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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Another super sunny day started with a long dog walk then still got to the beach around 8am for an early dip before it got too crowded. Black coffee while I was warming up.
B- at home, cheese omelette and sauerkraut
Linner (at 3pm) chicken pie - mine with a Fat head dough crust. Roast broccoli and cauli, garlicky greens. Couple of glasses of wine and a small piece of blue cheese to go with it.
Hoping not to eat any more but thd last couple of evenings I’ve succumbed to late night chocolate ( 109% black or DG( keto but I’d still rather not be doing this)
 
Gardening day today and happy to have got my tomatoes planted out into a sunny spot.
Just black coffee until lunchtime then two boiled eggs and half a LC roll and hm rhubarb with yoghurt and 100% chocolate
Mid pm slice of LC toasted fruit loaf
Starter for dinner of crudites and hummus and glass of ACV in water main roast chicken with roast asparagus and glass of dry white wine then LC cake and decaffeinated coffee.
Busy week ahead building up to youngest son's wedding later in the week. Complex as eldest autistic son not well enough to be there sadly but it will be so lovely for me to have some respite and be celebrating with our youngest and carb counting won't be part of the day!
 
One of my go-to recipes when family members are joining us for lunch is walnut and mushroom nut roast. It can be prepared and cooked in advance and it's equally nice hot with a selection of veggies or cold with salad. Best of all, it's enjoyed by vegetarians and meat-eaters alike.

Once the ingredients are combined, I use eggs and flax egg to bind the mixture, so the customary methods using high-carb breadcrumbs and/or wheat flour are not needed.

B: Two eggs scrambled in butter with a generous dollop of double cream, sauteed chestnut mushrooms and a tomato, garnished with chopped, flat-leaf parsley and seasoned with one or two grindings of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablets, followed by an espresso.

L: Walnut and mushroom nut roast made with leeks, eggs and flax egg, garlic and rosemary. Vegetable traybake with broccoli, cauliflower, red peppers and leeks, Mixed green salad of lettuce, watercress, chicory dressed with an olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette and topped with macadamia nuts roasted in butter.
Bank holiday pud made with cream cheese, double cream, lemon juice, vanilla extract and erythritol decorated with raspberries and lemon zest. Water to drink.

D: Assorted cheeses with salad made from lettuce, Romano peppers, celery, salad onions, cherry tomatoes, black olives, dressed with a garlic and mint vinaigrette scattered with pecan halves.
Water to swallow tablets.
 
Sunday 28 May bed 6.2 FBG 6.7. Despite the warm weather, I continued my deep, clean exploits. Plus, thanks to the Marathon, it was mostly an undisturbed weekend. Hubby was not overjoyed as I did need help to lift mattresses so that I could move beds to get underneath. How do kiddies manage to get so much rubbish under beds???

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with Ploughman's Pate. Benecol dairy free.

L. Nothing

D. M&S pork chop with lemon & chilli. Portobello mushroom, spinach, santini tomatoes, cauliflower patty, and 1 onion ring. Usual campari and soda and later CC little chocolate pot.

I was surprised that Amazon managed to deliver today, although he confirmed the traffic was still awful (and that was at 6 pm).
 
I think I need to know more about this roast.
I have absolutely no idea how to imagine this dish but I like all ingredients so I think I want to make it!

No groceries done for almost a week. Usually I do them after swimming (tuesday and friday) with an extra chance after circuit training (sunday).
But I had a zoom meeting on friday and decided I could stretch things until today. Which was helped by a neighbour down the road having his birthday party yesterday: Lots of barbecue meat and green salad, some peanuts too, and too much alcohol.

I somehow completely missed the fact that it's a bank holiday today, so no circuit training. I did go for a drive to pick up my new solar panels happy and thought to buy some food on my way back but supermarkets were closed as well.
Good thing the grass, clover and dandelions are growing high at the moment to supplement the guinea pigs food: their veggies have been rationed for a couple of days now, and so are mine.

Which made me end up with an odd but surprisingly good meal of a slice of low carb bread with sauerkraut (supermarket and in a vacuum package, only 2 months past use by date, tasted fine) and 'rookworst', a type of smoked and very juicy sausage.
 
Everyone's food sounds so lovely! I'm in a bit of a rut at the moment so definitely eyeing up what everyone else is having.

B: Coffee with cream. Almond flour waffles with sweetener and strawberries, bit of sugar-free syrup.

L: Leftovers from dinner (chicken thighs with salsa and coleslaw) made into a salad and eaten in the park in the sunshine - tomato and avocado salsa mixed with avocado and sour cream dressing and roasted garlic coleslaw. I added cucumber and some grated cheese to bulk it out since there was no leftover chicken.

Couple of pistachio nuts and a birthday cake Grenade bar. First time trying one and the carb count was mostly polyols which I am fine with, so gave it a go. It was nice but not a patch on my beloved salted caramel Fulfil bars.

D: Got home late so an emergency kebab was ordered with lots of salad and no bread.

We did some foraging and I have yet to figure out a way to make sugar-free elderflower syrup, so I have a traditional batch on the go.

It reminded me of Teisseire sugar-free elderflower syrup which to me, is indistinguishable from the real thing and I've been drinking it for years, so I thought I'd mention it as we're getting into that time of year and elderflower is LOVELY.
 
Didn't break my fast until about 11 or 12, so is that breakfast or lunch?
Portobello mushrooms cooked in butter and garlic, served on 2 slices HiLo bread, with a thin sliver of blue cheese. Sliver was thin because it was Kentish Blue from the farm shop and a 100g piece was £3.71 so it's rationed but did taste very good. Luckily it's quite stong so a little goes a long way.

Loads of gardening then clearing out the garage and resultant visit to the dump
Mid afternoon lc yoghurt jelly in place of the ice cream I was craving

D: roast pork, courgettes cooked in butter, green beans and broccoli.
1 dgf triple brownie, so very good. 1 glass red wine
 
Antje77 said:
I think I need to know more about this roast.
I have absolutely no idea how to imagine this dish but I like all ingredients so I think I want to make it!
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The classic vegetarian nut roast is made by combining milled nuts, breadcrumbs and diced or sliced vegetables in a large bowl. You make a roux with butter, flour and stock and add to the nut mixture along with eggs, herbs and seasonings, then transfer everything to a greased non-stick loaf tin, Bundt tin or baking dish.

Increasing insulin resistance means I would prefer to avoid the breadcrumbs and the flour, so I've adapted my nut roast recipes using extra eggs plus a flax 'egg' and vegetable stock.
 
I'll go do some googling, never heard of a nut roast before but it sounds very tasty!
 
Only tea so far and I have a Zoom class shortly, so there will be nothing until about 11.30. Might have a few peanuts to keep the hunger pangs away (they've already started even though I frequently leave eating until 11.30 or later - psychological hunger is all it is).

Then it will be an attempt at "menenem" for breakfast.
2nd meal will be Asian flavoured chicken. Something like sweet and sour, but no sweetener or sugar. Maybe hot and sour?
 
Antje77 said:
I'll go do some googling, never heard of a nut roast before but it sounds very tasty!
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Yes, tasty and versatile. My walnut and mushroom nut roast is equally scrumptious hot with a selection of veggies or cold with salad. Leftovers (my family seldom leaves any, but if necessary I have a cunning plan) are handy for packed lunches. Cut into squares, topped with, say, a gherkin or an olive and speared with a cocktail stick, useful when entertaining.
 
Kefir First thing before heading out
Lunchtime picnic three boiled eggs and a few squares of 100% chocolate.
Dinner ACV in water and a few veg crudites with spoon of hummus main leftover roast chicken with salads and glass of red wine - well it's a bank holiday! Pudding lc cake and decaffeinated coffee.
 
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Today:

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, slices of avocado and tiger prawns seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablets, followed by espresso.

L: Courgetti alla puttanesca made with anchovies, black olives, capers, canned tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, butter, parsley and spiralized courgettes. Steamed French beans garnished with a knob of butter.
Raspberries and Greek-style full fat yoghurt. Water to drink.

D: Crab salad made with lettuce, fennel fronds, celery and cherry tomatoes dressed with olive oil and a touch of lemon juice, topped with toasted pumpkin seeds.
Water to swallow tablets.
 
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 a food dr bar.
Dinner: meatballs in tomato and mascarpone sauce with brocolli, cauliflower and runner beans.

 
Cwc
Ff greek with seeds and a small pear, all sprinkled with a quarter of a teaspoon cocoa powder . Felt very indulgent for breakfast.
Walking a friend
L: lettuce leaves spread with cream cheese and topped with smoked salmon. Boys were on salmon and cream cheese bagels, but mine tasted soo much nicer! A bit of the Kentish Blue.
A dgf triple choc brownie.

A garden job cutting back huge clematis climber that had died. It covered the garage so ladders and lots of overhead lifting involved. Very satisfying hard work.

D: a sort of curried hash using up yesterday's cold pork with green beans and other veg in sauce of curry paste and yoghurt.
Boys had proper rhubarb and ginger crumble. I had a bit of the rhubarb on top of a yoghurt jelly.

Used a tablespoon or so of the rhubarb and ginger juices to make a drink when topped up with soda water. Felt good to have a different drink
 
So back to yesterday.
Brekkie usual slice LC toast and good butter, copious (Octopus )tea.
Lunch was small avocado and 14 prawns, spoon Marie Rose sauce.
Supper was 1 cold sausage, 1 think pork slice and one chicken slice which had been marinated in Mango, chilli and coconut, left over from Sunday bbq and large spoon of roasted Med veg. Preceded by Rangpur lime gin & soda.
Today same brekkie.
Lunch will be egg mayo on lettuce.
Supper will be chicken breast with liberal spicing and remainder of roasted Med veg. Easy for Mr PM to cook as I am having an eye injection lunchtime today so will be avoiding everything for rest of the day.
 
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