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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

I'm having a high BG day. Started at 10.3 and rose to 13.4 after insulin and black coffee. Took some more insulin and had breakfast of an Avocado - not very sustaining so made a kind of pancake with coconut flour, eggs and milk - not very successful, but it tasted nice. Dry fried an egg to sit on top of it. Not the best breakfast ever but it filled a gap.

I will try to make a vegetable dish with the rest of the coconut batter for 2nd meal - just to use it up and try to do something reasonably successful with it.
 
Rachox said:
Just to follow up on my crumble experience. My Libre graph shows a little blip up to six at around 2am, some 6 hours after eating it but gradually dropped back to normal this morning! I might just have some more tonight!

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That's brilliant! I hope you can continue to enjoy it!

I've been fingerprick testing a lot over the last couple of weeks and noticed that when rice is fresh from the cooker I go up over 10, but reheated from the fridge I'm going up to 8.

My normal pre meal numbers are around 7 at the moment. Today I had the same reheated tomato, cheese and rice mix but added extra cheese and only went up to high 7s - so it looks like rice at least is good resistant starch for me and even better with extra cheese! I'll have to repeat the experiment a few times to be sure though *Puts more cheese on the shopping list*
 
jpscloud said:
I have something like this, it's worth its weight in gold if you have lots of large pots!


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Thank you. We already have one of these but I've put the Magnolia on an upper gravel level up some steps so not that easy to move even with what I call the trundler! Agree though our trundler\ truck gets lots of use on the flat with bags of compost and pots on the lower level.
 
I had fish again for tea! This time fried with rice and some roasted peppers from my mini polytunnel - it was really tasty. BG is 9.4 an hour later, so maybe it needed cheese! I did eat a bit too much though, my default if I'm out of control is to eat roughly twice as much as I should, and I gave in to temptation when I was plating up - not quite twice as much but more than I have while being more careful.

Another productive day in the garden today but it is getting hotter again from tomorrow so I might not be able to do as much.
shelley262 said:
I've put the Magnolia on an upper gravel level up some steps so not that easy to move even with what I call the trundler!
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Yep, you're definitely committed to that spot! :hilarious: There is a version of the trundler that has step climbing wheels but I'm not sure I'd like to try that with a big heavy pot!
 
jpscloud said:
I had fish again for tea! This time fried with rice and some roasted peppers from my mini polytunnel - it was really tasty. BG is 9.4 an hour later, so maybe it needed cheese! I did eat a bit too much though, my default if I'm out of control is to eat roughly twice as much as I should, and I gave in to temptation when I was plating up - not quite twice as much but more than I have while being more careful.

Another productive day in the garden today but it is getting hotter again from tomorrow so I might not be able to do as much.

Yep, you're definitely committed to that spot! :hilarious: There is a version of the trundler that has step climbing wheels but I'm not sure I'd like to try that with a big heavy pot!
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Photo taken of my new magnolia in pot on upper gravel level thought you may enjoy seeing a photo
 
@shelley262 how beautiful - that must be such a joy to look at every day! Your flowers are gorgeous. The magnoilia looks extremely healthy too, I often see very spindly specimens for sale.

I'm up early so I might go and have a small breafast in the garden and gaze at all the jobs I need to do.
 
shelley262 said:
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Ooh I am jealous! What lovely flowers. The magnolia is looking very healthy too. I just noticed this morning that one of my 5 rowan trees has about half a dozen bunches of berries on them - very small and very pale, but they are there. Not exactly overloading the tree but I suppose we should be thankful for small mercies.

I made my odd coconut/veggie dish last evening and it was - well, odd. Edible though. The coconut mixture was a bit like polenta, but not so tasty. I put a layer of the mixture in the bottom of a dish, topped with grated Cheddar, bits of cauliflower, courgette, tomato and onion; topped it with more of the cocolenta and topped that with more cheese, and baked the whole lot for about an hour. It looked great but the cheese didn't add any flavour to speak of. It should have, I grated a whole lot of Cheddar. However, the Cheddar we can buy here isn't the best for cooking with. Just as cheese it's fine and a good flavour, but cooked, it loses its flavour. Perhaps I should have used Parmesan. It holds its flavour, but is more expensive. If I were to do it again, I would use the Cheddar but reinforce it with Parmesan. Not a complete wash-out, which is just as well since there is a whole lot left to use up.

The Cheddar that we used to have when I was young was very strong and cooked very well - kind of mousetrap cheese - usually fairly hard (mature) and kept its flavour when made into a cheese sauce, or melted onto toast etc.

I had some of the cocolenta for breakfast and some cups of coffee. BG still hanging around the 8 mark despite full doses of insulin. Later, I will have some more of it but will supplement it with some corned beef.
 
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Annb said:
Ooh I am jealous! What lovely flowers. The magnolia is looking very healthy too. I just noticed this morning that one of my 5 rowan trees has about half a dozen bunches of berries on them - very small and very pale, but they are there. Not exactly overloading the tree but I suppose we should be thankful for small mercies.

I made my odd coconut/veggie dish last evening and it was - well, odd. Edible though. The coconut mixture was a bit like polenta, but not so tasty. I put a layer of the mixture in the bottom of a dish, topped with grated Cheddar, bits of cauliflower, courgette, tomato and onion; topped it with more of the cocolenta and topped that with more cheese, and baked the whole lot for about an hour. It looked great but the cheese didn't add any flavour to speak of. It should have, I grated a whole lot of Cheddar. However, the Cheddar we can buy here isn't the best for cooking with. Just as cheese it's fine and a good flavour, but cooked, it loses its flavour. Perhaps I should have used Parmesan. It holds its flavour, but is more expensive. If I were to do it again, I would use the Cheddar but reinforce it with Parmesan. Not a complete wash-out, which is just as well since there is a whole lot left to use up.

The Cheddar that we used to have when I was young was very strong and cooked very well - kind of mousetrap cheese - usually fairly hard (mature) and kept its flavour when made into a cheese sauce, or melted onto toast etc.

I had some of the cocolenta for breakfast and some cups of coffee. BG still hanging around the 8 mark despite full doses of insulin. Later, I will have some more of it but will supplement it with some corned beef.
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Thank you @Annb pleased to hear that your Rowan Tree is producing berries.
It's been warm and sunny here this summer but dry so a lot of watering has been needed but many of my pots have been doing well -as have my outdoor tomatoes - plenty each day, mainly the cherry ones ripening to date but other larger ones on the way - a few more photos below including our special gift of terracotta inscribed pot and Golden Wedding Anniversary golden rose. I've got nine tomato plants outside this year.
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I ran a few errands this morning so took the opportunity to fast until early afternoon when I indulged in some spring rolls. Not much impact on BG, just 2 points. Always slow to come down though.

I'm late getting tea due to pottering around the garden - still need to pick the runner beans which are now growing as you look at them!

I don't know what to have for tea - I'll open the freezer in a bit and see what jumps out at me :hilarious:
 
jpscloud said:
I ran a few errands this morning so took the opportunity to fast until early afternoon when I indulged in some spring rolls. Not much impact on BG, just 2 points. Always slow to come down though.

I'm late getting tea due to pottering around the garden - still need to pick the runner beans which are now growing as you look at them!

I don't know what to have for tea - I'll open the freezer in a bit and see what jumps out at me :hilarious:
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Envy you your green beans mine have been poor this year. I planted them as usual in one of my raised beds but they were attacked by slugs early on and haven't really come to anything. I had a good crop of peas that I grew in a pot that slugs didn't get and will try the pot growing with my beans next year I think.
 
shelley262 said:
Envy you your green beans mine have been poor this year. I planted them as usual in one of my raised beds but they were attacked by slugs early on and haven't really come to anything. I had a good crop of peas that I grew in a pot that slugs didn't get and will try the pot growing with my beans next year I think.
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I took a bit of a chance and planted mine out during the first heatwave - maybe the slugs hadn't had a chance to get going at that point - also the raised bed they're in is new this year so I think any slugs that were around hadn't yet sussed out there was something tasty there! That's the trick I think, keep changing where things go so the slugs are on the back foot. If they had feet!

The slugs don't seem to bother peas here, do you find the same? Sadly the pigeons didn't get the memo and will peck them to bits if I don't cover them while they're young. I didn't get an early crop but I've just planted out a few Meteor to try and get an autumn crop. I really just eat them before they get into the house, so it's not really a crop! Was it here that someone said they're garden sweeties?
 
I thought I had posted this yesterday evening but it appears not, so here it is now:

Breakfast: bubble and squeak made with the cocolenta and the last of the corned beef plus one fried egg on top.

2nd meal was late. It came out of the tiny freezer in the kitchen and was two spiced sausage patties and some courgette slices. I finally have one empty drawer in the little freezer. I also took some frozen chicken breast out for defrosting for use tomorrow, along with some frozen avocado, some frozen salmon pate and some frozen shredded Brussels sprouts. Should be enough there for 2 meals tomorrow.

It was late because I wasted hours this afternoon, trying to find some information on the internet. I couldn't find it. but Alistair says he'll try some of his history sites which I don't know. Back in 1533, Tom had a 13x great uncle who is recorded to have died, apparently in some kind of coaching incident. It was reported in a report from another13x great uncle to the court of James VI (of Scotland). The incident gave birth to a myth of "the headless coachman of Blebo" who apparently still terrorises the house at Blebo where people have heard a rushing wind and clattering of horses hooves. Actually, since only the noises have been heard, I don't know how they know the coachman is headless, but that is by the way. There are lots of myths about headless horsemen/coachmen, so that is not so unusual. What I would like to find out is, what actually happened - how did Andro Trail die in 1533.

Part of the time wasted was used up trying to find out when "coaches" first came to Scotland. Apparently they didn't come to England until the late 16th century, so it wouldn't have been what we know as a coach now - probably a covered wagon of some sort. Turns out that riding in a coach, once they were invented, was not allowed unless the traveller was infirm in some way - women were actually not allowed to ride in a coach in France at that time, and men wouldn't dream of doing so (not manly enough). However, Elizabeth I had a kind of coach which was just a frame on wheels with curtains that could be pulled across when required. Fascinating.

I am one of those kind of people who can't look things up in a dictionary without finding other things to read about on the way. Lack of focus.
 
Annb said:
It was late because I wasted hours this afternoon, trying to find some information on the internet. I couldn't find it. but Alistair says he'll try some of his history sites which I don't know. Back in 1533, Tom had a 13x great uncle who is recorded to have died, apparently in some kind of coaching incident. It was reported in a report from another13x great uncle to the court of James VI (of Scotland). The incident gave birth to a myth of "the headless coachman of Blebo" who apparently still terrorises the house at Blebo where people have heard a rushing wind and clattering of horses hooves. Actually, since only the noises have been heard, I don't know how they know the coachman is headless, but that is by the way. There are lots of myths about headless horsemen/coachmen, so that is not so unusual. What I would like to find out is, what actually happened - how did Andro Trail die in 1533.

Part of the time wasted was used up trying to find out when "coaches" first came to Scotland. Apparently they didn't come to England until the late 16th century, so it wouldn't have been what we know as a coach now - probably a covered wagon of some sort. Turns out that riding in a coach, once they were invented, was not allowed unless the traveller was infirm in some way - women were actually not allowed to ride in a coach in France at that time, and men wouldn't dream of doing so (not manly enough). However, Elizabeth I had a kind of coach which was just a frame on wheels with curtains that could be pulled across when required. Fascinating.
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Wow it's amazing you can get that far back in history! I know what you mean about looking things up, it's so easy to go down rabbitholes along the way!
 
jpscloud said:
Wow it's amazing you can get that far back in history! I know what you mean about looking things up, it's so easy to go down rabbitholes along the way!
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Somehow, finding these distant ancestors makes me feel more comfortable in my own skin. I don't know why. I suppose I feel more solidly grounded. I mean, it was obvious that we all have ancestors right back to the beginning of mankind, but to know who some of them were and to know their stories, makes it all so much more real to me.

Breakfast was salmon pate on butterpuff crackers. Coffee of course.

2nd meal will be chicken breast on shredded Brussels sprouts.
 
Breakfast was a couple of spoons of Greek yogurt with blackberries from the garden. I got out early to cut the grass as it was cloudy and just pleasantly warm but the sun has kicked in now and it's set for 29C today.

I don't think I'll have any lunch but I'm planning chicken, fried courgettes and a couple of small potatoes with cheese for tea. Already looking forward to that!
 
I've been absent way too long on this thread, sorry!

Here with a question: I want to make cauliflower rice today to go with Chinese take away on the bridge tomorrow.
I've made it before but forgot how, so please tell me all your cauliflower rice secrets!
I'll reheat it in the microwave on the bridge.
 
Antje77 said:
I've been absent way too long on this thread, sorry!

Here with a question: I want to make cauliflower rice today to go with Chinese take away on the bridge tomorrow.
I've made it before but forgot how, so please tell me all your cauliflower rice secrets!
I'll reheat it in the microwave on the bridge.
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At your service. A recent thread to guide you.
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Post in thread 'Cauliflower Rice'

Mark Rawlinson said:
That was my first try of Cauliflower rice, no carbs no sugar no fat low calories brilliant, they omotted on the packet no taste no enjoyment
Only got it as rice pushes my blood sugar so high :/
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Like rice then - no taste
 
Antje77 said:
I've been absent way too long on this thread, sorry!

Here with a question: I want to make cauliflower rice today to go with Chinese take away on the bridge tomorrow.
I've made it before but forgot how, so please tell me all your cauliflower rice secrets!
I'll reheat it in the microwave on the bridge.
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As I may have mentioned before, too much cauliflower in one go (ie about a dessertspoonful) really plays havoc with my digestive system so, what I do is: blitz the required amount of cauliflower into crumbs, then add an equal quantity of dessicated coconut, mix well and lay it on a baking sheet and toast the whole lot in the oven. It gives the resulting "rice" more flavour and keeps my insides a bit happier. A little salt added to it does no harm either as far as taste is concerned. You just have to be careful not to let it burn. If you don't have a food processor, you can just chop the cauliflower finely with a big knife (a small one takes ages). The coconut makes it a bit drier than just using the cauliflower and that seems to help it keep longer in the fridge as well.
 
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