What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Monday 22 January - bed 7.8 FBG 7.9. Another week of non-stop school runs - operation clear out - and road works. I'm behind again, but after a quick scan of the 100 plus posts, I still have to read.....@DJC3 & @Antje77. I'm so glad the appointments went well, and it's all clear for another year. @MrsA2 - I'm so sorry you didn't have good news. Can they treat to prevent any further damage?

B. Just TAG. It's early Aqua day, the weather was awful, school runs, then the road works!

L. When I eventually got back, 2 slices of SRSLY toast, one with cheese & and onion, one with coronation chicken.

D. Leftover GF haggis, neeps, and cauliflower mash from yesterday. CC little chocolate pot with raspberries.

Tuesday 23 January - bed 7.9 FBG 7.7

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with cheese and onion. I've discovered that popping it in the air fryer for 4 mins is rather nice on these vile mornings.

L. 2 M&S cheese crackers with wensleydale

D. I'd been non-stop all day, rearranging everything. Dinner consisted of a smoked sausage & CC little chocolate pot. I did also have a gin & soda.

Wednesday 24 January - no idea why, but bed was 8.8 FBG back at 7.4.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SRSLY toast with cheese and onion (air fried!) Benecol dairy free.

L. M&S cheese crackers with wensleydale.

D. Boys were here and wanted bolognese. Operation reorganisation was interrupted to make said bolognese. I had it with NLCK pasta.
Today, I had 2 gins & soda. In-between everything else, I was also helping eldest grandson with physics, maths & English homework. No easy with a grizzly grandson.

Bacon and egg for breakfast.

2nd meal will be a ragout made with lamb mince and chorizo. I'll have that with some shredded cabbage and onion. It'll have to be red onion - that's all I have left, unless Neil can get me some white onions today.

Morning all,
Yesterday
B Yog raspberries,flaked coconut
L H and B bagel with bacon, side salad of spinach, celery, radish, cherry tomatoes
D Sunday roast, chicken, roast celeriac, cheesy leeks, broccoli, 1 tiny stuffing ball

Woke at 4:30 with a cold wet foot - my hot water bottle had sprung a leak in the night. What a palaver to strip all the bedding and get the dehumidifier going full blast in the hope the mattress will be dry by tonight.
B- 2 rashers streaky bacon and 2 fried eggs.
More stress driving Paul to the fracture clinic ( to check his finger) Major road works and diversions meant we and sat nav got completely lost and confused. We arrived in good time though and I ate a packed lunch of a lc cheese&marmite roll and some nuts in the car while I waited for him.
D - snap @maglil55 with pasta bolognaise. My pasta was from Low Carb Food Co. It was better than I expected, like a very hearty wholemeal pasta. What’s the NLC one like? Glass of red.
@JenniferM55 have you tried using fat head dough as a pie crust? It’s no good if you want pastry on the bottom of the pie but I think it makes an excellent top crust. I make a batch of the dough and freeze individual portions for my pie top when needed.

@DJC3 sent you a hug for your leaking hot water bottle and crazy roadworks they do seem to be everywhere! winner though for your food. I'm enjoying pasta from the low carb company too. I had some from the keto chef last year and think they are both good but I only use a bit as find them filling. It's Bolognese for us tomorrow.
I had a poor sleep last night just one of those things but notice I'm always hungrier when tired, and grey mizzy January weather didn't help , so more to eat than usual today
Breakfast kefir then two boiled eggs and LC buttered roll
Lunch six lc seeded crackers and pieces of three different cheeses then had yoghurt with a couple of zingy pieces of Seville orange peel from my hm low sugar marmalade mixed in - very refreshing.
Dinner beef again with cauliflower cheese then lc Blondie warmed served with spoon of yoghurt. Just had decaffeinated coffee with a few squares of Montezuma 100%.

Coffee and cream x 2
Cottage cheese and tomato less than usual
1 small Golden Kiwi fruit and cream
Cod cooked in butter with mushrooms.

This is for today
Coffee and cream x 3
Beef and tomato
Gold Kiwi small x 2 which sent my carb count too high for the whole day.
Cod Butter and mushrooms.

My sympathy @DJC3 for your leaking hot water bottle at 4.30 am and confusion when you ran into major road works. It sounds very stressful. There's temporary traffic lights and diversions everywhere here too. Lanes are cordoned off and the road's up, yet you seldom see anybody actually undertaking the work, which adds to the frustration when traffic in both directions slows to a standstill.

Today:

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and four tiger prawns, all seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

Courgetti alla puttanesca made with anchovies, Kalamata olives, capers, canned tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, butter, parsley and spiralised courgettes.
Braised cavolo nero with garlic and toasted almonds.
Raspberries and Greek full fat yoghurt.
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps, mussels, lettuce, finely shredded red cabbage, apple peel, celery, baby plum tomatoes and mustard cress with a dollop of aioli for dipping, topped with toasted pistachios.
Water to swallow tablets.

Woke to a fbg of 11.7!!! Knew I had a few carbs yesterday but not this much. Washed hands, pricked again 7.5 to took that one instead

Couple mouthfuls ham just to quell hunger before exercise class
Tea and a natter with friends
More ham and mayo and cold beef. Was contents of the sandwiches left after yesterday's do. Threw the bread away.
Couple sqs 85% chocolate

D: swede mash with a generous topping of chicken and bacon and savoy cabbage
Large white wine (hubby poured it and left no room for soda!)

@shelley262 and @LivingLightly thanks for the sympathy - I’ve sent off for an electric blanket this evening so hopefully I’ll be both warm and dry in future.
I agree about roadworks - why is there never anyone actually working? It’s so frustrating.

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 H&B protein bar.
Dinner: Balti chicken curry with cauliflower rice.

Breakfast at 1100 - ragout with 3 Cream Crackers. 18g carbs. That's enough carbs for the day.

2nd meal - bacon and eggs.

Reversing the order of the meals - just to get the ragout out of the way and the dish washed up.

Hi All
So back to yesterday.
Brekkie was usual slice LC toast, butter, copious tea.
Then coffee out with a friend, a flat white which might not be the best choice but I neither like milky coffee nor black coffee, probs should have had tea lol.
Lunch was egg mayo piled on a Ryvita and tea.
Supper was spiced chicken breast baked with cauli cheese.
Today same brekkie.
Lunch was M&S rollitos, sliced tomato, small spoon coleslaw.
Supper will be chilli beef and cauli rice.
@DJC3 sorry about the leaky hottie but glad it didn’t happen when the water was still hot! Everyone talking about Bolognese mmmhhh.

Hi all,
Yesterday
B Coconut porridge,raspberries
L HM chicken and veg soup, cheese on livlife toast
D Chicken fajitas, no wraps, guac and sour cream

Went on a local walk to see some snowdrops today they always cheer me up with their promise of spring - hence my new snowdrop avatar!I
Breakfast one slice of bacon and one egg after my usual small kefir
Lunch kimchi, four seeded crackers and cheese followed by a few squares of Montezuma 100% chocolate
Dinner cooked hm Bolognese all day in slow cooker. Soaked my low carb pasta for an hour using boiling water. Then removed half of Bolognese for me to cook and spice up for tommorows chilli. Used 40g of pasta ( elbow macaroni from the low carb company) added to remaining half of Bolognese in slow cooker to finish it off. (The LC macaroni is 8.9 g of carbs for 100g so less than 4 for all pasta for two and I have less than half of the whole portion so less than 2 grams carbs. ) served with slivers of parmesan. Pudding a LC crumble with spoon of yoghurt

Coffee and cream x 2
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Ham and cheese
Cottage cheese and tomatoes
More cheese and tomato

shelley262 said:

Went on a local walk to see some snowdrops today they always cheer me up with their promise of spring - hence my new snowdrop avatar!I
Breakfast one slice of bacon and one egg after my usual small kefir
Lunch kimchi, four seeded crackers and cheese followed by a few squares of Montezuma 100% chocolate
Dinner cooked hm Bolognese all day in slow cooker. Soaked my low carb pasta for an hour using boiling water. Then removed half of Bolognese for me to cook and spice up for tommorows chilli. Used 40g of pasta ( elbow macaroni from the low carb company) added to remaining half of Bolognese in slow cooker to finish it off. (The LC macaroni is 8.9 g of carbs for 100g so less than 4 for all pasta for two and I have less than half of the whole portion so less than 2 grams carbs. ) served with slivers of parmesan. Pudding a LC crumble with spoon of yoghurt
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Looks scrumptious! I’ve been looking at the best ‘snowdrop walks’ near me today and plan to visit a few over the next couple of weeks.

Couple of black coffees to start the day, goat milk kefir mid morning.
L- cold chicken breast with spinach, red pepper and kimchi. Warm DGF Crimbo Crumble with clotted cream ( heavenly)
D- leftover chicken stroganoff, supposed to be with cauli rice but I’m lazy and just chopped it up a bit rather than ricing it. Sauteed with red onions and some of the outer cauli leaves. Red wine.

shelley262 said:

Went on a local walk to see some snowdrops today they always cheer me up with their promise of spring - hence my new snowdrop avatar!I

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Evening @shelley262. Another lovely avatar. My late Mother was very fond of snowdrops, so I planted drifts of them in her garden. That practically guaranteed a few would be in flower on her birthday in mid-February. Some years it was touch and go though.

These days, thanks to climate change I suppose, snowdrops are sometimes in flower here in time for New Year's Day. In January, we've seen bumblebees visiting the flowers during mild spells. Perhaps Spring is just around the corner.