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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

maglil55 said:
How could you not get out? My mind is buzzing with possibilities. If you were ill, I hope you have fully recovered.
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Well couldn't get out for 5+ weeks because of knee replacement and not driving. Then drove for two days and then fob for garage in basement broke completely. It then took management 6 days to get a new one too me. So now I can do whatever I want but new gates in garage broken! So gates open until fixed. I live on a hill and knee and back don't like it at all.
 
Breakfast - large mug of coffee with unsweetened almond milk and 2tblsp of double cream. Half a cup of kefir to swill the tablets down.
Lunch - homemade mackerel pate (mackerel, obviously! Cottage cheese, double cream, lemon juice, salt and pepper all in a blender until smooth. Added a bit of kefir to loosen it up a bit) and lettuce. Decaf mid afternoon.
Dinner - 2 beef burgers with cheese fried in olive oil and butter and half a sliced onion fried with the burgers. For pudding about 8 raspberries with extra thick double cream.
 
Where do you get the LC rolls from please they look yummy and I need them in my life
 
Friday 9 June bed 6.9 FBG 6.3. @MrsA2 - I've stopped fretting about occasional "out of the ordinary" freak reading. I just accept it happens. Sometimes, there is a reason, sometimes not. I must admit that I test a lot more if I get a freaky reading.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with cheese triangles. Benecol dairy free.

L. Nothing - I ended up with the eldest grandson who actually wanted to do homework!

D. A Caribbean chicken kebab. Got them in the butcher's this morning, and boy, did they have heat! Salad, and Hubby was at it again with "real" chips. I had 4. CC little chocolate pot. 6 of those Muscat grapes. I must admit it is easy to limit the chips, but these Muscat grapes are more difficult.

@Annb - I already knew the road trip to Glasgow was very, very lengthy. I used to drive these roads a lot when I worked. Are your costs met for you when you are required to travel these distances for treatment? Do they even consider how difficult these journeys are? It makes me angry hot on the heels of a certain Green MSP, spending taxpayers money to hire a private cruiser to get her and her entourage to the islands recently.
 
I'm not surprised! My neighbour had both knees done. We're on level ground, though. How are they now? It must have felt like another lockdown.
 
The costs are met - initial fares for self and escort and some costs reimbursed after the return journey. I'm not sure that Neil is up to driving the distance any more, or even that our car will do it. When ever it will be, I'll have to find someone who could go with me. DIL has done it in the past but she's working now. I have a friend who has offered in the past, but she's a teacher and is tied to school working days. It'll turn out allright.
 
B- more dippy eggs, this time with asparagus soldiers. I think my favourite so far as been the crispy Edam. I hope you liked it @Annb it wasn’t my invention though - I’m rereading Dr Bernsteins Diabetes Solution and he mentions it ( although he used sliced processed cheese)
L- salad of leaves, tuna, red pepper, walnuts, olives and avocado. ACV/oo dressing. DGF
D- pork stroganoff with broccoli and zoodles. Mini bar of Montezuma’s Absolute black.
 
I thought I had Edam slices, but when I looked they were Cheddar slices. I tried one lot at 2 minutes and another at one minute in the m/w. 2 minutes was too long, one minute too short. The 2 minute ones were certainly crisper and worked well as "soldiers". I'll try to get some Edam to try again - I think the Cheddar was too "melty" and it needs something more substantial. Still, I enjoyed them.
 
MissMuffett said:
Where do you get the LC rolls from please they look yummy and I need them in my life
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I get them from this company. I buy them in bulk and freeze them. They freeze well.

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I find gouda or maasdam slices work well, often found in Aldi or Lidl. Parmesan too but cooks quicker.
Cut into triangle and optionally sprinkle with paprika works well as replacement crisps or tortilla chips.
Quite nice to gave a bit of crunch occasionally
 

Thats good to know about the cheddar. I only used Edam because it’s all I had - the Coop sliced cheddar tends to stick together in a lump so I can never separate a complete slice. Perhaps I’ll do some market research into different cheeses.
 

I replied to @Annb before I noticed your post. Good to see you’ve already done some market research. I’m not surprised the Gouda and maasdam work well, they are quite similar textured.
I agree it’s the crispness which is appealing - something that can be lacking in a low carb/keto diet sometimes.
 
Tried the eye patch yesterday and very rapidly developed soreness in the exposed eye, so I gave up on that.

Breakfast won't be for a while yet but will be a couple of pork sausages. Just fell asleep briefly over the keyboard and ended up with a massive paragraph of "ddddd...". Obviously haven't had enough sleep.

2nd meal will be spicy chicken and broccoli with a tomato sauce.
 
maglil55 said:
I'm not surprised! My neighbour had both knees done. We're on level ground, though. How are they now? It must have felt like another lockdown.
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Yes it did. Knee very good now. Just nights which are still difficult and have no idea why.
 
Hello all. Just had 2 turkey burgers with cheese on top for lunch, very tasty. I have some mackerel for tea time. Also had a sausage roll from our butcher, also verrrry tasty. Going to do some dead-heading. After my fall, don't want to push my luck! Have a great weekend folks, but look out for thunderstorms, we've been threatened with them here in south lincs. We can do with the rain tho.
 
What is ACV
 
This was my haul from a Farmers market today. Been wanting to get to this monthly one for years but never managed it before as its quite a way away. Did go rather extravagant and didn't look at prices. (Just as well as mostly eye watering!)

The beer, quiche, chutney and sausage rolls are hubby's, the rest is mine! (Though I might share if the boys ask me very very nicely)
4 cheeses, sausages, bacon , short ribs, water kefir

The plastic bottle is filled with fresh nettle and rhubarb kombucha

Question, beef short ribs, slow cooker or airfryer? Google suggests both. I'm thinking slow cooker as need to keep every drop of expensive juices
 

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I think both would be the answer - slow cook and then finish in the AF. That way, they'd be nice and tender, you'd have the gravy/juices, but the meat would be crisped on the sides.

To be honest, I've never liked short ribs and recently I've gone off beef altogther but if you like them, good for you.
 
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