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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

I had a similar experience recently, popped into a shop on my way home, 2 bottles of red wine and 90% chocolate, lady behind me commented, “ooh looks like my kind of diet” I smiled and mentioned these were my daily treats while following a low carb way of eating, she also had a knowing smile on her face, her basket contained mince, peppers, an onion amongst other things so maybe, just maybe, she is a special person (diabetic) too.
 
Hungry day today. Maybe it had something to do with the dreary, cold and wet weather.

@ziggy_w glad you’re feeling a bit better.

Breakfast - hungry on arrival at Ikea. Wasn’t yet opened and decided trekking round the store hungry wasn’t a good idea. Headed to Macdonalds for a muffinless double bacon and egg muffin. Had forgotten how plasticky their food tastes: first time eating there in well over a year. Don’t think I’ll be back.

Lunch - slice of Schneider protein brot with butter and almond butter

Dinner - Waitrose steak hache and lamb chop followed by almond butter mixed with double cream.
 
Evening all, dark and wet for most of the day today.
Coffee with cream on waking followed by 2 slices livlife toast, 1 with almond butter, 1 with butter & marmite
Pamper session at the salon, pre holiday hair cut
No lunch as a quick top up shop was needed, small pack of pork crackles on journey home
Cappuccino with almond milk
D 2fried eggs, New York style sausages from Asda, very tasty, halloumi chips
 
Much colder and decidedly everything I hate weather wise. Interesting day in many ways. Went to Ely, home of The Great Ship of the Fens. Came across Rhubarb and Vanilla Gin - released a bottle from captivity. Strolled around Iceland (it is opposite Waitrose) and found some interesting food. Frozen avocados, Halo top @3.50, low carb fish dishes - felt the need to liberate some of those. @Goonergal our boys love Steak Hache from the French butchers - just open a door in the wall, put in steak, close door, press door? and hache.
Menu:
Wakey Wakey: Tea
Breakfast : More Tea;
Lunch : Rhubarb and vanilla gin; Mocca coffee, Waitrose Americano cream, 100% Peruvian chocolate powder
Mid Afternoon: Tea - (the old 3 pint shuffle)
Evening meal: Caulielle (Cauliella) - clearing up bits and pieces from freezer - Chicken breast, prawns, coley, mussles, chorizo, cauliflower rice. Saffron, white wine, tomatoes etc
Mrs P made 2 versions - hers had Pealla rice. @DCUKMod - there will be meat but bell pork doesn't ring any bells
 
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When hungry in IKEA, I'll often have their Gravadlax starter. It just comes with a little salad, but it fills a gap.
 
Breakfast - wholemeal toast and peanut butter, tea

Late morning/nearly lunchtime - carb killa bar

Late lunch - Marissa chicken and cheese salad

Dinner - Aberdeen Angus steak cheeseburgers, avocado and salad. Greek yoghurt and berries

Another yummy day. Going to request another Hba1c blood test soon so I can see how my low carbing is going. I was only just in prediabetic last time (43 mmol/mol) but really wanted to take action and would like to see how I've got on, at least before the festive season!

The good thing is that I don't really like any of the Christmas treats like Christmas pudding, mince pies and Christmas cake so I'm not going to have to miss out on those ... because I wouldn't have eaten them anyway! I'm sure there's a low carb recipe that I can find should I happen to fancy something resembling Christmas pudding
 

Is your Caulielle a bit like Pretendy Paella?

I do a rhubarb and ginger gin (small-ish quantities in the SV). It's very nice with a low cal ginger ale.

Past-infusion the rhubarb is utterly delicious with a great big dollop of cream. It doesn't take much of the infused rhubarb to fast-forward one to squiffy central, so not anything to contemplate if planning to drive.
 

Somebody was asking about LC Christmas Pudding the other day. There's a thread on it.
 
Definitely pretendy paella - should have been Cauliella - and I enjoyed it very much. Re the poster, if I follow my rule of thumb - 70-80% compliance - I should be fine. @DJC3 We did find an IP paella but Mrs P's fodmapish diet swerves cauliflower so we did 2 versions using some of our collection of Paella pans Not a fan of ginger but the Ely Gin co version had vanilla - anything with vanilla is good for me.
Also finished last batch of veggie and bone stock we made in the IP - definitely keepers those 2.
 
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Bed 5.8 FBG 6 which is nothing short of miraculous after what that beef and tomato did to me. Nice day but chilly. Doesn't help that the Hive keeps disconnecting itself. Hubby at football (They won) so left to my own devices. Upstairs toilet backed up so used the internet solution of fairy liquid and a gallon of very hot water. Still not totally free flowing but a lot better. Waiting for the soap suds to clear before deciding whether to give it another go. Drain clearing doesn't rank with any favorite pastimes!
B. Slice Tesco high protein bread with pate pate the fruity one. Tassimo Americano grande with a dash of cream.
L. Nothing was out after my drain clearing escapade.
D. I did make a venison burger but then changed my mind and just had cold meat. 1 Slice each of Turkey, ox tongue, roast pork and ham. Little bit lettuce, 4 mini tomatoes, little coleslaw, boiled egg , Helmanns and a few sweet potato chips.
Will need to get some suitable snacks for the train next week and do some baking to take with me. Breakfast on a train is fine but They don't exactly cater for us later in the day do they?
@Goonergal Am I imagining things or did you say there's a Hotel Chocolate at Paddington?
 

My very latest was an vodka, orange zest and vanilla infusion. Next time, I think I might try it with clementine zest or slightly less orange zest. Very delicious nonethless, although it needed some lemonade I used flat lemonade as I didn't want a fizzy drink) just to mellow down the bergamot a bit.

's great fun! We only do about 100ml at a time, as tasters (aside from Ginammon), so we're not totally drunken sots.
 
Hi all it’s been an IP day today - my new instant pot has been in use a lot! Tried to get flujab this am but turned up to lockeddoor medical centre with a notice that they were out of flu jabs because of manufacturing and delivery probs! So they have rearranged the walk in clinic to next Saturday.
Breakfast one quarter of lodough eggy bread, sausage, bacon and egg
Lunch veggie soup made in IP followed by one square of 90% choc
Dinner chicken curry - made in Ip - followed by sf jelly served with egg custard made in it this am and cream - wow tasted like trifle really took me back to pre diabetic days this is a keeper see photo of egg custard did in a dessert pan using IP as a Bain Marie. Luckily lots left so will be able to have over next few days.
 
ianpspurs said:
Is that each? Otherwise would that only be a double each?
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Well, that way if it's gopping (like the tequila and turmeric was,............. seriously gopping ), it's all over and done with quickly. If nice, it can easily be scaled up next time around.

We have a little list of flavour combos to try for extras in the Ch*****as stockings.
 
Where did gopping escape from? Good method though. @shelley262 great that you have already made good use of the IP. Egg custard is something I have studiously avoided for 63 years - may be a step too far for me to ever take. Up there with ginger, cupcakes and The North for me - except I have never tried that one
 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the...s-that-only-make-sense-to-a-Royal-Marine.html - No 8, although, I encountered it in Army circles, my OH is familiar from his career in the Senior Service.
 
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