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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Hi All
Am enjoying a week of not cooking as we are away in Devon/Cornwall. Especially enjoying the breakfasts of scrambled egg and a sausage, treat. Obs copious tea.
Last night we had one of our best meals ever at The Fish House at Fistral beach. Started Frito Misto with such a light touch you could see the fish through the batter and main of Turbot fillets with asparagus and herb butter sauce.
 

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Today for lunch I had bacon and scrambled eggs. For dinner I had a couple of air-fried chicken legs (pictured), followed by something a bit carby (which is not pictured, obviously).

But if you want to know, it was half a
Melton Mowbray pork pie
(which I have as an occasional treat).

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Antje77 said:
My earlier LC sandwich with things wasn't enough for a main meal so I had 'dessert' after the mechanic had gone.
A slice of smoked ham rolled up with cream cheese, liverwurst, and some cubes of a local specialty cheese with holes called Tynjetaler. The flavour is reminiscent of Emmental but different.

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Intrigued by that provincial specialty cheese with holes @Antje77. Must find out whether Tynjetaler ia available here in the UK.
 
PenguinMum said:
Hi All
Am enjoying a week of not cooking as we are away in Devon/Cornwall. Especially enjoying the breakfasts of scrambled egg and a sausage, treat. Obs copious tea.
Last night we had one of our best meals ever at The Fish House at Fistral beach. Started Frito Misto with such a light touch you could see the fish through the batter and main of Turbot fillets with asparagus and herb butter sauce.
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Turbot, Wow! Seldom available here in London @PenguinMum, but I love its delicate flavour and texture.
 
Today:

B: Two poached eggs with a knob of butter and avocado seasoned with black pepper plus a wedge of Duckett's Caerphilly
Water to swallow tablet
Double espresso.

L: Orkney organic salmon baked with calabrese, chestnut mushrooms, double cream and lemon verbena.
Steamed asparagus spears and French beans smothered with butter
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.

D Seafood salad using tiger prawns, brown shrimps, baby plum tomatoes, celery, Romano peppers, cucumber, Halkidiki olives and salad onions, dressed with an olive oil, balsamic, flat-leaf parsley and garlic vinaigrette, topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to wash down tablets.
 
LivingLightly said:
Intrigued by that provincial specialty cheese with holes @Antje77. Must find out whether Tynjetaler ia available here in the UK.
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I'm pretty sure it's not, it's very hard to find outside the province of Friesland in my country.

I was unexpectedly away from home all day so I had to improvise when I got hungry.
First meal wals half a warm rookworst. (Try it if you ever see a Hema store in the Netherlands, very low carb, very delicious and they sell it hot.)

Back home after 6 pm, so another lazy meal. I really should start cooking something proper again.
Slice of LC bread, half with Tynjetaler cheese, half with liverwurst and a nie seedy mustard. A couple of Lidl's 'Greek' cheese filled sausages from the freezer, and the last tomato with mayo and salt and pepper.

Chicory and hummus will follow before bed in a desperate attempt to get some more veggies inside me than one small tomato.

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Finally I cooked something I consider to be a proper meal again, no bread involved, LC or not. :joyful:

'Fish fillet á la bordelaise' (Aldi, 8 gr of carbs a portion), and a salad nicely using leftovers that are not enough to really do something with.
Lettuce, onion, tomato, with the last of the oyster mushrooms, some bacon cubes and a very small amount of haloumy fried together. Laziest dressing od olive oil, a little balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper.
Not bad at all!

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3rd evening of holibobs, burger night tonight! Chicken, cheese and bacon under the vegetation on the right with a side salad and coleslaw). I ate a couple of bites of the bun, left some lettuce, there was way too much, should have sent it to you @Antje77 ! :joyful:

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I am struggling to keep up, here.
Tuesday,
breakfast tablespoonful of live yogurt with cherries , black decaff
no lunch, just black coffee
dinner: pork chop, mashed , butternut squash, with mustard, strawberries with cream, mineral water.

Wed: no breakfast, just black coffee,
lunch black coffee, peanut butter on low carb toast
dinner : salad with ham and cheese stuffed mini peppers. Low sugar tonic water.
 
Antje77 said:
I'm pretty sure it's not, it's very hard to find outside the province of Friesland in my country.
I'm pretty sure it's [Tynjetaler] not, it's very hard to find outside the province of Friesland in my country.

Back home after 6 pm, so another lazy meal. I really should start cooking something proper again.
Slice of LC bread, half with Tynjetaler cheese, half with liverwurst and a nie seedy mustard. A couple of Lidl's 'Greek' cheese filled sausages from the freezer, and the last tomato with mayo and salt and pepper.

Chicory and hummus will follow before bed in a desperate attempt to get some more veggies inside me than one small tomato.

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Antje77 said:
Finally I cooked something I consider to be a proper meal again, no bread involved, LC or not. :joyful:

'Fish fillet á la bordelaise' (Aldi, 8 gr of carbs a portion), and a salad nicely using leftovers that are not enough to really do something with.
Lettuce, onion, tomato, with the last of the oyster mushrooms, some bacon cubes and a very small amount of haloumy fried together. Laziest dressing od olive oil, a little balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper.
Not bad at all!

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This sounds super delicious @Antje77. The last time I made poisson a la bordelaise, I used hake. These days, I'd probably have to find a substitute for the breadcrumbs.

Pity thatt the Tynjetaler is not availabe here. There's something alluring about a cheese with holes.
 
Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs topped with a knob of butter, avocado and four tiger prawns seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Courgetti alla puttanesca made with anchovies, Kalamata olives, capers, canned tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, butter, parsley and spiralised courgettes.
Braised cavolo nero with garlic and toasted almonds.
Steamed asparagus spears topped with a knob of butter.
Skipped pud.
Water to drink.

D: Seafood salad made with brown shrimps and mussels, lettuce, 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.
 
LivingLightly said:
This sounds super delicious @Antje77. The last time I made poisson a la bordelaise, I used hake. These days, I'd probably have to find a substitute for the breadcrumbs.
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Making poisson a la bordelaise from scratch with real fish is completely different from an Aldi pressed block of pollock with a mysterious topping of course.
Still, at 8 grams of carbs for a 200 gram portion, and it being very acceptable in flavour for a cheap ready meal only needing to be put in the oven for 45 minutes, I'm not complaining. :)

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Antje77 said:
Making poisson a la bordelaise from scratch with real fish is completely different from an Aldi pressed block of pollock with a mysterious topping of course.
Still, at 8 grams of carbs for a 200 gram portion, and it being very acceptable in flavour for a cheap ready meal only needing to be put in the oven for 45 minutes, I'm not complaining. :)

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I don't do ready meals as a general rule @Antje77 but you never know when this one might come in handy. If I were ill or injured for instance (perish the thought!) my OH might want to give it a whirl, so thank you for the tip.
 
I wasn't all that hungry this evening (I've been trying to listen to my hunger more) so I had a mushroom omelette. The were too many mushrooms (not for me, but for the omelette), and I forgot to put cheese in, and although it didn't look like @Rachox's creations, it tasted very nice.

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