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darkblue_2

Please do tell where you got half a ham hock for 75P!

As someone who lives quite some distance from the local butcher, I rely on Asda for all my meat. It's a pretty poor comparison to be honest. Supermarket meat is nothing compared to the real deal.

JulieGeorgiana

darkblue wrote: »

Please do tell where you got half a ham hock for 75P!

As someone who lives quite some distance from the local butcher, I rely on Asda for all my meat. It's a pretty poor comparison to be honest. Supermarket meat is nothing compared to the real deal.

I get all my meat from a local butchers. I pay £1.50 for a Ham Hock.

I cooked it in my Pea Soup, then made the lentil soup with the half the meat (and the bone for flavour).

darkblue_2

Damn. I was hoping it wasn't a local butcher so I could get the same bargain!

Good recipe though. Thanks Julie.

JulieGeorgiana

darkblue wrote: »

Damn. I was hoping it wasn't a local butcher so I could get the same bargain!

Good recipe though. Thanks Julie.

BTW I am made this using Pork Belly Strips (Once it's cooked you can remove the fat and break up the peices) I used two belly strips in a pea soup before... That's a cheap way of doing the same meal!

I can't find pork hock at any of the major supermarkets!

silligilli

I make a scone base pizza. (to serve 1) 100g sr flour, 25g marg, 2tblsp water, 2 tblsp milk. Rub marg into flour add liquid, shape into round and add topping. I buy pizza topping but only use a couple of tsp and freeze the rest in ice cube tray. A couple of mushrooms, a bit of sweetcorn, a sliced tomato and some grated cheese is a good topping. Serve with wedges - microwave a potato, cut into wedges, spray with oil and sprinkle with cajun spice, bake in oven for 20 mins. Add to this homemade coleslaw and it feels like a take away for a Saturday night.

beadle2

help needed about healthy suppers
my husband is 26stone diabetic heart problems and depression.
he enjoys food and definetely uses it as a comfort
he is 63 and was brought up with 8am 12pm4pm and 8pm mealtimes.
our days revolve around food
we fall out every night about the supper as diabetic specialist once told him he shouldn`t go to bed without having a snack as he could hypo,which has happened(sometimes he says he`s not hungry but must MUST eat something.)
he has told doctors that he would rather die happy enjoying life than a strict regime of weight loss(he has really tried hard to lose weight in the past but to not much success not very mobile,fell over twice recently so has lost confidence going out

please can someone advise me what i should do
what i can tempt him with at 8-9pm ie cereal
it seems he always the same things and this happensEVERY night
tonight he has just gone to bed without anything saying he`ll take a chance (made to make me feel guilty as i couldnt suggest anything)
i try not to buy anything unhealthy.sorry for my ramblings

floyd

Just a few quick ones off the top of my head, a poached egg on 1 slice of granary toast, fees small pieces of cheese with oatcakes, toasted wholemeal muffin with ham on, boiled egg with 1 round of wholemeal soldiers, porridge with seeds & a few raisins

beadle2

thanks so much for replying
i feel better for unloading the situation:)

ciderwithrosie_2

Is he on tablets or injections? My OH's been diabetic for 41 years, he just keeps a bottle of lucozade upstairs in case he goes a bit hypo in the night, it's not the end of the world. It's trickey as I can see you don't want your hubby getting hypo but I wouldn't force him to have extra calories he doesn't necessarily need, just keep something for emergencies. Does he test his blood sugar before bed? If my OH was answering this, he'd say - 'doctors can only give you advice - I'm the one who lives with it'. If he's having lots of hypos then his medication needs adjusting.

regards CWR

pebbles88

floyd wrote: »

Just a few quick ones off the top of my head, a poached egg on 1 slice of granary toast, fees small pieces of cheese with oatcakes, toasted wholemeal muffin with ham on, boiled egg with 1 round of wholemeal soldiers, porridge with seeds & a few raisins

very good ideas, just because the specialist told him he has to eat something, does not mean it has to be a huge meal, a small snack would be fine, and as another poster put, perhaps the lucozade kept upstairs just in case (personally i hate lucazade due to the glucose/fructose syrup in it, remeber reading an article a few months back about just hpw bad that stuff was to your sugar levels, and what it made your body think), but i am certainly no expert at all when it comes to diabetes so perhaps it has its uses here?

hope you manage to get something sorted anyway. in the greatest of respect, and i mean no harm or anything by this, but if he is 26 stone, he is in no way being deprived or sticking to a strict regime... change will be hard for you both. perhaps go back to the doctor to see if they have any other advice??

you mention your days revolve around food, this is a shame, he is only 63, which is no age nowadays, you dont mention how old you are, i guess its similar?? is there anything you both enjoy, have in common that you can start to do instead of relying on food to pass the time?? very gentle walking? meeting with friends/having them round? i know depression can make this hard sometimes, i have been there myself

It wont do any harm to make some gentle changes to your routines, including meal times, perhaps 5 small meals a day rather than 3 and this supper? the 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm doesnt need to be set in stone. does your GP/Consultant have a dietician you can get to help you?

sending bug (((HUGS))) your way anyway, best of luck. xx