Low-carb diets support thread

Hello all
Have had a horrid week with travelling (never mind the weather, the power cable came down and smacked into the train I was travelling in on Wednesday!)
so have eaten lots of junk (all be it sugar free 'fake' chocs and biscuits plus nuts its hardly healthy!)
More importanly Tesco seem to have stopped stocking S&V peanuts - sob. I've just had to place a delivery order with Asda to get hold of some!

I haven't eaten anything yet and really ought to sort something, and get on with tidying the pigsty that is my house, but all I really want to do is curl up in front of the telly.

Sorry if I'm spreading my gloom. Hope you are all having a better week than me.

sweetserendipity wrote: »

Morning everyone :hello:

Soooo glad tis Friday, I'm soooo tired this week, can't wait for a sleep-in!!

Gers, the roasted butternut squash soup original recipe was from the IPD book, but I tweaked it with leek & cauli & I do think it's better, & we get more of our 5-a-day
Can I ask how you make your tomato soup?? Lurve tomato soup, infact I love any soup!!

I'm intrigued with the butternut sqash soup, saw the rather rude looking things in asda today and they were only 78p or summat so sounds worth a punt. I've missed the recipe I think, could you put me onto the post or put it up again, please? I will deffo put it on the list. To roast or not to roast? It all sounds like a nice adventure

I've bought half a field's worth of winter veg so will be making a stew and possibly something based around gammon and cabbage? (still in thinking stage but reckon it could be v nice.). Also on the cards is a creamy chicken korma. Got some whoops drummers in asda today so once roasted will make a coupla portions of the curry to freeze over sqaushed cauli for lunches. Truly LC comfort food and v welcome at work when it's cold like it is

Took a holiday today as needed the boiler fettling. The tap you fill it up with snapped off in my hand the other day and it seemed to have a drippy leak too. Result - too low pressure. Was worried about it just switching itself off whilst I was in the shower :eek:

Anyway, nice plumber - only available daytime - charged me £70 for new tap connection and filling the system with drip sealer. Considering he charges £40 for call out and was with us for well over an hour think I got a good deal. Also, very prompt and pleasant service! To have the number of a good plumber is in itself a boon, feel blessed :rotfl:

All that means I spent a long few hours cleaning and tidying the house yesterday - don't encourage visitors but no choice this time :rotfl: And now find myself having done all the chores, with a clean house, replete with Asda shop for cooking and Tesco online for delivery of heavy stuff for Tues, so set for a relaxing weekend! :j

I'm off to mix a vodi lime soda and play online for a bit.

Love MXXX

Hello all, Sweet didnt realise you had put cauli in your soup, will give that a whirl next time.

Hanspan, thats all i've been doing is curling up in front of the tv, glad you weren't electrocuted I've not tried the s&v peanuts and dont think i will, will prob end up being another addiction to fight :rolleyes:

Not been too bad today, but could really do with a few days of being strict.
Not weighed for aaaaages, dont really want to either, saw some more pics of me from our xmas do and i look huge

Was only a few months ago i was having compliments about looking slim
Anyway, onwards and downwards as we say, maybe by summer i'll be having compliments again.

This is a rough guide to the soup, Mercy

sweetserendipity wrote: »

For my best tasting soup (imo ) I used 6 level tsps of Marigold reduced salt vegetable Bouillon stock powder added to 1 & 1/2 litres of boiling water (or whatever your stock cubes say), 1 finely chopped leek & a few florets of cauliflower (I think adding the cauli thickens the soup up). Add this to the roasted squash & simmer for about 30mins & then blend together.

I quarter the squash lengthways, scoop the horrible seedy pithy stuff out & then use a pastry brush to brush olive oil on the flesh. Roast for about 45 minutes on 200, preferably whilst there's something else cooking in the oven, to be a good MSE'er
jordylass added a note that, according to Nigella, you don't have to take the roasted squash off the skin before putting it in the stock, just blend the whole thing with the stock/leek/cauli.
I didn't try that this time as I forgot to wash the squash before roasting.
Also, I didn't add as much cauliflower this time & it's noticeably thinner in consistency soup, still bloomin' gorgeous though!!
Another also, you probably don't have to finely chop the leek because it's gonna get blended anyway, I just did that the first time I made it & have stuck with it.

Mercy wrote: »

I'm intrigued with the butternut sqash soup, saw the rather rude looking things in asda today

Depends how rude your mind is!! Naughty!! We'll be talking about meat & 2 veg next!! :rotfl:

I'm off to mix a vodi lime soda and play online for a bit.

Enjoy your vodi, I can't wait for my wine
Sounds like you are going to be a busy cook this weekend, have fun!!