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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

B. Slice of HiLo toast with crunchy peanut butter, black tea, black coffee.
L. At the house of a friend who is a superb cook. I made an experimental starter of cannelli bean, pecan and vege salad with a tahini dressing topped with smokey toasted sunflower seeds.
She was given Ottalenghi's Simple cookbook for Xmas from which we had a vege omelette dish, roast vine tomatoes on a yoghurt base, tenderstem broccoli with peanut sauce and stuffed courgettes followed by apple crumble and proper custard. With a little white wine. What a feast!!!
D. Leftover cold salmon and a bit of the bean salad.
 
Breakfast : streaky bacon, grilled with omelette and a slice of Bergen bread. The usual tea.
Lunch : Brie, walnuts and raspberries. Tea.
Dinner : Corn beef, cheese and avocado slices. Stewed rhubarb and Greek yoghurt. One clementine.
 
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Rhubarb reminds me of childhood at my nans house - rhubarb filled one corner of her garden. Going have to try some I think - not eaten any in years!
 
Evening all. Crazy day for me playing taxi for my little girl - cheerleading practice both this morning and this afternoon with my own hair appointment in the middle. So not very organised on the food front. Feel a bit of a fraud on this thread some days - need to invest more time in exciting recipes for you all!
B : usual peanut & chocolate protein bar with coffee
More coffee throughout the day
D : the tv is on full blast as we (by we I mean my husband, with me & Ellie feigning slight interest) get ready to cheer on the Wolves. He’s a little gutted not to be at the pub watching it so I was a good wife and have stocked him up on beer and ordered a curry. I’ve got gin with diet lemonade and my curry is LC - ordered the mixed grill of chicken, prawns & lamb tikka and have made my own little side salad to have with it as know theirs comes with serious onion overload

Edited to correct which version of Their I used
 
I will be cheering Man U.
 
After a pretty stressful week, I've done very little today. The weather has been dreadful here with flood warnings (the river at the bottom of our garden is running very high and fast!). Today has been full of good things food wise:

Breakfast: Strawberry chia pudding with almonds. Black coffee.
Mid morning: Almond milk cappuccino with a splash of cream
Lunch: Smoked turkey breast, burrata, radicchio, heritage toms, small amount of red onion, olives, EVO and ACV. Served with half a Diet Doctor roll. Afterwards we had the other half of the roll with some LC Nutella.
Afternoon: Another almond milk cappuccino
Dinner: Thai green chicken curry with green beans and served with cauli rice. A couple of strawberries dipped in 85% Lindt choc and cream. Decaf coffee brewing now.

Any ideas why coconut cream is lower in carbs than coconut milk? It could just be a variance in brands I guess? I just used Blue Dragon coconut cream at 1.9 carbs per 100ml. I checked the can of coconut milk I had in (Morrison's) and it is 3.3g per 100ml. I just added some water to let down the cream, as it is much thicker than the milk. It worked fine and lower in carbs as a result.
 
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We're on flood watch too! I have to confess that the rhubarb is courtesy of Ocado and not home grown.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: lime coconut and mango chicken with cauliflower and broccoli salad and pork scratchings followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon at Nero’s: coconut cappuccino with a chocolate brownie phd bar.
Dinner: Chinese takeaway! Crispy duck, two small pancakes and the merest smudge of sauce with veggies, followed by Coffee chia pudding with LC chocolate granola.
 
Hello all,

Thanks @DJC3 and @Goonergal for your kind wishes -- the headache only lasted an hour, the water and the ibuprofen helped, after this I felt fine.

@maglil55 -- The squid is a great idea -- I have some in my freezer.

@Goonergal -- I made some sauce with onion, carrot, a bit tomato paste and red wine first, then added the ox cheek, and made sure it was covered by the liquid, I then put the lidded pot in the oven for several hours. Used the fork to check if they were tender.

Breakfast: Woke up very early again (fortunately without the headache though) and had some DD keto bread with butter, later two double decaffeinated espressos with cream.

Lunch: Nothing.

Early dinner: A salad of lamb's lettuce, grated Gouda, three baby tomatoes with Ranch dressing, half a bowl of soup, and a slice of keto poppy seed cake with whipped cream. Half a glass of red wine.

If I get hungry before bed, might have some chicken liver pate or cheese later.
 
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Looks really good. I was tempted in Morrisons today as they had a few packs but I have something else in mind for tomorrow.
 
I've had some carbon veggie chips (fries) the past few days because I forgot about them! Some had to be consigned to the bin.
 
Son sous vides them and cooks them a really long time. I agree with @DCUKMod it will require a while. I would say 8 - 10 hrs on low. I usually brown them in a pan first and would add veggies then transfer to the slow cooker. Deglaze the pan with red wine then add that to the cooker (according to son) and some thyme. Son also adds red currant jelly to the wine but the sugars are a bit on the high side for me.
 
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Did mine in the IP too but I’d guess at least 8hrs in the slow cooker. Longer if possible. I dont think you could overcook them if you were doing them slowly.
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Agree son can have his in the sous vide 24 hrs
 
Keep on getting such good ideas from this thread, thank you all!

Breakfast: Coffee with cream because heaven knows I'm not consistent.
Lunch: Omelette with bacon lardons and mushrooms
Dinner: Chicken thigh and wing with green salad and garlic herb butter melted on top
 
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