What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Gravity-Carb

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  • B: 6 loganberries picked when I got up + tablsp of full fat Greek yoghurt, cinnamon + 1 tablsp chia seeds soaked overnight in almond milk and cocoa
  • L: Leek unrolled and 6 strips steamed until soft, then used to build Leek Lasagne, with philly cheese, nutmeg and egg sauce alternated with a lentil and tomato sauce with herbs , onion and garlic, then baked off to finish and brown the crust. Green salad to go with. Then, rest of cocoa chia seeds with double cream, and a square of 85%.

Such a good idea with the leeks! I am going to use that this week me thinks. Another good way to get veg into my son.

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miriamy

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How much buckwheat can you tolerate? I make sauces and gravy with it. It's cheaper than other ground stuff!
And what are you cooking on?
End of inquisition.
Have a good day :)

Thanks for asking Deejay.
I'm cooking on a camping gas ring. I have about an ounce of buckwheat flour. I'm not sure what I can tolerate yet. I'm experimenting. I thicken sauces by reduction rather than using carbs.
 
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miriamy

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What is a bullet proof coffee?
 
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GeoffersTaylor

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What is a bullet proof coffee?
Recipes vary, but it's basically a nice strong quality black coffee with a couple of tablespoons each of butter and coconut oil whipped into it.

I've only come across it recently myself. Tastier than it sounds.
 
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mo53

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Hello everybody. I'm really not doing well at keeping on track at present but I did make a crust less quiche for tea with bacon, mushrooms, onions cooked with cottage cheese and grated cheddar and of course the beaten eggs. It was delicious. :)
 
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trinity0097

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B - spinach and cottage cheese pancakes with crispy bacon and a spoonful of no-sugar maple syrup
L - small low carb tortilla made into a ham and cheese pizza, some pepper with late on as a starter
Snack - seed crisp bread with butter
D - roast lamb with fried courgette and runner beans

I also made some courgette and rubber bean creamy soup to have tomorrow
 
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GeoffersTaylor

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B - pork sausages, babybel.
L - Bulletproof coffee.
D - Smoked salmon, courgettes, spring onion, scambled egg.
S - A fat bomb. ( butter, cream cheese, boiled egg all mushed up, formed into balls and coated with bits of crispy bacon. I made a batch of them.)
 
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Christinerm

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Can you explain? I'm too new to this to understand what that is.

Separate to that ... I do like the variety in this thread, the variety of what people really eat (as opposed to what you see listed in all those diet publications, etc).
Fat bombs are a way of getting fat without the carbs, or with minimal carbs. They can be savoury or sweet and are usually a combination of some of butter, coconut oil, cream cheese, cream, nuts, seeds ….. See post no 1487 for a savoury example. I have posted the recipe for a sweet one but can’t find it. Google it and you’ll find lots of recipes. I use them as a way of getting calories and fat without the carbs now that I am trying to maintain my weight rather than lose any more.
 
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Christinerm

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B: Coconut flour / flax bread - 2 slices toasted, one with almond butter and one with cream cheese
L: Cream of kale soup, hot smoked salmon salad, handful of blueberries
S: 2 babybel
D: Roast chicken leg, 2 small roasted new potatoes, garden broccoli, jelly & cream
 
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GeoffersTaylor

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B: Coconut flour / flax bread - 2 slices toasted, one with almond butter and one with cream cheese
L: Cream of kale soup, hot smoked salmon salad, handful of blueberries
S: 2 babybel
D: Roast chicken leg, 2 small roasted new potatoes, garden broccoli, jelly & cream
Do you have a recipe for cream of Kale soup? Sounds delicious.
 
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mehhh2015

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FBG: 5

B: Coffee with lactofree
L: Wahaca's chicharron style pork scratchings with guacamole (delish). Steak salad lettuce, avocado, sunflower seeds.
D: 1 pork sausage with sauerkraut. 1 square of 70% choc.
 
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Hedonista

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I just invented a new meal. I was simmering lots of nice veg (onions, courgettes, celery, brocolli, green peppers, fennel and parsley and oak smoked garlic) in a little stock, ready to steam some lovely undyed smoked haddock over it. When I unwrapped the fish I realised it was out of date and smelled funny. So I added some tinned tuna and capers and heated it through, getting rid of all the liquid, then grated some mature cheddar over the lot and grilled it. Sort of a tuna melt - really nice!!
 
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AllyH

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bad manners, cottage cheese lol
Breakfast was 3 rashers back bacon, a fried egg and 4 fried mushrooms

No Lunch

Dinner :I had peppered steak, 3 baby potatoes, small portion of spinach and a steam fresh bag with broccoli carrot and cauliflower.

Snacks: Bowl of Strawberries and some double cream
 
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JenniferW

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Fat bombs are a way of getting fat without the carbs, or with minimal carbs. They can be savoury or sweet and are usually a combination of some of butter, coconut oil, cream cheese, cream, nuts, seeds ….. See post no 1487 for a savoury example. I have posted the recipe for a sweet one but can’t find it. Google it and you’ll find lots of recipes. I use them as a way of getting calories and fat without the carbs now that I am trying to maintain my weight rather than lose any more.

OMG - I can't imagine the day I'll be saying I don't want to lose any more weight! I'll be in my grave before then, I'm sure!
 
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JenniferW

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Breakfast: Scrambled eggs.
Snack: Peanuts (way more than I needed - compulsive eating).
Lunch: Pilchards, cucumber, avocado, radishes, pickled onions, mayonnaise.
Dinner: Chinese style pork sausages (cooked with olive oil, spices, onion, yellow pepper, mushrooms and tahini) & green beans. Soya yoghurt (way too much).
 
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hankjam

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OMG - I can't imagine the day I'll be saying I don't want to lose any more weight! I'll be in my grave before then, I'm sure!

@JenniferW you might be surprised.... I have to say I was pretty worried I was not going flatten out on the weight lose... but it did happen. ;)
 
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hankjam

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B; couple of nuts and a few rasps.
L: three egg omelette, ham and cheese
D: spinach, aubergine, runner bean monkfish tail coconut milk curry..... way too much rasps and creme fraiche

BG not been so good today
am: 5.6
pre: 5.9
post: 6.5

Been eating a bit too much... though it has been very close today and am actually sweating typing this in.... and I am in Fife!!!
 
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Gravity-Carb

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Recipes vary, but it's basically a nice strong quality black coffee with a couple of tablespoons each of butter and coconut oil whipped into it.

I've only come across it recently myself. Tastier than it sounds.

Oh wow. I was doing tsps!! Man tablespoons of the stuff?? Really??
 
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