l:Green salad with a few prawns and grilled peppers and a little Greek rice salad (aka last night's leftovers! Some berry bake.
D: salmon from the airfryer with salad and avocado with cucumber and mint yoghurt. More berry bake
Berry bake is a new (to me) recipe from the keto fitness club website. They suggest it for breakfast but I did it as spare dessert for our visitors last night. It wasn't needed to weve got 8 portions out of it today.
Basically 100g or so of fresh or frozen berries into the base of an oven dish with a little sweetener. I used frozen blackcurrants and redcurrants, nice and tart. Topping was 200-250 ff cream cheese mixed with 150g soured cream, vanilla extract, lemon juice, 15g sweetner and 2 eggs. beat well and pour over fruit. Bake in moderate oven 30-40 minutes. Will rise a bit and sink back. We had it cold next day but think it would be OK warm.
Very tasty and not too sweet. Looked pretty as the juices bubbled through. Will become a regular methinks.
I'd also tried the brownies from the same site. Very acceptable but 35g of sweetener felt a lot to me. Was quite rich so cut into very small squares. Probably got 20 from the one mix. Easy to make. Another keeper
Surely there is some nice food ?No idea but it's GORGEOUS! I will swim the Atlantic to get some of your fresh produce, how's that? Maybe kayak is safer. Look for me in 2021....
Thanks. That sounds like a great idea, and I'll give it a shot. I'm feeding my son at the moment, though, and he got sick of 'weird food' when my ex started dabbling with keto.
I'll also try this again, but sharing 150g of rice between two of us instead of 250g. If I still put the full 250g of fish and/or meat in it, I think it'll still be a satisfying meal. Though, somewhat surprisingly, there's 3.8g of carbs per 100g in the seafood mix that I'm using. I thought that would be a freebie. So it's more like 35g of carbs I've had in one hit, and I'd be lowering it to about 23g. I think that'd keep me below the magical 2 mmol/L increase.
I was back down to 6.8, 3 hours after the meal, so I don't think it's hit me that badly. I'm not going to waste another strip, testing again, tonight. I'll just see if it's reflected in my morning reading.
@MrsA2 the airfryer is very versatile. Mine has a rotisserie function so whole chickens are possible but chicken wings, chops, bacon, anything meaty that you might grill, fry, or even roast can be done in the airfryer. Very handy on hot days and anything with skin gets crispy with the meat staying moist. Halloumi fries also good.
Thanks @Goonergal I did try to get the Lidl one remotely, Mr Slim didn't find one in his Lidl and My daughter went and checked in two other stores. Over here you could easily double the price. Cheapest I have seen so far was €199.
Maybe in Sept, when we plan to go back to UK for few days. Shopping at the moment is a nightmare.SlimLizzy - There are quite a few now with other labels on, doing pretty much as mine/ours does. To be honest, I am so, so Et, en français, there are these - just as examples:
https://www.amazon.fr/Klarstein-AeroVital-programmes-thermostat-accessoires/dp/B082J23T2H/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=Innsky+Friteuse+sans+huile+10L,+Mini-four+1500W,+Friteuse+à+air+chaud+10+en+1+avec+affichage+LED,+un+déshydrateur+de+fruits,+mais+aussi+un+grill,+6+accessoires+et+livre+de+recettes-acier+inoxydable&qid=1597134423&s=kitchen&sr=1-1-fkmr1
or
https://www.amazon.fr/Innsky-déshydrateur-accessoires-recettes-acier-inoxydable/dp/B0817CTLQ9/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=Innsky+Friteuse+sans+huile+10L,+Mini-four+1500W,+Friteuse+à+air+chaud+10+en+1+avec+affichage+LED,+un+déshydrateur+de+fruits,+mais+aussi+un+grill,+6+accessoires+et+livre+de+recettes-acier+inoxydable&qid=1597134423&s=kitchen&sr=1-1
There are loads under 200 euros.
Ours cost £160 a couple of years ago, if I recall, but like lots of things, over time, prices come down.
Hi All
Have been missing for a few days as have had bad tum, doc thinks Diverticulitis which was a complete surprise. So I havent been able to eat normally since Sat. I am trying to eat bland and soft food and eggs have been my saviour, boiled, scrambled, omelette.. I have been eating a small slice of Mr PM’s sourdough bread each day as a carrier for eggs. Evenings are very difficult and I have been eating cauli or brocolli mash with butter. Salad is a complete no no atm which is annoying because my tomatoes are ripening like crazy. I havent felt able to eat any meat. Any suggestions welcome.
Hi Ann Thank all good suggestions. I will add some of these things to my C&C for Thurs as until then its a case of whats in the fridge. I will try a small bit of cheese. I am in the middle of a flare up so being super careful. Tonight I am cooking chicken, chorizo, pepper & tin toms for Mr PM to have with pasta so might try a spoonful with my cauli rice. I guess it will be trying things.You could try baking your tomatoes. I always think they are better that way and, I believe cooked tomato is better nutritionally than raw. That would add a little flavour to your cauli or broccoli, or even in an omelette. Or, have you tried roasted, skinned peppers. They are available, ready skinned, in jars in most supermarkets. A finely ground liver pate might be acceptable or a finely ground sausage of some kind (eg polony). How about a soft cheese?
It sounds like you take your paella a lot more seriously than I do. A typical one of mine is literally boiling water, a fish stock cube, dry rice (cooked in the stock) turmeric (for colour) and whatever combination of meat and seafood I decide to chuck in it. Given the carbs in this seafood mix, I might just start chucking chunks of cod in there, in future.Bearing in mind how much of the volume of the dish is rice and how the seafood, etc is spread throughout, I think accurately managing the amount of rice you eat could be a bit of a challenge.
You could try your son on the pretendy? My OH likes it, but prefers the real thing, which is why I mainly do the pretendy if he's out or away, but he doesn't walk away from the plate if it is presented to him with cauli rice.
Or alternatively again, use a small amount of rice, so that the proportions look a bit wonky to begin with, then at the end, add the cauli rice and treat as before. Of course, that might disturb any of the cooked on deliciousness at the bottom of the pan, but it's an option to reduce the carb count substantially, if not to the full potential extent.
Just a thought.
(You can probably tell I enjoy paella - great flavours, but to be fair, in my world, almost anything involving chorizo is a winner.)
When I had diverticulitis the gastro guy told me to ever ever get constipated again. His recommendation, soluble fibre. My easy solution is linseed/flaxseed/chia seed. Its magic stuff which seems to firm up the loose and loosen up the firm at the same time. I started on up to 3 tablespoons a day, then reduced fo one a day. Now just every so often when neededHi All
Have been missing for a few days as have had bad tum, doc thinks Diverticulitis which was a complete surprise. So I havent been able to eat normally since Sat. I am trying to eat bland and soft food and eggs have been my saviour, boiled, scrambled, omelette.. I have been eating a small slice of Mr PM’s sourdough bread each day as a carrier for eggs. Evenings are very difficult and I have been eating cauli or brocolli mash with butter. Salad is a complete no no atm which is annoying because my tomatoes are ripening like crazy. I havent felt able to eat any meat. Any suggestions welcome.
Thanks for your reply. I am never constipated, quite the opposite. Its interesting about flaxseed because my son who has it much worse than me cannot tolerate any seeds. I guess like all gastro issues its a case of trial and error.When I had diverticulitis the gastro guy told me to ever ever get constipated again. His recommendation, soluble fibre. My easy solution is linseed/flaxseed/chia seed. Its magic stuff which seems to firm up the loose and loosen up the firm at the same time. I started on up to 3 tablespoons a day, then reduced fo one a day. Now just every so often when needed
Easiest way is to mix it with yoghurt night before then eat for breakfast.
I can't remember being on such a resticted diet when first diagnosed but do remember it being painful ((hug))
Sent you a pmThanks for your reply. I am never constipated, quite the opposite. Its interesting about flaxseed because my son who has it much worse than me cannot tolerate any seeds. I guess like all gastro issues its a case of trial and error.
Surely there is some nice food ?
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