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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Planning scrambled eggs this morning with extra yolks from using four egg whites to make low carb high protein bread yesterday. Lunch will be salad and dinner cheeseburger on LC roll.
Looking forward to more normal summer temps from this weekend onwards and maybe be able to get out gardening in the day again! I
@Annb hope your legs improve.
@jpscloud quiet evening watering in the garden last night no celebration fireworks but felt for the team losing. I don't watch but obviously like our team to do well and there are lots of footie fans in the family.
 
No fireworks here either @shelley262 - I thought it was a bit inappropriate to show little children crying their eyes out at the match, I mean really - we lost a big football match but we should be celebrating that we actually got to the semifinals! Of course I'd love our team to have won but I don't hold with all this wailing and renting of robes... let's be more like Norway who gave their team a heroes' welcome when they went home!

Porridge for breakfast, roast summer squash, salad and sausage for lunch with a bit of home grown potato salad, chicken and beans (some runner beans, some green beans and some broad beans) with a side salad for tea.

It's already warm here but this is set to be the last hot hot day for a while, it's lower 20s after this which will be such a relief!
 
Rather a fraught trip to town. We could smell something burning on the way, but couldn't identify it. We got to the Clinic, by which time the dashboard had given up and the power steering had failed. It was a total electrical failure for some reason. Just as well it's a diesel car or we wouldn't have got there. Left it at a garage. They'll look at it when they get round to it. So it was a £25 taxi ride home and no shopping done.

Have to think about how to get along without the Scenic, at least for a while. As luck would have it, Alistair is putting his old Dacia off the road because he's buying an electric van when he comes back from his holiday in 2 weeks, so meantime we can use that. For today, he's taking Neil back to town this afternoon for the shopping.
 
@Annb hope you get your car fixed and it's not too costly.
@jpscloud like you I can't wait for a few cooler days - maybe my runner beans will actually produce beans if it cools but I'm not convinced.
it's Friday so fish for tea - funny how a habit from childhood continues although it was never salmon like today and often was smoked haddock with poached egg or cod or kippers or if enough cash that week my favourite fish and chips from the local chippy!
 
Porridge for breakfast, tuna salad for lunch with some fried courgette and broad beans, and chicken with runner beans for tea... yes, they're baaaack! They're curly this year, must be the heat

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@Annb I too am hoping your car woes will soon be over, and @shelley262 I hope your beans will enjoy the slightly cooler weather and get producing for you!
 
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Thanks both. The car problem may just be something very simple, like a broken drive belt on the alternator, something slightly more complicated like a failed alternator or something really serious which we can't figure out. The first 2 are easily fixed. The third may mean that the old Scenic has bitten the dust! Shame because it is the most easily accessible car we have ever had. We'll hope for the best.

Very sore today and painkillers aren't doing much to help. I was going to have the rest of the cauliflower dish for breakfast but decided instead just to have some ham with some lentil crackers - easier to do. I'll keep the cauliflower for later today.
 
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It's the air conditioning unit that has failed. It seized up and caused the belt that drives the alternator to break. We have to get a new air conditioning unit fitted, a new belt and it should be fine. It will come in at about £600. Worth it to keep the old girl going!

And I can still afford a new fridge. :joyful:
 
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A few of the tomatoes in my tomato farm are ripening. No sign of runner beans though - I envy yours @jpscloud . Had some beans off my dwarf purple beans though with my salmon for dinner.
Off into garden now to do a bit of work and will be watering later.
 
They look so lush and healthy @shelley262 ! I picked my first tomatoes today, 2 sungold, 2 sweet aperitif and one bloody butcher. They all taste lovely but the skins are a bit tough, I believe hot weather can cause that and we've certainly had hot weather!

I'm feeling a little crestfallen tonight, I've had to destroy most of my swede and sprout plants as they all have cabbage root fly larvae - the nematodes haven't worked, and basically every brassica plant is likely to be infested. I'm keeping an eye on the bigger plants in containers but I don't hold out much hope. Lesson learned... next year I will cover my brassica plants from sowing to harvest!

I have some extra small seedlings of sprouts and swedes, which have been covered but I'm just not sure the flies haven't been getting in under the covers. I'll have a look at those tomorrow and if they look ok I'll plant them up and keep them well covered.

The most recent sowing of rocket is looking great and not bolting, so that will be a consolation at least!
 
@jpscloud feel for you gardening is wonderful when it goes well but disheartening when your best efforts are defeated by pests. The ants seem to be busy on my cucumber plant atm - I looked it up and it seems they farm the pollen but it can mean the plant fails so I better harvest the one baby cucumber I have raised for lunch in case it's my last! I also discovered one lonely runner bean! I will keep misting the bean flowers and watering in hope.
Planning on roasting some of my harvested tomatoes in olive oil for breakfast, salad for lunch with some baby cucumber and curry tonight served with coriander leaves from my plant. Coriander loves the hot weather. Talking of which it's distinctly cooler this morning.
@Outlier love your baby robin story.
 
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I also discovered one lonely runner bean!
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Yay! Its friends will be along soon :joyful:

I had a restless night due to cabbage root fly angst, but onwards and upwards today with planting up the small seedlings, and I'll sow some all year round cauliflower for next spring. Also planning to sow kohlrabi (not sure if I'll like it but it grows very fast so I'll give it a go) and some beetroot, which should mitigate my pest misery a bit as beets are easy and relatively quick wins!

I think I'm most upset because it's my winter larder that has been raided but I might still get plenty and if not, well next year I will have the best brassica defences known to gardening-kind!

I know most of my vegetables are not considered really low carb but for me they are the lower carb alternative to my old favourite the potato, and it does seem to be working well with my medications to maintain good BG levels.

Edit: Porridge for breakfast, cottage cheese salad for lunch and something meaty from the freezer for tea with some broad beans and peas.
 
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Lentil crackers and ham for breakfast. Easy option again. Too tired and sore to do anything else. Coffee.

2nd meal will be a portion of vegetable lasagne from the freezer with some salad. Also an easy option - if I can remember to get the lasagne out in time.
 
Porridge for breakfast, cottage cheese salad for lunch with fried courgettes and chicken with runner beans for tea. I am going to have to start freezing and giving them away now, they are coming in such a rush this year.

I'm absolutely loving the romanesco courgettes, they are much tastier than anything from the supermarket. The other variety I'm growing is easy gold, they are good too but not as good as romanesco!

I picked a couple of carrots, they're not very big yet but they need thinning out. I'll have those grated over my cottage cheese :joyful:
 
Breakfast was cottage cheese with tomato on top of RyVita. Coffee.
2nd meal is going to be a bit of an experiment: pork sausage patties, black pudding, fried onion, fried apple slices all piled up in a column and all sitting on a bed of iceberg. It's a bit fancy but I want to see how it works.
Managed to do some baking already today - one coffee traybake and one chocolate traybake - to be finished off when required. I'll keep the coffee one out for a promised visitor tomorrow and put the chocolate one in the freezer to finish as and when.
 
Lovely day yesterday went to our local cherry fayre luckily don't like cherries so not tempted but lovely atmosphere, live music and local stalls not just cherries and cherry trees for sale.
Today a busy caring day and pleased it's cooler I almost felt chilly on my early morning garden inspection! Quick LC granola planned, picnic of LC ham roll and chicken with salad for dinner.
 
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