What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[ziggy_w]

Good morning all,

Yes, another dark chocolate lover here, @Mauriac. My favorite right now is Hachez with 88% cocoa content and 13g of carbs per 100g.
@Goonergal -- Those trimmed pieces of lamb covered in fat and then airfried look to die for.
@Chook -- Hugs for the high fasting levels and the stressful morning.

Yesterday ...

Breakfast: Double decaffeinated espresso with cream and erythritol. Half a DD keto roll with mayonnaise and smoked salmon.

Lunch: Nothing, but two pieces of 88% chocolate while out and about.

Dinner: Two drumsticks and a chicken breast piece from KFC with most of the breading (approx 95%) removed. A piece of white chocolate experiment gone awry.

 

[Mauriac]

Like this. Took me a long time to figure it out too. I work off an iPad so it might look a bit different on a phone/laptop/desktop.

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I don't get that box when I highlight text. Maybe it's because I'm on a Macbook?

 

[Mauriac]

@Mauriac the gins look pretty Dont they? I’m experimenting so I can give some of the nicest ones for Christmas presents. Trouble is, at the rate I’m sampling them I’m not sure there will be any left!

Please add me to your Christmas present list.

 

[maglil55]

I told Em that, one day next week (before my hospital appointment) we could have a proper afternoon tea, when she comes from school, and maybe invite Mum to come along. She was very enthusiastic and promptly included Dad, if it can be Wednesday - his day off. But Wednesday is the day that her big sister's 2 children visit their gran (DIL) and Shen (No 2 son), this gives the heavily pregnant big sister, a bit of a rest on one day a week. So Em decided that they could also be invited. Not sure how this fits in with the new restrictions though. They are all under 11, so they shouldn't count against the numbers allowed, but technically, that would make it 3 households. We might have to make it Tuesday instead, with no extra guests, other than DIL.

Had a late breakfast of the remaining dhal with roasted cauliflower. Not sure yet what to have later.

Spoke to the diabetes nurse and she reckons I should stop taking Metformin on Monday and not take it again until the following Monday. She wants me to phone again once I have my letter from the hospital, to discuss the instructions given and see what to recommend to the Surgical ward about insulin.

@Annb - it's a crazy rule and I've never seen how on earth you police it. Answer? They can't. Bottom line, the issue is the increasing infections in Glasgow, Clydeside & Lanarkshire. She totally locked down Grampian for a lot less. Why the reluctance to restrict movement on a West Coast hot spot?

 

[Antje77]

Are low carb crisps nice? How low is low?

Hope your bread making goes well. I made it for the first time since chilhood this summer and was surprised how easy it was. The first lot I made was with a bread mix and it was incredibly easy but even making it for scratch was pretty straightforward using Felicity Cloake's recipe on the Guardian website.

Thanks for the reassurance on bread making, I hope I'll be surprised by how easy it is too!

I don't know if low carb crisps are good, it was simply the cheapest item to take my order over 15 euros!

If you want real good low carb crisps (provided you like cheese) you can easily make these
Very thinly slice or grate a hard cheese, like Gouda or cheddar.
Put on baking sheet and zap for about 3 minutes in the microwave.
They should be very crispy when cooled, not chewy. If they are chewy, zap for a bit longer.

I like to add things like paprika, chilli powder or curry powder to the cheese before zapping.

 

[maglil55]

Maglil - for me, that link takes me to the Morrisons' login page.

Possibly because I went through the App. There it is now

It says not suitable for home freezing but I did and it was fine.

 

[maglil55]

Bed 7.1 FBG 7.8 yesterday. No idea why other than I'd had a rotten night with leg issues. @annabell1 - nice to see you and well done on your ac1. Your chicken looked delicious by the way. @Antje77 - no way am I telling grandsons about "lick fingers" even although it made me laugh. The youngest is continually being told off for licking his brother (which he does to annoy him).
Friday -
B. 2 scrambled eggs and 1 slice of LC toast with lurpack. Usual TAG.
L. Slice of mortadella, another TAG and a Lotus biscuit.
D. 1/4 of a spatchcock chicken with chilli and a few veggie chips. 2 squares of Lindt 90%.

@DJC3 - Weighed myself for the first time since I told you I'd held my weight post 10 week challenge. I've lost another 5 lbs. Only change was I've been more active with schools back but I hadn't been using MFP to record everything. Having filled in quite a few entries now it seems I've had more than a few very low carb days as well as some very low calorie days. Maybe mixing it up is the answer for me.

 

[DCUKMod]

Possibly because I went through the App. There it is now

It says not suitable for home freezing but I did and it was fine.View attachment 43918View attachment 43919

Thanks @maglil55

 

[maglil55]

I meant to show you my latest gin infusion experiments - I have tasted a tiny tot of each of them so it still fits in with the thread title. They are strawberry, blackberry ( made with stewed, seived blackberries) double strength orange and raspberry. So far strawberry is my favourite surprisingly. The bits of bleached strawberry floating about are very offputting though - they look like lumps of flesh. View attachment 43910

They look delicious and very pretty colours.
@zauberflote - I may have put YYY Delilah in your head but your mention of Virginia immediately started John Denver's Take me home, Country Roads running through my head and I can't shift it even although it was West Virginia.

 

[Chook]

Good morning all!

@Mauriac - I don't really eat much chocolate but my favourites are 90% Godiva and 70% Lindt - both freeze well. @zauberflote is right, they needs to be nibbled and allowed to melt on your tongue.

@DJC3 - those gins look very pretty and interesting - I'm with @Mauriac in wanting to be added to you Christmas present list. I get Naked Glory from Asda - its a chicken substitute in various flavours and it tastes and the mouth feel is very much like chicken thigh. Some other supermarkets do different varieties which I haven't tried like mince or burgers. Tesco does a range of good meat substitutes called Alt which a friend highly recommended so I've bought both the lamb and the beef varieties. I'm told they taste very 'realistic' in fact too realistic for my friend's semi vegan daughter.I

FBGs are a bit lower today at 11.2. I had another turbulent night with vivid dreams and wakeful periods. Finally woke up with a bit if a sore throat and earache, so maybe I am brewing a cold or something.

Today

Breakfast: The last of the delicious M&S Arbroath kippers with a squeeze of fresh lime

Dinner: will be an experiment - we have family coming for dinner and I wanted something we could all eat - home made fish pie (three kinds of fish and prawns in a fennel, white wine, garlic and cream sauce with a mashed celeriac and cheese topping) served with asparagus, courgettes and wilted chard. Dessert will be the last of the raspberries and blackberries from the garden.

 

[Mauriac]

Thanks for the reassurance on bread making, I hope I'll be surprised by how easy it is too!

I don't know if low carb crisps are good, it was simply the cheapest item to take my order over 15 euros!

If you want real good low carb crisps (provided you like cheese) you can easily make these
Very thinly slice or grate a hard cheese, like Gouda or cheddar.
Put on baking sheet and zap for about 3 minutes in the microwave.
They should be very crispy when cooled, not chewy. If they are chewy, zap for a bit longer.

I like to add things like paprika, chilli powder or curry powder to the cheese before zapping.

I don't have a microwave. Do you think they would work in an oven? They look and sound absolutely yummy.

Possibly because I went through the App. There it is now

It says not suitable for home freezing but I did and it was fine.

You rebel.

@Mauriac - I don't really eat much chocolate but my favourites are 90% Godiva and 70% Lindt - both freeze well. @zauberflote is right, they needs to be nibbled and allowed to melt on your tongue.

I'm working on that one.

Incidentally, I saw a post from someone which mentioned making home made LC crackers but I can't find it now. Does anyone have a recipe for these please and how LC are they? I normally buy Nairn's Oatcakes but looked at them in the supermarket yesterday and sadly they are quite high in carbs.

 

[Antje77]

I don't have a microwave. Do you think they would work in an oven? They look and sound absolutely yummy.

Yes, oven works perfect! I forgot how long they need, but that's easily found out by trying

Incidentally, I saw a post from someone which mentioned making home made LC crackers but I can't find it now. Does anyone have a recipe for these please and how LC are they?

You might like to try out fat head dough, people make all sorts of things with it, including crackers. Haven't tried them myself, though.

I had a couple of beers, so gone is my common sense.
I wanted this, so I googled for it in the Netherlands. This mug bread wasn't available but they had a bread mix by the same brand. And other bread mixes from different brands which sounded interesting. And then it turned out you need to spend a minimum of 15 euros to order (and still pay for postage). By then I was sure I wanted bread (salivating as I type) so I just spent 20 euros on 3 different bread mixes plus a bag of low carb crisps to get to this 15 euros.

The bread craving is still strong, so I thought to visit my local bakery to see if things have changed since I last went there, years ago.
They did have a low carb loaf left, apparently 'half the carbs of normal bread' (she couldn't find the leaflet with information on it), so baker and I had a fun time trying to work out how many carbs a slice. I was still in doubt because of not liking the low carb breads I tried a couple of years ago, and then she decided to give me the loaf for free to try

So I have just eaten a delicious slice of bread with butter and cheese and a gamble with the insulin dose. Now to wait and see what happens

 

[zauberflote]

To all who must have thought I ate no supper yesterday-- ha! I ate supper after I posted, but forgot to say so.
@maglil55 haha I was never a fan of John Denver but having lived in rural West Virginia for three formative years, I deeply empathise with the sentiment.
@Chook hugs for your creeping crud-- may it rush away soon!
@Mauriac no really, you HAVE to try the choco-melt technique! I would hate all dark chocolates if I chewed a mouthful up-- it would taste like dirty sawdust and be hard to swallow besides! The melting brings out the creaminess, the inherent sweetness, and the bouquet and flavor. I know I sound like a wine snob lolol but it's how to get the biggest bang for your buck/quid (Quid, right?) and it's not cheap! I make LC cracker things but I don't think it's me you're looking for. I make flax crisps. Flax meal has, depending on who you consult, 1/5 or 1/4 of its carbs as net carbs. My 2 tbsp (sorry haven't converted to g) have 1g net carbs. Here we have to subtract fiber carbs from total carbs to get the number your labels list as "carbs". The recipe is simple-- equal parts flax and water, let sit for some minutes to soak up water, add water to make a pourable but not runny batter, spread thinly on parchment in microwave, nuke for about 1 minute per tbsp of flax, YMMV depending on your microwave. I use 6 tbsp flax, 8 tbsp water plus at least one more after sitting, and nuke for 8 minutes plus sometimes 30 sec more. They can be flavored however you like, but no fat or sweetener-- it will catastrophize itself! I use cinnamon, lots of it.

It really fills a "carb hole" for me, is very good for what ails you, and my serving (the pic is after I've eaten half) has 3g carbs. Yay! PS I just read where you say you have no microwave-- this can certainly work in the oven; I've just never done it so can't advise!

 

[Mauriac]

Yes, oven works perfect! I forgot how long they need, but that's easily found out by trying

You might like to try out fat head dough, people make all sorts of things with it, including crackers. Haven't tried them myself, though.

The bread craving is still strong, so I thought to visit my local bakery to see if things have changed since I last went there, years ago.
They did have a low carb loaf left, apparently 'half the carbs of normal bread' (she couldn't find the leaflet with information on it), so baker and I had a fun time trying to work out how many carbs a slice. I was still in doubt because of not liking the low carb breads I tried a couple of years ago, and then she decided to give me the loaf for free to try

So I have just eaten a delicious slice of bread with butter and cheese and a gamble with the insulin dose. Now to wait and see what happens

Thanks. I looked at several recipes for fat head dough but they all require a microwave. I looked on Amazon to see if there was any ready made but there wasn't. Perhaps I should just accept that bread and crackers are just things I don't eat any more - at least until I've got my BS and weight more under control. Speaking of which, I just took two 2 hour post-lunch readings and was pleasantly surprised that ,despite a 45g carb meal, I got a 6.7 and a 6.5. Then I remembered that (unusually) I'd had a large glass of wine with the meal.

Speaking of freebies, I bought some fruit and veg at the greengrocer yesterday and he gave me 3 lovely looking Bramley apples from his own garden. As they have to be peeled of course, which will remove a lot of the fibre, I wasn't sure about the carb content but my partner stewed them with a little sugar and is eating them. He said they are lovely and I should ask for some more! The greengrocer said he had loads and they were otherwise just going to waste so I might pop in next week and ask and if he gives me some more stew one but with Splenda rather than sugar and see what effect it has on my bs levels.

Sorry to witter on.

 

[zauberflote]

Bfast avocado, pecans/avo oil, boiled egg, 3 nibbles Lindt 90%, flax crisps/dilute soymilk
Afternoon will have something from the standard menu, don't know what yet.
Supper I hope to make chicken salad with (don't shun me!!) canned chicken, cucumber (oops have no celery!), pecans, mayo. MrZF gets chicken Waldorf salad, so to his I add apple and raisins. Then, me cont'd, spinach/hm dressing, flax crisps/dilute soy
I am softenjng butter for tomorrow's lunch dessert, ginger molasses crinkles or molasses ginger cookies. They were VERY popular a few weeks ago. This time I am making myself some too, using almond flour and erythritol. I will have to leave the molasses in, or they won't taste right. So my almond flour is kept in the freezer, and here's what happens!

 

[Antje77]

Thanks. I looked at several recipes for fat head dough but they all require a microwave.

Do you have a food processor? The microwaving is only to melt the ingredients a little for mixing them, but not necessary!

 

[Mrs T 123]

@maglil55 fish looks lovely, I will have to try it.

@Antje77 Cheese crisps - great idea

Brunch - 2 slices of toast and butter, mug of earl grey and double cream.

Dinner will be breast of chicken with large salad.

I think I will head out for a walk while it is still dry but not sunny - wee chill in the air - hopefully do 10,000 steps - I can't be bothered but once I get going I'll be fine.

 

[Mauriac]

Do you have a food processor? The microwaving is only to melt the ingredients a little for mixing them, but not necessary!

Yes, I do. I"ll give them a go. I'll go to Wholefoods next week and buy some almond flour and some of the flax seed flour that ZF mentioned. Perhaps I can trade in my wheat flour.

@Mauriac no really, you HAVE to try the choco-melt technique! I would hate all dark chocolates if I chewed a mouthful up-- it would taste like dirty sawdust and be hard to swallow besides! The melting brings out the creaminess, the inherent sweetness, and the bouquet and flavor. I know I sound like a wine snob lolol but it's how to get the biggest bang for your buck/quid (Quid, right?) and it's not cheap! I make LC cracker things but I don't think it's me you're looking for. I make flax crisps. Flax meal has, depending on who you consult, 1/5 or 1/4 of its carbs as net carbs. My 2 tbsp (sorry haven't converted to g) have 1g net carbs. Here we have to subtract fiber carbs from total carbs to get the number your labels list as "carbs". The recipe is simple-- equal parts flax and water, let sit for some minutes to soak up water, add water to make a pourable but not runny batter, spread thinly on parchment in microwave, nuke for about 1 minute per tbsp of flax, YMMV depending on your microwave. I use 6 tbsp flax, 8 tbsp water plus at least one more after sitting, and nuke for 8 minutes plus sometimes 30 sec more. They can be flavored however you like, but no fat or sweetener-- it will catastrophize itself! I use cinnamon, lots of it. View attachment 43934
It really fills a "carb hole" for me, is very good for what ails you, and my serving (the pic is after I've eaten half) has 3g carbs. Yay! PS I just read where you say you have no microwave-- this can certainly work in the oven; I've just never done it so can't advise!

I was only joking and do know how much better it is to slowly melt chocolate rather than just chewing it. The bars I am buying at the moment from Waitrose are really thick and they seem a bit of a mouthful to let melt in your mouth so I really need to cut them in half. I will definitely do that next time.

Thanks for the recipe. When I get the time and have bought the flax seed flour I will try them in the oven.

 

[Annb]

FBG 8.5. I seem to have about the right level of insulin overnight.

Waiting (as is often the case) for my cleaning lady to arrive - meant to be about 10 am today. So, after I got everything off the floors ready for her, it was almost 10 so I did without breakfast and just snacked on a few roasted, spiced nuts. At 10 am, Neil suggested I just went ahead with what I had planned for the day (making pastry and a sponge cake for the tea party on Wednesday). Then I realised that I didn't have as many eggs as I thought, because I intended having eggs for my meal this afternoon. So, made 2 lots of pastry - a sweet shortcrust and a plain shortcrust. Didn't make the sponge. I'll have to leave that until Monday, when Neil will get me some eggs.

Cleaning lady didn't turn up at all, so I made my meal at 5 o'clock - mushrooms, bacon and 2 eggs - all fried. Now I'll go and put everything back on the floor. She won't come tomorrow and I'll be too busy this week for her to come before Friday. I should say something to her, but I know she's having a difficult time just now and I don't want to upset her. Better have a go at the floors myself.

Edited to add: I meant to mention - I seem, somehow, to have lost about 10lb in the last couple of months. I've been trying to lose weight for years, without much success and suddenly it seems to be happening - long may it last. It didn't last time.

 

[Goonergal]

Evening all

@ziggy_w the lamb was indeed to die for
@Mauriac fathead dough can be made on the hob - no need for a microwave. I’m another very dark chocolate fan, although I’m trying to wean myself off it as unlike others on here one or two squares is never enough. The Waitrose 1 90% is delicious.

Wore myself out today going a tad too fast on my walk. Lovely to be out in the sun (well, in and out sun).

Made a detour for brunch - was passing reasonably close to my favourite cafe near the old office, so decided to head there for bacon, eggs and grated cheese. Added about 2.5 miles to the walk, but well worth it.

Dinner was the 2 Barnsley chops bought with the offcuts of lamb yesterday.

Rehydrating and resting on the sofa now.