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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

A very happy birthday, @Antje77 ! I've had more Chinese meals for my birthdays than I care to remember, by choice. So I would go that direction. Especially as you had the long, freezing swim, that must help. Plus, means you don't have to plan tomorrow's dinner, tis all done. I vote go for it & celebrate your birthday with a treat.

Enjoyed my kidney special, even with bought cauli/broc rice. I'm not keen normally, as I find it has a funky taste, it was masked, thankfully.

ETA: I did add some flowers & champagne glasses chinking, the forum didn't like them obviously, they were there, honest!
Cheers! <chink>
 
Defo one of those days. After a very bad night, made a cup of coffee and then fell and the whole lot ended up on my new memory foam topper.
Chiropractor told me I need to walk more without walker. That gives me spinal pain and I sometimes fall. As for outside I shan't.
Onwards and upwards.

As for food..... not much today. Coffee and cream....
Cottage cheese and cherry tomatoes.

One good thing, new knee let me kneel and eventually get up.
 
PenguinMum said:
Hi All just to join in the insect debate I can’t bear anything wriggly like snakes, worms, etc. luckily we have sandy soil so no worms. I actually love spiders and admire their speed on their beautiful dainty legs. I rescue them when they come in the house (ow the cats eat them) and cup them gently between both palms and release them in the flower bed.
Yesterday usual brekkie of slice LC toast and copious tea.
Lunch was cheese plate with three small Carrs water biscuits and four pickled onions.
Supper was baked spiced chicken breast with cauli cheese.
Today same brekkie.
Lunch two egg mayo piled on Little Gem leaves on slice LC toast (hungry!)
Supper will be small portion h/m chilli beef with cauli rice.
@maglil I love the look and sound of chicken cacciatore..off to look up recipe!
@RosemaryJackson sorry your eye pain and discomfort continues..hope the ointment helps. I have appt with Consultant Ophthalmologist next Monday for scan and to discuss future injections after the horrible Corneal Abrasion following the last one in December.
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Ask and ye shall receive!

cafedelites.com/chicken-cacciatore/

I'd saved it on my CMT
 
Antje77 said:
Sounds very good to me, but people do tend to find me slightly weird.

I have a choice to make. I have prepared a very nice low carb raw endive and cauliflower mash 'stamppot' with cubed cheese and rashers of bacon.
Good food, I like it, and it's friendly on the diabetes.
But it isn't very birthdayish and I'm 47 today.
My neighbour down the road has offered to get Chinese takeaway. I love Chinese takeaway, and it's definitely a lot more birthdayish than 'stamppot andijvie'.

I know most of you aren't on insulin, which makes this a different choice. I can, at least in theory, dose for it.
In real life, this means at least 5 hours of spending a lot of energy and time on diabetes, more than likely with some frustration built in because it won't go to plan.
I did have a rather long cold swim at 5, and it looks like this has improved my insulin sensitivity for the evening, o a higher chance of more or less successfully dosing, or at least not waiting for 3 hours to see anything happening after corrections.

Very hard choice, and I'm not sure yet.
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Hope today was a good one, Antje.
 
I can't stand snakes either. My feet are instantly instinctively off the floor if one appears on TV.

B: ff greek with chia seeds
L: cold gammon, cheeses and olives. 3 Brazil nuts and a little 70% chocolate
Mid afternoon a coffee shop coffee, supposedly decaff , with a decent amount cream on the side. A nut bar.
D: fish in a mushroom sauce, greens and swede mash. A cc chocolate.
2 glasses white wine

My hostess has milk chocolate everywhere! I have had few bites. Really hard to resist.
 
RosemaryJackson said:
Hello everyone. Bit late today. Have been back to the doctor because my eyes were swollen again itchy, hot and sore this morning. He tells me I now have Seborrheic Dermatitis! I have steroid cream which I have to be careful with and some other cream which is for the rest of my face.He said the skin was very rough. Lunch today was chicken leg plus some sourkraut (that spelling doesnt look right). I have some smoked salmon and 2 Ryvitas for my tea. Hope you are having a nice day.
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Oh dear @RosemaryJackson, another infection to contend with. At least this is not as deep-seated as the cellulitis. I expect the steroid cream contains hydrocortisone and should relieve the swelling and irritation. Wishing you a good night's rest.
 
PenguinMum said:
I actually love spiders and admire their speed on their beautiful dainty legs. I rescue them when they come in the house (ow the cats eat them) and cup them gently between both palms and release them in the flower bed.
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Evening @PenguinMum. I love spiders too. It's amazing how fast they can scuttle, but only for short distances. If your resident spider dashes across the room and then stops in its tracks, it's not sizing you up. It's simply run out of puff!
 
Antje77 said:
I have a choice to make. I have prepared a very nice low carb raw endive and cauliflower mash 'stamppot' with cubed cheese and rashers of bacon.
Good food, I like it, and it's friendly on the diabetes.
But it isn't very birthdayish and I'm 47 today.
My neighbour down the road has offered to get Chinese takeaway. I love Chinese takeaway, and it's definitely a lot more birthdayish than 'stamppot andijvie'.

I know most of you aren't on insulin, which makes this a different choice. I can, at least in theory, dose for it.
In real life, this means at least 5 hours of spending a lot of energy and time on diabetes, more than likely with some frustration built in because it won't go to plan.
I did have a rather long cold swim at 5, and it looks like this has improved my insulin sensitivity for the evening, o a higher chance of more or less successfully dosing, or at least not waiting for 3 hours to see anything happening after corrections.

Very hard choice, and I'm not sure yet.
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Happy Birthday @Antje77 whatever you decide and many more happy returns!
 
Evening all

Today:

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: Baked halloumi and sweet red peppers,
Roast cauliflower with Egyptian duqqah using toasted almonds. hazelnuts, pistachios. sesame, fennel, cumin and coriander seeds.
Salad made wiith cucumber, rocket, salad onions, raspberries, strawberry halves and mint, dressed with olive oil, garlic, a touch of lemon juice and topped with toasted sesame seeds.
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 pistachios.
Water to wash down tablets.
 
Happy belated birthday,@Antje77 . I hope you had a lovely y dinner, whatever it was.

We had the most amazing meal last night. MrB is tasked with replicating it when we get home. It was stir fried string beans and not too hot chillies in a splot of red curry paste. The flavours in the red curry paste - onion, garlic, ginger, galanga, chilli are just fab. Then crispy belly pork dropped in, just to heat and coat in the stir frying paste, and Thai basil added right at the end for that aniseed note. Sublime.

I should have taken a pic, but I just got straight to it.
 
Thanks everyone!
In the end, I was just about to reheat my stamppot when a couple of neighbours popped in with a bottle of booze.
It's now 3:30 am, and I don't think dinner will happen now. :hilarious:
BG at 4.9 with a straight line according to Libre, I'm a happy birthday bunny with wonderful friends, and I'll have some chicory and hummus and pork scratchings with aioli before turning off the lights I think.
 
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Antje77 said:
Sounds very good to me, but people do tend to find me slightly weird.

I have a choice to make. I have prepared a very nice low carb raw endive and cauliflower mash 'stamppot' with cubed cheese and rashers of bacon.
Good food, I like it, and it's friendly on the diabetes.
But it isn't very birthdayish and I'm 47 today.
My neighbour down the road has offered to get Chinese takeaway. I love Chinese takeaway, and it's definitely a lot more birthdayish than 'stamppot andijvie'.

I know most of you aren't on insulin, which makes this a different choice. I can, at least in theory, dose for it.
In real life, this means at least 5 hours of spending a lot of energy and time on diabetes, more than likely with some frustration built in because it won't go to plan.
I did have a rather long cold swim at 5, and it looks like this has improved my insulin sensitivity for the evening, o a higher chance of more or less successfully dosing, or at least not waiting for 3 hours to see anything happening after corrections.

Very hard choice, and I'm not sure yet.
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I only just saw this and it’s already labelled “ yesterday”, so happy belated birthday. I hope it was wonderful whatever you decided to eat.
 
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