What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[Annb]

2 more fish cakes for breakfast, left over from yesterday. Had to eat something before I went out and they were ready just to reheat in the microwave so I didn't have to move around too much.

2nd meal should be a moussaka recipe that I saw on Rick Stein programme a few days ago - slightly different to the usual moussaka, and I shall, of course, tweak it.

That's if I can stand up for long enough to do it. Still have the pain that developed yesterday. I have come to the conclusion that it is some kind of inflammation and am dealing with it, after a fashion, with painkillers, which just about take the edge off it for a short time and I can manage to walk around a bit, by sliding my feet, instead of lifting them to walk and by leaning very heavily on my zimmer. Shouldn't really be any kind of infection - I am just about to take the last pill of a course of antibiotics.

 

[Antje77]

Wait, what?
How did I suddenly become the one to test this? I don't even do dessert like food ever!

On the other hand, I think there is a bag of frozen berries of some type in the darkest depths of my freezer, likely at least 3 years past its use by date, and I did buy cream for a hot chocolate experiment but won't need all of it for that. And there are those eggs I received as a thank you for giving a neighbour a ride...

Can’t give a ‘funny’ as I use the app which only has ‘like’, but this did make me laugh. Time to get those berries out of the depths.

As you must all be aware of by now, I'm a very docile type of person and I didn't want to keep you waiting.

The bag of fruit turned out to be strawberries with a use by date of april 2019, not even 5 years ago so all fine.
I whipped the cream, cut the strawberries, mixed half of the straberries with the cream, and made a thin omelette of two very small eggs and a pinch of salt.

My advice is that you all do the same, it's heavenly!

edit: I don't think it's necessary to wait 5 years, I expect it works just as well with strawberries that aren't out of date.

 

[ravensmitten]

Mousakka is lovely, so sorry to hear about the pain @Annb

I am totally curious now. I can't say I've ever put fruit and omelette together. The thought wouldn't have even crossed my mind and I've never heard of such a thing. I did initially look at the screen with a puzzled face, but seeing one after another person post about it, I'm intrigued. I won't really knock it until I've tried it though, and then I can probably only really knock my own version of it.

Edit: The real bizarre thing in that, is that I used to make crepes all the time and it's not much different really, sans maybe the milk and flour. I can manage a small amount of milk myself so I might see if I can alter my old recipe!

 

[ravensmitten]

Okay, here goes... in for a penny in for a pound.

 

[shelley262]

Okay, here goes... in for a penny in for a pound.


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looks amazing how did it taste ?

 

[PenguinMum]

Hi All
Meant to say @Annb sorry about the latest leg pain and hope its short lived. Always admire how stoic you are about your aches and pains. Last summer I bought a new Thermos flask to replace the one that I had for over 30 years! I was pleasantly surprised that it kept liquid really hot for many hours BUT for tea on a picnic it didn’t taste good so I would just store boiled water with tea bags and milk separately. We get a lot of power cuts here if it's stormy so often need to prepare going to bed for that all important tea in the morning!!
Today brekkie was usual slice LC toast, butter, copious tea.
Lunch was wedge of Shropshire Blue with 4 small Carr’s water biscuits (10g) tea.
Supper is joyous chunky cod fingers with spoon peas (I know, double jeopardy).
Also these hand washes are a problem, I wonder if Simple would be a safe bet.

 

[ravensmitten]

looks amazing how did it taste ?

It looked better than it tasted

All in all, unless I add something in to transform the "eggyness" of it, not to my tastes at all, I prefer my omelettes plain/savory.

Though I did eat it.

 

[shelley262]

The forced Yorkshire rhubarb is back so as well as putting my slow cooker on for beef casserole I put my second slow cooker on for my rhubarb. I slow cook it above some water and lots of lemon and ginger

While cooking had a brunch of kefir and two boiled eggs with low carb roll.
Rhubarb only needs about an hour and a half. When soft I fish out the rhubarb and a bit of cooking liquid. I then put cooking liquid with ginger and lemons in a bowl to use over next few days. It's particularly good as a favouring for water or with a gin and soda water.
As it was lunch time after cooling the cooked rhubarb I put a few spoons in a bowl each, added a sprinkle of ground almonds ( to make it crumble like without the faff!) And then topped with Greek yoghurt

Plenty left for next few days
Dinner was slow cooked beef with Savoy cabbage and small glass of red wine

 

[shelley262]

Hi All
Meant to say @Annb sorry about the latest leg pain and hope its short lived. Always admire how stoic you are about your aches and pains. Last summer I bought a new Thermos flask to replace the one that I had for over 30 years! I was pleasantly surprised that it kept liquid really hot for many hours BUT for tea on a picnic it didn’t taste good so I would just store boiled water with tea bags and milk separately. We get a lot of power cuts here if it's stormy so often need to prepare going to bed for that all important tea in the morning!!
Today brekkie was usual slice LC toast, butter, copious tea.
Lunch was wedge of Shropshire Blue with 4 small Carr’s water biscuits (10g) tea.
Supper is joyous chunky cod fingers with spoon peas (I know, double jeopardy).
Also these hand washes are a problem, I wonder if Simple would be a safe bet.

I mainly use the Waitrose essential blue antibacterial one - a lot of the moisturizing ones could be suspect as they have things like cocoa butter and honey in. I had a wonderful one as a pressie with christmasy smells but it shot my numbers up so I don't use very often!

 

[shelley262]

It looked better than it tasted

All in all, unless I add something in to transform the "eggyness" of it, not to my tastes at all, I prefer my omelettes plain/savory.

Though I did eat it.

I'm with you on eggy sweet things so not joining in with the sweet omelette trial they do look amazing though..

 

[shelley262]

As you must all be aware of by now, I'm a very docile type of person and I didn't want to keep you waiting.

The bag of fruit turned out to be strawberries with a use by date of april 2019, not even 5 years ago so all fine.
I whipped the cream, cut the strawberries, mixed half of the straberries with the cream, and made a thin omelette of two very small eggs and a pinch of salt.

My advice is that you all do the same, it's heavenly!

edit: I don't think it's necessary to wait 5 years, I expect it works just as well with strawberries that aren't out of date.

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Frozen strawberries always go mushy so yours must have been jam! Very impressed by you not wasting food Im not convinced I'd be brave enough to eat something five years after use by date. Mind you you are particularly daring - with your impressive cold water swimming too.

 

[DJC3]

For some reason you have reminded me of bananas sprinkled with brown sugar and a splash of brandy baked in the oven which was one of the few desserts I used to love, in my previous life. Maybe a last ever meal option with toffee ice cream lol. I’m not even fond of bananas and never liked pancakes.

I can almost smell it caramelising!

 

[DJC3]

This happened at work with Mrs mitten, a nurse by trade, I'll paraphrase it as I understood it.

She was monitoring a patient that was getting reasonably high readings so she double checked, cleaned the patients fingers, tried again and fine - okay, not uncommon, the next observation she took it was sky high again, cleaned patients hand again, same again. Took it again to confirm, was okay. She wasn't sure what was going on for a second so asked the patient was there anything they were doing in between observations. "oh just using the loo" "nothing much", etc.. that's when she twigged, and asked what the patient was using when they washed their hands, "oh the same soap I use at home, I brought it with me."

Turns out their astronomical figures were because of the soap.

How interesting, and clever of Mrs M to make the connection.

 

[DJC3]

@Antje77 that looks very professional. And I’m glad there’s someone else who takes sell by dates with a large pinch of salt!
@shelley262 the rhubarb looks wonderful.
My food was a bit more appetising today. Black coffee and goat milk kefir early on.
Late morning scrambled eggs and the leftover half of gammon steak. ( still didn’t finish it, it really was huge)
Mid aft DGF crumble
Dinner- sesame crusted salmon with a stuffed mushroom ( cheddar mixed with h/m mayo) and a mixed salad.

 

[DJC3]

I forgot to add, for those who used to enjoy a cold beer ( I really missed a lager when it was so hot early last summer) I’ve found Tennents Light: 0.7g carbs per can and 3.4% ABV. So fewer carbs, cals and lower alcohol than a glass of wine. Had a tin with my dinner to try it - It tasted great.

 

[ravensmitten]

I'm with you on eggy sweet things so not joining in with the sweet omelette trial they do look amazing though..

I just found this out, although I had an inkling, ah well, least I can say I gave it a go.

 

[ravensmitten]

How interesting, and clever of Mrs M to make the connection.

It took her a little while to figure it out I think, along with a couple of other staff scratching their heads. I guess she's used to asking lots of questions and double checking on things.

 

[Antje77]

It looked better than it tasted

All in all, unless I add something in to transform the "eggyness" of it, not to my tastes at all, I prefer my omelettes plain/savory.

Though I did eat it.

When I do such experiments, I always allow myself to not eat it if I don't like it. So in this case I would have just eaten the berries and cream, and made a couple of dogs/cats/chickens happy with the omelette.

Frozen strawberries always go mushy so yours must have been jam! Very impressed by you not wasting food Im not convinced I'd be brave enough to eat something five years after use by date. Mind you you are particularly daring - with your impressive cold water swimming too.

With some things I'm very careful about use by date, frozen fruit, not so much.
They weren't even mushier than I remember from the last time I used frozen strawberries (which must have been some 6 years ago, considering the date on this bag) but I think they had a little less colour. Smelled and tasted very much like strawberries still though.

As for the swimming, there's a very thin line between daring and stupid, not sure on which side of the line this falls : https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cold-water-swimming-and-diabetes.200255/post-2678289

 

[filly]

Coffee and cream x 2
Sausages x 2
Yogurt and raspberries too much.
Porchetta and tomato

 

[sueh21]

Ooh there is some lovely cooking going on, think I will pass on the pancakes and I am allergic to strawberries although I think some cinnamon or dark grated chocolate would maybe work in the mixture? Jealous of the rhubarb though, really would like some now.
Yesterday
B Coconut porridge, seeds and blob of almond butter
L Cottage cheese, avocado, salad
D Sausages,celeriac mash, green beans and mushrooms