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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Yesterday:
B. Coffee with full fat milk and Truvia sweetener.
L. Two poached eggs on two buttered toasted Burgen slices, one mince pie (I did walk 20,000 steps today).
S. Chicken breast with chilli mayo on rye bread sandwich.
S. Some walnuts.

Also had a vodka and tomato juice.
 
LinsT said:
Anyone got any tips for making a decent cheese sauce without using any flour?
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I put a handful of grated cheese into a bowl.
Add a dash of cream, and microwave until the cheese melts.
Stir.
Adjust to the desired consistency using cream, milk or water, depending on your preference.
All quantities adjustable.
takes less than 2 mins.

You can add all sorts of goodies too - from worcestershire sauce, to garlic powder, chili. paprika, herbs, mustard and horseradish, if you like. although perhaps not all at once ;)
 
Brunneria said:
I put a handful of grated cheese into a bowl.
Add a dash of cream, and microwave until the cheese melts.
Stir.
Adjust to the desired consistency using cream, milk or water, depending on your preference.
All quantities adjustable.
takes less than 2 mins.

You can add all sorts of goodies too - from worcestershire sauce, to garlic powder, chili. paprika, herbs, mustard and horseradish, if you like. although perhaps not all at once ;)
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LinsT said:
Work today so brekky and lunch were portable
B - full fat yoghurt over mixed nuts and seeds - with a teeeeeny drizzle of agave nectar.
L - mixed green salad with mayo and mackerel strips - cucumber batons dipped in tbsp cream cheese.
D - roast lamb, cauliflower and a cheese sauce (made with 1 level dessert spoon flour), 3 strawberries chopped up with a splosh of cream.
S - 1 babybel cheese

Anyone got any tips for making a decent cheese sauce without using any flour?
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This is the cheese sauce I have with cauliflower - love it! I make half the quantity as the whole lot is too much for me.2g carbs:
http://www.food.com/recipe/creamy-cheese-sauce-for-veggies-low-carb-47373
 
Pipey said:
I'm mainly concentrating on no added sugar - I've lost 8 pounds in just under 5 weeks.
I find that anything labelled NO FAT is usually high in sugar - so much for "healthy"
I've made cake with Xylitol instead of sugar using about 30g less because it's quite sweet, check their Facebook website (also www.totalsweet.co.uk)
To help I write down everything I eat and drink during the day. I've found it keeps me in focus.

Monday 12th-
Breakfast- 2 Eggs on toast, coffee
Lunch - Toast with olive scrape and Stute marmalade, coffee
Mid afternoon - Skinny latte
Evening meal - 2 M&S Corned Beef Crispbakes, Salad & low cal/fat crisps
Evening snack - 2 Ryvita with low fat cheese, coffee

Today
Breakfast - No sugar Cheerios with unsweetened Alpro Almond, coffee
Lunch - chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato, coffee
Evening meal - fresh salmon with broccoli and potatoes
Evening snack - as Monday.
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Seems like an awful lot of carbs! It’s good you are losing weight but are your BS levels still not too high?
 
Yesterday was:
B: 1 mini babybel, full fat greek yogurt with flax and chopped nuts
L: Avocdo, cheddar & olive mayonnaise with green salad, raspberries & cream
D: Courgetti bolognese with parmesan, cream cheese cloud & jelly
 
Christinerm said:
Yesterday was:
B: 1 mini babybel, full fat greek yogurt with flax and chopped nuts
L: Avocdo, cheddar & olive mayonnaise with green salad, raspberries & cream
D: Courgetti bolognese with parmesan, cream cheese cloud & jelly
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Looking at your B, L & D meals, what carbs are there in those foods? Don't mind me asking, I hope, as I'm still new to this carb business. I'm eating very low carb stuff., like this morning..porridge chia, yog little cream, few dried cranberries & Truvia. After 3 hrs bloods were 4.3, so had 2 jelly babies slice bread & low sugar marmalade. Lunch was home made veggie soup with chick peas. Don't know about Eve meal yet.
 
Magsx1 said:
What's cauliflower rice? Thanks, new and trying to get used to it all.
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There was a thread this morning about ready made cauliflower rice product being on sale in supermarkets. The thread seems to have disappeared, but apparently it's called Cauli Rice, sold in 200gm packs for £1.99. It will be on sale in Waitrose, Tesco, ASDA, and Holland & Barrett. There are 4 varieties, Plain, Indian Pilau, Lemon Grass & Chilli, and Mediterranean.
I will be looking for it tomorrow.
https://www.caulirice.com/en/home/
 
Prem51 said:
There was a thread this morning about ready made cauliflower rice product being on sale in supermarkets. The thread seems to have disappeared, but apparently it's called Cauli Rice, sold in 200gm packs for £1.99. It will be on sale in Waitrose, Tesco, ASDA, and Holland & Barrett. There are 4 varieties, Plain, Indian Pilau, Lemon Grass & Chilli, and Mediterranean.
I will be looking for it tomorrow.
https://www.caulirice.com/en/home/
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That's interesting.
We got some plain stuff (think it ws about 200g and cost just £1) from Tescos a few weeks ago. It was nice, and could be spiced at home any way you wanted.
 
Magsx1 said:
Was there anything else in it? ie preservatives colourings etc?
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Don''t think so - it was just crumbled cauli in a plastic pot.
Definitely no spices or colours.
We only had it once, because I can buy a whole cauli (mch bigger than 200g) and whizz it in the food processor, for much less money.
So I have been doing that instead.
 
Yes I love it too (tesco )one pot does me twice, I've tried freezing it but it becomes a bit soggy.
B. 1 sliced toasted Burgen bread with cheddar
L. 97% chipolata x 3, 3 rashers bacon& 1 fried egg
D. Lamb leg steak and the above-mentioned cauliflower cous cous, 4 Thornton's chocolates - I know!!!!
 
Brunneria said:
Don''t think so - it was just crumbled cauli in a plastic pot.
Definitely no spices or colours.
We only had it once, because I can buy a whole cauli (mch bigger than 200g) and whizz it in the food processor, for much less money.
So I have been doing that instead.
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I do the same, and end up with what feels like bucket loads of the stuff! But, it keeps well in a decent clip top pot. I haven't frozen it yet, but I imagine it would be fine frozen, and could probably be stir fried from frozen.
 
B: Fried bacon, mushrooms, tomato, 2 eggs
L: Mixed salad, cheddar chunks, home-made dressing
D: Baked brill, steamed veg inc spiced red cabbage, mushrooms cooked in butter & garlic with cream cheese stirred in after
The brill had just arrived at our fishmonger's from Brixham. Sadly I think nearly all the fish caught around here goes 50 miles down the coast and comes back again :( Of course I could buy a fishing rod ....
 
B: scrambled egg, bacon, mushroom
L: 2 slices cold chicken, rocket salad, olives, feta
S: 3 BabyBel
D: 2 chicken thighs in cream and mustard sauce, cauliflower & kale rice fried in coconut oil
 
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