What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[Teresa Sayner]

I'd be wary of the fruit for breakfast. Fruit usually has quite a lot of carbs and sugar, and many of us find the mornings worst for dealing with carbs. Do you test before and after breakfast?
Greek yoghurt, with added nuts or some berries if you like, or bacon and eggs are a good alternative for breakfast if you find the fruits spike you.

Forgot to take a picture but dinner was thick slices of celeriac baked in the oven with cheese on top for the last ten minutes, and air fried pork belly strips, eaten with my new tenant who seems to like my meals.

Thank you, yes I do test before I eat breakfast. I will bear that in mind and keep a track. Numbers are heading in the right direction and I feel a lot better but there is still room for improvement.

I'd be wary of the fruit for breakfast. Fruit usually has quite a lot of carbs and sugar, and many of us find the mornings worst for dealing with carbs. Do you test before and after breakfast?
Greek yoghurt, with added nuts or some berries if you like, or bacon and eggs are a good alternative for breakfast if you find the fruits spike you.

Forgot to take a picture but dinner was thick slices of celeriac baked in the oven with cheese on top for the last ten minutes, and air fried pork belly strips, eaten with my new tenant who seems to like my meals.

 

[Teresa Sayner]

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Lots more out there but these are great places to get started.
Welcome to our low carb eating thread looking forward to seeing how you get on.

Thank you I will take a look. I did purchase a book 365 low carb recipes and its been a good starting point.

 

[filly]

Coffee and unsweetened almond milk x 3
Corned Beef tomatoes
Cheese
Apple Blackberry slice small
Smoked salmon

 

[DJC3]

Breakfast- scrambled eggs on a big baked mushroom.
L- cheese, walnuts and a buttered L/c roll, followed by ‘lazy mousse’ ( melted 100% chocolate mixed with cream) and blueberries.
D- Pheasant breast stuffed with cream cheese and garlic, and wrapped in bacon. Tenderstem broccoli.

 

[shelley262]

Breakfast kefir then scrambled eggs
Lunch cheese and LC seeded crackers followed by hm LC Christmas Cake
Dinner salmon and cauliflower cheese with a few peas followed by hm LC lemon drizzle cake.
@DJC3 your pheasant looks good I was tempted by some partridge breasts earlier this week but this looks worth trying to keep it as moist as possible during cooking. Thank you.

 

[Outlier]

Usual brunch. Small piece of goat cheese at teatime. Dinner was steak with cabbage and cauliflower, one glass red wine, 4 squares Montezuma's

 

[Rachox]

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: low carb roll with Brie, cranberry and coleslaw.

 

[MommaE]

Breakfast, Greek yogurt with berries and hemp hearts
Lunch last nights leftover grilled shrimp tacos,(lettuce wrap)
Dinner, at a garden dinner with winter friends. The host wanted to serve old fashioned hot dogs so I had my first ever boiled hotdog with chilli and cheese. I declined the bun and later the root beer float. It was surprisingly tasty although my insulin estimate was way short so had to have another dose a couple of hours later. Was a lovely evening with friends though so worth it.

 

[Outlier]

Usual brunch. No teatime food! Dinner was omelette and salad, 1 glass red wine, 4 squares Montezuma's.

 

[filly]

Coffee and unsweetened almond milk x 3
Moo Pie Beef and ale
Smoked salmon
Cheese x 2

 

[DJC3]

Just black coffee this morning
Lunch was cheese with M&S super seedy crackers (0.1g carbs each) which are back in stock after disappearing for a couple of years. I’m very happy about this.
Dinner was baked fish (unprepossessingly named nurse hound also known as dogfish or rock salmon) with garlic greens and turmeric and ginger sauerkraut. More cheese and seedy crackers.

 

[Rachox]

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: M&S seedy crackers with Brie, cranberry and coleslaw. I actually had six crackers, they were so nice I went back and got two more after I took the photo!

 

[shelley262]

Breakfast kefir then bacon and egg
Lunch LC seeded crackers, cheese followed by hm LC Christmas cake
Dinner chicken curry served with fresh coriander followed by hm LC chocolate brownie.

 

[Annb]

Just black coffee this morning
Lunch was cheese with M&S super seedy crackers (0.1g carbs each) which are back in stock after disappearing for a couple of years. I’m very happy about this.
Dinner was baked fish (unprepossessingly named nurse hound also known as dogfish or rock salmon) with garlic greens and turmeric and ginger sauerkraut. More cheese and seedy crackers.

Oh rock salmon. The best fish in the sea. I wish we could get it here but the fishmonger told me it was now protected and can't be landed.

 

[DJC3]

Oh rock salmon. The best fish in the sea. I wish we could get it here but the fishmonger told me it was now protected and can't be landed.

I used to love it from the chippy (in the days I used to frequent such establishments!) so I was really happy to see it today at the fishmonger’s stall at the local market. I’ll have to ask about it being protected next time I go, I wonder if it just applies in specific regions?

 

[DJC3]

Today I ate 2 boiled eggs with M&S seedy crackers for breakfast.
All the family ( 9 people) round for lunch at 3pm. I slow roasted a boxeater joint from local ( beef) farm. Never had this but it was melt in the mouth deliciousness after 6hrs on low temp atop a bed of onions and carrots and covered with double layer of foil. Gravy made by liquidising the beef juices with the veg it cooked on top of. Cauli cheese, sprouts sauteed with bacon and greens cooked in garlic butter.
Made apple crumble for them and I had cheese with more seedy crackers for afters.

 

[Annb]

Today I ate 2 boiled eggs with M&S seedy crackers for breakfast.
All the family ( 9 people) round for lunch at 3pm. I slow roasted a boxeater joint from local ( beef) farm. Never had this but it was melt in the mouth deliciousness after 6hrs on low temp atop a bed of onions and carrots and covered with double layer of foil. Gravy made by liquidising the beef juices with the veg it cooked on top of. Cauli cheese, sprouts sauteed with bacon and greens cooked in garlic butter.
Made apple crumble for them and I had cheese with more seedy crackers for afters.

Looks great. Is the boxeater cut the same as shoulder?

 

[DJC3]

Looks great. Is the boxeater cut the same as shoulder?

I think it is Annb, I cooked it like a brisket as it looked like it had some connective tissue, which melted and made for very tender meat and unctuous gravy. I’ve only ever seen it at this one particular farm shop, it’s apparently a Cornish name.

 

[Annb]

I used to love it from the chippy (in the days I used to frequent such establishments!) so I was really happy to see it today at the fishmonger’s stall at the local market. I’ll have to ask about it being protected next time I go, I wonder if it just applies in specific regions?

The government website (https://marinescience.blog.gov.uk/2...rking-together-to-protect-a-recovering-shark/) says that dogfish (aka spurdog, aka spiny dogfish) was endangered and was a prohibited catch from 2017 to 2022 but in 2022 the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) said that populations had improved enough to allow limited fishing again. So from 2023 a limited catch was allowed. Our fishermen don't seem to know that though.

To be fair, they are not as common in our waters as they are further south, but they used to catch them occasionally and land them in Stornoway.

Potato cake made with cooked and chilled potato and chives, with fried eggs, for breakfast.
A bit more of the potato cake for lunch
Chicken flavoured tofu with fennel and onion for 3rd meal.

 

[Outlier]

Usual brunch. No teatime food! Dinner was roast lamb with broccoli spears and cauliflower, 1 glass red wine - the last of the bottle, so a dry week beckons - and 4 squares Montezumas.