What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

DJC3 said:

I get venison and lots of other game meat delivered from wildandgame.co.uk they are currently offering 20% off first order if anyone wants to try, use code FRIEND at checkout. ( There’s no advantage or kickback to me whether you do or not)

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Thanks for including that last part, saves us mods trying to find out if there's a benefit attached to the one who shares!

And here's another free tip for everyone to use without benefits for me (unless you invite me over for dinner, in which case I'd obviously benefit):

Use your kitchen timer or you'll end up feeling as stupid as I did!



Good thing I marinated enough pork belly pieces for multiple days but only put a one day portion in the oven!
Made the second batch WITH the timer, with much better results.
Had them with an experimental cauliflower mash.

I fried mushrooms, onion, a little bell pepper and a chilli pepper and added soy sauce and some other stuff thinking to have my mash with the meat side dish and the mushroom side dish.
Mushrooms turned out too salty, but the mash was still bland so I simply mixed the two, very tasty solution.

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 Aldi protein bar
Dinner Chinese take away: crispy duck, 3 small pancakes, a smidge of sauce and veggies followed by DGF millionaires shortbread.

I cooked the fish on its own after all because it would have gone off if I'd left it but I didn't eat anything. Just not hungry and anyway, too sore to stand and cut up vegetables. Back to bed now, but I may not stay there too long - my chest is a bit too sore for that.

Brunch - 1 slice slc bread toasted and with roasted cheese on top. Mug of earl grey tea. 1 square 90% Lindtt dark chocolate

Dinner - Large mushroom & onion omlette

Small bit of steak, three well done eggs, fried up leftover veggies for breakfast.
Small sausage rolls from the pie shop for smoko.
Rolled lamb ffore quater roast, veggies, pan juice gravy for lunch.
Cold lamb sandwiches for supper at six.

Yesterday's food
1000hrsB scrambled eggs , bacon, mushrooms
1400hrs L went to beach so just took cold meats , cheese , nuts to snack on
1630hrs D keto curry recipe fond on a keto site with cauliflower rice and hm naan

Breakfast: small bowl of home made granola with milk. Probably too much fruit in it because my BG is up to 16.4. Either that, or it's this darned cold.

2nd meal will be the haddock I cooked off yesterday and I will just have to find the energy to shred some vegetables for a stir fry to go with it. Don't feel very energetic right now but I've just got around to getting dressed - first time in days and that's taken it out of me a bit. After a rest maybe.

Welcome back @RosemaryJackson. @Annb sorry you're unwell again. @MrsA2 I use M&S serrano ham or their pancetta crisps as a very tasty LC replacement for potato crisps. I have also made my own salami crisps in the microwave by just blasting salami slices in the microwave between 2 sheets of kitchen towel. They crisp up as they cool but you have to be careful as they burn easily. It's a bit of trial depending on the power of your microwave.

Tuesday 5 July - bed 8.2 FBG 8.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with ox tongue and coleslaw.

L. Nothing

D. Roast chicken and GF sage and onion stuffing. Spinach, santini tomatoes and walnuts.
Grenade ice cream bar.

Believe it or not, I tackled a pile of ironing today. Mainly because there was a bit of a breeze so it was cooler upstairs with all the windows open.

Wednesday 6 July - bed 9.3 FBG 8.3. No idea what is going on with my BGs. I don't feel unwell so I'm struggling to account for this.

B. TAG and a bit crustless quiche

L. Nothing

D. M&S chicken katsu burger, Emmental cheese slice, exotic mushrooms and a mix of santini tomatoes, avocado and walnuts.

Nick's LC Coconut bar. These things are addictive!

Thursday 7 July - bed 7.7 FBG 8

B. TAG and a bit crustless quiche

L. Nothing

D. Poached salmon fillet, prawns and Marie Rose, 1/2 avocado and santini tomatoes. Strawberries and cream. Too hot for anything else.

Friday 8 July - bed 8 FBG 7.8

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with ox tongue and coleslaw.

L. Bit of crustless quiche.

D. Smoked sausage and an omelette with mushrooms, tomato and bacon bits.

A well iced vodka and diet coke with a slice of orange.

Saturday 9 July - bed 5.8 FBG 7.2 Woo Hoo signs of normality again.

B. TAG and a bit crustless quiche.

L. 5 cherries

D. A bit of a mish mash. 1/2 avocado with prawns and Marie Rose, mini mozzarella with santini tomatoes and walnuts a hot dish of scallops/prawns with a cheesy sauce. Strawberries and cream.

Caught up finally!

B-fried eggs on chopped avocado with chilli sauerkraut.
L- 2 slices deli roast beef spread with mustard and wrapped round a gherkin. Choc chia pud
D-Slow roast belly pork with cracking crackling. Garlicky green beans, broccoli, swede purée and creamy parmesan cabbage. Couple of glasses dry white.
Received 3 new recipe books today by Monya Kilian Palmer - The Keto Kitchen books. I’m a bit addicted to cookery books, I really didn’t need any more but there’s some nice looking stuff in them.
@maglil55 thanks for the reminder about the h/m salami crisps. I remember when you first posted the ‘recipe’, being so happy watching a film at home with a proper film snack!
@Overwhelmed I’ve been a bit erratic with my posting here recently so I’m sorry if you’ve already mentioned it, but how did your HbA1c go? Do you have the results yet?
@Annb sorry you’re still under the weather.
@Antje77 I tell myself every day to put a timer on when I cook. I’ve ruined more saucepans than I can count by wandering out of the room and getting distracted while something is simmering. Exploding boiled eggs are no fun to clear up!

DJC3 said:

B-fried eggs on chopped avocado with chilli sauerkraut.
L- 2 slices deli roast beef spread with mustard and wrapped round a gherkin. Choc chia pud
D-Slow roast belly pork with cracking crackling. Garlicky green beans, broccoli, swede purée and creamy parmesan cabbage. Couple of glasses dry white.
Received 3 new recipe books today by Monya Kilian Palmer - The Keto Kitchen books. I’m a bit addicted to cookery books, I really didn’t need any more but there’s some nice looking stuff in them.
@maglil55 thanks for the reminder about the h/m salami crisps. I remember when you first posted the ‘recipe’, being so happy watching a film at home with a proper film snack!
@Overwhelmed I’ve been a bit erratic with my posting here recently so I’m sorry if you’ve already mentioned it, but how did your HbA1c go? Do you have the results yet?
@Annb sorry you’re still under the weather.
@Antje77 I tell myself every day to put a timer on when I cook. I’ve ruined more saucepans than I can count by wandering out of the room and getting distracted while something is simmering. Exploding boiled eggs are no fun to clear up!

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Hi @DJC3 , thanks for asking about my results and yes my Hba1c is down to 41 so I'm delighted that all my perseverance and hard work paying off . Im still waiting on my full cholesterol breakdown results though . Look forward to seeing or reading some of the recipes you'll cook from the books you just received

Overwhelmed said:

Hi @DJC3 , thanks for asking about my results and yes my Hba1c is down to 41 so I'm delighted that all my perseverance and hard work paying off . Im still waiting on my full cholesterol breakdown results though . Look forward to seeing or reading some of the recipes you'll cook from the books you just received

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Excellent, well done! I’m delighted for you.
Pic of the books in case anyone is looking for some inspiration.

I’ve been a bit extra hectic so think missing 4 days so will just do quick summary I’ve also managed,just about,to keep up with my hm yoghurt and cultured veggies making including a new one today -see photo no 1 - of cherry tomatoes with garlic and basil. Heat has been a challenge though and my beetroot, carrot,ginger and apple one had a volcanic eruption on Friday night I’ve got mason jar plastic pipe tops which allow excess gas to escape but lots of fluid also poured out in the heat! But at least it had an escape route!should be ready in a few days but meanwhile standing it in a bowl!
Breakfasts days : 1 two boiled eggs and lc roll
2 glass of kefir
3 hm yoghurts and seeds plus a few garden berries
4 one slice of bacon and lc toast with one egg
Lunch all days two small portions of hm cultured veggies with some cheese and nuts followed by a few berries and hm yoghurts and a few squares of 100% chocolate
Dinners
Day 1 lamb loin with salads
2 salmon in lemon butter with cauliflower cheese and asparagus
3 hm chicken curry with cauliflower rice
4 steak with salad
Plus every day for pudding sf lemon and lime jelly made up with water plus juice and zest of one lemon plus more hm yoghurt
Still dog sitting - so waiting for it to cool down a bit more before taking the pooch out and also watering the garden. Only another three full days of doggy care now - it’s felt a longish 2weeks we love him to bits but hard to fit in all the other daily stuff too.

Today- Sunday bed 8.3 FBG 7 3 - I really don't get this. I'm hoping it's not the berries.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with ox tongue and coleslaw.

L. Half a keto protein bar.

D. Usual campari and soda and loads of ice.
Rib eye, cauliflower cheese, exotic mushrooms, parmentier celeriac (haven't made that for a while too) and Diane sauce.

I'm staying away from the berries to see what effect that is on my night/morning BGs.

@DJC3 I'd forgotten the timings for the salami crisps. I think it was something like 1 5 mins in a 850 microwave, check and if need be, give it another 30 seconds. I burnt a few trying to do them too quickly and, I was fooled by them not crisping immediately. Must make them again as I'm getting lazy with the serrano ham and the pancetta crisps in M&S.

Annb said:

Breakfast: small bowl of home made granola with milk. Probably too much fruit in it because my BG is up to 16.4. Either that, or it's this darned cold.

2nd meal will be the haddock I cooked off yesterday and I will just have to find the energy to shred some vegetables for a stir fry to go with it. Don't feel very energetic right now but I've just got around to getting dressed - first time in days and that's taken it out of me a bit. After a rest maybe.

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Didn't stir fry - once I'd chopped up all the veggies that needed using up, there was far too much for a stir fry, so I've put them in a baking tray in the oven (with some bacon I found in the bottom of the fridge - also chopped up) and will add the fish once it's all done. There will be rather a lot so I shall have a fair bit left over. In fact, I'm not hungry at all. I feel a stew coming on in the next few days.

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maglil55 said:

Today- Sunday bed 8.3 FBG 7 3 - I really don't get this. I'm hoping it's not the berries.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with ox tongue and coleslaw.

L. Half a keto protein bar.

D. Usual campari and soda and loads of ice.
Rib eye, cauliflower cheese, exotic mushrooms, parmentier celeriac (haven't made that for a while too) and Diane sauce.

I'm staying away from the berries to see what effect that is on my night/morning BGs.

@DJC3 I'd forgotten the timings for the salami crisps. I think it was something like 1 5 mins in a 850 microwave, check and if need be, give it another 30 seconds. I burnt a few trying to do them too quickly and, I was fooled by them not crisping immediately. Must make them again as I'm getting lazy with the serrano ham and the pancetta crisps in M&S.

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in my view chorizo make even better crisps. I haven't made those in a while either.

AndBreathe said:

in my view chorizo make even better crisps. I haven't made those in a while either.

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That’s uncanny! Just reading @maglil55 ‘s post and was wondering if chorizo would work as well. I found a pack of chorizo I’d forgotten about in the fridge earlier. Happy days, I’ll be crisping them tomorrow.

DJC3 said:

Exploding boiled eggs are no fun to clear up!

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Try cleaning unpricked cherry tomato's in the microwave.

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B: yoghurt seeds and blueberries
Strangely high bgs all day, 8s and 7s. Is it the heat?
L: 2 flatbreads with a smear of humus and ham
D: visitors were treated with; roast chicken, gammon, peppers filled with tomato and fennel, courgettes with bacon and cheese, salad, coleslaw, pickled veg. Carb eaters had some spinach puff pastries as well. Pud was a hm lc cheesecake with apricots.
Wine was drunk.
Bg only now down to 6.5
I did drink a second 100g serving of water kefir (1st was yesterday), feeling quite bloated and not quite right. Is this connected to higher than usual bgs? Which comes first? Who knows?

Found a small mre bangers and mash in the fridge, that took care of breakfast after nuking it for five minutes.
No smoko today.
Grilled belly pork slices, veggies, gravy for lunch.
Two chicken legs for supper at six.

Four Gullon chocolate digestive biscuits, pannikin of black billy tea watching prime.tv

Link to the Woolies bangers and mash, they did not rock the bgl to much.

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/693324/woolworths-bangers-mash-chilled-meal