pan, turned the veg around in it so it was all covered, put the lid on the pan and left to cook for about 5 minutes. Then whisked 3 eggs and poured that over the veg, making sure it was mixed through the veg. Lid back on and left it to do its own thing again for about another 5 minutes. Had less than 1/4 of it. It was fine, if a bit crumbly. Probably could have done with more egg to hold it together. Could have done with bacon as well, but I forgot. I will use more of it and next time add more egg (one at least) and remember to cook the bacon to have with it.

At least I'm not hungry any more but not sure how long it will keep me comfortably full.

E-mailed Kirsty and told her how bad the exercises seem to be making me. She says, not to do the classes any more but to talk to GP or physio. Pity.
 
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