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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Evening!
Not eaten much today but have got plenty of things prepped and in the freezer.

Made some low carb cheese scone type things which are tasty. I'm freezing a couple to see if they work for pack ups.

Whizzed up cauliflower rice and frozen it in batches. Roasted some celariac for potato substitute.

Portioned up the salmon I'd bought too.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee. My ‘porridge’ was more yellow than usual :hungry: as a friend is baby sitting her neighbours hens while they are on holiday and they can’t eat all the eggs so gave us a box!
Lunch: gouda and chorizo rollitos followed by Greek yoghurt and blueberries.
Mid afternoon: coffee chia pudding and black coffee.
Dinner: lamb and mint burger with melted mature cheddar with leafy salad, two sugar-drop tomatoes and sweet pepper followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola.
 
Tea
Physio
Cwc
Lunch 2slices LC bread with assorted cheese
Mid pm tea and nuts
Evening sauerkraut with kassler (gammon style pork chop)
Berries and yoghurt
Glass red
Tea
I walked out of the kitchen to turn the light on in the hall and fell over the dog. Large black dog on a dark rug in a dark hallway. Now I’m sitting with ice packs on both knees and hoping that this isn’t yet another mobility restricting incident. And I’ve also been well licked on all accessible areas by the worried dog as I yelled for help so no shower necessary this evening (in this house I have to yell to be heard over the football noise).
This has to be ‘the year of accidents’ for me. I don’t think I’ve had an accident free month yet. I must be going back to my childhood.
 
Brunneria said:
Oh no @Viv19

So easily done, and the after effect can last for months, can’t they? :(
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I’m hoping this one won’t have lasting effects.
The dog (labrador) was very worried and was licking all parts of me that she could reach. Trouble was she kept walking around and all over me and her tail was whacking me in the face at the same time.
No 2 daughter said it sounded like something out of Fawlty Towers. All I needed was for a stag’s head to fall on top of me.
 
Viv19 said:
I’m hoping this one won’t have lasting effects.
The dog (labrador) was very worried and was licking all parts of me that she could reach. Trouble was she kept walking around and all over me and her tail was whacking me in the face at the same time.
No 2 daughter said it sounded like something out of Fawlty Towers. All I needed was for a stag’s head to fall on top of me.
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Take care and hope there are no mobility issues.
 
Can't remember if I posted my food for yesterday...?
So sorry if this is a repeat.

B: chicken wings
L: Offal soup
D: chicken and chorizo kebabs. I cheated and bought them from Tescos, and was v disappointed. Silly-small, tasteless chorizo, and very uneven shapes and sizes, so wasn't sure about even cooking. However, they did very well in the airfryer, so I can make my own in future and make them much nicer.

B today is pigs in blankets. Again, bought, from Tescos Finest range, the little cocktail ones that are only about an inch long. GF (which is why I got them)

The airfryer blurb has a rather disturbing comment about how you shouldn't cook fatty food (like sausages) in it, because the fat may catch fire! This makes me raise an eyebrow. Firstly there are a lot of fatty foods (like lamb chops, bacon and cheese) that release a heck of a lot of grease when cooking. These are OK apparently. So what makes sausages such criminals? And secondly, are sausages mysteriously filled with incendiary accelerants? Why would sausage fat be worse than lamb chop fat?

Anyway, extractor fan on, my 5 baby sausages have made it through the inferno unscathed.

Do you think this is some kind of anti-sausage prejudice? Or do other air fryers have the same Dire Portents of Sausage Doom?
 
Today for brunch: prawn tacos! Dead easy, tasty and low carb.
In a wok preferably, saute one large onion and one garlic bulb in olive oil till soft. Bung in 1 or 2 bags frozen ready cooked king prawns ( about £2.50 from aldi). Add a sachet of taco seasoning ( ok there will be some sugar in but not too much) . Mix it up thoroughly and stir fry for about 4 minutes.
Serve on leaves of little gem lettuce with chopped up cherry tomatoes and diced up avocado. What a treat!
 
Breakfast was ? - can't remember. I'll go and look it up in my book. Ah yes - the remaining black pudding with a fried egg. The outcome wasn't too bad yesterday in the black pudding trial.

Lunch is the watercress and broccoli soup from 2 days ago - I'll add some cream to give it some body.

Dinner will be chicken pot pie, without the pie part and without the white sauce base - probably use soft cheese for the sauce and maybe some cream. There will be lots left over. I'm using up chicken breasts which I bought the other day from the local shop. Feeding the freezer again.
 
Bed on Monday 4.9 FBG 5.1. Delighted to report I got 2 Libre sensors on a foray into Chester from the very helpful Superdrug pharmacist. All secure and back in action with only a few hours of finger stabbing. Don't know if it is the rest, the alcohol or the fact the food suits but my BGs are sitting lower than they've been in a while (lots of walking too). Anyway, BIL was off to Liverpool yesterday to attend to his father's gravestone so we hit the shops in Chester much to Hubby's horror.
B. Hotel breakfast again. Black coffee and they are now bringing my little pot of cream automatically. Had one fig with a little bit of salami. 2 GF sausages, 1 slice back bacon, fried egg and 1 bit GF black pudding. They even brought me a slice of GF toast which didn't do much to my BGs.
L. Was in Chester with SIL and Hubby. Bottle of water and an Americano with a little pot of cream.
D. At hotel again - I'm working my way through the menu! Started with a little rack of ribs (Hubby stole two) and a little pot of celeriac and spring onion slaw which was lovely. Followed by a bashed out, flash fried sirloin with a mixed leaf salad and a garlic, chilli, lime and ginger dressing. A side of halloumi chips with quite a spicy brown sauce. I was breathing garlic for a while. I'd felt a little iffy before dinner but BGs were at 3.1 - dinner cured it. Campari and soda and two white wine spritzer. Automatically got my coffee and little pot of cream.
@Viv19 - I can sympathise after my tumble at the pool although I fell over my own feet. Hope you're OK. @DJC3 - I have a Hilton card too. Goes back to my working days where I lived in them 3 or 4 months a year it seemed. Old habits die hard but I'm really fond of this one. It was originally an independent but Doubletree spent a fortune on it when they took it over.
 
Chester is the most wonderful town.
We only spent a single day there, and it was made hilarious by the fact that mutt no 1's legs gave out and we had to carry him most of the afternoon. In fairness, he has hypermobility and flags on long walks, especially hard pavements in boring towns. His stamina magically extends when there are sniffy parks and moors and fields.

Anyway, Mr B spent most of the afternoon being cooed over by women, as he stood, like Nelson, one arm tucked into his shirt, with Muttlet lounging along his forearm. Nobody took any notice of me or Mutt 2.

Fab shops though!
 
Brunneria said:
Can't remember if I posted my food for yesterday...?
So sorry if this is a repeat.

B: chicken wings
L: Offal soup
D: chicken and chorizo kebabs. I cheated and bought them from Tescos, and was v disappointed. Silly-small, tasteless chorizo, and very uneven shapes and sizes, so wasn't sure about even cooking. However, they did very well in the airfryer, so I can make my own in future and make them much nicer.

B today is pigs in blankets. Again, bought, from Tescos Finest range, the little cocktail ones that are only about an inch long. GF (which is why I got them)

The airfryer blurb has a rather disturbing comment about how you shouldn't cook fatty food (like sausages) in it, because the fat may catch fire! This makes me raise an eyebrow. Firstly there are a lot of fatty foods (like lamb chops, bacon and cheese) that release a heck of a lot of grease when cooking. These are OK apparently. So what makes sausages such criminals? And secondly, are sausages mysteriously filled with incendiary accelerants? Why would sausage fat be worse than lamb chop fat?

Anyway, extractor fan on, my 5 baby sausages have made it through the inferno unscathed.

Do you think this is some kind of anti-sausage prejudice? Or do other air fryers have the same Dire Portents of Sausage Doom?
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I think all the A/Fs have those warnings for sausages. I think it's the spitty-spurtyness if they burst.

Tonight, I'm on my own, as my OH is playing in a golf match. Dinner was brown block surprise, which transpired to be Masaman curry, which I had with broccoli.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: cold roast chicken with cauliflower and broccoli salad followed by Greek yoghurt and blueberries.
Mid afternoon: coffee chia pudding and black coffee.
Dinner: liver (sorry it was cooked @Jim Lahey! ;)) and bacon with mixed veggies followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola.

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Quick post tonight, granddaughters staying over, I’ve just sent them upstairs to clean their teeth and get ready for bed before Dennis starts his maniac hour around 8ish.
Breakfast CWC then puppy class. Then Pets at Home to get a wire travelling crate for him after he chewed through the zip on the canvas one.
Lunch was 1/2 a Carb Killer bar, shouldn’t have bought this, they always affect my tum and BG but I thought this time it wouldn’t. It did! Also, when I got home 1/2 a 90 second bread slice, a scrambled egg and yoghurt afterwards.
Took girls to Clip’n Climb, they are fearless. Idea was to wear them out but hasn’t really worked.
Dinner Smoked haddock, I fancied kedgeree after the recent chat here, but there was stuff to use up in the fridge so I ended up with a cream and cheese sauce with it, on 1/2 a sliced avocado. It was surprisingly nice and filling. Had a raspberry gin and raspberry Dash water just now.
Fabulous BGs @maglil55 Chester obviously agrees with you
 
B= lots of tea, 2 slices skinny bread toast (well buttered) and the crust also well buttered - knew schedule for the day so resorted to brekkie. By 3.30 Julie was hungry so we found Starbucks and I had Americano with cream - compromise I am not proud of - salad/ cheese sandwich or avocado and poached egg on toast would be 1st choice. Evening meal was avocado and egg salad with h/m mayo and chia seeds. Toast and eggs in egg boiler/poached seems perfect amount of cooking for summer. Had 6 cherries just because I could. @maglil55 glad you sorted the libre problem.
 
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