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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Today, tried out the icecream maker to make sesame ice cream and it worked out quite well (only 6g to 7g of carbs for the whole 750 ml) and no effect on blood sugar levels at all. Have to remember, though, to use a little more sweetener next time.

Today ...

Breakfast: A double decaffeinated espresso with cream and erythritol. A DD keto roll with goat cream cheese and turkey salami. A spoonful of baba ghanoush. Two squares of 88% chocolate.

Lunch: Skippped due to grocery shopping.

Early afternoon: X-tra long chili cheese burger (without the bun). A large serving of the sesame icecream with sesame brittle.

Dinner: Half a DD keto roll with steak tartar and mayonnaise. One and half glasses of red wine.
 
zauberflote said:

[USER=25851]@Annb sorry the proper insulin isn't available-- but it makes sense to me that you would use what's available, that is, the old kind. What a beautiful pic! All concentration. I was barely doing straight seams at 8-- good for her on that zipper!!! You know what?-- I'd be terrified of that machine she's using. I have a vintage 1930's Singer which I can convert to treadle come the apocalypse.
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We didn't have a sewing machine at all when I was 8. My mother used to make clothes and furnishings by hand - she did some very fine stitchwork. Eventually bought an electric machine when I was in my teens - that's when I learned to sew. Neil (of course) has a treadle Singer machine. He bought it for the table really, but then renovated the machine itself. My current machine is a very basic electric one which DIL gave me when my cheap one started causing problems (it was one of her old ones).

BG is pretty stable at present - a bit higher than most would like, but at 9.5 it's pretty good for me. I forgot to say in my earlier post - I had some more of the chicken wings I roasted yesterday. Really enjoyed them. Currently feeling a bit nauseous. More of my digestive problems - still not sorted out and still no word about the biopsy. Must phone GP and see if they've heard anything.
 
ziggy_w said:
Hello all,

@Bex72 -- So glad your feeling a bit better.
@maglil55 -- Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I am absolutely fine again -- never had a cold gone so soon. Cherries in brandy sound great. I wonder whether apricots (cubed) or maybe rhubarb (maybe without the brandy though) could work too?
@zauberflote -- Yes, the egg whites were relatively stiff, once you add the other ingredients they become a bit more liquid anyway.

The icecream maker arrived today -- quite some machine, large and heavy -- happy I didn't get the larger one. It came with a bunch of recipe. Might start with the sesame icecream, there is also a recipe for tomato sorbet.

Breakfast: A double decaffeinated espresso with cream and erythritol. A tub of chicken liver pate (120g).

Lunch: Half a DD keto roll with butter and turkey salami. A spoonful of baba ghanoush. Edited to add: Romaine lettuce with h/m Caesar's dressing and parmesan.

Dinner: Three lamb cutlets with a spoonful of cauli-mash (with butter and potato fiber) and zucchini and bellpepper in a tomato cream sauce.

Edited to add -- Late night snack: Half a DD keto roll with butter. Some cheese.

Third day without wine. Blood sugars were a lot better today, maybe tomorrow they'll be back to normal.
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I’m looking forward to seeing some of your ice cream experiments - I love the sound of sesame ice cream. Not so sure about the tomato sorbet though, unless it has a healthy dash of vodka in it maybe? But perhaps then it wouldn’t freeze properly.
I have found, like you, that BGs are higher for a day or 2 after stopping wine. I guess it’s the liver tidying up.
 
@PenguinMum I’m so sorry to hear your test was positive - what a stupid woman to go to work coughing like that. Fingers crossed for Mr PM and that it doesn’t hit you too hard. Sending shedloads of hugs your way.
My food today was coffee, lots.
Soup for lunch https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/cauliflower-soup-crumbled-pancetta ( lovely)
Dinner was h/m cheeseburger and salad with a whole avocado.
A DGF butterscotch maple blondie saved to watch Bake off with a bit later. Discovered it was chocolate week so had to eat a couple of squares Montezuma’s 100% with orange as well.
@zauberflote I’m still laughing at social cottage cheese consumption!
@maglil55 thanks for the heads up on ordering direct from SLC, have you tried the rolls yet?
 
DJC3 said:
A DGF butterscotch maple blondie saved to watch Bake off with a bit later. Discovered it was chocolate week so had to eat a couple of squares Montezuma’s 100% with orange as well.
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That made me laugh. I had to buy some of the Montezuma’s with orange in Sainsbury’s yesterday. Seems to be compulsory. At least it’s only 7g carb for the bar.
 
Goonergal said:
That made me laugh. I had to buy some of the Montezuma’s with orange in Sainsbury’s yesterday. Seems to be compulsory. At least it’s only 7g carb for the bar.
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Perfect for us chocoholics!
The Hotel Chocolate Christmas calendar popped through the post yesterday - I see they are doing 100% dark Advent calendars this year.
 
ziggy_w said:
Hello all,

Hugs, @PenguinMum -- What an awful thing to happen, I would be quite angry at the supermarket to let employees come in sick these days. Keeping my fingers crossed that your's will be a mild case.
@MrsA2 -- Sorry about the breathlessness on the crosstrainer -- it definitely does sound like a chest infection or something similar.
@Bex72 -- Glad to see you posting more regularly now, hope this means you're feeling much better.
@zauberflote and @maglil55 -- I agree, I thought the tomato sorbet sounded good too, but probably add much less sweetener than suggested in the recipe. Do any of you know by the way what tomato juice extract is? This is needed according to the recipe. Btw, there is also a recipe for parmesan icecream.
@ianpspurs -- The comment was just based on my own experience (and what I've seen some members post here). When I get hungry, often my blood sugar goes up instead of down. I also wouldn't find it very surprising if hunger caused stress, which on the one hand would lead to the release of glucose from the liver and on the other hand the release of cortisol, which again would lead to increased insulin resistance ... but might be wrong about this too. Anyway, I have no scientific source for this.
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@ziggy_w I've seen tomato extract powder & and extract capsules (lycoprene I think) in health food shops. However, I'd be inclined to think of it as a thick tomato juice. Possibly home made? I must admit for a tomato sorbet I'd edge more towards a salty flavour rather than sweet (maybe I got too used to the naturally sweet Italian tomatoes).
 
DJC3 said:
I’m looking forward to seeing some of your ice cream experiments - I love the sound of sesame ice cream. Not so sure about the tomato sorbet though, unless it has a healthy dash of vodka in it maybe? But perhaps then it wouldn’t freeze properly.
I have found, like you, that BGs are higher for a day or 2 after stopping wine. I guess it’s the liver tidying up.
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Now there's a thought, a frozen Bloody Mary!
 
Tuesday bed 6.7 FBG 6.3 but once again I got into the 4's during the day. I'm taking this as evidence I am finally on the mend as I no longer feel I'm having to battle BGs. @Annb - what a lovely picture! Em is certainly very cute. @DJC3 - I had one of the rolls for breakfast this morning (Wednesday) which I'll add later as I'm not sure what we'll be having tonight yet. However, it was a very delicious bacon & egg roll! The roll benefits from a warm up in the oven. My fridge was packed last night with SLC bread & rolls but I've taken Son & DIL supply along this morning. Still got some to get in freezer though.
Tuesday food.
B. TAG and the last 2 slices of SLC toast with ham and Philly.
L. Nothing
D. Salmon fillet Air fried with a sriracha rub and a salad of lettuce, tomato, avocado, walnuts. 2 squares 90%.

For those with children/grandchildren 7-12ish can I recommend Wonder. It's in Sky Store and Prime but it's only £3.99 to buy. 10 year olds' class is reading it at school and I've never seen him so engrossed. So much so he browbeat me into buying the movie. We started watching it yesterday and even the 7 year old was totally engrossed. It's a mix of happy/sad but there are a lot of lessons that have resonated with them. It's about a 10 year old who was disfigured from birth and the effect interaction with others has on him/them. I must admit I had my doubts but the boys are really taking it on board. Told me that what's important is what's inside a person, not how they look. But the little one surprised us this morning when we asked why he kept being nice to someone who was continually mean and we were told perhaps they have issues and if I'm mean or ignore them does that not make me just as bad? Wow! 7 year old Dr Freud. Anyway, wonderful book & movie.
 
maglil55 said:
For those with children/grandchildren 7-12ish can I recommend Wonder. It's in Sky Store and Prime but it's only £3.99 to buy. 10 year olds' class is reading it at school and I've never seen him so engrossed. So much so he browbeat me into buying the movie. We started watching it yesterday and even the 7 year old was totally engrossed. It's a mix of happy/sad but there are a lot of lessons that have resonated with them. It's about a 10 year old who was disfigured from birth and the effect interaction with others has on him/them. I must admit I had my doubts but the boys are really taking it on board. Told me that what's important is what's inside a person, not how they look. But the little one surprised us this morning when we asked why he kept being nice to someone who was continually mean and we were told perhaps they have issues and if I'm mean or ignore them does that not make me just as bad? Wow! 7 year old Dr Freud. Anyway, wonderful book & movie.
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Is this a book? Tried looking on Amazon but it only comes up with lots of titles containing "wonder" but nothing that sounds like the one you are describing. Do you have an author's name? It sounds just like the thing for Em.
 
maglil55 said:
Not in my Lidl at the moment. There's duck, 3 bird roasts and multiple sizes of turkey but no goose.
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As I understand it, things like offers and stocking can differ a bit in Scotland. For example, a week or so ago, someone from Edinburgh posted pics from their Lidl of an IP lookee-likee, a single induction hob plate, and something else I can't remember. Nowhere in sight in mine.

I'mguessing things might vary from branch to branch anyway, depending on the store size etc.
 
Thank you to EVERYONE for the hugs and good wishes yesterday. I am doing good other than BG is wayward. Today I started to feel hungry again so thats good.
Breakfast was a slice of HiLo toast, butter, tea.
Lunch was h/m celery, celeriac, broccoli & shallot soup.
Supper will probs be a tomato & cheese omelette.

@Annb it was lovely to see Em at the sewing machine, you seem to have a very special bond. All this chat about Christmas birds and Advent calenders made me realise that I will probably be safe to go shopping again, for a while anyway! Oc we dont know how long immunity lasts.
 
Annb said:
Found it, I think @maglil55. A book by R J Palacio. There's a Kindle edition at £3.95 but the paperback is £6.95. I listened to an extract and it seems to be the one - not to my liking, but I'm not an 8 year old and I'm sure Em will find it hilarious.
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The boys were in fits yesterday when things went horribly wrong for the bullies but they're hopeful maybe they will become nicer people.
 
@MrsA2 not good to have a lurking infection. And why would he (physio) put you on a cardio machine when it's your back?
@ziggy_w tomato juice extract? Hmmm. Prune juice used to say "a water extract of dried prunes" but that was about 1959 so is no help lol. How about tomato paste for a try?
@SlimLizzy is Cat ok?
@PenguinMum I hate to be a party pooper but there are known cases of re-infection (as opposed to long-term effects) within just a few months of previous infection. Ugh.
Bfast avocado, pecans, boiled eggs, 1.25 sq Lindt 90%, flax crisps/dilute soymilk.
Lunch might be happening right now (just finished bfast!) with a flax crisp experiment, cooking it thicker. I would LOVE to be able to make a big storage container full of these and just nuke each meal's worth to re-crisp. Would have to bake in forms, thicker than my usual, so I don't wind up with a tub full of flax-matzo-crumbs! OTOH, could I then make flax-matzo-balls for my chicken soup???
Supper the inevitable spinach/hm dressing and flax crisps/dilute soy. Who knows what will happen for "main dish"?
Surely acorn flour is LCHF! (Ref to pic IF it ever works)
Edited yet again for photo take 3 nope 4 Also, thicker flax crisps are very satisfying in the mouth and none were left over to see if they kept the least bit fresh.
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Can anybody see the photo?
 
maglil55 said:
Tuesday bed 6.7 FBG 6.3 but once again I got into the 4's during the day. I'm taking this as evidence I am finally on the mend as I no longer feel I'm having to battle BGs. @Annb - what a lovely picture! Em is certainly very cute. @DJC3 - I had one of the rolls for breakfast this morning (Wednesday) which I'll add later as I'm not sure what we'll be having tonight yet. However, it was a very delicious bacon & egg roll! The roll benefits from a warm up in the oven. My fridge was packed last night with SLC bread & rolls but I've taken Son & DIL supply along this morning. Still got some to get in freezer though.
Tuesday food.
B. TAG and the last 2 slices of SLC toast with ham and Philly.
L. Nothing
D. Salmon fillet Air fried with a sriracha rub and a salad of lettuce, tomato, avocado, walnuts. 2 squares 90%.

For those with children/grandchildren 7-12ish can I recommend Wonder. It's in Sky Store and Prime but it's only £3.99 to buy. 10 year olds' class is reading it at school and I've never seen him so engrossed. So much so he browbeat me into buying the movie. We started watching it yesterday and even the 7 year old was totally engrossed. It's a mix of happy/sad but there are a lot of lessons that have resonated with them. It's about a 10 year old who was disfigured from birth and the effect interaction with others has on him/them. I must admit I had my doubts but the boys are really taking it on board. Told me that what's important is what's inside a person, not how they look. But the little one surprised us this morning when we asked why he kept being nice to someone who was continually mean and we were told perhaps they have issues and if I'm mean or ignore them does that not make me just as bad? Wow! 7 year old Dr Freud. Anyway, wonderful book & movie.
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Breakfast roll sounds wonderful! I’ll order rolls next time ( or when there’s freezer space)
Thanks for the book/ film recommendation. I’ve just ordered the book and will look out for it on Prime too.
 
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