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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

DJC3 said:
Black coffee until lunch.
Large salad of ham, 2 h/b eggs, 1/2 avocado, leaves and as I’m trying to prioritise protein over fat, I had a dollop of l/f cottage cheese instead of mayo. LF cottage cheese is a pretty joyless food so a spoonful of nutritional yeast added to give it a bit of oomph.
Dinner was a large pollock fillet with the chorizo crumble topping and green beans.
H/m yoghurt and a few blueberries to follow ( thanks for mentioning it a couple of days ago @AndBreathe I haven’t made it for ages) I strained it through muslin all day and got about 500ml whey out of it. The resulting yoghurt is super thick and creamy with double the protein now. The whey is now in ice cube trays, to make popsicles for the dog.
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I’ve just discovered something I am using instead of cottage cheese - it’s biotiful dairy’s kefir and protein which is also low fat it’s per 100g - carbs3.5 protein 12.7 and fat 0.4 - so good for high protein low fat but, I think, tastes high fat - win win- I like you tried low fat cottage cheese but this is better for me taste wise. I make a coleslaw now with a mix of this kefir and hurly burly raw organic sauerkraut which is o fat, 1.00 protein and 1.00 carb. I love it with some chives chopped in for flavour. I bought both from Ocado. If you’ve got big pot of low fat cottage cheese left to use up I’ve added things to lift it eg prawns, herbs and sauerkraut or grated vintage cheese or small bits of Stilton! Bit of a voyage of discovery this high protein lower fat but I find it really suits me.
I’m too hectic with family caring to post regularly just now but to stick to theme -today I had
Breakfast two boiled eggs with one slice of hm lc bread
Lunch kefir with three berries
Dinner pork loin wrapped in Serrano ham served with mushrooms, asparagus and a few oven baked pre cooked and frozen new potatoes followed by lc DGF brownie with 0% yoghurt.
Ps thinking of you all and reading when can.
 
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DJC3 said:
Black coffee until lunch.
Large salad of ham, 2 h/b eggs, 1/2 avocado, leaves and as I’m trying to prioritise protein over fat, I had a dollop of l/f cottage cheese instead of mayo. LF cottage cheese is a pretty joyless food so a spoonful of nutritional yeast added to give it a bit of oomph.
Dinner was a large pollock fillet with the chorizo crumble topping and green beans.
H/m yoghurt and a few blueberries to follow ( thanks for mentioning it a couple of days ago @AndBreathe I haven’t made it for ages) I strained it through muslin all day and got about 500ml whey out of it. The resulting yoghurt is super thick and creamy with double the protein now. The whey is now in ice cube trays, to make popsicles for the dog.
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Dennis will love, love, love those popsicles.

Which strength milk are you using for your yoghurt.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and Fibre One caramel protein bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: spur of the moment coconut cappuccino at a coffee shop with an emergency phd bar from my bag (while hubby was scoffing a huge slice of lemon cheesecake!)
Dinner: DD cheese crust omelette with orange cherry tomatoes and mushroom filling followed by SF strawberry jelly, cream and LC chocolate and raspberry granola.
I think it was @DJC3 who shared the cheese crust omelette recipe and said once you’d tried it you’d never cook a standard omelette ever again! She was right! :joyful:
 
Today was a bit of an odd day, food-wise.

I was back at the hospital today to participate in a different part of the main study I'm part of. I hadn't had to fast this time, as they weren't doing bloods this time, but I did have to avoid anything containing caffiene, so no tea or coffee with my usual brekkers of HM yoghurt with home grown stewed rhubarb.

Lunch per se didn't happen as I went shopping on my way home.

Dinner was yet another vat of stir fry. I can't believe I've had variations on a theme of the same meal, 3 nights running. VERY unlike me, but normal service will resume tomorrow.
 
AndBreathe said:
Dennis will love, love, love those popsicles.

Which strength milk are you using for your yoghurt.
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It’s semi skimmed uht. I’ve only used full fat before and wasn’t brave enough to try the fully skimmed. Have you used it or do you stick to the full fat?
Hugs for the lack of caffeine this morning. I’d be like a bear with a sore head.

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DJC3 said:
It’s semi skimmed uht. I’ve only used full fat before and wasn’t brave enough to try the fully skimmed. Have you used it or do you stick to the full fat?
Hugs for the lack of caffeine this morning. I’d be like a bear with a sore head.

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Trust me, the cup of tea after the day's events, provided by the team, was like nectar. Truly magnificent.

I've done semi-skimmed, half semi-skimmed and half full fat, and full fat (1 ltr + 1 ltr). They all work with predictably creamier and creamier results. Do you add any milk powder when you do your yoghurt? I usually add a decent heaped dessert spoonful. It gets all those lovely little going hyper!

I tend not to strain mine, due to a high level of laziness, but it's usually pretty thick anyway. I make 2ltrs at a time, in whatever format, and store in 1ltr "Tupperware" containers. On decanting, the yoghurt seems to loosen up a bit, but I tend to make a new batch when I start on the second litre tub, so it thickens up again with storage.

Thank goodness for a second decent sized storage fridge.
 
shelley262 said:
I’ve just discovered something I am using instead of cottage cheese - it’s biotiful dairy’s kefir and protein which is also low fat it’s per 100g - carbs3.5 protein 12.7 and fat 0.4 - so good for high protein low fat but, I think, tastes high fat - win win- I like you tried low fat cottage cheese but this is better for me taste wise. I make a coleslaw now with a mix of this kefir and hurly burly raw organic sauerkraut which is o fat, 1.00 protein and 1.00 carb. I love it with some chives chopped in for flavour. I bought both from Ocado. If you’ve got big pot of low fat cottage cheese left to use up I’ve added things to lift it eg prawns, herbs and sauerkraut or grated vintage cheese or small bits of Stilton! Bit of a voyage of discovery this high protein lower fat but I find it really suits me.
I’m too hectic with family caring to post regularly just now but to stick to theme -today I had
Breakfast two boiled eggs with one slice of hm lc bread
Lunch kefir with three berries
Dinner pork loin wrapped in Serrano ham served with mushrooms, asparagus and a few oven baked pre cooked and frozen new potatoes followed by lc DGF brownie with 0% yoghurt.
Ps thinking of you all and reading when can.
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Thank you so much for the recommendation, it has to be better than low fat cottage cheese! I’ll look out for it, probably have to be online.
I have prawns so that’s a good idea to jazz up the rest of the pot of cc. Maybe a bit of chilli too.
I love sauerkraut too. At the moment I’m addicted to this especially the turmeric and ginger one . https://goodnudefood.co.uk/products...UOUaHaPdn967TR9fxhFPOrUvp0wKebvwaAmo2EALw_wcB
I remember you saying Waitrose does a good one - is that the one you’re using still?
I agree this is a real voyage of discovery.
 
DJC3 said:
Thank you so much for the recommendation, it has to be better than low fat cottage cheese! I’ll look out for it, probably have to be online.
I have prawns so that’s a good idea to jazz up the rest of the pot of cc. Maybe a bit of chilli too.
I love sauerkraut too. At the moment I’m addicted to this especially the turmeric and ginger one . https://goodnudefood.co.uk/products...UOUaHaPdn967TR9fxhFPOrUvp0wKebvwaAmo2EALw_wcB
I remember you saying Waitrose does a good one - is that the one you’re using still?
I agree this is a real voyage of discovery.
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Hurly burly sauerkraut is also from Ocado like the kefir. It’s kimchi I bought from Waitrose.
https://www.ocado.com/products/hurly-burly-original-organic-raw-sauerkraut-491720011
This is the kefir
https://www.ocado.com/products/biotiful-kefir-quark-original-546991011
 
b: a vegetarian cooked breakfast in a Waitrose cafe, 1 egg, 1 large mushroom, half a tomato, small spinach, small avocado and haloumi. They'd way overcooked the haloumi so it had gone beyond rubbery into crunchy, but it made a nice base for the egg, like toast almost. Will try recreating that at home sometime

L: some crab pate on M&S super seedy crackers. The latter has been being praised on another fb group and I have had trouble finding any. Very low carb indeed, only 4 g for the whole packet. Just seeds stuck together somehow to be a small cracker but very handy when you need something to hold pate/hummus/cream cheese etc. £1.80 a pack but long life for store cupboard

D: crab pate on lettuce leaves, and even on cheese slices (it was reduced on eat today date!)
 
Annb said:
2nd meal: will be a vegetable bake that I made yesterday and should use today. It is finished with a layer of tomato @Antje77, and then passata over the top. Even so, it looks a bit dry, but that's after baking. I daresay that it will be more moist under the surface.
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It wasn't dry under the surface. Very tasty and another 2/3 left for tomorrow. Just taken a gammon roast out of the oven for slicing as cold meat tomorrow and for cutting into chunks to add to omelettes etc. Of course, I had to have a slice (still warm) to check that it was OK. It was.
 
MrsA2 said:
b: a vegetarian cooked breakfast in a Waitrose cafe, 1 egg, 1 large mushroom, half a tomato, small spinach, small avocado and haloumi. They'd way overcooked the haloumi so it had gone beyond rubbery into crunchy, but it made a nice base for the egg, like toast almost. Will try recreating that at home sometime

L: some crab pate on M&S super seedy crackers. The latter has been being praised on another fb group and I have had trouble finding any. Very low carb indeed, only 4 g for the whole packet. Just seeds stuck together somehow to be a small cracker but very handy when you need something to hold pate/hummus/cream cheese etc. £1.80 a pack but long life for store cupboard

D: crab pate on lettuce leaves, and even on cheese slices (it was reduced on eat today date!)
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The crackers sound great, I feel a trip to M&S coming on.
 
shelley262 said:
Hurly burly sauerkraut is also from Ocado like the kefir. It’s kimchi I bought from Waitrose.
https://www.ocado.com/products/hurly-burly-original-organic-raw-sauerkraut-491720011
This is the kefir
https://www.ocado.com/products/biotiful-kefir-quark-original-546991011
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Brilliant, thanks for the links. As I’m still not allowed to drive I’ve been thinking I really should organise a home delivery.

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Boo! I’ve just tried to register but Ocado don’t deliver here. I’ll try Amazon groceries
 
24.06
Breakfast as usual, 2x CWC, nut granola and 2 eggs scrambled with butter.
Last of the eggs.
CwC
Lunch. Sardines in oil, drained. Salad, hm coleslaw. Cup of tea.
Tea and sugar free squash in the afternoon.
MrSlim has fixed the mower, so I ran it round. Two of the French neighbours were out doing theirs too, but the English couple with the opinionated wife sat and watched.
Sunny evening, MrSlim likes a BBQ, so we had sausages, aubergine and courgette, mushrooms and a medley of onions and red peppers I cooked on the ho, along with a few potatoes for mrSlim. Wine, ofc for me, but not for MrSlim, that's always a bad sign.
I had couple of slices of gouda
Then my usual lemon tea before bed.
The sunny evening turned into an overcast night. So no gazing at the rose moon tonight.
 
Yesterday's delights:
Made overnight oats using hemp seeds, desiccated coconut, chia seeds, cinnamon, a smidge of Truvia, Greek Yoghurt and whole milk with some added raspberries that were on the way out.

Brunch was a cooked breakfast whilst out, pork sausages, fried eggs, fresh tomato, bacon, mushrooms and a spoonful of baked beans with a latte (the latte was the most delicious part!)

Dinner was a chicken breast stuffed with garlic and herb soft cheese, wrapped in bacon with the leftover broccoli cheese and cauli rice.

Snack during a late evening meeting was some Green and Blacks 70% chocolate, some pork scratchings and Coke Zero

Got a visit to the Nurse this evening with my food diary for the last week so fingers crossed it will be a positive visit.
 
Breakfast (11.30 so brunch really): more kind of huevos rancheros - using some of the vegetable bake from yesterday. I'll make soup with the rest.
2nd meal: will be big fish fingers made with the haddock I bought at the fish shop. Coating will have to be parmesan and maybe dess coconut mixture.
 
SlimLizzy said:
@DJC3 no M&S here, why didn't I find those crackers in Norwich M&S? Well that would be the self talk, "you are not buying biscuits today...don't go down that aisle"
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That’s my usual mantra too. I’ve wasted too many hours checking labels in the hope of finding something suitably low carb so I just don’t bother looking now.

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Happy with food choices today. I actually managed to keep protein higher than fat, which I’m finding surprisingly hard. Still v low carb.
Black coffee this morning.
Lunch was an odd combo of prawns, 1/2 portion of leftover fish from yesterday’s dinner, kale crisps, spoonful cottage cheese and chilli sauerkraut. Followed it with a spoonful of the h/m Greek style yoghurt and a few blueberries.
Dinner was pork tenderloin wrapped in prosciutto ( thanks for the inspiration @shelley262 )and baked with aubergine, courgette, mushrooms and cherry toms. finished with 25g Callebaut 100% cocoa buttons and tea.
 
Mixed day food wise.

Brunch was 15% mince fried with onions and 2 eggs.
Couple of afternoon nibbles - 25g Aldi Moser Roth chocolate and a small ramekin of double cream/almond butter,
Dinner was a takeaway (well Deliveroo delivery) from German Doner Kebab - a ‘gym box’ which is their bread free kebab. Picked beef and included red cabbage and onions. It’s actually pretty nice and a decent lazy option.

@DJC3 are the fish dishes you’ve been posting from the DD high protein section? Would like to increase my fish intake and hoping for some inspiration!
 
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