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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Busy old day today
Very early breakfast of yoghurt and strawberries
Brunch of cooked breakfast (sausage, bacon, mushrooms, fried egg, small amount of beans)
Afternoon snack of a peperami, cheese and a Fibre One bar whilst helping out at my local football club (very hectic!)
Dinner of what seemed to be a mountain of chicken strips in a mixed salad
 
Our Covid story has move to a different phase again, (grown up) daughter and I felt coldy yesterday so went for drive through Covid tests yesterday, results this morning, I’m positive, daughter is negative but convinced she has it. Despite feeling a bit under the weather, I’ve eaten fairly normal (for me) stuff and blood sugars have been surprisingly low!
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and Fibre One caramel protein bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and coffee chia pudding.
Dinner: minted mini lamb koftas with Brie and coleslaw followed by SF blueberry jelly, cream and LC vanilla and raspberry granola.
 
Happy belatd birthday, @PenguinMum !
PenguinMum said:
@Antje77 if only the GPs and bunnies liked soup it would solve the problem.
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I've just had a look at the soup and I don't trust it. I think it isn't supposed to have lots of tiny air bubbles.
It's a waste, but I'll eat something else. Not sure what though, as expected I'm floored after today so not very motivated to make something to eat, although I'm rather hungry by now.

I have 5 wonderful new guinea pigs though: two elderly ladies (5 and 6) , who can live out the last part of their lives with me, two very cute and very little girls, just old enough to be without their mother, I think about 5 weeks old, and one very fat lady who is picking a fight with everyone. Hope she settles down a bit
 
Pub meal last night. Monkfish on courgette and aubergine with a romanesco sauce. No idea what was in the sauce but it was very tasty, and wasn't served with carbs, but with a garnish of whole almonds!!! Wasn't marked as low carb but must have been.
Just a glass of wine as service was abysmal so came home for a cheese plate with M&S seedy crackers

Brunch today of bacon and scrambled egg.
Too many bites of hubbys ice cream mid afternoon
D: fathead pizza with fresh tomatoes and ham topping. Sliced strawberry with a spoonful of cream cheese mixed with cream. 1 small glass of red watered down by half.
 
@Rachox sorry to hear of your covid troubles. Any idea how you all got it? Wishing you all mild cases
 
MrsA2 said:
@Rachox sorry to hear of your covid troubles. Any idea how you all got it? Wishing you all mild cases
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Possibly from hubby’s work place just before holiday or while we were away? Thanks for you best wishes, none of us are particularly unwell at the mo. We are all double jabbed so hopefully we won’t get sicker
 

You've reminded me to put the remaining soup in pots in the fridge, @Antje77, thanks for that!

I did have a bowl of the veggie soup about 2.30 because my BG was beginning to drop. Really enjoyed it but BG continued to drop until I had to have one of my stand-by packets of crisps to get it into range around 6 o'clock.
 
Annb said:
You've reminded me to put the remaining soup in pots in the fridge, @Antje77, thanks for that!
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Glad to hear my wasted soup has had some good use! Sometimes it hits me how oddly amazing it is that I can do something here, in the Netherlands which makes a direct change to something on your side of the North Sea, or the other way around of course. Like saving your soup, or surprising myself with cooking something someone mentioned on here right the same day

I solved the dinner problem with two slices of LC bread, one with a generous portion of halloumi, one with cheese, chorizo, tomato and mayonnaise.
Lunch on the road was chicory leaves with hummus, sharing the chicory with the new guinea pigs in their travel cage in the back seat
 
Antje77 said:
currently have 11 piggies, 14 is the perfect amount for some unknown reason, so if I get 4 or 5 I should be good for the next year at least
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Mmmmm! Cavy curry is very tasty in South America.

You will have a years worth.
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
@Rachox hope you and your family get over this quickly, also hoping you have not got the "delta" strain.
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Thank you for your concern, the Delta variant is the dominant strain at the mo in the U.K. so I guess we may have it
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
Mmmmm! Cavy curry is very tasty in South America.

You will have a years worth.
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At the shelter I've paid 15 euros a piece, and while they're very tasty (yes, I've had guinea pig, very fatty, tasty meat, nothing like rabbit, much closer to pork) that's too expensive for my tastes. Lots of annoying small bones as well.
So I'll just feed the piggies instead of the other way around
 
BG a bit too high today - don't know why but it was high last night, and through the night. Must have done something. I did make cupcakes with Em, but I didn't eat any - honest! She's coming back today to finish them off (they have small rollos in them and she wants to finish them with chocolate cream and another mini rollo on top). I will not touch them, I promise.

Breakfast: last 2 rashers of bacon and 2 eggs - all dry fried.

Lunch: mushroom soup. Still lots left, so I must get it into the freezer, because I shan't use any more of it for a few days.

The soup isn't very filling, so I might need another bit of a meal later. If so, it will be a watercress salad.
 
I was just grumbling about having to go shopping and cooking today because of the soup gone off, when my neighbour called to tell me I should come over to get a portion of broad beans.
I love broad beans!

Got almost a bucket full, and I like them much better fresh than frozen, so I'll be eating lots of broad beans in the next few days
Anyone got a favourite recipe to share?

 

My mother used to cook beans of all sorts but I don't think she really knew what she was doing and they were never very palatable. But recently I have been trying French beans and really enjoyed them, so I'm keen to try other beans when I can get hold of them - including broad beans. Oddly, the easiest beans to get hold of here are frozen edamame and, occasionally French beans (fresh). Not too keen on the frozen ones but I do rather like the idea of fresh broad beans. Are they very carby though?
 
Antje77 said:
Anyone got a favourite recipe to share?
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Simply take some cooked broad beans (out of skins), mash with garlic, olive oil and grated parmesan to taste. Use as dip, or on pasta, crackers etc. Can make it fancier by adding mint or coriander or anchovies
 
Annb said:
Are they very carby though?
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About 4 grams per 100 gr

I eat lots of different green beans: runner beans, string beans, snow peas, none of them seem to affect my BG much.
Fresh broad beans are a special treat. They're rather expensive to buy fresh, especially as more half the weight is the outer bean which is thrown away. You only eat the inside, like you do with green peas.
The frozen ones taste pretty good as well, but not as good as fresh

Today I got them for free (apart from expecting my neighbour to come over for a beer of course) and I'll thoroughly enjoy them!
MrsA2 said:
Simply take some cooked broad beans (out of skins), mash with garlic, olive oil and grated parmesan to taste. Use as dip, or on pasta, crackers etc. Can make it fancier by adding mint or coriander or anchovies
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What a good idea!
I might have a look if I can find some young nettles in the garden, I think they'll go very well in your recipe. I expect this to be very good as an add on on a LC cheese sandwich
 
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