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- Diet drinks - the artificial sweeteners taste vile.
Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
Way behind - haven’t even tried to read back through earlier posts. Train journey tomorrow so will try then.
Two meals today. Breakfast of M&S Serrano ham and manchego cheese rollitos and left over chocolate olive oil cake - had taken some to work on Wednesday for colleagues and found a piece remaining in the office.
Dinner menu inspired by @dunelm and @LittleGreyCat - carnivore pizza with chorizo, pepperoni and Polish sausage followed by some little chocolates made from Lindt 90%, cream and butter. Scaled the recipe right down - made 6 tiny chocs. Good decision as they’re seriously moreish.
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Impressive square shape!
After a very long time of thinking about making them I have a batch in the fridge at the moment.
The silicone ice cube trays from Lakeland are seriously good for shaping them but it looks as though I may not get round to popping them all out to go in a box.
Nom, nom, nom......
Very low carbohydrate and high fat, though.
I used these moulds from Lakeland. Used 50g choc/50ml double cream and 9g butter.
https://www.lakeland.co.uk/71921/2-Traditional-Chocolate-Moulds
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Well, was officially a success. Nothing like the pizza we used to make from scratch pre LC days, of course, but it worked well as a parcel for delicious cheesy goodness. Very filling though.....I ate a bit too much.
@DJC3 It was Gnom-Gnom's crazy Keto dough....https://www.gnom-gnom.com/gluten-free-keto-calzone/
The whole lot of dough is 15g of net carbs, so that works out at 2.5g net carbs per 1/6 serving, but without fillings. It is 5.5g gross carbs per serving. It just depends on how you portion it up and what fillings you use. It was filling, but I reckon 4 servings is more realistic than 6. We polished off the whole thingIt does look good, but I notice that 1/6th is 5.5 g carbs. Would it really serve 6?
I assume you're referring to my very variable coating? (Which I used tonight). For veal or chicken escalope I'd use a mix of Almond flour, golden milled flaxseed, parmesan, salt and pepper and parsley.J*DI. Ignore the curtain-twitchers, you're good to go.(Re the carby stuff our bodies no longer process well, Pretending the foods we liked, and would still like, aren't tasty and more enjoyable than some of the LC concoctions will get ya nowhere fast. Eating them will probs cause short term joy and long term misery) That recipe looked fine using some of @maglil55's, patent pending, coating. Like you, I find meat doesn't float my boat - no good lying about it. I like the cut of your jib ma'am but I'm as mad as a box of frogs.
Menus sound up to your usual high standard so the hug is for this lingering bug.Gee I am way, way behind.
Monday - bed 6.1 FBG 6.3 still not 100% but decided the humidity at the Aqua fit would be beneficial and I made it through the class without oxygen!
B. TAG with ADOC.
L. Nothing
D. Yesterday more of yesterday's brisket cacciatore with cauliflower mash.
Raspberries and cream.
Tuesday bed 6 4 FBG 6.3 - very wet weather and the damp isn't helping recovery.
B. TAG with ADOC
L. Nothing
D. Chimichurri kebabs that turned out to be pork not beef which I overcooked and they were dry and horrible. Had some lettuce, tomato, cucumber and helmans with it. Raspberries and cream.
Wednesday bed 7.5 FBG 7.7 no idea why other than this bug is still lurking.
B. TAG with ADOC. Couple of scrambled eggs.
L. 1/2 a M&S meat'zza pizza
D. The other 1/2 of the meat'zza with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, 1/4 avocado and one baby beet.
Catch up on the rest in a mo.
The whole lot of dough is 15g of net carbs, so that works out at 2.5g net carbs per 1/6 serving, but without fillings. It is 5.5g gross carbs per serving. It just depends on how you portion it up and what fillings you use. It was filling, but I reckon 4 servings is more realistic than 6. We polished off the whole thing. In hindsight, I would probably make two next time and freeze one to cook later.
@Viv19 that looks fabulous! Is the aubergine just simply fried or baked?
@BibaBee is your calzone made with LoDough or Fat head pizza base or something else entirely?
@Brunneria ‘awwww’ for the puppy outing! We are putting our name down with an accredited breeder ( Border terrier) next week.
Today we said goodbye to Mull and the wonderful hotel we stayed in. We met a couple last night who live in the next village to us in Cornwall - about 5 miles away. How strange we travelled 650 miles to meet!
B: Smoked haddock and 2 perfectly poached eggs. CWC
L: quite hungry lunchtime for the first time - had more than a few Brazil nuts and a small bit of 100% choc
D: Lovely fish restaurant in Oban crab pot to start then Pan fried ( annoying expression) halibut without the accompanying risotto, but with the creamy sauce from one of the other dishes and the veg from a different one ( smoked aubergine, spinach and kale) all lovely. Small amount of cheese and a bottle of a Hungarian white I’d never heard of but which was a revelation. ( we shared the bottle)
Home tomorrow
Sounds like you have a lot on your plate at the moment @zauberflote , thank heaven for a squishy cat on your lap to help you feel at peace with the world.
I had to re-read your sentence “at the local harp store” as if that’s a normal thing like a local butcher’s you must be living in a musician’s paradise! I’m sure your mom will love the outing and it’ll do her the world of good.
I’ve seen something along the lines of your wafer/ cream cake - if you manage a lc version I’d be very interested in seeing the recipe ( I am following you on CMT so will look out for it)
Ps Mr C’s phone was in his jacket pocket - hung over the back of his chair. I did try texting him at one point but just heard the ping in his pocket. He reckons he was in there nearly an hour but I don’t think he can have been - surely I’d have missed him before then? He got in an even bigger huff later when it transpired I’d texted our daughters and told them about it and they all started sending him lavatory based jokes
I assume you're referring to my very variable coating? (Which I used tonight). For veal or chicken escalope I'd use a mix of Almond flour, golden milled flaxseed, parmesan, salt and pepper and parsley.
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