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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Usual brunch - dinner was prawn curry with cauliflower rice. Gotta thank you lot for teaching me about cauliflower rice - very tasty. This was my first curry for 6 years, and I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd anticipated, so I won't bother again. I think yesrs of strict keto have changed my tastes.
 
The stew is very tasty, swedes and carrots from the garden are still fantastic and although the soil in the carrots' pots was frozen, they are absolutely fine (for now anyway!) Something has been trying to nibble my swedes, probably little slugs, but they only managed to graze the outside layer and that peels off just fine. I was surprised the critters got up onto the garden tables and into the pots, but they must be very determined to thrive after such a dry summer, and I'm not out there looking for them every day.

Off out to lunch today, I will probably have my usual fish and chips but I'll only have a couple of chips and I don't eat all the batter on the very generous portion of fish. I can't promise not to eat all the mushy peas though!
 
Breakfast was a big mug (about 400 ml) of leek and potato soup. Followed by BG dropping too low. Another (smaller) mug of warm milk both to warm me up and to bring BG up a bit - hasn't worked; still dropping. 3.3 and if it doesn't stop, I'll be in a hypo, same as yesterday. Better go and eat something. Back later.

11.42 - better now. Up to 4.1 and out of the danger zone. I might have 3 meals today.

2nd one will be a sausage pattie (no room in the sausage box in the freezer for the last little bit) with a fried egg on top.

3rd one will be some of the cottage pie I made a couple of days ago.
 
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Breakfast: the last of the leek and potato soup.
2nd meal will be the last of the cottage pie.

Did some baking early this morning - potential visitor so I need to have something to offer with a cup of tea. I went to bed with the intention of making some chocolate brownies and some blondies but when I got up, I realised that a lemon drizzle sponge would be so much easier, so that's what I made. I don't need to check the recipe for that - it's second nature. Could make it in my sleep (with one hand tied behind my back).

LATER: Visitor came but some cake left. Alistair will call in to collect Emily when he comes back from town, so I'll get him to take the rest so that I can avoid temptation.
 
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Very thin slices of ham on Jacob's Crackers for breakfast today. Easiest thing to do. Some carbs but, importantly, very little fibre.

2nd meal will be ragout made with beef mince. Neil bought a large pack of the mince yesterday so that I can make some beef sausages to sit in the freezer with the pork ones I made the other day.

I saw a really nice recipe for a roasted vegetable festive bake this morning, but as well as the kind of veg that I do seem to be able to tolerate, it contained oat flakes. That means it's out on both carb count and fibre count. Might try to adapt it though using coconut flour and nuts.
 
I seem to be the only one about on this thread at the moment. However, I will continue. I need to chat to someone, even if it's only myself.

Breakfast was a 3 egg omelette with tea.

2nd meal will be ragout made with beef mince. I've also added a small amount of hot chilli flavoured chocolate (very dark choc). Just an experiment but it should be good.

Also used some mince to make a beef and onion tart and some beef sausage for slicing when I want it - that's in the freezer now and the tart is in the oven along with an aubergine to add to some tomato and onion tomorrow.

It was a pity I had got this all organised in the fridge already because, after too much walking yesterday (down the ramp to the car and back up again when we came back) my back and legs are absolutely killing me, but I had to go ahead and do the cooking. Now time for a rest, so I am sitting down, at my desk and PC, writing to myself.
 
Annb said:
I seem to be the only one about on this thread at the moment. However, I will continue. I need to chat to someone, even if it's only myself.
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I haven't been very good at writing lately, but please trust I've been reading and enjoying all your posts!
 
I'm still here too! I've been getting my act together a bit better with decluttering and I'll be making tip/donation runs next week. Food wise not low carb I'm afraid but mounjaro seems to be doing a good job at keeping my overeating in check. BGs are high though, but I think that's partly due to having a cold/virus of some sort at the moment.

I made a slow cooker full of thai red curry today, it is delicious but very runny. I had a portion of it for tea. That will be the next few days' teas as well.

@Annb re. gastric issues, mine suddenly cleared up completely after the week of strong antibiotics. Could be a coincidence of course. Yesterday I had some eggs for the first time in several weeks, and gastric issues ensued, but so far today I'm fine. I really hope it's not eggs! I'll stay off them for another couple of weeks and see what happens.
 
Hello both. Good to "see" you. I know, people have lives to live, which I don't really. So I have plenty of time to natter on on this site, but I don't expect everyone else to drop everything, just to chat to me.

The chilli chocolate made a very nice sauce for the mince - 3 tiny squares of the chocolate in half a litre of mince was too hot for me so I had to add some cream to calm it down a bit. Still some left for tomorrow.
 
Annb said:
The chilli chocolate made a very nice sauce for the mince - 3 tiny squares of the chocolate in half a litre of mince was too hot for me so I had to add some cream to calm it down a bit. Still some left for tomorrow.
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I've read about adding chocolate to meals but never seriously considered it. Is it worth it?
I'd also love eating chilli flavoured chocolate all by itself but I don't think I can buy it here. I used to make a chocolate, nuts/seeds and nut butter treat but I'd forgotten about it. I added lots of chilli powder and especially clove powder to it, I'll need to make it again!
 
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The soup turned out really nice, but there's a lot of it! I'll be eating that for breakfast/lunch or tea for a few days. I'm so pleased with my home grown carrots and swede, they're so good. Another failure though is my Japanese squash, I went to pick the lovely big one I've been admiring for ages and found that it's completely rotten at the back! The smaller one is fine, so I've picked that.
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I had that with some beetroot last year the slugs had made merry hell with them .
 
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Glad you can still have hot drinks @Annb!



I love talking about growing things so I don't need asking twice :hilarious: I'm growing carrots in 12" round plastic pots that are about 12" deep - there are probably about 10 carrots in each pot. You can sow way more than that and eat the thinnings as they start to grow and crowd, the thinnings are lovely in salads. You get loads of seeds in a packet so it's not really a waste to eat them very small. They vary in size but are easily as big and clean as the ones in the supermarket. The variety I grow is Early Nantes, it's very sweet and crisp. I'm very happy with how they worked out so will carry on with that.

The swedes are in wider oval plastic pots that were my mum's flower pots, I think about 20 litre size. There are 3 swedes in each pot. I also have large round plastic pots that are 35. 40 and 50 litres for various things - they have brassicas in at the moment. I don't know if it's beginner's luck but the swedes and carrots I've grown are just in a different league to the ones in the shops for taste and texture.

Pots also work for beetroot, garlic and onions as well but they need a bit more thinning out and space to grow, so I'll use troughs or wider pots for those next time. Those all don't need much depth so troughs are ideal.

It's very easy to grow in pots because you can get a cheap garden table or two and grow them at a convenient height - this helps me tremendously. I also have two small raised beds for beans and peas, and I'll add a couple more next spring. I grew some lovely peas in a 35 litre pot a couple of years ago - they grew great up a little obelisk I got very cheap on Amazon.

I use just normal garden centre compost, it works out quite expensive but you can re-use spent compost by mixing it with a bit of new, and add some fertiliser (I'm starting to make my own compost but it takes a while!)

I hope you'll have a go and we can compare our crops! I think sometimes it looks like I don't have failures, but I do. I just don't let it put me off, and many things like carrots and peas are great for succession growing, so you can always start over if you lose some.
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That's what I do re the compost and add my own that I make over 8 months or so . I use some pots ( helps with the dam slugs ) and the rest I plant out . Varying successes and fails .
 
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I forgot to mention lettuce, I grow those in the 12" pots too, four per pot seems to be a good fit. If they're on a garden table it's easier to spot and evict any slugs or snails that manage to slither up there! You can also put deterrent mats on the table top but I didn't need those this year.

I definitely reccommend Early Nantes for carrots, they seem to be very easy and quick to grow - I was a complete carrot beginner this year but got really good results.

I found the peas and runner beans were not bothered by slugs or snails but that might have been because it was such a dry year. For pesky pigeons I put home made cages I made from some wire fencing over the raised beds while the plants are small, and that conveniently stops the cats from using them as a toilet too!

Looking forward to spring!
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Cages sound like a good idea what are deterrent mats I have tried everything to stop slugs ..egg shells coffee grains wire wool ordinary wool garlic course bleeders sand and of course the beer traps. The latter the slugs had a buffet with the plants then got ****** in the booze :rolleyes: That should have read BUILDERS sand not BLEEDERS mind u they are bleeders lol
 
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Annb said:
Hello both. Good to "see" you. I know, people have lives to live, which I don't really. So I have plenty of time to natter on on this site, but I don't expect everyone else to drop everything, just to chat to me.

The chilli chocolate made a very nice sauce for the mince - 3 tiny squares of the chocolate in half a litre of mince was too hot for me so I had to add some cream to calm it down a bit. Still some left for tomorrow.
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I need this chat to help me stay aware and somewhat accountable - I tend to go into full denial when I'm not chatting here regularly. I can't really post on the main low carb thread because what I've eaten is often so far from low carb that it would look like I'm trying to be funny and feels bit disrespectful - I'm also aware that posting a list of unsuitable foods might trigger some people or annoy them.

This particular chat helps me more than I can explain though, because I'm still a low carb wannabe, so I'm staying here! It's a shame it's a "naughty corner" chat though - I don't think it's seen by general site traffic. I noticed that other threads with a specific content such as "What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?" have associated "with some chat" threads which do appear on the new posts pages and are therefore seen, whereas this chat is effectively hidden.

Maybe I'm just too much of a chatterbox! While decluttering I came across some of my primary school report cards, which said pretty much exactly that :hilarious:
 
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Cages sound like a good idea what are deterrent mats I have tried everything to stop slugs ..egg shells coffee grains wire wool ordinary wool garlic course bleeders sand and of course the beer traps. The latter the slugs had a buffet with the plants then got ****** in the booze :rolleyes:
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Deterrent mats have some sort of material slugs are supposed to hate woven into them, maybe copper or some such, so if they have to cross it to get to your plants they won't bother.

I used one called Shocka Mat but I found a huge slug happily hiding underneath one of them. I'm going to try the pure copper cloth/mesh next year!
 
jpscloud said:
I need this chat to help me stay aware and somewhat accountable - I tend to go into full denial when I'm not chatting here regularly. I can't really post on the main low carb thread because what I've eaten is often so far from low carb that it would look like I'm trying to be funny and feels bit disrespectful - I'm also aware that posting a list of unsuitable foods might trigger some people or annoy them.

This particular chat helps me more than I can explain though, because I'm still a low carb wannabe, so I'm staying here! It's a shame it's a "naughty corner" chat though - I don't think it's seen by general site traffic. I noticed that other threads with a specific content such as "What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning?" have associated "with some chat" threads which do appear on the new posts pages and are therefore seen, whereas this chat is effectively hidden.

Maybe I'm just too much of a chatterbox! While decluttering I came across some of my primary school report cards, which said pretty much exactly that :hilarious:
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My diet is pretty low carb most of the time but I'm too much of a chatterbox to stick to just what I've eaten, so I can't use the main thread. I often feel the need to explain my food choices, which is not welcome on the main thread. Now that I am finding more problems for whatever the gut issue is with vegetables, I am having to use a bit more carb, so that means my diet is no longer what I would call low carb (ie more than 50 g daily), so I don't fit there anyway.

Here, I can write down what I have eaten/will be eating and that helps to keep me on my toes, even if I'm the only one who sees it.

Today: breakfast was the last of the ragout. the chocolate, even though a very small amount does seem to make the sauce a bit smoother and richer. I will use it again.

2nd meal - more beef mince in a suet pastry pudding. That will need plenty of insulin, but I really wanted to make that pastry. I'll try roasting some Brussels sprouts to go with it. I am also making that tomato and aubergine dish as a side.

If I can muster the energy this afternoon, I will try making some red cabbage sauerkraut.
 
Annb said:
I seem to be the only one about on this thread at the moment. However, I will continue. I need to chat to someone, even if it's only myself.

Breakfast was a 3 egg omelette with tea.

2nd meal will be ragout made with beef mince. I've also added a small amount of hot chilli flavoured chocolate (very dark choc). Just an experiment but it should be good.

Also used some mince to make a beef and onion tart and some beef sausage for slicing when I want it - that's in the freezer now and the tart is in the oven along with an aubergine to add to some tomato and onion tomorrow.

It was a pity I had got this all organised in the fridge already because, after too much walking yesterday (down the ramp to the car and back up again when we came back) my back and legs are absolutely killing me, but I had to go ahead and do the cooking. Now time for a rest, so I am sitting down, at my desk and PC, writing to myself.
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I chat to myself all the time ...try not to do it when out and about or in company lol ;) I have just rediscovered this thread and will keep up with it .
 
jpscloud said:
Deterrent mats have some sort of material slugs are supposed to hate woven into them, maybe copper or some such, so if they have to cross it to get to your plants they won't bother.

I used one called Shocka Mat but I found a huge slug happily hiding underneath one of them. I'm going to try the pure copper cloth/mesh next year!
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I tried the copper strips that u can put round plant pots and they just trotted (albeit slowly )across it ...not cheap either .
 
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