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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

DJC3 said:
It was cooked perfectly, and such a treat. I love fish but don’t cook it at home much as we have a small, fairly open plan house so the smell lingers everywhere.
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I tend to bake most fish and all I can smell is the herbs and of course the garlic, if used. Have you tried cooking fish en papillote in a parcel with vegetables @DJC3 ? That too might reduce fishy smells.
 
Dinner at a Rick Stein eatery! Bet that's a gastronomic experience @DJC3. Rick must be knocking on now. I used to love following his Cornish adventures on TV. His dog Chalky completely stole the show.
 
How long did you steam your purple sprouting broccoli @IanBish? I only give it about 5 minutes.
 
IanBish said:
It was about seven minutes, I think. Maybe a bit longer. It was a bit soft, so probably a bit too long. So it was limping rather than sprouting.
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Sorry to hear that @IanBish. I cut off any woody ends and then it only needs roughly 5 minutes. If in a hurry, I've stir fried in 4 minutes, but on balance I prefer steaming. A knob of butter and a little seasoning on serving brings out the flavour.
 
Evening all

Saturday:

B: Two poached eggs and scallops, asparagus spears smothered with butter, all seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Aperitif: dry white wine.
Tuna steaks rolled in finely chopped celery and oregano, baked with sweet red peppers and mushrooms, moistened with double cream and topped with extra mature Cheddar cheese.
Steamed French beans and mangetout with a knob of butter and toasted pine nuts.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
Four squares, Montezuma's Absolute Black 100% cocoa chocolate.

D: Seafood salad made with king prawns and brown shrimps, avocado, baby plum tomatoes, salad onions and Kalamata olives with home-made aioli for dipping and topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to wash down tablets.
 
Morning All
So yesterday was a day of 4 hours driving and 2 hour hospital visit to my dear friend. Brekkie was usual slice LC toast, cooled then thick butter, copious tea.
Lunch at the hospital was half an M&S egg & cress sandwich, friend had the other half, Costa Flat White, all for convenience.
Late supper was Waitrose Chicken Shaslik with a large side of broccoli.
Friend is finding hospital food very hit & miss. She ordered jacket potato with beans and cheese early in the week and was delivered a tray with a ramekin of grated cheese. When she queried they said they had run out of potatoes and beans and subsequently found her some bread & butter to make a cheese sandwich. Luckily she saw the funny side of it!
Today had usual brekkie.
Lunch will be two scrambled eggs topped with Parmesan flakes.
Supper will be Prawn, ginger & spring onion stirfry with broccoli left over from last night.
@DJC3 all your holiday food sounds wonderful especially that Cotes de Boeuf looks tremendous!
 
Of all things for a hospital caterer to run out of - potatoes. They must know that most people in their care will want some kind of potato with a meal and, therefore have plenty in stock. Or is there a potato shortage - I did hear something about poor potato crops a week or so ago.

When I was in the Maternity hospital in 1967, having Neil, I was vegetarian and had asked for a specifically veggie diet (no problem, I was told). When it came to it, the dietician was on holiday so the kitchen had no idea what to send up for me, so sent - nothing at all. Even on the day that everyone else had a cheesde salad. I was there for five days and for each meal, the nurses had to hard boil an egg for me - that's 15 hard boiled eggs plus 25 cups of tea and 10 biscuits. I was pretty sick of hard boiled eggs by the time I signed myself (and Neil) out of the hospital. There was never enough water to drink either - no wonder I had very little milk for Neil.
 
Breakfast will be in an hour or so and will be 2 salmon fillets with poached eggs. That should be the only meal today but I do have some ham available if I need it.

Still struggling to get all these boxes out to the container so that I can move in this kitchen and in the hallway. Unfortunately storm Kathleen has hit us and that will make it even more difficult to get things out there, especially the Heinz shelves which will act as a sail but Neil will get some help from Alistair and they hope to manage it between them.

Have to have my meals much earlier from tomorrow onwards so that the builders can have space to do their work without me trying to sort out food.
 
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I like my veg to be al dente, so I'll cut down on the cooking time next time.
 
Morning all. I haven't been posting my meals lately even though they have been pretty good. Yesteday I had beef stew with one spoonful of potato but then went out for afternoontea with friends. Today I'm air-frying some chicken legs and steaming some purple sprouting broccoli. Maybe a tin of red salmon for tea. @jpscloud, I'm nearly 86 but I still try to keep healthy and have a quality of life. I know I make mistakes but doesn't everyone? Have a peaceful Sinday folks.
 
LivingLightly said:
I tend to bake most fish and all I can smell is the herbs and of course the garlic, if used. Have you tried cooking fish en papillote in a parcel with vegetables @DJC3 ? That too might reduce fishy smells.
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Great idea thanks! I have a Ninja airfryer which can roast and bake so cooking fish en papillote with fragrant herbs would work very well I think.
 

I’ve reverse seared steak too, and agree it does need to be a very big thick steak to work best.
 
LivingLightly said:
Dinner at a Rick Stein eatery! Bet that's a gastronomic experience @DJC3. Rick must be knocking on now. I used to love following his Cornish adventures on TV. His dog Chalky completely stole the show.
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Oh yes, I remember Chalky, he was the undoubted star.
This eatery is just a beachfront fish cafe, it’s more casual than his flagship Padstow restaurant but still serves excellent quality food.
 
Yes totally agree - and I think some leeway (or mistakes!) is really important if it's what helps us stay happy and healthy.
 
Morning all, blustery day here hope all doing well
Yesterday
B Coconut porridge and blueberries
L Smoked salmon and cream cheese H and B bagel. salad
D At daughters so vegan, Veg chilli, cauli rice, guac,large spoonful of mixed berry crumble and alpro custard, glass of white wine. A nice treat.
 
Hello all, well Storm Kathleen hasn't been too bad here, but of course I only went outside to fill up the bird feeders!

I had 3 scrambled eggs, a small pack of ham and 100g baked feta (not a fancy recipe, just feta baked in the air fryer!) for breakfast.

I cooked a pack of beef mince in the slow cooker with a bay leaf and some celery salt which doesn't list ingredients but does have nutrition facts and appears to be low carb - only half a teaspoon anyway.

Some of that is for tea in a bit, still not very hungry but food is tasting very good when I eat. I think I'm getting the nutrients my body has been craving so I don't need to eat as much - I feel better than I have in years at the moment.
 
The salmon was fine - baked with lime juice, double cream and butter and I actually managed to poach the eggs properly this time using a tip from the late, lamented Dave Myers. He said, if you put the egg, still in its shell, into the simmering water for 30 seconds, then break the egg into a cup or somesuch and proceed to dropping it into the simmering water as usual, the egg holds together much better while poaching. It works.

It will not, however, be enough for the day, I'm pretty hungry so when I can get to the fridge, I'll have some ham.

Not my weigh-in day so I don't know what's happening with it, but I do know that my clothes are a bit looser, particularly over my huge stomach. That's just in a few days.
 
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DJC3 said:
Great idea thanks! I have a Ninja airfryer which can roast and bake so cooking fish en papillote with fragrant herbs would work very well I think.
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I do this too especially when cook a good sized piece of salmon wrapping it with butter lemon and dill in a baking parchment package helps to really tenderize it but no crispy skin - that's the down side!
 
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