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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Breakfast had kefir with low carb granola and a few garden berries
A fishy day today!
Lunch similar to yesterday -smoked trout with kimchi, artichoke and olives but also added some leaves, celery and radishes
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Dinner wild salmon (picture just before popping it in a baking parchment parcel in the oven - dressed with dill, lemon and Olive oil) served with some peas and glass of dry white wine.
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Pudding low carb brownie with decaffeinated coffee.
 
@shelley262 your smoked trout and kimchi lunches look fantastic!
@IanBish your omelette looks great to me, not at all scruffy, and they are my favourite fillings.
Today I had fried eggs, avocado and a cheese ‘cracker’ for breakfast ( slice of Gouda microwaved for 90 secs until bubbly and crispy)
Lunch was cream cheese in celery sticks and lettuce boats filled with M&S prawn and crab cocktail. DGF brownie and cream to follow.
Dinner DietDoctor Chinese style pork stew with cabbage noodles which was really tasty. Few almonds and tea with lactofree milk.
I’m trying to get back on track. Food has been erratic the last few days and BG sky high as Paul collapsed at work on Wed and has been in hosp on the cardiac ward since then. He’s ok and in good spirits but it was a horrible shock.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a H&B protein bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: paté on a soft LC roll after some dental work earlier, with coleslaw chewed on the unaffected side!

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IanBish said:
For tea tonight I used up a few things from the fridge and made a rather scruffy-looking bacon, mushroom and cheese omelette, and served it with some garden peas. I tried to get its best side, but it didn't actually have one. Regardless, it was lovely!

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Didn't go for a cheese crust then? @IanBish.
There's nothing much the matter with the appearance of your omelette, cooked until golden, certainly not scruffy-looking. I bet it was scrumptious.
 
shelley262 said:
Breakfast had kefir with low carb granola and a few garden berries
A fishy day today!
Lunch similar to yesterday -smoked trout with kimchi, artichoke and olives but also added some leaves, celery and radishes
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Dinner wild salmon (picture just before popping it in a baking parchment parcel in the oven - dressed with dill, lemon and Olive oil) served with some peas and glass of dry white wine.
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Pudding low carb brownie with decaffeinated coffee.
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Wow! Paper bag baking, so the food cooks in hot air and the steam generated by its own juices, is a wonderful way to cook fish, IMO @shelley262.
 
Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs with a knob of butter and avocado seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
A wedge of Teifi (pronounced Tavey) organic unpasteurised cow's milk cheese from Wales.
Water to swallow tablet.
Double espresso.

Mid-morning black filter coffee.

L: Packed lunch made with leftover ceviche.
Lettuce, Romano peppers, celery sticks and home-grown tomatoes with a dollop of home-made mayonnaise
Almonds and hazelnuts.
Water to drink.
Wild blackberries picked on the hoof to round off lunch.

Mid-afternoon tea with slice of lemon.

D: Smoked salmon and cream cheese salad made with cucumber, sweet cicely, vine tomatoes, lemon verbena, Kalamata olives and mustard cress, dressed with olive oil and a touch of lemon juice, topped with toasted pine nuts.
Water to wash down tablets.
 
LivingLightly said:
Didn't go for a cheese crust then? @IanBish.
There's nothing much the matter with the appearance of your omelette, cooked until golden, certainly not scruffy-looking. I bet it was scrumptious.
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I didn't, no, @LivingLightly. It could have done with more cheese, though. I did enjoy it, mind.
 
Breakfast kefir then fried a slice of bacon, one egg and a few mushrooms in olive oil.
Lunch a few pieces of cheese - comte and Shropshire Blue - with low carb seeded crackers and kimchi, olives,radish and celery followed by a few garden berries with spoon of yoghurt
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Dinner home made chicken curry - I usually use homemade chicken stock as the base but hadn't done any recently so it was a good opportunity to use a new -to me - product from M and S. They now do a beef bone and a chicken bone broth - both are low carb and fairly few ingredients and are frozen in portions that you can make into broth with hot water- perfect for me to keep in freezer. Not cheap but bone broth tends to be very pricey and this is cheaper than others and convenient to keep in freezer.
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I also added a spoon of the new Zoe 30+ product from Waitrose to my curry on serving. Hoping it adds some extra diversity to my food for my gut health. It added a bit of texture to the curry. Planning to add this supplement to one of my meals a day while pack lasts to see if any health impact but it's pricey so would need to be convinced it made an impact before I bought another pack!
 
You put me to shame, @shelley262. That spread looks lovely. Feeling a bit deflated today, I had a red salmon sourdough sandwich earlier. I can't seem to get my artisan sourdough. They always seem to run out. So I got some from Aldi. But they didn't have the one I like. So I got the seeded sourdough. But it tasted gritty, and I didn't enjoy it. So I'll probably get a takeaway this evening. Carby or not, I haven't quite decided yet. I may just have some carbs tonight, to add to the others I've had today, and start afresh tomorrow.
 
IanBish said:
You put me to shame, @shelley262. That spread looks lovely. Feeling a bit deflated today, I had a red salmon sourdough sandwich earlier. I can't seem to get my artisan sourdough. They always seem to run out. So I got some from Aldi. But they didn't have the one I like. So I got the seeded sourdough. But it tasted gritty, and I didn't enjoy it. So I'll probably get a takeaway this evening. Carby or not, I haven't quite decided yet. I may just have some carbs tonight, to add to the others I've had today, and start afresh tomorrow.
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It's tough when you can't get hold of food items that work for you.
I have been low carb eating for nearly seven years and have always mainly home cooked for the family. It was tough to adapt and change my meals from high to low carb especially in the beginning but I'm so in the habit now it's automatic to make a low carb meal and I don't really need to think about it. Hope you manage to keep the carbs lowish later and as you say start afresh tomorrow.
 
Breakfast of 2 fried eggs on Gouda slices and 1/2 avocado.
Didnt have time or inclination for lunch (though I took a low carb ham roll to the hospital with me)
Late home and too hungry to cook a proper meal so airfried 2 Waitrose 1 sausages on low carb roll with slices of cheese and a spoonful of coleslaw. Daughter has just come round so we’re having a glass of dry white wine. IMG_1723319670.702622.jpg
 
shelley262 said:
Breakfast kefir then fried a slice of bacon, one egg and a few mushrooms in olive oil.
Lunch a few pieces of cheese - comte and Shropshire Blue - with low carb seeded crackers and kimchi, olives,radish and celery followed by a few garden berries with spoon of yoghurt
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Dinner home made chicken curry - I usually use homemade chicken stock as the base but hadn't done any recently so it was a good opportunity to use a new -to me - product from M and S. They now do a beef bone and a chicken bone broth - both are low carb and fairly few ingredients and are frozen in portions that you can make into broth with hot water- perfect for me to keep in freezer. Not cheap but bone broth tends to be very pricey and this is cheaper than others and convenient to keep in freezer.
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I also added a spoon of the new Zoe 30+ product from Waitrose to my curry on serving. Hoping it adds some extra diversity to my food for my gut health. It added a bit of texture to the curry. Planning to add this supplement to one of my meals a day while pack lasts to see if any health impact but it's pricey so would need to be convinced it made an impact before I bought another pack!
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They look like the M&S seedy crackers. Please tell me they’re back in stock?
 
IanBish said:
I didn't, no, @LivingLightly. It could have done with more cheese, though. I did enjoy it, mind.
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I reckon you need a good 3 ounces of grated Cheddar @IanBish to coat a two-egg omelette with a nice cheesy crust. I like to fill mine with some full-fat cream cheese as well. It helps keep some of the diced ingredients from escapiing when you flip it over and it eats well too.

Regardless, you enjoyed your omelette a la Bish and that's what matters!
 
Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs and two scallops, asparagus spears smothered with butter, all seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Aperitif: dry white wine.
Tuna steaks rolled in finely chopped celery and oregano, baked with sweet red peppers and aubergines, moistened with double cream and topped with extra mature Cheddar cheese.
Steamed French beans and mangetout with a knob of butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
Two squares, Montezuma's Absolute Black 100% cocoa chocolate.

D: Seafood salad made with tiger prawns and brown shrimps, avocado, vine tomatoes, salad onions and Kalamata olives with home-made aioli for dipping and topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to wash down tablets.
 
DJC3 said:
@shelley262 your smoked trout and kimchi lunches look fantastic!
@IanBish your omelette looks great to me, not at all scruffy, and they are my favourite fillings.
Today I had fried eggs, avocado and a cheese ‘cracker’ for breakfast ( slice of Gouda microwaved for 90 secs until bubbly and crispy)
Lunch was cream cheese in celery sticks and lettuce boats filled with M&S prawn and crab cocktail. DGF brownie and cream to follow.
Dinner DietDoctor Chinese style pork stew with cabbage noodles which was really tasty. Few almonds and tea with lactofree milk.
I’m trying to get back on track. Food has been erratic the last few days and BG sky high as Paul collapsed at work on Wed and has been in hosp on the cardiac ward since then. He’s ok and in good spirits but it was a horrible shock.
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I hope Paul is doing well. That does sound like you have a BG nightmare to manage.
 
Breakfast was a very rushed slice of Gruyere on lc toast with a spoon of garden mixed berries and Greek yogurt before playing pickleball.
Lunch was a salad of cabbages, peppers and onions from the garden with about 1/4 of egg noodles all doused with ginger, soy, lime and garlic dressing. Delicious, and bit heavier carb than I took insulin for as I was about to take my grand- dog on a long walk. We are helping to dog sit while our son is deployed. Our cat is not impressed to say the least... and they are about the same size.
Dinner will be a faggot in sage and onion gravy with mashed cauliflower and green beans and cabbage. Followed by a glass of wine or two while I referee these animals and question our judgement in having offered help.
 
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