"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Today's breakfast was a salad with a small potato, grated carrot and cottage cheese, together with my home grown baby beetroot leaves, spring onion. a chopped celeriac stem and pea shoots. I needed to keep it light so I can get on with the garden work.

I'm not sure if I'll have lunch but tea will be fried hake with mashed swede and runner beans from the garden.

It's a perfect day for getting the large pots made up and planting the potatoes in them, I prefer a cloudy day like this as the sun can really knock me out when I'm working.

jpscloud said:

I had goat stew in Greece many years ago - goat meat is very underrated, it was every bit as delicious as brisket or braising steak.

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I remember having kid in Lanzarote 30 years ago, it's a speciality of the island.

Annb said:

We used to keep goats but only ever had young goat meat which was very tender and sweet , like similar cuts of lamb, but I've never tried meat from an older goat although I've heard that, slow cooked, it is very good.

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I seem to remember the kid was barbecued, it was very young and tender. I don't remember ever eating mature goat, but if it's like mutton it must be delicious.

Need to gently prod hubby into sorting out the slow cooker before autumn, a screw from the handle fell inside the metal base and he's worried it might touch the element. It's old and was very cheap so we're probably looking for a replacement instead, but he needs to come to a decision soon. I want to try out @jpscloud's slow-cooked mushrooms!

debs248 said:

I remember having kid in Lanzarote 30 years ago, it's a speciality of the island.

I seem to remember the kid was barbecued, it was very young and tender. I don't remember ever eating mature goat, but if it's like mutton it must be delicious.

Need to gently prod hubby into sorting out the slow cooker before autumn, a screw from the handle fell inside the metal base and he's worried it might touch the element. It's old and was very cheap so we're probably looking for a replacement instead, but he needs to come to a decision soon. I want to try out @jpscloud's slow-cooked mushrooms!

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The difference between goat meat and mutton is that it has less fat. Depending on what the goat has eaten in its life, I gather the taste can be stronger than mutton. Some mature goat meat may be available in places on the mainland but there's no way of getting either goat or mutton on the Island.

Breakfast was avocado on top of Jacob's Cream Crackers. That should be my 21 g carbs for the day. However, I will be having some carbs later in the day.

Yesterday, I added some buckwheat noodles to the cabbage and sausage stew so now there is enough for my 2nd meal today. So that will be the extra carbs for today.

Pipp said:

Sunday breakfast always my favourite. Meaty pork sausages, bacon, egg, mushrooms, my one and only all week slice of real bread, (wholemeal, seeded, sourdough) fried in the bacon fat

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That's got me drooling!

I didn't have the fish, swede and runner beans yesterday, I had a McDs minus the buns. I did have fries though!

So the fish swede and runner beans will be tonight's meal, the fish will be fried with some peppers from my mini polytunnel. This is the first year I've had more than one picking from peppers.

I had fried courgette with cheese and tomato for breakfast. Sadly the courgettes are not mine, I didn't get any planted in time for summer but I might get some autumn ones from one I planted late - if the weather holds!

I hadn't hit send for this post, so I'll also share the little adventure I've just had. I had a shower, all clean with fresh clothes, and was set to gently potter around doing my evening watering in the garden before tea. Then I saw that the leak in the expanding hose was worse, and decided to swap it out for the one I bought to replace it a while ago.

Everything went well until I turned the water on - the hose twisted up as though it was being tortured and tied itself in a ridiculous heap of knots, which I fiddled and fuddled with, getting sweaty again in the sun, to absolutely no avail. It doesn't help that it's a 150ft hose I suppose. I don't remember its predecessor doing that.

I tried turning the water off, letting the hose empty, and it looked like I'd got the knots out... but no. I turned the water back on, and ran (no, I didn't, I waddled) up the garden trying to straighten it. Nope. Maybe if I pull the push-connector off the tap and try from that end?

Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. It gushed high pressure water all over me, I let go of it and it whipped around like an angry cobra while I tried to grab it, and just kept going. I decided to leave it to completely empty, while I went to have another shower and put on more fresh clothes since the hose had picked up soil dust and covered me with that as well while I was wrangling it!

Right. I'm going back to see if the hose can be untwisted while it's empty, and if not, I'll water the garden with a twisted hose. So much for my gentle potter around! Tea is going to be very late now as well - I might have something quicker than the fish, I'm not sure I can face cooking now

Breakfast: 2 pork sausages, 2 rashers streaky bacon, 2 eggs, fried. Coffee.

2nd meal: in the process of cooking - the chicken part of chicken biryani. I'll make cauliflower and coconut rice to it maybe tomorrow, or Wednesday.

I had cottage cheese with chopped onion with half a crusty roll and butter for breakfast.

Tonight I'm having fish cakes, runner beans and mashed swede.

Tuesday is lost in the mists of time....

Breakfast today: the spicy chicken from Monday. Plenty left for another 2 meals. I made the cauliflower rice, but didn't use it. It is still in the fridge waiting to be used.

2nd meal will have to be salad, while the tomatoes and cucumber are still fit to eat. Probably with ham.

Annb said:

Tuesday is lost in the mists of time....

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Bit like Monday for me! Hope it was a good day all the same!

I'm not doing great at low carb but still doing much better at eating less - I'm not sure I can take the credit for that as the ozempic seems to be working very well at the moment. I'll take it, whatever - maintained the weight loss for a month now.

I've got my diabetic review coming up next week - if my monitor is accurate-ish, my HbA1c should be about the same as last year, not great but considering my awful diet fluctuations, not as bad as it could be.

Breakfast was scrambled eggs with crispy bacon lardons and a buttermilk pancake.

I probably won't have lunch as I've only just had breakfast at midday, I fasted in the morning while running errands. Not sure about tea, but I don't think I can face any more runner beans now! I'll have to freeze some and maybe next week take a couple of bundles to family.

Antje77 said:

Very happy to see you sticking around here, even if you're not completely happy with your food choices!

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I needed to get over the fact that I'm not really good at diabetes control, or at least I'm not consistent - and realise there must be many people who struggle with control like I do. It's good to stay around here and get inspired by others, and it does help me to stay out of full denial. I'm grateful to you all x

Very cool in the garden this morning, I had planned to get some shrubbery clearing underway ready for new compost bins but I overdid it with a very early breakfast and ended up feeling a bit off. I'm feeling better now and will just have a small tea later. It's a good opportunity while the weather is cooler but dry to get some of the sweatier jobs done in the garden!

For tea I think I'll have chicken with swede mash and runner beans (again!)

The last of the spicy chicken for breakfast.

No 2nd meal so far. Too late to do anything much now so might just have a few slices of cucumber later, if I feel the need.

Avocado Salad with some salami for breakfast.

Possibly the only meal today.

Fasting this morning, lunch out with a friend - not sure about tea, will see how full I am later.

I've had a slice of cheese to arrest DP.

Pork belly for main meal but we have no fresh veg except half a cucumber as we're running the fridge down in preparation for the trip to Scotland. Hope there's something suitable in the freezer otherwise I'll be inadvertently carnivore for a while