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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Friday 254

Evening all,

Today:

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado, seasoned with black pepper and a wedge of Harbourne Blue goat's milk cheese.
Water to swallow tablet.
Double espresso.

L: Packed lunch made with leftover hazelnut, walnut and almond roast.
Romano peppers, celery sticks and baby plum tomatoes with chicory boats for scooping and a dollop of home-made mayonnaise for dipping.
Prawns and brown shrimps.
Pistachios and roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to drink.

Mid-afternoon: black filter coffee

D: Smoked salmon and cream cheese salad made with lettuce, celery, baby plum tomatoes, salad onions and Romano peppers, dressed with olive oil, lemon verbena 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 phd bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Aldi protein bar.
Dinner: LC roll with cream cheese, salmon and coleslaw.

 
Mid morning 3 proper chocolate biscuits at a stressful meeting. No excuses, knew what I was doing and went for it.
L: Stilton and a small avocado on seed crackers.
Mid afternoon hm lc cherry muffin
D: chicken breast in lc crumb cooked in airfryer. Very filling. Carrots, green beans and mushrooms
Glass red

I made the crisp crumb by blitzing 2 bags of chicken scratchings with some parmesan and a spoonful milled seeds. Was plenty for 2 large chibreasts cut into strips
 
Not really had a meal today. It's been a day of grazing, though I'm hoping I've not overdone the carbs. At least BG appears stable.

Had to take John for a blood test at the local hospital this morning, when checking in with the receptionist she kindly advised that we were an hour too early! There was nothing for it but to wait. After the test it was a quick dash round Morrisons, then home. It's a good trick to extend my fast.

John's reaches his 4 score years tomorrow, so for such a significant birthday I spent the rest of the day baking for a tea party. I made a trifle (can't have a birthday party without a trifle), a Victoria sponge (including sponge for the trifle), an apple and blueberry pie, a lemon cheesecake, and a cheese quiche, I'll make some bridge rolls in the morning together with some egg mayo, and assemble a cheese board. John's sister makes fantastic cakes, so she'll be bringing one of her creations with her. No guest coming is diabetic, but there's vegetarian BinL and a niece that can't do onions. I'll partake with a couple of mouthfuls tomorrow but will keep it low. TBH my taste has changed and I can't wait to settle to my low carb fayre again. This party has been on my mind for months now. We couldn't persuade John to go out for a meal, he doesn't want a fuss, it was as much as I could do to organise a 'bit of a do'.

For the sake of clarity, just want to mention that I'm John's child bride, it was my 3 score years and 10 a few months ago .

Good news @DJC3! Lovely to hear that all's well.





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Hope you have a lovely celebration tomorrow - gosh you have been busy baking enjoy the party
 

Exactly this. And thank you, yes time really flies.
 
We are spending a couple of days in London before heading home again.
Swerved hotel breakfast and headed for Weatherspoons - bacon, poached egg, mushrooms and halloumi. You know where you are with Spoons.
We thought we might get some cheap tickets to a west end show but couldn’t agree on anything we both fancied so went to see the new Anthony Hopkins film One Life at the posh Leicester Sq Odeon. Nice big armchairs and plenty of leg room. Didn’t take nearly enough tissues for the ending.
Dinner at a Gastro type pub - their Burns night ( week) menu. Smoked salmon with sour cream and horseradish and salad instead of the sourdough toast. Main course of chicken stuffed with haggis and wrapped in bacon. Extra broccoli and a couple of thyme roast carrots. Sauce was whisky based but I didn’t eat much of it as I expect it was made with flour. We had a ‘flight of whisky’ ie 3 different ones. Included With the meal - I don’t like whisky so Paul had 6!! Surprisingly BG was fine after the haggis and carrots.
 
Hope John has a very happy day today and that you enjoy the day as well after all the work you've done to make it so. Sounds like a wonderful menu.
 
IanBish said:
I've never knowingly had chorizo, but I'll definitely give it a go.
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When fried relatively slowly, it releases the most amazing oil, so minimal or no oil before frying. It can make cauliflower rice go an amazing colour, with flavour.

We favour the spicy variety. The sweet is not sweet as opposed to savoury but too sweet for our taste. That said we like big flavours.

Wafer thinly sliced chorizo, on kitchen roll, microwaved in 15/30 blasts makes great “crisps”.
 
Woke at silly o'clock.
Cwc
Then tea at a more usual 8 am
Yoga
Cwc
L: 3 cheese and ham roll ups. 2 sqs hm lc rhubarb cake with clotted cream
Afternoon nap for nearly 2 hours!
D: chicken marinated in yoghurt and spices. Cooked in air fryer with whole mushrooms. Himself had it in a Wrap, mine was on salad. Small coffee icecream.
Brandy and soda
 
@PenguinMum how was Nando’s? I don’t know why I love it so much but there it is, I just do.
@JenniferM55 your birthday spread for John’s birthday sounds wonderful, I hope you all had a great day.
My food today started as usual with a lot of black coffee.
Brunch 11:30 was at Weatherspoons again: bacon, poached eggs, halloumi, mushrooms and a rare treat of a grilled tomato.
Walked along the river and stopped at a few of our old haunts and had a drink or 2 ( soda water or tea in my case)
Dinner at an Indian restaurant, I did have 1 poppadom, just couldn’t resist. Other than that, chicken shashlik, saag paneer, a spoonful of a mushroom side dish and the cauli from alloo gobi. It was all wonderful. Few glasses of wine.
Heading home in the morning.
 
Wishing John many more happy returns @JenniferM55.

Sounds like a wonderful feast. All being well, my husband reaches 4 score years next year. Your post has given me food for thought!
 
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