Lovely cheese

[Newbie777]

I realise that cutting carbs is not the end of the world.

Today, I had some lovely Wensleydale with Cranberries on oatmeal crackers.

Really yummy and the best bit the packaging says consume within 3 days, so need to follow these strict guidelines!

Which cheese do you like and what do you eat it on/with?

 

[Inka]

I love so many cheeses! My mouth is watering just thinking about them! I like the usual Brie and Camembert, and also there’s a nice one called Comte - a kind of sweet, nutty firm cheese. Very moreish!

Waitrose do some nice crackers with a pretty low amount of carbs if you choose carefully.

 

[Drummer]

I like all delicately flavoured cheeses and can ask for a green salad with cheese and tomatoes in several languages.
I have a recipe for low carb crackers which I really must try out one day.

 

[Newbie777]

I love so many cheeses! My mouth is watering just thinking about them! I like the usual Brie and Camembert, and also there’s a nice one called Comte - a kind of sweet, nutty firm cheese. Very moreish!

Waitrose do some nice crackers with a pretty low amount of carbs if you choose carefully.

Hello,

Very nice indeed

I am on Nairn's oatbread about 4g per cracker.

Yes, I will look Waitrose online and see what they have.

 

[Newbie777]

I like all delicately flavoured cheeses and can ask for a green salad with cheese and tomatoes in several languages.
I have a recipe for low carb crackers which I really must try out one day.

Wow that's impressive.

I like feta cheese in a salad, but find the cheese salty and not good for my blood pressure.

I don't do cooking or baking, sorry, am very lazy, but do let us know how you get on

 

[rebrascora]

Cheese is my new chocolate since diagnosis... although I do have the odd square of 75+% dark chocolate with a spoon of crunchy peanut butter as a treat, whereas before I would have consumed a whole bar of milk chocolate without pausing for breath.
I try to avoid the fruit cheeses like cranberries or apricots or my pre diagnosis favourite, stem ginger with mango, as they all sweet and quite high in sugars. I now love blue cheeses (used to hate them pre diagnosis) so blue Stilton or Gorgonzola or Lidl sometimes do a Cornish Blue which is like a very under ripe Brie with blue veining. Also love Gruyere/Jarlsberg or Emmental as they all have that nutty flavour you mention @Inka but not tried Comte. Then I love a good mature Cheddar or a vintage Red Leicester and Halloumi and Feta and Mozzarella..... My fridge is always full of cheese and when my stocks start to get low, I know it is time to do my fortnightly shop. My evening meal last night was a selection of cheeses and a glass of rose. I no longer feel the need for biscuits/crackers with it, but olives are a nice accompaniment.... again, I am out of olives so need to shop!

 

[helli]

Mmmmmmmmm ... cheese.
No one has mentioned goats cheese. I hadn't realised how much variety of goats cheese there was until I found myself at a French goats cheese farmers market. We found ourselves a table, knife and a couple of glasses of red wine and had one of the best meals of our holiday. I think it was extra special because we heard no one else speak English although ordering the cheese stretched my French a tad.

Sorry - that was a long way of saying, don't forget the amazing variety of Goat cheese around - it is not all "tangy" and "sharp".

 

[Newbie777]

Fantastic, you are indeed a cheese connisuer

I like the variety you mention and I think like you I will try to miss off the crackers and that way can eat more lovely cheese..

Although, yesterday I made cheddar cheese and Jacobs crackers for my daughter and was so tempted by the crackers, but I resisted!

Yes, I agree that Cranberrys will add to carbs, but if I am not wrong that is 11g per 100g of carbs and the most I am eating all day would be 50g of the cheese.

Also, I think I will look at smoked cheeses, not sure if the carbs are any higher though.

 

[Newbie777]

Mmmmmmmmm ... cheese.
No one has mentioned goats cheese. I hadn't realised how much variety of goats cheese there was until I found myself at a French goats cheese farmers market. We found ourselves a table, knife and a couple of glasses of red wine and had one of the best meals of our holiday. I think it was extra special because we heard no one else speak English although ordering the cheese stretched my French a tad.

Sorry - that was a long way of saying, don't forget the amazing variety of Goat cheese around - it is not all "tangy" and "sharp".

That's great, please don't apologise.

I can't remember if I had goats cheese before, clearly I have not lived life!

So something nice to add to my shopping list.

Everyday I have a salad and experiment a little bit (I usually have cherry tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, green pepper) with what to include, yesterday I was brave and added fine cut green chilly, it was ehh a bit hot!
But I think adding a boiled egg and the right cheese, gives it substance and helps me with filling a bit fuller for longer.

 

[rebrascora]

Cheese coleslaw works well on salad with boiled eggs and I love balsamic vinegar to give it a kick of flavour. Once you stop eating sweet things, sour flavours start to become more interesting. Pickled gherkins can add a punch and avocado creaminess, and a little raw onion for some bite, either spring onions or normal or both. And olives if you like them.

Afraid I can't get away with goat's cheese. I was made to drink goats milk as a child to help my eczema and I hated it. I keep trying goat's cheese every few months because I am aware that my tastes are changing, but the after taste with it still just really puts me off... and with so many lovely cows milk options maybe I should just give up.

Smoked cheese is nice... a good smoked Applewood Cheddar or Bavarian smoked although the latter is more heavily processed so I try to restrict it to a very occasional treat.

 

[adrian1der]

I grew up in Melton Mowbray so has to be Stilton for me although I love all cheese. I used to live in Cheshire and a trip into Chester shopping was never complete without a visit to the cheese shop

 

[Newbie777]

Great, shame about the goats cheese.

More to try out what you have suggested thanks , I did try sweetcorn, but it found was carb heavy! but also tried radish , spring onion etc, I only add French dressing or extra vitgin oil now and then..

I will check and see about the smoked cheese.

 

[Newbie777]

I grew up in Melton Mowbray so has to be Stilton for me although I love all cheese. I used to live in Cheshire and a trip into Chester shopping was never complete without a visit to the cheese shop

Ok great,

I think I struggled with the Stilton,Brie, Camembert, very mature taste

I prefer thetraditional types of Lancashire, Cheshire, cheddar, Wensleydale, double Gloucester , but also soft cheese including Bousin and feta/smoked cheeses.

We used to have a farmer's market in Ashton U Lyne, at the end of the month and I would buy farmers cheese! (plus French bread and home made butter, which I do miss now!)

 

[adrian1der]

I have a farm shop less than a mile from home. Their veg is rather limited but they have an excellent butchers and a great deli counter with a good range of local cheeses. I book a weekly delivery from Sainsbury's and then bob to the farm shop for meat and cheese

 

[Newbie777]

I have a farm shop less than a mile from home. Their veg is rather limited but they have an excellent butchers and a great deli counter with a good range of local cheeses. I book a weekly delivery from Sainsbury's and then bob to the farm shop for meat and cheese

Nice one, you are so lucky and I bet spoilt for choice.

The way I see it for me, it's about buying small amounts of the very good stuff, rather than eating loads of processed carb !intensive foods.

 

[rebrascora]

Nice one, you are so lucky and I bet spoilt for choice.

The way I see it for me, it's about buying small amounts of the very good stuff, rather than eating loads of processed carb !intensive foods.

It amazes me how quickly you have grasped all the principles of healthy eating for Type 2 in such a short space of time. Eating high quality, minimally processed foods with more fat and less carbs is the essence of it and because you eat less overall, it doesn't work out that much more expensive, especially when you take into consideration all everyday extras that you used to buy from a shop in passing on an almost daily basis (if you are anything like me) like snacks and sandwiches and biscuits etc.

 

[Newbie777]

Thank you very much you are most kind

The possibility of losing my eyesight was definitely the turning point.

Hindsight is such a big thing, I always say the biggest word in life is also the smallest.. IF.. if only I had done this etc.

However, I consider myself very lucky and fortunate in life so very grateful,
especially to everyone on this Forum, the individual experiences make it a lot easier for me to relate to and understand - I am now doing my best to put things in practice.

 

[EllsBells]

That's great, please don't apologise.

I can't remember if I had goats cheese before, clearly I have not lived life!

So something nice to add to my shopping list.

Everyday I have a salad and experiment a little bit (I usually have cherry tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, carrots, green pepper) with what to include, yesterday I was brave and added fine cut green chilly, it was ehh a bit hot!
But I think adding a boiled egg and the right cheese, gives it substance and helps me with filling a bit fuller for longer.

Do - I used to make a lovely warm salad recipe using goat's cheese - grilled aubergine and courgette and roasted peppers, I think. Absolutely lush with the toasted goats cheese topper! Definitely going to dig that one out again!

Edit to add the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/warmgoatscheesesalad_80782

 

[Leadinglights]

Who would have thought a cheese thread would have taken off. In my mind life is cheese (except goat which to me tastes just like goats smell). We had a Christmas gift of a hamper of cheeses, somebody knew me well. I make various soups which incorporate cheese, broccoli and stilton, courgette and brie, leek celery and pea with feta which are much better than any tinned and so simple to make.

 

[Newbie777]

Do - I used to make a lovely warm salad recipe using goat's cheese - grilled aubergine and courgette and roasted peppers, I think. Absolutely lush with the toasted goats cheese topper! Definitely going to dig that one out again!

Edit to add the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/warmgoatscheesesalad_80782

You are very inventive, definitely worth trying it out.

I used to eat out a lot, I remember now having American pancakes with goats cheese and something else (vegetarian with it?), very nice @ Brunch Club in Liverpool.