Pippi's Diary, 2024 edition.....

foxgloves · 7 January 2024 at 10:35PM

@EssexHebridean - Sourdough loaves can be made with various flours/flour ratios. I like to use half & half wholemeal & white in mine, though as my culture jar is fed with white flour, that will increase the overall ratio.
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EssexHebridean · 7 January 2024 at 10:38PM

Yes - it was more whether the slightly different nature of a sourdough loaf itself might have a difference to the way it behaves in terms of blood sugar, certainly the percentage of white -v- wholemeal, rye or whatever flour would make a difference though. Sourdough certainly behaves differently in the gut if my experience is anything to go by - that in itself is anecdotal although the gut health benefits themselves are known of course. 😁 (and of course it tastes flipping LOVELY!)

pippilongstocking123 · 10 January 2024 at 8:40PM

Hello all
sorry about radio silence, Paspatur I'll let you know, I'm unsure if I will benefit loads from it but I see a definte shift in my food consumption and weight. Foxgloves I love making sour dough they're all completely different arent they. I do a mix of seeds and flour EH we are allergic to anything brown in this house.

. JWil I'd thought about ZOE for a long time before jumping in. I
ve read all the boods Tims written and I do find it interesting. Redo - I'm hopeful I'll take something from it, so we will see. Its interesting.

I'm two days into a new job and so so tired.

Zoe yes its interesting I'll see if it changes habits. TBH I'm quite surprised that so far sourdough bread doesn't seem to spike my sugars the way bananas do. OMG - I love bananas. I eat them more than most other foods.

So far not so spendy, new work is based around community gardens/kitchen/workshop, so cosy lunch and free food at work (soup and cheese) its been good, I took a packed lunch in. Also got some free tatties, onions and kale. So all in all, not a bad few days. They get free food from a very well known bakery chain (rhymes with Keggs

)which I'm not a pastry kinda gal, thankfully otherwise I'd be full of sausage rolls and steak bakes.

Veggie tea, OH is in office and working late. He's allergic to veggie food

EssexHebridean · 11 January 2024 at 2:21PM

haha I think your Mr & mine have broadly similar views of veggie food...although mine very much eats what he's given which means we frequently have veggie - or at least almost veggie - several times a week!

Bananas are ace - full of good stuff and r-e-a-l-l-y slow release energy too - a banana is a hypoglycaemic's best pal! (also beloved of athletes pre event as easy to digest - not sure that will come in particular useful to either of us but there you go!) I also love a banana but am very fussy about their ripeness - too ripe and they make me go ugh.

Glad the job is going well - but of course you're tired, the mental stress of a new job is, well, mental! Cut yourself some slack and have a lazy weekend. (Get someone to explain "lazy" to you - I know you don't do that well!)

Free food though - mmmmm!

pippilongstocking123 · 11 January 2024 at 5:20PM

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And that's all GD has to say about that, shes here to stay for a night or two. Its a nervous household here DS and DIL are away to the 'stork farm' to collect the newest arrival to the extended stripey household. We shall await news .....

EH Lazy - yes I know the word, its one of those swear ones isn't it.

So good news, so far this week 3 NSD's, new job seems to provide a diverse lunch and there were extras to take home if wanted but I'm not much of a baked goods gal. So I let others dive in.

Walked a gazzillion miles today as we did a massive leaflet drop too.

Fires on with free wood, tea will be something simple from the cupboards.

10 days to pay day, still got some funds in the bank, so that's a good start.

Yes EH my tall person is not great at veggie food so we shan't tell him about the fact that it was half soy mince in the spag bog

shhhh

Hows everyone doing, its pretty cold, although no snow here.

And, its my 'friday night' as my new hours are tue/wed/thur, woop.

foxgloves · 11 January 2024 at 6:22PM

@Pippilongstocking - The Big Hairy Half of this relationship was actually vegetarian for 12 years. What knocked him headfirst off the waggon? Moving in with me & smelling an organic free range chicken roasting in the oven in my lovely little falling-to-bits old house! And now........well, suffice it to say he can now barely get past the butcher's window without getting the red mist & is the only one allowed to cook the Christmas turkey!
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