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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2223707" data-attributes="member: 25851">Breakfast at 10.15 - 2 rashers streaky bacon and 2 fried eggs.Lunch at 2.45 - onion soup - yep, that's right, the remainder of the frozen onions.  I found that they were even wetter than I anticipated once defrosted so I put them in a pot with a large chunk of butter to make them boil first in the water they contained, and then fry.  Took a long time, but it worked.  Had a serving with my liver and bacon last night and put some beef stock, some seasoning and a little soya sauce (pinched some of Neil's special non-fermented stuff) to make a quick onion soup.  Had half of it for lunch today and still have some left for another time.  Expect it was high calorie because of the sugar content of the onions and the large chunk of butter.Lamb hotpot for my evening meal at 8 pm (out of the freezer).FBG was 6.5 and BG has been no higher than 7.4 (before the soup) but most of the day it was around 5.5.  For me that's a real win.  Odd thing is, that, other than some extra soup, my meals have been similar on other occasions but BG stayed higher than I wanted.  Can extra, in the form of soup, really make that difference?  Wonder what is happening to my weight -must check it before my appointment on Monday.</blockquote>

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