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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a Phd bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Atkins bar
Dinner: Balti chicken curry with cauliflower rice followed by SF strawberry jelly and cream.
 
I have managed a day of good eating compared with recently.
Tea and coffee during the morning.
Lunch - left over bolognaise with green beans.
Dinner - chicken with salad and coleslaw. Didn't work out carbs but low.
Snacks were a few Wicked cashews which are cocao and chia seeds covered. They are 7.2 g carbs for a quarter of the bag and I had a few, not a quarter.
Also... avoided all biscuits and chocolate at work which is a big win. And didn't grab something sweet to eat after dinner. So double win.
 
Steak and fried up leftover veggies for breakfast.
No smoko again, just cordial.
Chicken legs done in Nando's spicy marinade, salad for lunch.
Toasted ham and cheese sandwiches for supper at six.

Things are looking slim with our Woolies online shopping this week, lot of stuff is out of stock or
unavailable. Was trying to get our Friday 9:00 - 12:00 am delivery window back, instead of Saturday.
 
Same as yesterday, stamppot andijvie, as I made enough for three days. :hungry:

Also made a new batch of marmite nuts, and again burned them.
No more marmite nuts until I have a new oven thermometer, this is getting too expensive.

But I also made a new batch of chocolaty nut squares, so a yummy midnight snack is in my very near future!
 
mouseee said:
Chocolaty nut squares??? Please elaborate... :)
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Melt 100 gr of very dark chocolate (85-95% cocoa) with 60 gr of butter and 60 gr of nut butter au bain marie.
Add spices as preferred. I like powdered ginger, chilli powder and powdered cloves.
Add nuts of choice, a lot. Made my current batch with walnuts and almond butter, but you can use any nut butter and all nuts of course.
Put in a shallow container with a baking sheet to set.

Try to find the perfect moment to cut into squares: too early and they'll stick together again, too late and a lot of pieces will fall off.
I usually double or triple the recipe and freeze in small amounts :)
 
Dawny9 said:
Carrot and Coriander soup is low and filling
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Hello, @Dawny9 . Do you make your own soup? I made what is known in our house as ‘salvage soup’ today. The vegetables we have in the fridge that have been there almost a week.
Breakfast Fage full fat yogurt with raspberries, black coffee
Lunch salvage soup with stilton, black coffee
Dinner mushroom omelette, sparkling water
 
Antje77 said:
Melt 100 gr of very dark chocolate (85-95% cocoa) with 60 gr of butter and 60 gr of nut butter au bain marie.
Add spices as preferred. I like powdered ginger, chilli powder and powdered cloves.
Add nuts of choice, a lot. Made my current batch with walnuts and almond butter, but you can use any nut butter and all nuts of course.
Put in a shallow container with a baking sheet to set.

Try to find the perfect moment to cut into squares: too early and they'll stick together again, too late and a lot of pieces will fall off.
I usually double or triple the recipe and freeze in small amounts :)
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Could maybe be my saviour snack....
 
Very odd today. Had bacon and scrambled egg on half a slice of wholemeal toast for breakfast. Very poor night's sleep again so I kind of expected BG to be high but for some reason it keeps dropping into the 3's. Just (1.45) had to grab a bag of crisps to try to bring it up to the 4's if I can. I'd better have a second meal today so it will have to be a cassoulet - that's what I have the ingredients for. Trouble is, getting around to making it. Still very sore and aching (even more new pains today) so actually doing anything is a chore. I guess it's not migraine, after all; it doesn't usually cause pains in the bones as well. So it's probably just some mild infection which will pass. But these little infections usually cause a rise in BG, not a drop.
 
B- fried eggs with Emmental and wilted spinach.
L- SLC roll filled with beef and blue cheese.
Daughter made me a traditional Indian style chai when I got in from a busy morning, using 0carb plant based milk ( can’t remember which), whole spices and erythritol. It was incredibly sweet but, I found I got used to it very quickly which is quite scary. It must have triggered things as I then went on to eat chocolate (85%) nuts and almond butter. Will have to turn down the offer next time sadly.
D- Salmon in lemon butter with a motley selection of tray baked veg, all past their best. DGF brownie and cream.
 
I have almost succeeded with 'perfect' eating... by which I mean I haven't grabbed the carby snacks.

Coffee and tea all morning, left over bolgnaise for lunch - the pile of little boxes for lunches has now gone.
Actually - exactly the same food as yesterday as I had chicken, salad and coleslaw again.
I confess to one spoonful of apple crumble but it didn't lead to any more and I don't want anymore. So that's a positive day.
 
Had trouble getting to sleep last night, then woke early too so ended up with a 6 am breakfast of ff greek seeds and berries.
A trian ride to the big city!!!
L: a Five guys burger in lettuce wrap with mushrooms and pickles Yum! Food I hadn't cooked myself (or bought the ingredients for) a few, very few of hubbys cajun fries
D: 1 bratwurst sausage with Brussels, green beans and celeriac wedges. 6 hazelnuts chopped with 1 sq 85% and ff yog topped with cream. 2 glasses white wine.

Just as well I don't live in a city, I'd have trouble resisting all the easy food on offer. Happy to stay a mud bound country bumpkin , most of the time!
 
I'm way behind again. I'll try to catch up as quickly as possible. Sunday 2 January - bed 9 FBG 6.2 - BGs are all over the place but turns out Hubby & I had covid as well! Hubby just had an annoying tickly cough (as did I) and I still have a stuffy nose. Youngest grandson has it as well so he won't be back to school on Wednesday. I'm clear now apart from the stuffy nose.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with egg mayo.
L. Nothing
D usual campari and soda Gammon joint I glazed with orange, mustard and Monk fruit with cauliflower cheese & a green mix of broccoli/beans/peas. Raspberries & a dash of cream.
 
Monday 3 January - bed 8.9 FBG 7.2. Last 2 days of school holidays. Eldest grandson (now covid free) spent the day at ours building the Lego Death Star.

B. TAG
L. 3 M&S crackers with whipped cheese
D. Remains of yesterday's gammon with tomatoes, 1/2 avocado, mini mozzarella. DGF Christmas pie with cream.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a Carb Killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Atkins bar.
Dinner: pork and apple stuffed chicken with Brussels, green beans and broccoli followed by SF blackcurrant jelly and cream.
 
No breakfast
Lunch at 2:30pm decaff coffee made with coconut milk, slice of cheddar
Dinner: cauliflower rice with creamy chicken curry, low sugar tonic water.
 
DJC3 said:
I’m exactly the same with almond butter! Once opened I have to finish it, it’s seriously addictive. I try not to buy it but it sometimes appears mysteriously in my trolley.
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I'm so glad I loath all nut butters.
 
Bacon, three egg and cheese omelette, tomatoes, button mushrooms for breakfast.
No smoko again, just the lemon cordial mix.
Beef sausages and mashed pumpkin, green veggies with a diced up raw onion mixed in, gravy for lunch.
Cheddar cheese on low carb toast for supper at six.

My new mobile has been dropping out again, getting sick of ALDI Mobile, so have ordered a new sim carb with another telco and I will port my old number across to the new service when it arrives.
 
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