Low-carb diets support thread

Mercy

Hiya!

Had a good shopping trip today.
1 pair Next flares
180g smoked salmon
1 jar of cheese stuffed jalapenos
All for £6! :j

Happy shopper me!

Me and the cats will be enjoying smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for brekkie tomorrow. How nice!

Kitties will have to do without the jalapenos - they are mine.

Did have a cat - Cheech, the cheeriest cat ever made. She loved chillies, she had done at her previous home. She was the most put upon and bullied cat ever by every other cat. She took her joys as she found them :rotfl: Whenever we had finished with a pizza we would put the boxed remnants on the floor for the cats. Most went for cheese or meat but Cheech dug out the chillies and had them for herself. :eek:
Sadly Cheech is no longer with us.
I cannot say these facts are unrelated. However, she lived life to the full and was a proper tart with menfolk. Still loving me if I was the only one there

No other cat I have ever known has ever seemed in the least interested in chillies. No other cat has ever been quite like Cheech.

Still, not risking it - the chillies are MINE! :rotfl:

Mx

Mercy

Hello!

Another nice LC bread type thing. Best thing is it's quite sweet enough already so no need for sweeteners.

Cinnamon Bread

In a microwaveable pot / lunch container pot type thing
whisk the following with a fork
2 eggs
4 tbls full fat milk or 2tbls water + 2tbls cream
2 tbls water
2 teasp vanilla essence

Then sprinkle evenly over the wet stuff one on top of the other

4 heaped tbls ground flax
4 heaped tbls Ground Almonds.
salt - a mild grind or a sprinkle
1 - 2 teasp ground cinnamon
1/2 a teasp of mixed spice
3/4 teasp Baking Powder

Mix all well with the fork.

Let sit for 5 mins.

If it seems too stiff - thickly flowing is what we are after - add milk or water till thickly flowing.

Put in Microwave for 3-4 mins full power (I'm 800w) If still a bit wet do 1 min more. If solid to touch turn out and examine bottom. If bottom wet put back into container upside down and do for 1 min more.

Once done, turn out onto cake rack to cool properly.

I like it sliced and toasted with buttery goodness. It's fab. Takes my mind off cinnamon swirls if I get toast and cinnamon and butter!

If sliced thin and gently toasted each side - gently now, this stuff dries out anyway - and left to cool it makes fantastic crackers. Add cream cheese and a bluberry or two and it's bliss.

Best thing is this can be adjusted in so many ways.

Add 1 tablespoon ground sesame seeds in place of same flax or almonds
Use other spices ie ginger
Add 2 tbls of finely chopped nuts of your choice
Add a little pinch of cayenne for a difference
Do what you will with it. Can definitely say the true recipe above is good :rotfl:

So many options. No sweeteners needed.

Mx

pink_princess

That curry sounds lovely I'll have to try it.

We had pumpkin seeds and almonds sprinkled with chilli powder for brekkie

Lunch was a chinese chicken thigh followed by raspberries

Dinner is stirfry with zero noodles

Might have sugar free jelly after.

oopsadaisydoddle

Hi all.

As promised, here is the tuna mousse recipe:

1 tin tuna.
1/4 pint mayo.
1/4 pint double cream (whipped).
Sachet gelatine 3tbps hot water.
1tsbp lemon juice or vinegar.

Mash tuna.
Add salt pepper and lemon.
Add mayo. Mix
Whip cream and add to mix
Mix gelatine and gradually stir in to mix.
Spoon into mould of your choice or ramekins if doing individual ones. I always put some (small amount) water in the mould if using a big one as it helps to get it out if displaying it.

The recipe above makes approx 5-6 ramekins depending on if you eat it along the way like I do!

You can also use salmon - same amount but if using tinned, it can be a bit crunchy unless you get all the bone out.

I serve with celery and cucumber sticks.

pink_princess

Brekkie was sausages cut open, topped with cheese and grilled

Lunch was a large lettuce leaf, cream cheese spread on to it. Then a line of chicken breast and cucumber. Rolled the leaf up like a wrap

Dinner will be veggie curry with hard boiled eggs.

Making some soup for lunch tomorrow and defrosting a goose for tomorrow nights dinner.

durham_mim

B; 2 boiled eggs
L: 2 lamb chops & salad. Peanuts
D; Chicken & mushroom casserole, mashed swede, broccoli & sprouts.
2 squares 81% chocolate

marrbett

Evening all,

B-nothing, not hungry

L-Salad,avocado,slice of fried haloumi cheese, brie,slice of salami,1 hard boiled egg,sesame seeds.Olive oil and lemon juice dressing

D-Cold chicken, coleslaw, 5 sweet potato wedges

Small square of chocolate brownie, (made with coconut oil and ground almonds, maybe 15 grams of sugar in my piece) small spoonful vanilla ice-cream.

Drinks-hot water,2 cups black coffee, 1 cup tea with dash full cream milk.

Can I ask you to comment on todays food-I don't seem to feel hungry in the mornings anymore, so go through to lunchtime before I eat anything. I have always thought this was a bad idea, but am trying to listen to my body more. Have I got enough of everything today?? Thanks for any help.xx

durham_mim

B: Raspberries, 2 tbsp flax & Lactofree cream
L: Pork scratchings & Lactofree cream cheese. Peanuts.
2 grilled sausages cut in half and covered in melted cheese(thanks pink_princess for the idea), roasted celeriac & fried onions. 2 squares 81% chocolate.

Think I may have passed your house today pink_princess on my way to my massage/physio appointment.

durham_mim

B: Scrambled eggs & 2 rashers of bacon
L: 2 lamb chops & salad. Peanuts
Chicken curry with vegetable bhaji. 2 squares 81% chocolate.

daska

marrbett wrote: »

Evening all,

B-nothing, not hungry

L-Salad,avocado,slice of fried haloumi cheese, brie,slice of salami,1 hard boiled egg,sesame seeds.Olive oil and lemon juice dressing

D-Cold chicken, coleslaw, 5 sweet potato wedges

Small square of chocolate brownie, (made with coconut oil and ground almonds, maybe 15 grams of sugar in my piece) small spoonful vanilla ice-cream.

Drinks-hot water,2 cups black coffee, 1 cup tea with dash full cream milk.

Can I ask you to comment on todays food-I don't seem to feel hungry in the mornings anymore, so go through to lunchtime before I eat anything. I have always thought this was a bad idea, but am trying to listen to my body more. Have I got enough of everything today?? Thanks for any help.xx

I can't see much in the way of dark/brightly coloured veg (assuming the coleslaw was white cabbage). Perhaps look at including more of that.

The breakfast issue is a funny one. We're consistently told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day but, as I understand it, the reason for this is that a study showed that people who had lost weight and kept it off ate breakfast. The fact that they also walked for at least an hour a day may have had more to do with it? And how does eating 3 meals a day (or even 6) fit with Intermittent Fasting? You can't fast at all if you need to eat 6 meals a day!