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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

B: kipper and scram egg
L: a mexican salad thing which was weird and higher carb than I would like, but I seem to have survived. Lots of avocado and salsa and cheese and greenery, but very sweet too. Not a repeater, which will be easy, because I didn't make it! :D
D: will be Dietdoctor stuffed peppers, with berries and cream to follow.
 
Chook said:
Lovely meal. I think you've forgotten to send my invitation....... ;)
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You'd get a safe meal anyway I've often thought there is a gap in the market for low carb restaurants but having spent my early school/college years working in restaurants (that's where I learnt to cook) I know what a tough life it is and my knackered legs would never take it. Wonder how a low carb cook would do on Masterchef?
My forte was desserts and it has been a challenge adapting desserts and getting the carbaholics to eat them but they are slowly coming around.
 
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B- blueberries, and raspberries with Greek yogurt
L- 1/2 protein roll and pare

Tonight's dinner is roast lamb, roast celeriac with kale, broccoli and gravy. Pud is no sugar jelly made with double cream, blueberries and raspberries whipped together into a mousse like consistency.. All with a glass of red wine.
 
Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs, 20g cheese

Lunch - Nando's. 5 plain wings with salad

Dinner - tuna mayo with rocket and baby plum tomatoes; sugar free jelly with cream
 
mo53 said:
@Ultramum I found the recipe on the Internet, I make the mixture into 6 in a muffin tin. I find them handy as a bread substitute.

LAUREN'S FLUFFY BISCUITS
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons almond flour (4 ounces)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda or 3/4 teaspoon baking powder *
1 1/2 tablespoons cold butter, shortening or pork fat (18 grams or 1/2 ounce) **
4 egg whites

In a medium bowl, mix the almond flour, salt and baking soda or powder with a fork. Cut in the fat using the fork until the butter is all incorporated and the mixture is crumbly and not dry (I used my fingers to mix the butter in). Chill this mixture for at least 5 minutes and preferably longer to get the fat as cold as possible (I skipped the chilling step).

In a small bowl, beat the egg whites with the fork until they look foamy. Add the egg whites to the almond flour mixture and whisk together with the fork for just to break up any large chunks of flour. The batter will be thin and lumpy. Divide this into four portions in a muffin top pan greased very well or lined with nonstick foil. Bake immediately so that the fat doesn't start to get warm. Bake at 400º for about 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes 4 biscuits
Can be frozen

* The recipe seems to work with either one. I used baking soda. Although baking powder does have carbs, there are not enough to affect the counts.

** I made half a batch of biscuits so I had to weigh out 1 1/2 tablespoons of fat and then remove half of it to get 3/4 tablespoon. I used pork fat because I thought it would give the biscuits a nice flavor.

Per Biscuit: 221 Calories; 19g Fat; 10g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 3g Net Carbs


I prefer to use baking powder as the bicarbonate of soda has a strong taste.
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Thank you - shall have a go at those if work ever quietens down
 
John73 said:
Does anyone here still eat pasta or rice? I know I am going on low carb, but not sure if I could live without these.
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People can tolerate different amounts of carbs. Personally , I can't tolerate rice or pasta as it sends my BG sky high (As it does for s lot of us). Only way to find out is to test before and after eating a food to find out what effect it has.
There are substitutes which are much lower in carbs. For rice I find the best substitute is cauliflower rice. Very easy to make or widely available ready prepared in supermarkets now. Very versatile and great with curries. Pasta ? I use spiralised courgette or butternut squash again readily available but I make my own. There are brilliant web sites out there for low carb recipes. Just Google low carb and you'll see. One of my favourites is DietDoctor.com - their 2 week low carb challenge is great for getting you into the low carb way of eating. I eat better now than I ever did. This forum is ìncredibly helpful but testing constantly for the effects of food is all important. If You'd asked me 8 months ago could I live on less than 20g carbs daily I would have said no way! Now I don't give it a thought.
It requires work but you get used to it.
 
John73 said:
Does anyone here still eat pasta or rice? I know I am going on low carb, but not sure if I could live without these.
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I thought the same but haven't missed them since I started low carbing in February
 
Today I've had:

B: Bacon, low carb sausage, eggs & Cherry tomatoes. Coffee.
L: Diet Doctor beef & Feta burgers with cream/pepper sauce. Sparkling water.
D: will be Diet Doctor Asian Stir Fry Cabbage.
 
Breakfast: the usual - 2 boiled eggs and buttered Lidl protein roll soldiers

Lunch: 3 walnuts and 3 Brazil nuts

Dinner: Moroccan lamb casserole, cauliflower rice, a few butterbeans, green salad
 
Breakfast - skipped. Decided to see if I can turn this into a regular thing.

Lunch - tuna mayo with salad (baby spinach, rocket, baby plum tomatoes); Diet Coke

Dinner - will be the second portion of home made burgers I made at the weekend (mince with feta, onion, spinach and tomato), with cauliflower and possibly the last remaining square of my Lindt 90%
 
Usual breakfast of cheese omelette and mushrooms

Skipped lunch - not hungry so no point eating. May make this a habit like @Goonergal but taking cheese and nuts for tomorrow when I'm working at work rather than working at home

DD Chicken with feta, olives and pesto plus broccoli rice
 
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B. Raspberries and yoghurt

L. Almond roll, Camambert and a few walnuts.
Gardening all morning
55 minutes swimming

D. 2 popadoms. Tandoori Prawn with salad. Tandoori special with salad and 1/2 a chapati .( bs 7.6 after meal)
 
Goonergal said:
Breakfast - skipped. Decided to see if I can turn this into a regular thing.

Lunch - tuna mayo with salad (baby spinach, rocket, baby plum tomatoes); Diet Coke

Dinner - will be the second portion of home made burgers I made at the weekend (mince with feta, onion, spinach and tomato), with cauliflower and possibly the last remaining square of my Lindt 90%
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Ah .....nightmare ......the last square of 90% Lindt
 
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B- cold left over roast celeriac, bizzarly good with a piece of chicken .
L - tend to skip this when in work
D - protein roll filled with 2 pieces bacon and fried halloumi and salad.
 
My DD Chicken and pesto meal whacked my BG up by 1.9 two hrs later - most meals are just 0.5-1 usually - just had a square of 81%
 
Home from work at 7.30am 8oz Rump steak & 4 fried eggs.
Got up at 4.30pm Salad with garlic sausage and a bit of cheddar.
9pm small punnet of Blue berries.
4.8mmol this morning at 5.35am
 
Breakfast: The usual 2 boiled with buttered Lidl protein roll soldiers
Lunch: Few Brazil nuts and walnuts
Dinner: Roast chicken with a romaine, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and red onion salad
 
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