Low-carb diets support thread

HanSpan

mazzers wrote: »

Christ hanspan, you are back with a vengeance :rotfl:

don't worry - it won't last.
I was due to have an interview today but they cancelled so I've taken the day off to sulk and was refusing to do any work from home for a change! Not that I've been left in peace much - only about 15 work calls so far grrrrr.

~daisy~_2

hmmm my oopsies always looked like soft meringues so stopped making them - nothing like those piccies !!

LittleMissAspie

Mercy I think at one point there was a recipe for some kind of almond pie/quiche pastry, I don't suppose you have that? I don't know any of its details sorry.

Sunday
B: buttery scrambled eggs
L: can't remember now
pizza

Monday
B: pizza
L: quiche and salad
carrot and cauliflower soup, one cracker and boursin, bit of chocolate

Tuesday:
B: homemade yogurt
L: greek salad (cucumber, tomato, red onion, feta, green olives, olive oil and lemon juice)
breadcrumbed quorn bake and veg

Mercy

HanSpan wrote: »

Having posted a few I realise most of the rest I have are already up there in some form. So I've sifted through my printed off notes and am hoping for some help with my less than successful trials:

Microwave flax bread.
I've tried all manner of combinations with flax/almond, more or less egg/butter and more or less baking powder and seem to end up with either - weird, holey, unappealing omelette with flax, or savory cake. As I said in my previous post I'm loath to experiment too much in the oven (and I'm lazy and impatient) so has anyone had any success with something bread like in the microwave?

It's not bread but this
Flax cracker type thing
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...postcount=1321

Made a nice firm cracker for cream cheese, pate n stuff. Q tasty.


Bakewell Tart
I followed the recipe on the links page but it turned out undercooked and rather flat. Mercy your notes say you forgot to reduce the temp but I can't see in the instructions where to reduce (mind you if I did it would probably be even more underdone unless its meant to start higher?)

any help greatly appreciated as OH LOVES bakewell tart and this might keep him off the sugary stuff.

It's very important to get the whites really stiff as this is the only air in the mix, don't mix all together 'well' as this knocks out a lot of air, just fold. It must be put together quickly and straight in the oven, so do base and add jam before sorting the final topping blend.
What I meant was I didn't adjust the oven temp down for mine being a fan job. Maybe just use the temp suggested if you have a fan? Also, make sure the base is cooked properly first. Hope this helps, I've not had a bad one yet, although a larger version I made in flan pot rather than tin was a little damper than ideal.

Protein shakes
Ewww. Is it just me? I've again tried various combinations and they all made me gag.
My latest was 3tbsp Protein Isolate, 3tbsp double cream, 10ml choc Davinci, 5ml cocoa and 200ml milk. God it was disgusting and at that point I just gave up. Anybody got something that's actually nice and not reminiscent of babay sick?

Not tried these, quite like getting my protein from MEAT! Eggs and cheese

Mystery:
I've found a post-it note with the following;
1/3 cup almonds ground
1tbsp butter
17.5oz pack cream cheese
1 egg
5 floz tub sour cream
1tbsp sweetener
makes 9 servings.

But no title or cooking instructions. What on earth is it? It was stuck to a recipe for baked eggs so clearly nothing to do with that. If I had the ingredients I could mix them and see what the consistency was but I'd still have no idea what to do with it!

Might be a type of cheesecake? Almonds and butter as a base, rest as topping?

Nice to see all your posts, many now reside in the list and, whilst comfortable, could always do with more company :rotfl:

MXXXXX

Mercy

sweetserendipity wrote: »

Hmmmmm, chilli chocolate, not sure about that one HanSpan!!

Might help with you 'toilet department' issues :rotfl:

mazzers wrote: »

Christ hanspan, you are back with a vengeance :rotfl:

For anyone new-ish here, dont forget about this great site.

Take a look at the oopsie panini..




http://cleochatra.blogspot.com/2008/02/continuation-on-theme-cauliflower-as.html

mazzers wrote: »

Just look at this oopsie waffle from that site

WOW! No wonder you've ordered a waffle iron :rotfl:

My Ooopsies tend to be a little flat and oddly roundish

That said I ain' tried em for a bit so may well have another go. Cleochatra's website is noted under oopsies on the recipe list. (plug, plug, plug :rotfl:)

I want my oopsies to look like these, will be swotting up soonest!

Cheers!

MXXX

Mercy

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

Mercy I think at one point there was a recipe for some kind of almond pie/quiche pastry, I don't suppose you have that? I don't know any of its details sorry.

Hiya!

I've got a quiche recipe to replace the one 'lost' and will post tomorrow or day after. Sorry can't do sooner but busy tomorrow so will av to see how it goes.

Pizza ain't icing! Have you tried the cauliflower pizza base? I've not but have heard great things. It's on the list I understand the main thing is too sqash all the water out the cauli. I've only not tried it cos I'm not a fan of pizza. Nearest I do is a flat omlette with meat, cheese n veg - lots - just enough egg to bind it all together. Then cooked in butter on stove top til bottom done, finished off under grill. I always add chillis, but I generally do :rotfl:

Will try HanSpans chilli choc. Sounds yum! I've always liked a mix of choc peanuts and bombay mix so am in the zone anyway

MXXX

mazzers

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

Mercy I think at one point there was a recipe for some kind of almond pie/quiche pastry, I don't suppose you have that? I don't know any of its details sorry.

Sunday
B: buttery scrambled eggs
L: can't remember now
pizza

Monday
B: pizza
L: quiche and salad
carrot and cauliflower soup, one cracker and boursin, bit of chocolate

Tuesday:
B: homemade yogurt
L: greek salad (cucumber, tomato, red onion, feta, green olives, olive oil and lemon juice)
breadcrumbed quorn bake and veg

I like those faces at the start of the menu, a very good idea for at a glance checking on lc-ish-ness

mazzers

I have been exceptionally good today, nothing lc in the canteen so i went without until i came home :T
Rustled up a quick stirfry and used some finest green curry sauce for flavour, does anyone have a tasty lc sauce to add to stir fry, homemade or jar?

B- bacon and scrambled egg
L- nothing
D- steak stir fry, plus some Lidl yogurt and raspberries for dessert.. yum

HanSpan

Sorry - quoting refused to give anything but the last bit so this will probably look a dog's dinner

Originally Posted by HanSpan

Microwave flax bread.
I've tried all manner of combinations with flax/almond, more or less egg/butter and more or less baking powder and seem to end up with either - weird, holey, unappealing omelette with flax, or savory cake. As I said in my previous post I'm loath to experiment too much in the oven (and I'm lazy and impatient) so has anyone had any success with something bread like in the microwave?

It's not bread but this
Flax cracker type thing
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...postcount=1321

Made a nice firm cracker for cream cheese, pate n stuff. Q tasty.

Ta - will definitely try. I'd passed that one by as I assumed it must be an oven thing. Must read more closely!

Bakewell Tart
I followed the recipe on the links page but it turned out undercooked and rather flat. Mercy your notes say you forgot to reduce the temp but I can't see in the instructions where to reduce (mind you if I did it would probably be even more underdone unless its meant to start higher?)

any help greatly appreciated as OH LOVES bakewell tart and this might keep him off the sugary stuff.

It's very important to get the whites really stiff as this is the only air in the mix, don't mix all together 'well' as this knocks out a lot of air, just fold. It must be put together quickly and straight in the oven, so do base and add jam before sorting the final topping blend.
What I meant was I didn't adjust the oven temp down for mine being a fan job. Maybe just use the temp suggested if you have a fan? Also, make sure the base is cooked properly first. Hope this helps, I've not had a bad one yet, although a larger version I made in flan pot rather than tin was a little damper than ideal.

OK will try again. Still don't know why it was underdone then but maybe I didn't heat the oven enough. thursday job methiks - with mushed up frozen (home grown) rasperries for the base.

Protein shakes
Ewww. Is it just me? I've again tried various combinations and they all made me gag.
My latest was 3tbsp Protein Isolate, 3tbsp double cream, 10ml choc Davinci, 5ml cocoa and 200ml milk. God it was disgusting and at that point I just gave up. Anybody got something that's actually nice and not reminiscent of babay sick?

Not tried these, quite like getting my protein from MEAT! Eggs and cheese

Metoo as a rule - I just thought I'd try for something different, easy and portable for when I just can't be bothered or I'm all egg and cheesed out.

Mystery:
I've found a post-it note with the following;
1/3 cup almonds ground
1tbsp butter
17.5oz pack cream cheese
1 egg
5 floz tub sour cream
1tbsp sweetener
makes 9 servings.

But no title or cooking instructions. What on earth is it? It was stuck to a recipe for baked eggs so clearly nothing to do with that. If I had the ingredients I could mix them and see what the consistency was but I'd still have no idea what to do with it!

Mercy wrote: »

Might be a type of cheesecake? Almonds and butter as a base, rest as topping?

Not convinced but maybe. I think I might just ditch the postit so I don't waste time worrying about it - I can get awfully side-tracked by trivia


Nice to see all your posts, many now reside in the list and, whilst comfortable, could always do with more company :rotfl:

MXXXXX

I'm not really the cook in the house but I might get the OH to tell me what goes in dinner (I daren't hang round the kitchen as I'll get shouted at) and post some of our standbys.

argg must go and get ready for work.

mazzers

Hello G&B, hope everythings ok, not seen you about for a bit.


I woke up starving, very unusual, didnt eat lunch yesterday tho, just had two buttery scrambled eggs.
Weighed this morning and have put 5lb of the stone i lost back on, not bad considering what i've been up to
Hopefully this will go soon