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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Bacon and a two egg and cheese omelette, two slices of toast with vegimite for breakfast.
Beef and bacon pie, lemon cordial with a scoop of osmolax for smoko.
Nothing for lunch.
Leftover beef stew from the day before, tasted better as well for supper at six.

Two ANZAC biscuits watching Goliath on Prime.

It's ANZAC Day here in Australia today (Monday).

Lets we forget...

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Yesterday I had the same lunch as the day before because it was so nice.
Vegan keto bread, beyond meat burger. Vegan Gouda slice and lettuce

Tea was roasted cauliflower steaks with Brussel sprouts and edamame beans.

Snack was some quorn slices and vegan primula cheese.

My blood sugar started out at 6 which is a morning record low for me but went up to 10 by lunchtime and stayed there until the evening. Total carbs was 35g, total cals 1250.
 
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I used some dried marrowfat peas to make mushy peas. Just as an experiment, you understand. Didn't stick to the recipe, of course but added some veg stock and a few vegetables, including some lettuce which needed to be used before it went too soft and some lemon bits and pieces from the lemon I used for a salad the other day. I cooked it beyond mushy to paste-like so that it reminded me of the peas pudding we used to get for school dinner in the 50's (strangely, I was the only one who enjoyed that). Anyway, I used a tablespoon of it as a spread on a slice of wholemeal toast for my breakfast. I really enjoyed it but have no idea how many carbs it would represent as a meal and it didn't stave off the pangs of hunger for long, so I just had a tin of sardines in olive oil to try to plug the gap. BG didn't go up anyway and stayed around the 6 mark.

I will need a further meal and am in the process of making some cauliflower and broccoli rice which I will make into some kind of egg fried "rice" dish.

Neil couldn't get fresh mint for me the other day when I needed it but came home from the shops today with some - smells lovely. I'll have to find a way to use it before it goes off.
 
Brunch of home-made mushroom soup with chicken stock, leeks, salad leaves, slice of lemon, olive oil, loads of garlic, sprinkle of turmeric and cayenne. Evening meal will be herb omelette and salad.

Annb, do you have room on a window-sill to grow mint in a pot? It's pretty sturdy stuff, and you'd have fresh leaves whenever you wanted some.
 
Outlier said:
Brunch of home-made mushroom soup with chicken stock, leeks, salad leaves, slice of lemon, olive oil, loads of garlic, sprinkle of turmeric and cayenne. Evening meal will be herb omelette and salad.

Annb, do you have room on a window-sill to grow mint in a pot? It's pretty sturdy stuff, and you'd have fresh leaves whenever you wanted some.
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My parents used to grow mint in their garden in Kent and it was so difficult to control - wanted to take over the whole garden so I thought I'd do the same. I also thought I could grow other herbs in my garden. But they all die. It must be the wind and rain that finishes them off. So I tried growing them on my (very narrow) windowsills and they just don't grow. I have herbs in pots all over the place, but they don't recover after their first flourishing. The winter kills them off. I have one pot which I am currently nurturing in a planter right beside my back door, so sheltered by the house. It is just putting on leaf now. The rosemary survived the winter in the same planter, but it is very spindly and bedraggled. Thyme, sage and parsley died very rapidly. Bay is looking very sickly, but it is still alive. I really need a greenhouse, but can't afford one. Anyway, greenhouses and poly-tunnels often don't survive the winter here either. I have grown chives in a pot on the windowsill, which tasted of nothing when I cut them and I currently have some Chinese chives growing on the windowsill - they have no flavour either. Same problem with basil - my favourite herb - it just doesn't grow. So - I am reduced to buying herbs from the supermarket as and when I can get them.
 
Annb said:
Breakfast: 2 fried eggs on wholemeal toast.

2nd meal: the rest of the cauliflower paella from yesterday some time later today.

I know I shouldn't but I have made an experimental suet crust bacon roll. I have been trying to make this, my Grannie's signature dish, for years, but gave up a while before going low carb. But I was thinking back on a conversation I had with my brother a few weeks ago and we both remembered with relish the mouth-watering dish she used to serve us, especially the semi-hard crust produced by putting it in the oven to dry. We also both remembered that she boiled cabbage for ages and turned it into an horrid, smelly mush. I'm not going to try to make that! But the pudding is boiling on the hob at the moment. If it works, I will have one slice of it tomorrow and send the rest down to Em's family. If it doesn't work, I'll still send it down to their house, for the dogs. I'm told that Ginnie (the St Bernard)'s stomach is swinging from side to side as she walks - pups can't be too far off now.
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I loved savoury suetcrust dishes! I also loved jam roly poly with the suet crust. I remember my Mum/Grandma crisping the suet crust by the coal fire. The dumpling always ended up by the fire too to form that external skin.
Funnily enough, another thing that came into my mind last night was Beetroot Stout. They used to make it as a tonic when you were ill. I remember it was beetroot, loads of brown sugar and sweetheart stout but it was done in stages and that's what a cannot remember.
 
Annb said:
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I used some dried marrowfat peas to make mushy peas. Just as an experiment, you understand. Didn't stick to the recipe, of course but added some veg stock and a few vegetables, including some lettuce which needed to be used before it went too soft and some lemon bits and pieces from the lemon I used for a salad the other day. I cooked it beyond mushy to paste-like so that it reminded me of the peas pudding we used to get for school dinner in the 50's (strangely, I was the only one who enjoyed that). Anyway, I used a tablespoon of it as a spread on a slice of wholemeal toast for my breakfast. I really enjoyed it but have no idea how many carbs it would represent as a meal and it didn't stave off the pangs of hunger for long, so I just had a tin of sardines in olive oil to try to plug the gap. BG didn't go up anyway and stayed around the 6 mark.

I will need a further meal and am in the process of making some cauliflower and broccoli rice which I will make into some kind of egg fried "rice" dish.

Neil couldn't get fresh mint for me the other day when I needed it but came home from the shops today with some - smells lovely. I'll have to find a way to use it before it goes off.
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In an ice cube to drop in a glass of gin? Or just me?
 
Saturday 23 April bed 6.6 FBG 5.6. Jujitsu this morning for the boys then son wanted to go to Costco after plus I wanted to go to M&S (which son was delighted about as he adds things to my trolley which usually I pay for!).l

B.TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with ox tongue and coleslaw.

L. I was hungry when I got back from all the shopping so had 6 small chicken wings that had to be eaten.

D. Cold cuts - 1 slice each ox tongue, mortadella, wafer thin roast beef and ham, 6 pieces of the mini German sausage (why did Sainsbury's think 2 packs x 20 salami was a good substitute for another 2 packs of German sausage??), deli coleslaw and another 2 chicken wings. M&S Pancetta crisps.

Later I had one of my dark fix chocolates - another praline. There's different types.


Sunday 24 April - bed 7.6 FBG 6.9 No swimming lessons so pushed on with the fabric sort. I now have 2 bags ready for a trip to recycling tomorrow. Also did a bit of schoolwork prep. I'm going to now be teaching youngest grandson 2 afternoons per week. We discovered his bad behaviour is down to him being bullied so he'll be at home in the afternoons for a while.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with egg mayo.

L. Nothing

D. Campari and soda. Hubby decided he'd like a version of the DD seafood salad I'd made before. My one consisted of lettuce, bistro tomatoes, salmon fillet, prawns, queenie scallops, squid, anchovies, egg, beetroot, 1/2 avocado, mini cucumber, walnuts, mini mozzarella. Dressing was mayo, sour cream, lime juice and garlic. Very filling so half of that plate was put away for lunch today (Monday).

My one dark fix chocolate. Another gin one. 20220424_185606.jpg
 
maglil55 said:
Saturday 23 April bed 6.6 FBG 5.6. Jujitsu this morning for the boys then son wanted to go to Costco after plus I wanted to go to M&S (which son was delighted about as he adds things to my trolley which usually I pay for!).l

B.TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with ox tongue and coleslaw.

L. I was hungry when I got back from all the shopping so had 6 small chicken wings that had to be eaten.

D. Cold cuts - 1 slice each ox tongue, mortadella, wafer thin roast beef and ham, 6 pieces of the mini German sausage (why did Sainsbury's think 2 packs x 20 salami was a good substitute for another 2 packs of German sausage??), deli coleslaw and another 2 chicken wings. M&S Pancetta crisps.

Later I had one of my dark fix chocolates - another praline. There's different types.


Sunday 24 April - bed 7.6 FBG 6.9 No swimming lessons so pushed on with the fabric sort. I now have 2 bags ready for a trip to recycling tomorrow. Also did a bit of schoolwork prep. I'm going to now be teaching youngest grandson 2 afternoons per week. We discovered his bad behaviour is down to him being bullied so he'll be at home in the afternoons for a while.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with egg mayo.

L. Nothing

D. Campari and soda. Hubby decided he'd like a version of the DD seafood salad I'd made before. My one consisted of lettuce, bistro tomatoes, salmon fillet, prawns, queenie scallops, squid, anchovies, egg, beetroot, 1/2 avocado, mini cucumber, walnuts, mini mozzarella. Dressing was mayo, sour cream, lime juice and garlic. Very filling so half of that plate was put away for lunch today (Monday).

My one dark fix chocolate. Another gin one. View attachment 54316
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The food in your photos always looks so delicious!
 
maglil55 said:
I loved savoury suetcrust dishes! I also loved jam roly poly with the suet crust. I remember my Mum/Grandma crisping the suet crust by the coal fire. The dumpling always ended up by the fire too to form that external skin.
Funnily enough, another thing that came into my mind last night was Beetroot Stout. They used to make it as a tonic when you were ill. I remember it was beetroot, loads of brown sugar and sweetheart stout but it was done in stages and that's what a cannot remember.
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Just found this on the internet, @maglil55:

https://kitchencounterculture121.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/beetroot-stout/

Sounds as though it might be one of those "good for you" remedies but very sugary.
 
Yesterdays uneaten meal was at least as good as I expected!
Onion, vegan shawarma, lots of mushrooms, garlic, some bell pepper, some chilli and curry powder, and a generous amount of cream.

Easily adapted to vegan and low carb by using coconut oil/cream (no idea what you call it in the UK) instead of the cream, and easily made even lower carb by using shawarma from meat instead of the vegan one. :)


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Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and an Aldi protein bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: a coffee shop coconut cappuccino and a Carb Killa bar.
Dinner: liver with onion gravy, Brussels and a few baby carrots followed by SF blackcurrant jelly and cream.
 
Bacon and a two egg and cheese omelette, two slices of toast with vegimite for breakfast.
Beef and bacon pie, lemon cordial with a scoop of osmolax for smoko.
Nothing for lunch.
Leftover beef stew from the day before, tasted better as well.

Edit: This was Sunday's menu, I did not click because the forum had it's normal early morning fit. Then forgot about it.
 
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Annb said:
Neil couldn't get fresh mint for me the other day when I needed it but came home from the shops today with some - smells lovely. I'll have to find a way to use it before it goes off.
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Dry the leftover mint out so it will not go off, it's what we did when we had a herb patch.
 
Two slices middle bacon, two egg and cheese omelette, refried veggies for breakfast.
Four ANZAC biscuits, lemon cordial and osomolax mix for smoko.
Spag bol, with a bigger portion of reheated spiral pasta than usual for lunch.
Curried eggs mashed up on toast for supper at six.

Blue cheese on pepper crackers watching Prime.
 
Yesterday was first day of fast 800 for me

Lots of green tea and water

Lunch- purition vegan shake with almond milk

Dinner- meatless farm meatballs, spinach and pesto low carb ‘rice’ cake with a smudge of primula vegan spread and Brussel sprouts and kale roasted in olive oil .

Net carbs 25g
Cals 842

Bm this morning 6.5 - let’s see where it goes by lunchtime
 
Hi All. So yesterday started new regime of eating “less” not least as need to fit in a frock for son’s wedding in June. Brekkie yesterday and today slice of LivLife toast and lots of tea. I never worry about the amount of milk in tea as I take so little, like it the colour of gravy lol. Lunch yesterday was two boiled eggs and two slices of ham. Supper was 8 mini beef mestballs in tom & chilli sauce and cauli rice
Lunch today will be salad bits from fridge with small bit of Higgidy quiche with crust cut off. Supper will be chicken, chorizo, red pepper stirfry with paprika and green veg.
I grow herbs from tiny plants in Spring in a trough in the sheltered bit by the back door. They don’t like it too sunny, wet or cross winds. Currently I have Morrocan mint, flat leaf parsley, French tarragon & thyme all growing well with a small drink of water daily since its so bone dry here. I have a big robust Rosemary plant in a bed that takes all sorts of weather over the years and refuse to be beaten.
 
Morning all on this sunny but nippy day! Yesterdays diet got lost in the post as it was pensioners lunch day but cheesecake comes to mind! Carb free today as best I can. I have eggs, Ham, chicken drumsticks and some cheese, so fingers crossed I can do it again! My bg was 7.7 this morning but I doubt I got away with it. Will keep a check today. Have a nice day:happy:
 
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