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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Lunch yesterday: Battered flathead at the bowls club sans batter, and a couple of pots of Gold.
Dinner: Pork chops and veggies.
Breakfast: Cheesey omelette, bacon, tomato.

Drinks: Black coffee no sugar / sweeteners, water, beer, staminade.
 
DJC3 said:
Yes, its a pretty perfect dish. According to my workings out it is 4g carb per serving and 24g fat
I like it just as the recipe says - with the paneer marinated and cooked til crispy then mixed in.
It’s always my favourite go to dish if we have a curry take out too.
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Depending on the weather. If it’s windy I’ll mix the cheese in, if not I won’t.
 
@ianpspurs my stomach is nervous for you and Julie. Thinking of you...
Welcome @Indie Cole !
I was very happy with my slow cooker version of the butter chicken that I can't remember who recommended to me. I was flying by the seat of my pants, but the chicken was perfectly tender and the sauce to die for. The mess in the kitchen and the number of pots and appliances used guarantee either that I have to buy an immersion blender, or that it will only be saved for special occasions. Mr ZF didn't rave but he didn't hate it either.
Goodnight everyone, stay tucked in tight-- I feel like the windows are going to blow out of this house!!
 
DJC3 said:
Does xylitol have the same ‘cold’ effect as erythritol? I couldn’t use eryth initially because we had a dog, but I struggle still with the coldness and odd throat burn of erythritol.
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I don’t find that either has a cold effect and never had a throat burn from erythritol so probably not the best judge.
 
Good morning folks. A combination of forgetfulness, arthritic pain and finding out that nothing in my wardrobe “sparked joy” when investigating the Marie Kondo folding method left me in no mood for posting last night. My clothes are now in a huge pile in the centre of one of the bedrooms, sulking about the lack of joy sparking. The sight of it reminds me of the Richard Dreyfuss mashed potato scene in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
I was already on a real downer that the nearest Waitrose to me is 33 miles away (M&S is a mere 4.5 miles) and would have to rely on a combination of Morrisons and Tesco for the foreseeable future. “Sparks joy” indeed.
Anyhow;
An 1100hrs brunch of bacon, poached egg and tinned tomato at a cafe in town and a catch up with our daughter.
Dinner; Carne con chile a la Rick Stein styly followed a bit later by a chia pudding with blueberries.
I also defrosted a large bag of cooked chicken carcasses and bits and made a chicken soup for today in the pressure cooker as well as rendering down all the fat and skin to make some chicken fat - it makes a great flavour enhancer.
 
dunelm said:
Good morning folks. A combination of forgetfulness, arthritic pain and finding out that nothing in my wardrobe “sparked joy” when investigating the Marie Kondo folding method left me in no mood for posting last night. My clothes are now in a huge pile in the centre of one of the bedrooms, sulking about the lack of joy sparking. The sight of it reminds me of the Richard Dreyfuss mashed potato scene in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
I was already on a real downer that the nearest Waitrose to me is 33 miles away (M&S is a mere 4.5 miles) and would have to rely on a combination of Morrisons and Tesco for the foreseeable future. “Sparks joy” indeed.
Anyhow;
An 1100hrs brunch of bacon, poached egg and tinned tomato at a cafe in town and a catch up with our daughter.
Dinner; Carne con chile a la Rick Stein styly followed a bit later by a chia pudding with blueberries.
I also defrosted a large bag of cooked chicken carcasses and bits and made a chicken soup for today in the pressure cooker as well as rendering down all the fat and skin to make some chicken fat - it makes a great flavour enhancer.
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Yeah. I get you. I watched all the Marie Kondo TV series (Netflix I believe) with a fascinated horror.
My life is just too short for all that folding.
And while I have an understanding of the Sparks Joy thang, that tends to apply to everythng I buy. I mean, if it doesn't Spark Joy then I wouldn't have bought it in the first place, and if it lost its Joy at some point, then it went in the bin, the recycling, or to the charity shop long ago.
Plus, I go by hangers. If I buy more clothes than will fit on my hangers, then something has to go to make room for the new thing.
OK, I am exaggerating, but you get the ghist.

Today, we are out for brekkie. Mutts and I, with a friend. In the rain. Which rather limits our choice of bekkeries. I suspect it will be another outing for Bacon and Egg.

Lunch will not be needed, and then there will be pork belly in balsamic vinegar for D, followed by a profiterole, or two. Since they are smaller (size of pingpong ball), I can cope with two at a time.
 
zauberflote said:
@ianpspurs my stomach is nervous for you and Julie. Thinking of you...
Welcome @Indie Cole !
I was very happy with my slow cooker version of the butter chicken that I can't remember who recommended to me. I was flying by the seat of my pants, but the chicken was perfectly tender and the sauce to die for. The mess in the kitchen and the number of pots and appliances used guarantee either that I have to buy an immersion blender, or that it will only be saved for special occasions. Mr ZF didn't rave but he didn't hate it either.
Goodnight everyone, stay tucked in tight-- I feel like the windows are going to blow out of this house!!
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I feel certain if you buy an immersion blender, you will use it more than you even imagined. In fact, I can't recall the last time I used my proper jug blender. The immersion blender is so much simpler, less messy and the cleaning of it takes a trice.

If it was the two sleevers' butter chicken you did, @DJC3 also does it with salmon, which I haven't done yet, but I'm certain it'd work with that, or a good white fish, like cod, prawn/shrimp, or, I think, the sauce would be delicious, poured over barbequed lobster.
 
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DJC3 said:
It’ll be a wrench to leave I’m sure, but being near the family/grandchildren will hopefully be compensation.
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If we end up moving it will be purely for Julie. I am never likely to settle anywhere else but it is part of the Ts and Cs in my marriage vows - didn't think those through well enough bit like what LC actually entails when it becomes permanent.
 
Tipetoo said:
Your local butcher should have corned (salt) beef on hand, either silverside or brisket.

Jewish (kosher) butcher shops should have as it is popular with them as well.
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@Tipetoo neither of my local butchers has salt beef on hand and when asked told me if I ordered quite large quantities they would oblige if I paid up front. @Chook we have tried most supermarket's brisket and basically I find them inedible however we cook them. I have a youtube video of using an IP to make my own pastrami but none of the meat we can buy ever starts off looking remotely like what was used.
 
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Good morning everyone :)

I think my immersion blender is my third most often used piece of electric all kitchen equipment (1st is kettle, 2nd is microwave).

We just found out this morning that all our dogs like black olives (Mr C knocked over an open jar). I know Labradors eat pretty much everything but olives??

Today....

Breakfast: usual Sunday brunch of egg, bacon, high meat content chipolata, mushrooms and a couple of tablespoons of baked beans

Lunch: kefir

Dinner: Iceland fish casserole thing (prawns, mussels, hake, clams squid, shrimps) with fake spaghetti

Drinks: BDC, PSW, DTWSM, RW ;)
 
ianpspurs said:
@Tipetoo neither of my local butchers has salt beef on hand and when asked told me if I ordered quite quantities they would oblige if I paid up front. @Chook we have tried most supermarket's brisket and basically I find them inedible however we cook them. I have a youtube video of using an IP to make my own pastrami but none of the meat we can buy ever starts off looking remotely like what was used.
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Of all the shops we visit I prefer Morrison's brisket. Morrison's in Doncaster sell pre-spiced raw brisket which I like but Mr C is taking a walk on the wild side by developing his own spice blend.
 
Chook said:
Of all the shops we visit I prefer Morrison's brisket. Morrison's in Doncaster sell pre-spiced raw brisket which I like but Mr C is taking a walk on the wild side by developing his own spice blend.
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We tried the Morrisons pre-spiced - I could'n even eat 1 slice but appreciate your info.
 
ianpspurs said:
If we end up moving it will be purely for Julie. I am never likely to settle anywhere else but it is part of the Ts and Cs in my marriage vows - didn't think those through well enough bit like what LC actually entails when it becomes permanent.
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In the early days of my marriage we moved house six times (in less than five years) because of Mr C's job and ended up staying here in this house for 20 years quite by accident. It's not somewhere I would have chosen (house, village, town or area) but over time we have made a life for ourselves here and have been happy. So, basically, I know how it feels not to want to move but I'm sure you will have a happy life as long as you and Julie are together.
 
Just had a bowl of saag (spinach south asian style):
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/saag-paneer

Used ghee instead of oils

But I didn't add the cheese, had it added in to my bowl at the end (feta cheese).

Also had some left over chicken mixed in.

Two squares of Lindt 90% dark chocolate

1 Tesco Viennese vanilla thin

1 Can of diet coke

Relaxing now with a cup of tea. Made a mistake with asda double cream though, slightly higher in carbs than tescos and morrisons i think...
 
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