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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)
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Went to a Keto Food Festival in London with my daughter yesterday, so food sampling too numerous to list, but enjoyed a spicy chicken low carb pizza from Srsly Low Carb for lunch!
Today’s food:
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: chicken in creamy mushroom sauce with Mediterranean veggies.
Today’s food:
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: chicken in creamy mushroom sauce with Mediterranean veggies.
LivingLightly
Expert
Evening all
Today:
B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and crevettes, all seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Double espresso.
L: Courgetti alla carbonara made with chestnut mushrooms, eggs, double cream, Parmesan cheese, nutmeg, butter and spiralised courgettes, topped with extra Parmesan and flat-leaf parsley.
Steamed French beans and mangetout smothered with butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps, mussels, shredded red cabbage, apple peel, celery, thyme and baby plum tomatoes with a dollop of aioli for dipping, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to wash down tablets.
Today:
B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and crevettes, all seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Double espresso.
L: Courgetti alla carbonara made with chestnut mushrooms, eggs, double cream, Parmesan cheese, nutmeg, butter and spiralised courgettes, topped with extra Parmesan and flat-leaf parsley.
Steamed French beans and mangetout smothered with butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps, mussels, shredded red cabbage, apple peel, celery, thyme and baby plum tomatoes with a dollop of aioli for dipping, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to wash down tablets.
MissMuffett
Well-Known Member
Very rare for me to cook a proper dinner! This evening I had cottage pie with buttery cauliflower mash. I’m hoping that as I’ve made enough for eight portions that the 2 carrots and the onion I put in it won’t cause too much harm. I’ll find out tomorrow.
Way behind, I had a completely chaotic and wonderful weekend.
On saturday I ate at a party in my cousin's garden: a very good tomato soup with spinach. My cousin's husband had cooked for about 20 people, and he even made a separate pot of the soup with the noodles left out because I was coming!
I hadn't asked, and I only see them once or twice a year, I think it's amazing he remembered how I eat, and confidently made a simple adjustment to have a low carb meal ready for me after a long drive.
I had it with a slice of my own LC bread.
On sunday I had a quick and easy meal planned after the long drive back, but one of our neighbours needed us (neighbour Tale and I) urgently for emotional support, and at some point Tale cooked us a meal of rice, green beans, onions and bacon.
Diabetes was a mess that evening, but sometimes there are things more important than decent BG, and eating and talking together definitely was more important yesterday.
Today, the troubled neighbour cooked for us, her teenage children, and a vegetarian friend of ours.
Very nice meal that suited all: a Moroccan dish cooked in a chicken brick (Google insists that this is the right translation for Römertopf): Meat on the bottom, followed by various veggies, and a tomato sauce on top.
The two vegetarians scooped from the top, no meat, the builder mainly scooped from the bottom, lots of meat, I scooped everywhere and easily fished out the potato cubes to be left with a perfect low carb meal.
On saturday I ate at a party in my cousin's garden: a very good tomato soup with spinach. My cousin's husband had cooked for about 20 people, and he even made a separate pot of the soup with the noodles left out because I was coming!
I hadn't asked, and I only see them once or twice a year, I think it's amazing he remembered how I eat, and confidently made a simple adjustment to have a low carb meal ready for me after a long drive.
I had it with a slice of my own LC bread.
On sunday I had a quick and easy meal planned after the long drive back, but one of our neighbours needed us (neighbour Tale and I) urgently for emotional support, and at some point Tale cooked us a meal of rice, green beans, onions and bacon.
Diabetes was a mess that evening, but sometimes there are things more important than decent BG, and eating and talking together definitely was more important yesterday.
Today, the troubled neighbour cooked for us, her teenage children, and a vegetarian friend of ours.
Very nice meal that suited all: a Moroccan dish cooked in a chicken brick (Google insists that this is the right translation for Römertopf
): Meat on the bottom, followed by various veggies, and a tomato sauce on top. The two vegetarians scooped from the top, no meat, the builder mainly scooped from the bottom, lots of meat, I scooped everywhere and easily fished out the potato cubes to be left with a perfect low carb meal.
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LivingLightly
Expert
Way behind, I had a completely chaotic and wonderful weekend.
On saturday I ate at a party in my cousin's garden: a very good tomato soup with spinach. My cousin's husband had cooked for about 20 people, and he even made a separate pot of the soup with the noodles left out because I was coming!
I hadn't asked, and I only see them once or twice a year, I think it's amazing he remembered how I eat, and confidently made a simple adjustment to have a low carb meal ready for me after a long drive.
I had it with a slice of my own LC bread.
On sunday I had a quick and easy meal planned after the long drive back, but one of our neighbours needed us (neighbour Tale and I) urgently for emotional support, and at some point Tale cooked us a meal of rice, green beans, onions and bacon.
Diabetes was a mess that evening, but sometimes there are things more important than decent BG, and eating and talking together definitely was yesterday.
Today, the troubled neighbour cooked for us, her teenage children, and a vegetarian friend of ours.
Very nice meal that suited all: a Moroccan dish cooked in a chicken brick (Google insists that this is the right translation for Römertopf
The two vegetarians scooped from the top, no meat, the builder mainly scooped from the bottom, lots of meat, I scooped everywhere and easily fished out the potato cubes to be left with a perfect low carb meal.
Carolann@58
Newbie
Hi I made a crustless quiche using 6 eggs half a cup of milk, 500gms of cooking bacon 1 onion and a cup of grated cheese feeds 4-6 depending on portion sizeShare what you've eaten today with the rest of the DCUK community and maybe steal a few ideas for yourself!
Please remember that this is the 'Low Carb Diet Forum' and that this thread isn't for low carb debates
LivingLightly
Expert
That Moroccan dish sounds wonderfully adaptable and flexible @Antje77. Ingredients in there to suite all preferences.Today, the troubled neighbour cooked for us, her teenage children, and a vegetarian friend of ours.
Very nice meal that suited all: a Moroccan dish cooked in a chicken brick (Google insists that this is the right translation for Römertopf
The two vegetarians scooped from the top, no meat, the builder mainly scooped from the bottom, lots of meat, I scooped everywhere and easily fished out the potato cubes to be left with a perfect low carb meal.
In English, I'd describe a Römertopf as a clay casserole with a lid, if that helps.
LivingLightly
Expert
Evening @Carolann@58. Welcome to our forum and this thread for diabetic foodies .
We're pleased you could join us.
Yesterday Mr. Outlier mentioned that we hadn't had a stir-fry in aaaages, so we gathered some ingredients while on the weekly shop. We had some beef mince in the freezer, so we added spring onions, mushrooms, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, courgette, baby sweetcorn (for him only) and a pack of ready-prepared "crispy stir-fry" vegetables that thank goodness didn't have too much carrot for keto me. All cooked in the wok with olive oil (the extravagance!) and a generous slosh of cider vinegar. Enough to do another today, and luckily neither of us is fussy about having the same food two days running.
shelley262
Expert
Breakfast hm kefir then fried one slice of bacon and an egg
Lunch made use of a gift of dried seaweed sheets and filled them with smoked salmon and kimchi
Dinner Barnsley lamb chop (shape of this one looks a bit like a crab!) Served with mint chopped in hm yoghurt, green leaves and coleslaw
Lunch made use of a gift of dried seaweed sheets and filled them with smoked salmon and kimchi
Dinner Barnsley lamb chop (shape of this one looks a bit like a crab!) Served with mint chopped in hm yoghurt, green leaves and coleslaw
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: bolognese with sliced sautéed courgette, a sprinkle of grated mature cheddar and a few spots of low sugar ketchup.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: bolognese with sliced sautéed courgette, a sprinkle of grated mature cheddar and a few spots of low sugar ketchup.
Here's the meal I had planned for sunday, finally a normal day of eating and cooking at home.
A burger with a slice of raclette cheese on the verge of needing to be thrown out but still tasty. Some of the green part of a bok choy underneath, the guinea pigs have long eaten the endive I planned to go with my burger. A mayonnaise based sauce as well for a bit of a fastfood kick. Too bad I don't remember what's in the sauce, it's very tasty but I made it on sunday when I thought I was going to eat the burger. I recognised mustard and Branston pickles in the sauce but not sure what else.
Tomatoes with mozzarella, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper on the side.
DJC3
Master
B- h/m ‘Greek’ yoghurt ( I prefer the texture of strained yoghurt and find it doesn’t upset my tum which unstrained yoghurt sometimes does)
L- fried eggs, bacon and avocado. 100% chocolate and a few nuts.
D- Grandchildren are staying a couple of days so we all had pizza - they had a ready-roll supermarket base, Paul and I had Low Carb Food Co base. We all added our own toppings. Glass of red.
L- fried eggs, bacon and avocado. 100% chocolate and a few nuts.
D- Grandchildren are staying a couple of days so we all had pizza - they had a ready-roll supermarket base, Paul and I had Low Carb Food Co base. We all added our own toppings. Glass of red.
LivingLightly
Expert
Evening all
Today:
B: Two poached eggs smothered with butter and avocado seasoned with black pepper plus a wedge of Époisses washed-rind cheese.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso
L: Wild Alaskan salmon baked with calabrese broccoli, chestnut mushrooms, double cream and lemon verbena.
Steamed French beans and mangetout topped with a knob of butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
D: Seafood salad using tiger prawns, brown shrimps, rocket, baby plum tomatoes, celery, Romano peppers, cucumber, Nocellara olives and salad onions, dressed with an olive oil, balsamic , thyme and garlic vinaigrette, topped with toasted pistachios.
Water to wash down tablets.
Today:
B: Two poached eggs smothered with butter and avocado seasoned with black pepper plus a wedge of Époisses washed-rind cheese.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso
L: Wild Alaskan salmon baked with calabrese broccoli, chestnut mushrooms, double cream and lemon verbena.
Steamed French beans and mangetout topped with a knob of butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
D: Seafood salad using tiger prawns, brown shrimps, rocket, baby plum tomatoes, celery, Romano peppers, cucumber, Nocellara olives and salad onions, dressed with an olive oil, balsamic , thyme and garlic vinaigrette, topped with toasted pistachios.
Water to wash down tablets.
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: my weekly cheese and mushroom omelette!
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: my weekly cheese and mushroom omelette!
Similar meal as yesterday for being too lazy to cook or get groceries.
Tomatoes and mozzarella with olive oil, salt and pepper. Too bad I used my last balsamic vinegar yesterday.
Slice of LC bread, hald with halloumi, half with 'filet américain' and black pepper.
I don't know if you have filet américain in the UK, it's raw minced beef with, erm, I don't know really, I've never checked the ingredients and I'm not sure if I want to know. Tastes very nice though.
Tomatoes and mozzarella with olive oil, salt and pepper. Too bad I used my last balsamic vinegar yesterday.
Slice of LC bread, hald with halloumi, half with 'filet américain' and black pepper.
I don't know if you have filet américain in the UK, it's raw minced beef with, erm, I don't know really, I've never checked the ingredients and I'm not sure if I want to know. Tastes very nice though.
LivingLightly
Expert
Evening all
Today:
B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and four tiger prawns seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.
L: Courgetti alla puttanesca made with anchovies, Kalamata olives, capers, canned tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, butter, flat leaf parsley and spiralised courgettes.
Braised cavolo nero with garlic and toasted almonds.
Steamed asparagus spears smothered with butter.
Skipped pud.
Water to drink.
D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps and mussels, rocket, Romano peppers, celery, baby plum tomatoes, Halkidiki olives and salad onions, with a dollop of home-made aioli for dipping, topped with pecan halves.
Water to swallow tablets.
Today:
B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and four tiger prawns seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.
L: Courgetti alla puttanesca made with anchovies, Kalamata olives, capers, canned tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, butter, flat leaf parsley and spiralised courgettes.
Braised cavolo nero with garlic and toasted almonds.
Steamed asparagus spears smothered with butter.
Skipped pud.
Water to drink.
D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps and mussels, rocket, Romano peppers, celery, baby plum tomatoes, Halkidiki olives and salad onions, with a dollop of home-made aioli for dipping, topped with pecan halves.
Water to swallow tablets.
