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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Evening all

Today:

B: Two eggs scrambled in butter with a generous dollop of double cream, sautéed chestnut mushrooms and a vine tomato, sprinkled with chopped, flat-leaf parsley and seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Aperitif: dry white wine
Whole sea bass baked en papillote, belly stuffed with sprigs of French tarragon and garlic, drizzled with olive oil.
Steamed asparagus spears smothered with butter.
A medley of baked calabrese, red onions, leeks and sweet red peppers.
Water to drink.
Raspberries and Greek full-fat yoghurt.
Two squares, Montezuma's Absolute Black 100% chocolate.

D: Salad made with anchovy fillets, eggs, avocado, Padrón chillies, Welsh onions, lemon verbena and a touch of lemon juice, with a dollop of aioli for dipping, topped with pecan halves.
Water to wash down tablets.
 
Breakfast kefir then fried some garden tomatoes in olive oil on low carb toast and served with fried egg
Lunch hummus served with celery, olives, artichokes, a few nuts and garden tomatoes also had a local green sharp Apple for pudding

Dinner roast chicken with oven roast onions, peppers and courgettes served with glass of dry white wine followed by low carb chocolate brownie.
 
LivingLightly said:
I know you like sprouts @IanBish. Was it the starch-resistant mash that was disappointing?
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All three, really. The belly pork was dry. The sprouts, despite being fresh, were quite tasteless. And the mash didn't taste much like mash. I realise that this could all be due to a lack of smell (and taste) due to my recent Covid infection. However I'll write this meal off as a bad job.
 
Yes, I believe it can take some time for your sense of taste and smell to recover @IanBish following a bout of COVID infection.
 
Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and three crevettes, all seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablets
Espresso.

L: Cheese-crusted omelette stuffed with sliced chestnut mushrooms, garden tomatoes, baby spinach leaves, oregano and cream cheese plus grated extra mature Cheddar cheese for the crust.
Salad using watercress, celery, salad onions, Kalamata olives and mint, dressed with an olive oil, garlic and balsamic vinaigrette, topped with walnut halves.
Raspberries and Greek full-fat yoghurt.

Mid-afternoon tea with a slice of lemon.

D: Cold buffet made with assorted cheeses and seafood.
Salad using lettuce, vine tomatoes, sweet red, orange and yellow peppers and celery boats, dressed with olive oil and a squeeze of lemon juice, curly parsley and garlic, topped with toasted almonds.
Beetroot and feta salad.
Water to wash down tablets.
 
IanBish said:
I did it with sprouts and starch-resistant mash. Whereas it wasn't inedible, it was hugely disappointing.
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I find pork belly best if very slow cooked first, then finished with a rub of some spices and a blast of heat to crisp up the edges. Sprouts aren't naturally in season at the moment, and they are breeding flavour/bitterness out of them. Try cooking them then blitzing with good glug of cream and and some grated parmesan so it's a bright green mash/puree. Or parboiled them then roast them
Hope thus helps. There's nothing worse than a disappointing meal, especially when it's been looked forward too.
 
Breakfast kefir and spoon of low carb no grains granola with a few garden berries
Nothing all day apart from coffee and water as busy day out caring
A few nuts while preparing dinner as hungry. Dinner was left over roast chicken with a few salads followed by low carb brownie and decaffeinated coffee.
 
B- scrambled eggs and asparagus ( imported obviously so nothing like our home grown in early summer, however if had a yellow sticker and would have ended up in landfill which is a criminal waste)
L-Low Carb Food Co wrap filled with cream cheese and fermented red cabbage. Strawberries to follow.
D- Slow roast, rolled breast of lamb with garlic mash ( cauliflower) green beans and cabbage poriyal. Blackberries picked from the lane outside and h/m yoghurt.
 
IanBish said:
For my tea tonight I had an air-fried sirloin steak, fried mushrooms and steamed broccoli & cauliflower. I quite enjoyed it too.

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It's hard to feel enthusiastic about food @IanBish when your sense of taste and smell is impaired, but it sounds as though your appetite has improved since yesterday.
 
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 another carb killa bar.
Dinner: corned beef hash made with cauli rice in place of potato, with cauliflower and runner beans.

Edit to add, I did have a few spots of low sugar ketchup on top!

 
DJC3 said:
B- scrambled eggs and asparagus ( imported obviously so nothing like our home grown in early summer, however if had a
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Yes, I completely agree @DJC3. Until recently most asparagus available here in London was grown in Italy @DJC3 but this week's bundle was imported from Peru; a pleasant treat, but it can't match the flavour of English asparagus.
 
Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs with a knob of butter and avocado seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
A wedge of Beenleigh Blue ewe's milk cheese
Water to swallow tablets.
Espresso.

L: Salad using salmon fillets poached with black peppercorns, salad onions and lemon juice., then refrigerated.
Combined with rocket, avocado, garden tomatoes, celery and sweet cicely, dressed with olive oil plus a touch of lemon juice, lemon verbena and garlic, topped with toasted almonds.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.

D: Seafood salad made with king prawns, mussels, lettuce, celery, Romano peppers, Welsh onions, Kalamata olives and mustard cress, with a dollop of home-made aioli for dipping, topped with toasted pumpkin seeds.
Water to wash down tablets.
 
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