What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[jayney27]

Hi all I had a good birthday despite our eldest having a bad day - so he wasn’t able to join in and go out with us - planning a celebration with him later in week when he’s better. We went to carvery for lunch so easy to choose carefully.
Breakfast bacon, egg and sausage
Lunch pork, turkey, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower followed by birthday cake - choc olive oil cake with a few strawberries and cream and glass of prosseco
Dinner small chicken salad and one small slice birthday cake with yoghurt
Hot day likely tomorrow again so I’m hoping to take mum for a swim or at least a little paddle! Looks like it will start cooling down after that so taking opportunity while can.

Happy Birthday, it seems like you had an almost perfect day and due to circumstances you can have a 2nd birthday later with your son, if it’s good enough for the Queen it’s good enough for you x

 

[jayney27]

hi, lovely restful Sunday, trip into town, a food shop then relaxing at home.
Coffee with cream when I got up, no breakfast as I wasn’t feeling hungry
Starbucks cappuccino in town
No lunch but did open a pack of pork crunch on the drive home from shopping
Coffee and cream blitzed in the nutri bullet this afternoon followed by a bake session, was going to make the caluoti but made almond bread, 10 mini loaves instead of one big one and zucchini lemon cake slices, I halved the recipe and made 6 slices
D lo dough pizza with onion, pepperoni and mozzarella followed by zucchini lemon cake and cream, glass of red

 

[maglil55]

Bed 5.1 FBG 5.2. Been binge watching The Crown while hubby at the football. He's there Tuesday too so will binge watch a bit more. Got a weird delivery. One of these reflective thing for your windscreen to keep your car cool. Red and silver with 2 giant eyes on it. Thing is no one knows where it came from so its a mystery.
In between binge watching got dinner made and into the IP. Still have the spicy taste.
B. 3 of these now deflated souffle pancakes. 30 sec blast in the microwave and they were fine. Just not all fluffy like yesterday. Had it with crispy streaky bacon and a little pretendy maple syrup on the pancakes. As good as I remember from The USA.
L. Nothing
D. Chicken cacciatore. Added asperagus and red and yellow peppers to the mix plus some chilli and paprika. Had mine with Oomi noodles.
I will likely have the last of the pancakes with raspberries since Hubby is having lemon meringue pie but not yet. Still enjoying the lingering taste of the chicken.

Glad to say No 2 finally got his first £1 today and he was as proud as punch. Even better, since he was told he could do what he wanted with it he bought his brother a comic. Feel free to go Awww. He's not all bad. His Mum did buy him a bag of sweets though. He's now working towards his second £1. Perhaps I have cracked him. Foot measuring days tomorrow - the annual trip to Clark's.

 

[maglil55]

https://thesaltymarshmallow.com/instant-pot-chicken-cacciatore/

 

[maglil55]

Happy birthday @shelley262 hope you’re enjoying yourself.

Have totally worn myself out today with a long swim and an even longer walk. Food was:

Breakfast - none

Lunch - 42g bag salted almonds

Dinner - @maglil55 I made the sesame chicken. Really enjoyed them. Used chicken chunks but think I’d use the mini breast fillets next time. Served with sour cream and followed up with more of yesterday’s clafoutis with extra thick Jersey cream.

Looking forward to bed.

Yes I used the mini fillets. Gave you something to hold and dip. They come out really crispy though.

 

[maglil55]

Copied me that!
Thanks, they look lovely.

Oh they are and even next day deflated is good.

 

[DCUKMod]

Hapy birthday @shelley262 .

 

[DCUKMod]

Do any of you culinary alchemists own dehydrators, and if so, what would you recommend?

 

[Brunneria]

Yes, Happy Birthday @shelley262 !!!
Hope you have had a fantabulous day.

Another scorcher here, and combined with masses of food, I now find myself rather sluggish!

A bad night's sleep last night, and I know from past experience that one of the best things for sleep deprivation is FOOD.
So I had a large omelette with sausage and bacon, cheese and a scattering of chives. Delicious.
Then this afternoon I was baking more of those ham/cheese rollups with the Fathead pastry. At Mr B's request. They are extremely filling, and of course I had to taste one...
Evening was more Buzzard Bites. This time I didn't cook the bacon first (seemed pointless) and made quadruple quantities. Also cooked them as meat loaves in silicon loaf tins, because rolling 6 pounds of turkey, bacon, chicken liver and lo-dough breadcrumbs into golf ball sized meatballs was just never going to happen. Also takes up less space in the freezer. Now have 3 pounds cooked and 2 pounds raw in the freezer. Made plenty of the sauce too, so have to decide how to portion that out. But not tonight.
Too much food and too much heat => an overcooked noodle of a Brunneria.

Monday tomorrow. O joy.

 

[maglil55]

Do any of you culinary alchemists own dehydrators, and if so, what would you recommend?

My son has one. He got it originally to make his own biltong but has since expanded to drying fruit and veggies too.

He has this one mainly because he could add additional sections and you could get an insert for fruit. It's well used.

 

[maglil55]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Luvele-Bil...&qid=1533499492&sr=8-2&keywords=biltong+maker

 

[Brunneria]

Do any of you culinary alchemists own dehydrators, and if so, what would you recommend?

*coughs sheepishly*
You knew I would say yes, didn't you?
It dates from my Raw Period, in around 2010.

My best advice is to not underestimate how big they are, and to think carefully about brand.
I wanted the top of the range Excalibur, which is American, but ended up getting a L'equip Filter Pro, and adore it.
Don't believe them when they say not to put the trays in the dishwasher.

I don't use it often, but when I do, it comes in very handy. Or used to, back in my Salad and Vegetable Days.
Kale Crisps, dehydrated peppers, onion, fruit leather made of raspberry and blueberry (for Mr B's lunch box).
LC Jerky.
Salmon jerky is fab.
Drying herbs is a snap.
And whenever I make Mr B his LC Cinnamon Crunch Cereal I do it in the dehydrator rather than the oven.
https://www.ditchthecarbs.com/grain-free-cinnamon-crunch/
Saves cooking the goodness out of everything.

If you want to bore yourself rigid, there are tortuous dehydrator you tube vid reviews. 90 mins of someone droning endlessly about the depth of the shelves...

 

[DCUKMod]

My son has one. He got it originally to make his own biltong but has since expanded to drying fruit and veggies too.

He has this one mainly because he could add additional sections and you could get an insert for fruit. It's well used.

Thanks Maglil - I thought you or your son could be likely candidates.

I must admit I'd want a chamber for the option biltong or jerky, but am intereested in all suggestions. I currerntly have this on my Amazon saved list: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M98W...olid=266YF8HXE6ZP8&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

There's an IP offer on at the moment on the 6ltr, which my OH sent me a link for this morning. I do want anothere, but I really want a baby one.

 

[maglil55]

Happy Birthday @shelley262 hope you had a lovely day.

 

[shelley262]

Thank you all for my lovely birthday wishes really appreciate them just sat with feet up and glass of red wine

 

[DCUKMod]

*coughs sheepishly*

You knew I would say yes, didn't you?
It dates from my Raw Period, in around 2010.

My best advice is to not underestimate how big they are, and to think carefully about brand.
I wanted the top of the range Excalibur, which is American, but ended up getting a L'equip Filter Pro, and adore it.
Don't believe them when they say not to put the trays in the dishwasher.

I don't use it often, but when I do, it comes in very handy. Or used to, back in my Salad and Vegetable Days.
Kale Crisps, dehydrated peppers, onion, fruit leather made of raspberry and blueberry (for Mr B's lunch box).
LC Jerky.
Salmon jerky is fab.
Drying herbs is a snap.
And whenever I make Mr B his LC Cinnamon Crunch Cereal I do it in the dehydrator rather than the oven.
https://www.ditchthecarbs.com/grain-free-cinnamon-crunch/
Saves cooking the goodness out of everything.

If you want to bore yourself rigid, there are tortuous dehydrator you tube vid reviews. 90 mins of someone droning endlessly about the depth of the shelves...

I did immediately think of you, but didn't want to "out" you as "Gadget Gurl of the Millenium".

Yes, I had a look at dimensions, but my newish prep bench has almost a whooooooooole under-shelf clear at the moment with only the vacuum sealer and a few IP accessories on there.

 

[maglil55]

Thanks Maglil - I thought you or your son could be likely candidates.

I must admit I'd want a chamber for the option biltong or jerky, but am intereested in all suggestions. I currerntly have this on my Amazon saved list: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M98W...olid=266YF8HXE6ZP8&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

There's an IP offer on at the moment on the 6ltr, which my OH sent me a link for this morning. I do want anothere, but I really want a baby one.

That's a good buy. I'm not showing son he'd want that one too! Son is a little more experimental with kit than me but not when it comes to cooking.

 

[maglil55]

Thanks Maglil - I thought you or your son could be likely candidates.

I must admit I'd want a chamber for the option biltong or jerky, but am intereested in all suggestions. I currerntly have this on my Amazon saved list: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M98W...olid=266YF8HXE6ZP8&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

There's an IP offer on at the moment on the 6ltr, which my OH sent me a link for this morning. I do want anothere, but I really want a baby one.

I saw the IP. It's the one I have at the moment.

 

[Rachox]

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee
Lunch: chicken supreme and mixed veg followed by SF jelly, cream, strawberries and a spoonful of LC chocolate granola
Mid afternoon: chocolate phd bar and a black coffee.
Dinner: cold meat, cheese and salad buffet followed by one Jaffa cake.

 

[jayney27]

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee
Lunch: chicken supreme and mixed veg followed by SF jelly, cream, strawberries and a spoonful of LC chocolate granola
Mid afternoon: chocolate phd bar and a black coffee.
Dinner: cold meat, cheese and salad buffet followed by one Jaffa cake.

Hope you are feeling better?