• Guest - w'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the 2025 Survey »

What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

B - Bio-tiful Dairy organic kefir 250ml
L - Taifun Basilico organic basil tofu (1.7g carbs per 100g) stir-fried in organic palm oil (experiment) with diced yellow pepper, celery, spring onions on top of babyleaf salad and radishes.

I had always just used this tofu like cheese, cubed in salad but it's even better stir-fried.
 
yesterday:

B: scram eggs and smoked salmon and latte in a cafe. Delish, but no where near enough fat for me. mild hypo before lunch. my fault. just didn't think. should have asked for butter.
L: pulled pork and sugarsnaps
D: processed food (gasp! shock! horror!) from M&S. Very nice indeed. Chicken breast in mozzarella with pancetta and lemon and some sort of crust. Acceptablly low carb. Served with homemade caulicheese and green beans.

Today: no aftereffects from yesterday's hypo, so v pleased. must have been v mild.

B: coffeencream
L1: crustless quiche
L2: half Lidl roll with St Augur cheese
D: will (tragically) have to be the stray M&S lemon chicken cheese pancetta thingy that is still in the fridge. The suffering I endure ;)

Actually, maybe there was a knock on from that hypo - I don't normally need TWO lunches...

Oh, and had some homemade kefir the last couple of days too. just a mouthfull or two each day. my production is only small amounts at the mo.
 
Celeriac said:
Gold star for the kefir, I'm too lazy to make my own, I get it from Riverford.

Sent from the Diabetes Forum App
Click to expand...

But it is so astonishingly easy. I didn't believe it to start with. Thought i was missing out on a vital step. Takes about 1 min a day. Maybe less.
- and i should credit @LucySW for putting me on to it. :)
It is nearly as wonderful as she is!
 
Brunneria said:
But it is so astonishingly easy. I didn't believe it to start with. Thought i was missing out on a vital step. Takes about 1 min a day. Maybe less.
- and i should credit @LucySW for putting me on to it. :)
It is nearly as wonderful as she is!
Click to expand...

In amongst the DIY stuff (husband started repainting kitchen but got bored), I've got olive leaves and bay leaves drying. My mother made jam with our figs. We have made wine with our grapes in the past, stock. mayo. pesto, all sorts. But as I've got a chilli pepper and small fig tree overwintering in the kitchen too, I don't think I've got the space. :D
 
B: Chorizo and Cheese 3 Egg Omelette
L: Hot Smoked Mackerel Pate with Celery & Red Pepper sticks and a couple of baby tomatoes
D: Chicken Breast stuffed with Goats Cheese, wrapped in Serrano Ham, Courgettes and other green veg.
 
Prem51 said:
So I guess they would have an average of about 25-28 carbs each.
Click to expand...
Obviously I can't comment on the bhaji's you have, but I just bought some from Morrisons, and the pack says they have 10g carbs per bhaji. They are a decent size and I plan to have one with my dinner.
 
Breakfast: Coffee and double cream
Lunch: 'Pizza' - Lidl HP roll cut in half and topped with Napolina pizza topper, black olives and mozzarella then baked. If this turns out okay I think it'll turn in to a regular lunch because a) its quick/tasty and b) I soooooo miss pizza
Tea (at work): Same as yesterday - chicken tikka, avocado, mix of different lettuces, 6 cherry tomatoes (I can recommend this Asda chicken tikka (its chicken breast chunks in a tikka marinade). Its by far the most flavourful of any o these flavoured chicken breast dishes that I've had.
Supper (at home): salami with cream cheese.

I miss bhajis but the last time I had some (on holiday in September) I had a massive bg spike - right up in the 12s. . :eek: It had to have been the bhajis I had for a starter because the rest of the meal was low carb - just tandoori chicken and lamb tikka with salad.
 
Brunneria said:
But it is so astonishingly easy. I didn't believe it to start with. Thought i was missing out on a vital step. Takes about 1 min a day. Maybe less.
- and i should credit @LucySW for putting me on to it. :)
It is nearly as wonderful as she is!
Click to expand...

Sounds like my kinda thing. Could I have the recipe please? :)
 
Chook said:
Sounds like my kinda thing. Could I have the recipe please? :)
Click to expand...

Well, I just did a bit of reading from sites like this one
http://chriskresser.com/kefir-the-not-quite-paleo-superfood/
and
http://www.cheeseslave.com/how-to-make-kefir/
and then ordered a tablespoon of grains from a seller on Amazon.
You can choose whether the grains are adapted for cow's milk, coconut milk, nut milks or sugar water.

I was up and running with my first wee batch 48 hours after the grains arrived through the post.

:D

Of course, I have NO IDEA if it will have any beneficial effect for me AT ALL, but I do love these little foodie explorations and adventures, even though I seem to only have the attention span of a gnat.
 
Thank you for that. And how (if at all) does it affect your bg?

Yes, I know ALL about having the attention span of a gnat. I think it comes with the diabetes.
 
B: strawberries and a tea spoon of extra thick cream that's about to turn; filter coffee with splash of whole milk
L: Co-op spicy mackerel fillet, spinach, rocket, watercress, cucumber, tomatoes, some toasted almond slivers and a glug of olive oil
D: chicken baked in pesto with steamed broccoli and cabbage
Snacks - none today - that's what made me fall off the wagon yesterday
 
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, smoked mackerel

Lunch: Halloumi Cheese and Chicken Salad

Dinner: 2 shoulder pork steaks with piri piri spices and cabbage

I honestly can say I enjoy this sort of food much more than my previous carb-rich diet. I do miss the half bottle of wine that used to accompany dinner though.....best to give my liver a breather.
 
Chook said:
Breakfast: Coffee and double cream
Lunch: 'Pizza' - Lidl HP roll cut in half and topped with Napolina pizza topper, black olives and mozzarella then baked. If this turns out okay I think it'll turn in to a regular lunch because a) its quick/tasty and b) I soooooo miss pizza
QUOTE]).
Click to expand...

Pizza is perhaps the only food I really miss from my previous diet. Unfortunately though substitutes are just a pale imitation and I just have to glance sideways at something with flour in it and my blood sugar levels go stratospheric......perhaps in 6 months time, who knows (I can live in hope).
 
B Bullet-proof coffee and an hour later smoked mackerel cooked in butter (indecisive morning altogether really)
L Babyleaf spinach salad with tomatoes, mayo & warm pork, onion, bacon & mushroom rolls (leftover from roast chicken night before last)
D Baked cod fillets with white sauce of mushrooms, garlic, cream cheese & yoghurt, & his'n'hers steamed veggies. Mine: celeriac, broccoli. Hers: peas, carrots, spud
 
DeejayR said:
B Bullet-proof coffee and an hour later smoked mackerel cooked in butter (indecisive morning altogether really)
L Babyleaf spinach salad with tomatoes, mayo & warm pork, onion, bacon & mushroom rolls (leftover from roast chicken night before last)
D Baked cod fillets with white sauce of mushrooms, garlic, cream cheese & yoghurt, & his'n'hers steamed veggies. Mine: celeriac, broccoli. Hers: peas, carrots, spud
Click to expand...
B usual yoghurt &berries
L warmed up lamb from Sunday with gravy
D pork with pak Choy, green beans,onion
 
B. 1 slice toasted Burgen bread with cheddar
L. 97% meat sausages + eggs
D. Roast beef, cauliflower rice and 1/4 frittata
S. 2 rough oatcakes with applewood smoked cheese, 7 almonds
 
Chook said:
Thank you for that. And how (if at all) does it affect your bg?

Yes, I know ALL about having the attention span of a gnat. I think it comes with the diabetes.
Click to expand...

:D

So far, production hasnt impacted bg, but am only making small quantities.

I'm assuming that the bg impact will be less than milk - that is as far as i have got, so far.
 
Back
Top