What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[IanBish]

Dinner: lamb shank in red wine gravy with French beans and baby carrots.

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That lamb shank looks lovely, @Rachox. I'm thinking of having one at the weekend. Where did you get yours from?

 

[Rachox]

That lamb shank looks lovely, @Rachox. I'm thinking of having one at the weekend. Where did you get yours from?

Tesco! Already packaged with the gravy, lazy meal!

 

[DJC3]

B- 2 soft boiled eggs with Edam cracker.
L- L/c bread open sandwich topped with cottage cheese and chilli sauerkraut. 1 cream cheese topped L/c brownie.
D- out for dinner. Lemon sole with mixed greens. It was delicious but had a panic when testing my bg beforehand and saw 12.5! They’d given me fat coke rather than Diet Coke. I had a mini meltdown but the waitress was mortified and so apologetic I couldn’t stay cross. We got 50% off our meal and BG was down to 4.9 2 hrs later.
Lesson learned - always ask for a bottle or can of Diet Coke. I usually do but forgot this time.

 

[DJC3]

Haven't tried making the Panda Flour pastry but you've inspired me it looks amazing.

I’ll be interested to see what you think. My family said they couldn’t tell it wasn’t ‘proper’ pastry!

 

[Antje77]

It was delicious but had a panic when testing my bg beforehand and saw 12.5! They’d given me fat coke rather than Diet Coke. I had a mini meltdown but the waitress was mortified and so apologetic I couldn’t stay cross. We got 50% off our meal and BG was down to 4.9 2 hrs later.
Lesson learned - always ask for a bottle or can of Diet Coke. I usually do but forgot this time.

If it comes unbottled, you can use your meter to test the coke before you drink it instead of your blood afterwards. A small drop of coke, tested like it was blood will show you if it's the full fat one with most meters.

First 'proper' meal in a week, first time being properly hungry too with this lurgy.
Admitted, most of the work was done by Aldi, I had half of a 'fish fillet a la Bordelaise' from the freezer section, but I did squeeze a slice of lemon over it for a more culinary experience, and I made a very nice salad of lots of raw onion (ah, odd cravings when ill but no reason not to give in in this case), small sweet tomatoes, cucumber, feta cheese with a dressing of olive oil, balsamic venegar, salt and pepper.

Should have been more than enough but still hungry so I followed up with a piece of Tynjetaler (Friesian cheese with holes) and a piece of paté, apparently I'm catching up on missed food.