Clean Eating 2024 Version 2

Wraithlady

purpleivy said:

I’m looking for a dairy lactose free sour cream. Seen one anywhere?  I’m looking into the lactase enzyme drops at present. 

Not dairy, but the Oatly creme fraiche is actually pretty good (bit hit and miss as to availability, but Tesco's is better than average for having it in)

MrsStepford

Tonight we made a meatless pot au feu, from The Dairy Book of Home Cookery by Sonia Allison. Second-hand copies of the 1968 edition can go for £50 on eBay. My mother and mother in law gave me their copies and I have several other editions. I snapped up a Sonia Allison edition for my cousin in Canada, for 13.99

It's a very simple dish. Cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, leeks, broccoli, onions and some stock, cooked until very soft then served with grated cheese and finely chopped fresh parsley. Makes a good hearty weekend lunch with peasant bread to mop up the juices, washed down with an inexpensive big red from France. 

Pot au feu was a favourite when I was a vegetarian and we decided to try it tonight, because I hoped that the slow cooking and resulting soft veg, would make the FODMAPs more digestible for my husband. Nearly two hours after eating supper and no ill effects so far.  😀

Glad

purpleivy said:

MrsStepford said:

Lactose free milk.. We tried it, because it's lower carb than regular milk. Couldn't taste any difference between Lactofree whole milk and regular supermarket whole milk. Husband decided to keep buying it. Yes, it's expensive but most of the dairy we consume is yogurt, soured cream, double cream, crème fraîche, fromage frais, cottage cheese, soft cheese and cheese. It's a relatively small proportion overall. 

I won't touch the own brand part-reconstituted lactose free milks, just the whole milk with lactose enzyme added. 

We have been buying the Lactofree soft cheese recently, as unlike Philadelphia and Boursin, it doesn't contain nasties. 

I’m looking for a dairy lactose free sour cream. Seen one anywhere?  I’m looking into the lactase enzyme drops at present. 

My son is lactose intolerant, when he lived at home he would make a sour cream substitute using lactose free cream and adding a dash of lemon juice and white vinegar. There are various ways of doing this if you google how to make sour cream

MrsStepford

Pleased to say still no ill effects with the Pot au feu for husband. Puts slow cooked cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and leeks back on the menu. Hopefully, that means more stews, soups and mash. 

Supper tonight was Iceland old recipe Aberdeen Angus beef burgers with fresh salsa, live culture soured cream, organic asparagus and Slimming World sweet potato chips. 

Tomorrow husband is cooking a Ainsley Harriot recipe from Malta which I found on ITVX. Stuffed aubergines basically. 

MrsStepford

Lidl has got grass fed beef on offer, also organic tomatoes. Greek Week at Lidl next week with growing herbs, cheese, octopus, stuffed vine leaves, more grass fed beef, seafood and antipasti type stuff. 

Supper tonight was local Barnsley chops, mushrooms and leeks in clotted cream and sweet potato chips with fresh salsa. (Husband found one without nasties in a local convenience store.) He's doing the aubergine dish tonight. 

MrsStepford

Bought a Rick Stein ebook on Mediterranean food for 99p on Amazon.

Have been checking food against the Dirty Dozen lists on EWG and PAN websites and next food deliveries will look very different.

We have a good stock of Parmigiano  Reggiano DOP in the freezer and husband has decided to go with the flow and quit eating Cathedral City and Babybel minis. Now I have to find French and Italian alternatives. 

MrsStepford

Bought the interlocking ceramic avocado mugs from Home Bargains for St Valentine's Day, which arrived today. Very cute ! 

Bought some Hershey's unsweetened cocoa from Amazon. It lasts a long time as the previous tin was bought in January 2023. All the drinking chocolates that I looked at, were horribly high in carbs, with added sugar. 

Husband has been trying to convince me, that as Heinz baked beans are made with navy beans, they count as a légume. 😂 I have conceded to his requests for Frank's Original Hot cayenne pepper sauce and Tabasco.

 I'm pondering about Good Life frozen falafel. I don't like the rapeseed oil in them. If Husband worked nearer to home he could make his own. Might go back to making own tzatziki and houmous on weekends this summer. 

Husband lost his Tesco Clubcard. Hope his new card arrives before 18/03/24 otherwise we will miss out on some good fish offers ! Waitrose has some fish offers ending in April, though.




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MrsStepford

Husband is working from home tomorrow  so I did an Iceland order which will include chestnut and button mushrooms, watermelon chunks and melon medley from Del Monte, sweet potato chips, Halloumi, Feta, kombucha, nuts, dried herbs, Tetley decaf tea, a whole Keelings honeydew melon and a jar of Spanish style Chicken Tonight. Yes it's got modified maize starch and sugar but they are the only nasties. Carbs are 6.9g per 100g and we will get two meals ie four portions, out of the jar for 1.67. Mansion Farm is delivering chicken so that's an easy supper.

Tonight, Husband cooked an Ainsley Harriott interpretation of the classic Maltese dish, Brungiel mimli. Basically stuffed aubergine and fairly basic but it was good. 

I'm looking at doing an order with Melbury & Appleton, to add things to the pantry. They stock Greek, Spanish, French, Italian and American food so that's handy. 

We have a lot of cookbooks and I'm going through them, listing Mediterranean or Mediterranean-style recipes, from six books per day. I hope it won't take me too long to get through them. So far, I've covered books by Rick Stein, Guy Watson-Singh, Dr Arthur Agatston, Elizabeth David, Carey & Julian More, Dr Josh Axe, Clare Ferguson, Dr Pierre Dukan, Edouard de Pomiane, Keith Floyd, The Hairy Bikers and BBC Good Food.

I have ordered the 5 Ingredients Mediterranean book from Jamie Oliver, (half-price at Amazon) and husband will give me the money as my St Valentine's Day present. 

Prices for olive oil are crazy. I bought Chosen Foods avocado oil from Costco and it's actually cheaper than olive oil. 

MrsStepford

Specially Selected Pesto alla Genovese 190g, 1.75 at Aldi. This is head and shoulders above any other supermarket pesto. It contains 54% basil, 29% Extra Virgin olive oil, pine nuts, 6% Parmigiano Reggiano PDO and  2%
Pecorino Romano PDO cheeses and garlic. Pea fibre is strange but fibre is good right ? No seed oils or cheap nuts.  Tastes amazing and the price is unbelievable..

Longwalker

Mmmmmmm Pea fibre, an ingredient in pet food for many a year