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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries and cream washed down with a black coffee.
Lunch: mushrooms and pistachio nuts with cauliflower and broccoli salad followed by Greek yoghurt and raspberries.
Mid afternoon: raspberry chia pudding and black coffee.
Dinner: extra strong cheddar and mushroom omelette with cauliflower and broccoli followed by SF jelly, cream and LC chocolate granola

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maglil55 said:
There were loads of them. I added one a day to my posts for quite a while. At her funeral they built in what we had come to refer to as her "Annieisms".
I had two favourites - when her husband was complaining that something was taking too long she looked him straight in the face and announced "Patience is a virgin".
The other favourite of mine was when she had to go to the dentist because she "...had an abseil on her gum".
Was it Hilda Baker that kept getting her words wrong?
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I think it was.

If I remember rightly it's called a malapropism after Mrs Malaprop who was a character in????? a Dickins book maybe???

One of my favourites was when, I think it was Ethel from Eastenders (going back a bit) informed Dot that she wasn't going to use the new 'Micromesh' oven.

I need to get out more:rolleyes:
 
BibaBee said:
Breakfast: Cherry and almond flavour chia pudding with mixed berries. I used almond extract, cherry flavouring (from Lakeland) and almond butter to flavour. Fresh coffee with cream
Lunch: A dash around the fridge for bits to take to work. Aldi sliced peppered pork loin, smoked cheese slices, babybell cheese, handful of baby spinach.
Snack: Husband had a couple of the LC Swiss cookies and an almond milk cappuccino (added dash of cream). I had several black coffees but gave in to a dark chocolate truffle at work. I wish people would stop bringing their leftovers from Christmas into the office! Good thing my husband works from home and doesn't have the same temptations!
Pre-dinner snack: 20g Aldi BBQ almonds
Dinner: Salmon with Greek yoghurt tandoori style marinade, curried celeriac oven chips, avocado, tomato, cucumber, onion (tiny amount) salad with coriander and lime dressing. SF jelly with extra thick double cream.
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I’m pinching that dinner idea sometime soon as looks delicious!!
 
Emma_369 said:
I’m pinching that dinner idea sometime soon as looks delicious!!
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It was really nice. I'm gutted I didn't make extra, as I reckon it would be lovely cold too. The marinade was made from garlic purée, grated ginger, Garam Masala, cumin, chilli, salt, a tiny smidge of tomato purée for colour, squeeze of lemon, good blob of yoghurt (about 80g), slosh of olive oil. Baked them for about 15 minutes then finished with the grill element. I reckon the whole meal was about 11g of carbs, but could easily be lower by tweaking a few things.
 
Hi all hope you've had a good day - my cold is still around but moving in the right direction so hoping to be back to normal in next day or two!!
Breakfast one rasher bacon and egg
lunch a few nibbles of different cheeses ( still working on christmas stash) and a couple of LC herb crackers ( must make more tommorow as finished the last few) and a small slither of my HC yule log - lots still left!
Dinner chilli with some black olives ( to give texture of the kidney beans I miss sometimes) served with cauliflower rice followed by lc raspberry mousse.
Off to bed in a few mins don't know where the evening went today - got disracted by a range of things and nearly forgot to post my days food.
 
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maglil55 said:
There were loads of them. I added one a day to my posts for quite a while. At her funeral they built in what we had come to refer to as her "Annieisms".
I had two favourites - when her husband was complaining that something was taking too long she looked him straight in the face and announced "Patience is a virgin".
The other favourite of mine was when she had to go to the dentist because she "...had an abseil on her gum".
Was it Hilda Baker that kept getting her words wrong?
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Out for a family celebratory meal many years ago ana my sister's husband (now her ex) told my Mum that she looked lovely in her white dress. she replied that she thought it made her look positively 'vaginal'. :joyful:
 
Hello all. Again a bit late posting today.

Breakfast: Two double decaffeinated espressos with cream and erythritol.

Lunch: Half a low-carb flatbread with butter. An avocado. A cup of low-carb hot chocolate.

Snack: New Year's celebration at work. A glass of sparkling wine, which tasted too sweet. An assortment of small pieces of four different cheeses.

Dinner: Chicken livers with a pastis-mustard cream sauce, some roasted veggies, white asparagus fried in butter. Oppo vanilla ice cream covered with melted 95% chocolate.
 
maglil55 said:
There were loads of them. I added one a day to my posts for quite a while. At her funeral they built in what we had come to refer to as her "Annieisms".
I had two favourites - when her husband was complaining that something was taking too long she looked him straight in the face and announced "Patience is a virgin".
The other favourite of mine was when she had to go to the dentist because she "...had an abseil on her gum".
Was it Hilda Baker that kept getting her words wrong?
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Yes, very Hilda Baker. It must have been so hard not to laugh
 
Breakfast/brunch.
2 boiled eggs, mashed into 1/2 an avocado, 1 ryvita..lovely
2 brazil nuts and 5 pecans, small handful of pumpkin seeds.

home to bed, felt a bit rough (just tired i think..late bed/early rise.:hungover: )

Up late, used up a 'treat' missus got me, before it's use by date
.M&S katsu curry, balanced range.

Eaten before, no problems.
left half the rice..and still got hit over 2 mmols rise after 2 hrs.
can get by, but no where in your league, so sad to see one more easy cook joy headed for oblivion.

One coffee with the double cream.
must be honest didn't give the double cream much credence when i first heard it kept you satiated.
but i does seem to work ( for me, anyway. and i'm starting to 'like' coffee.)

also many teas/waters.

@HSSS ..liking the sound of that...one for my To Do list.

Agree with @DJC3 ...Liking the Olive swap for kidney beans @shelley262
Loving the sounds of the Lamb shanks @Goonergal


And @Tori71, @maglil55 , aww bless mums, hey..:cat:

mine had a few as well, most often used, was for tummy upsets that .'it might be an Ulster'...:D

and for all struggling with the dementia element.. @shelley262 @zauberflote ..big hugs.

My prescriptions is Humour,,really Bucket loads of it, as you all know so well.

went to see mum at her new-ish home once.( daily visitor until i knew she was safe..)
knock on door, mum naked in room, and unabashed by it...i closed door swiftly, and went to fetch nurse.

she dealt with it, jokingly telling mum off, as she had embarrassed her son..

we all laughed at the situation as it was so nicely handled, and i could see mum was in good hands.
( now my mum, good god fearing catholic woman, would never so much as tolerate nudity on the tv really,
so this was a complete shocker :wideyed: )

saying thank you to nurses, before i left, i was told not to worry " She does it all the time. :***:"

"..usually she comes out to the lounge and sits to watch tv, then we just take her back to her room and dress her..." :woot:

Not sure how i'd of handled THAT situation on arrival, to see her butt naked watching Corrie...:eek:...:hilarious:

Good night all.
looking forward to the next instalment of Foods that make ya go YUM..:D
 
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@jjraak thank you for hugs!! Sending some back There was a thing today which was entirely my fault but I didn’t take the 2 hrs needed to rectify it. Anyway, “the best and favorite kid” (my lil bro) is coming tomorrow to whisk her away on an adventure. She loves adventures! And oh my gosh your nekkid mum!! How....interesting... to learn that! I’m afraid at Mom’s place at least one of the carers would yell at her. But they are mostly calm and good. I’ve learned alot.
Sorry about your curry misadventure! Hope fbg doesn’t reflect it too badly.
Good night all and good sleep; have some for me too!
Edited after 2 mile walk to add what I ate today
Bfast 1/2 avocado, egg, 3 tbsp pine nuts and decaf/soy/cream.
Lunch 3 tall stalks fresh celery, 2-3 cherry tomatoes, 3 radishes, 1/2 tin unsalted sardines with olive oil- that is pretty darn good! And radish+sardine bites have a future. Nice combo of oily-salty with cool-crisp-biting. These are quite mild radishes, thank goodness!! Another decaf.
Supper 3 cherry tomatoes, handful mushroom slices, mess of greens, chunk swiss cheese and there may have been some butter with that cheese. Made a cheddar quiche for hubby. Will make crustless quiche for bro/mom/me supper @mom’s tomorrow night, with more salad fixings and offering my bread. Bro can have all of those things.
 
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DJC3 said:
@shelley262 hope your cold clears up very soon. I hadn’t thought of using olives in place of kidney beans in a chilli - that’s a great idea, I’m definitely borrowing that.

I’m really enjoying everyone’s malapropisms keep them coming.

@BibaBee your salmon dinner looked wonderful.
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Olives give it a great flavour and texture a winner I think x
 
Lovely sunny Spring -like day here in Yorkshire but could be warmer...

Here we go...

Breakfast: Kippers and scrambled eggs

Lunch: Nothing

Dinner: Chicken curry and cauliflower and broccoli rice

Drinks: The usual black coffee until lunchtime then water or tea (today's tea is chamomile). Then water after dinner.

I used to be very indifferent to scrambled eggs but - wow - they are SO much nicer now I've started making them with double cream and butter.
 
Bit of a blip last night.
First time I have been HUNGRY since the flu started.
Anyway, I had a good rummage in the fridge and found some rather iffy wensleydale and blueberries (not my usual taste).
But that didn’t do the trick and I ended up snaffling a tablespoon of GF xmas pud. With cream.
Not bad for my one-and-only Xmas splurge :D

Back to straight and narrow today.
No B
L: was last of liver in yummy sauce
D: will be cold pork belly with bay and chilli and a teasp of mango chutney.
 
Brunneria said:
Bit of a blip last night.
First time I have been HUNGRY since the flu started.
Anyway, I had a good rummage in the fridge and found some rather iffy wensleydale and blueberries (not my usual taste).
But that didn’t do the trick and I ended up snaffling a tablespoon of GF xmas pud. With cream.
Not bad for my one-and-only Xmas splurge :D

Back to straight and narrow today.
No B
L: was last of liver in yummy sauce
D: will be cold pork belly with bay and chilli and a teasp of mango chutney.
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Whats the yummy sauce you had with the liver? I keep thinking I ought to eat liver but never get round to it. I think its the memories of the rock hard stuff they gave us for school dinners. :confused::confused:
 
Chook said:
Whats the yummy sauce you had with the liver? I keep thinking I ought to eat liver but never get round to it. I think its the memories of the rock hard stuff they gave us for school dinners. :confused::confused:
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I just pan fried the liver lightly in garlic butter, then lifted it out to rest (I've no idea if liver benefits from resting, but it didn't do it any harm)
Added a splash of red wine to the pan.
Deglazed.
Added herbs (mainly rosemary), worcestershire sauce and about a teasp of tomato puree
Reduced it for a couple of mins
Seasoned and poured over liver on plate
with a sprinkle of fresh grated parmesan over it all

And yes, today's lunch reheat was a little hard. But then I microwaved it. My bad.
 
Brunneria said:
I just pan fried the liver lightly in garlic butter, then lifted it out to rest (I've no idea if liver benefits from resting, but it didn't do it any harm)
Added a splash of red wine to the pan.
Deglazed.
Added herbs (mainly rosemary), worcestershire sauce and about a teasp of tomato puree
Reduced it for a couple of mins
Seasoned and poured over liver on plate
with a sprinkle of fresh grated parmesan over it all

And yes, today's lunch reheat was a little hard. But then I microwaved it. My bad.
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Thanks - the sauce sound a lovely - do you think that it would work with chicken livers?
 
Been sort of fasting for several days due to needing duvet days. Slept a lot, so no time to eat, but kept hydrated as best as possible with water, peppermint and ginger teas. Slowly reintroduced food with late brunch around 3pm, of Greek yogurt, and dinner yesterday was salmon, olives and boiled egg with mayo.
Despite good intentions to stay low carb throughout festive period I did indulge in half a mince pir. The rum in it was the attraction, but it tasted so disgustingly sweet that I couldn't eat it all, and didn't even enjoy the bit I did eat. I confess to overindulgence with cheeses, and meaty stuff. Also a beer or two. That I didn't really enjoy was quite a revelation.
Planning a bit of fasting, as I always feel better when I do. Haven't decided yet how to go about it, but considering kick starting with a bit of fat fasting to begin with. Stocking up on salmon, olives, eggs, bacon, not sure about cream, as that tends to cause problems with digestion for me sometimes. Have some wonderful beef rib bones in the freezer, so stock pot will be going on.
 
Breakfast:hi lo toast and butter
Mid morning: 'Yes!' chocolate and almond bar, 8.5g carbs - after a freezing walk round the village hoping I burned it off.
Lunch: Last of salami, olives, cheese stuffed peppers, two oatcakes, tomatoes, cucumber. Strawberries, cream and chocolate granola.
Dinner: Cauliflower and broccoli cheese topped with pancetta, small slice of sourdough
Snacks: Salt and vinegar peanuts

Fed up with this batch cooking lark now. Today's creations are; soup made from leftover veg, tray of chocolate granola, cauliflower and broccoli bake and the chai chocolate pudding with added coffee to convert into mocha flavour. When it's set tomorrow I'll know if I've been successful :p
 
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