What did you eat yesterday?

[Vince_UK]

Have bought fillet steak for a treat tonight and taking a leaf out of your book, going to add some blue cheese and Dijon! 🙂

I am addicted LOL

 

[Mark Parrott]

B: 2 sausages, 2 flat mushrooms & 1 fried egg
L: Beef & onion wholemeal thin
D: Pizza (base made using low carb muffin recipe, but baked instead of microwaved & double the quantity)
Pud: Cream cheese pancakes with melted 85% choc

 

[Vince_UK]

Stupid question perhaps but how does one whip whipping cream?
I used an electric mixer ad absolutely nothing happened
Forgive my ignorance

 

[Vince_UK]

D: Pizza (base made using low carb muffin recipe, but baked instead of microwaved & double the quantity)

That looks very interesting Mark

 

[grainger]

Stupid question perhaps but how does one whip whipping cream?
I used an electric mixer ad absolutely nothing happened
Forgive my ignorance

It needs to be really cold I think but should just whip up with an electric mixer

 

[Vince_UK]

Thanks @grainger
Will try again tomorrow.
I felt such a failure 🙄

 

[Mark Parrott]

Thanks @grainger
Will try again tomorrow.
I felt such a failure 🙄

Just keep at it until it thickens. It can take a while.

 

[Mark Parrott]

That looks very interesting Mark

It worked very well. The only thing i'll do next time is omit the baking powder, as it did rise a bit & I prefer a thinner base. Was still lovely though.🙂

 

[Kaylz]

Yes @Vince_UK I completely agree with Mark, you can stand whisking it for what feels like forever looking like nothings happening then suddenly it will start to thicken, how long did you whisk for out of interest? and did you have it on the highest setting? xx

 

[Edgar]

Today
B One and half pilchards in tomato sauce on half a muffin with spinach
L (mainmeal) Small portion of home made chicken curry with veg and 15g of brown rice.
mmol reading after 2 hours 12.6. Help!

 

[Kaylz]

Small portion of home made chicken curry with veg and 15g of brown rice.
mmol reading after 2 hours 12.6. Help!

Wow! what was in the curry? and what was your pre-meal levels? Drink plenty water and get a wee walk x

 

[SadhbhFiadh]

Tonight's meal will include macaroni. Frugally. I haven't had it for ages, so the meal in a bowl will be fresh tuna, flaked, with sweet corn, tomatoes, and macaroni. There is only 2 tablespoons of the pasta. I counted 11 cute little elbow's. with two tomatoes, 120g tuna, a half of a small tin of sweetcorn, and a red onion. We've got mushrooms and leeks on the side (fried in oil.) We will both test before, then 1 and 2 hours after to see what effect. The recipe was for 4, so the other half will be in the freezer until Tuesday night.
We shall see.

 

[Kaylz]

@SadhbhFiadh be sure to let us know the outcome of the experiment, hope all goes well 🙂 x

 

[scousebird]

Hello all

Been away in the motorhome again this snowy weekend. Eating wasn't too bad but I did have a beef & vegetable pie on Saturday 🙄.
Hope you've all had a good weekend.
H 🙂

 

[Kaylz]

Today
B - jumbo oats, almond milk, raspberries , knob of butter and a coffee
mid-morning - coffee
D - wholemeal bacon sandwich, handful of raspberries and a nature valley peanut & chocolate bar
mid-afternoon - coffee
T - mince with sprouts and 2 HUGE mushrooms sliced in, charlotte potatoes and a square Lindt 90% (hoping Tesco puts that on offer on Tuesday as I'm running low 😱)
Currently - coffee x

 

[Midnightrider]

Stupid question perhaps but how does one whip whipping cream?
I used an electric mixer ad absolutely nothing happened
Forgive my ignorance

A pinch of icing sugar should help

 

[Midnightrider]

Sunday 18/3
FBG (5.30am) - 4.3
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with almond milk), pear,
blackberries, walnuts {294 Cal / 37.8g Carbs}
...............................2 mile walk
...............................5 km on rowing machine
Breakfast 2 (8am): Bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans,
toast (one slice, seeded) /Juice from one grapefruit {286 Cal / 24.2g Carbs}

Snack (10am): Banana {66 Cal / 15.0g Carbs}
...............................750m swim

Lunch (12pm): Chestnut & celeriac soup {94 Cal / 10.7g Carbs}
Prawn & avocado salad, pumpernickel bread & hummus {211 Cal / 12.8g Carbs}
Nectarine, raspberries, yoghurt, pecans {139 Cal / 10.4g Carbs}

.................................6 mile walk

BG (6pm) 3.9
Dinner (6pm): Paella [prawn, squid, rabbit, chorizo] {416 Cal / 44.0g Carbs}
Dessert: Cherries, strawberries, yoghurt, biscotti {109 Cal / 15.2g Carbs}

4 cups of coffee too

Calories 1667
Carbs 176.5g
Protein 87.0g
Fat 57.3g (Sat Fat 13.4g / Trans fat 0.4g)

All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask

 

[Vince_UK]

A

Yes @Vince_UK I completely agree with Mark, you can stand whisking it for what feels like forever looking like nothings happening then suddenly it will start to thicken, how long did you whisk for out of interest? and did you have it on the highest setting? xx

About 5 minutes I think. Will try again tonight. Thanks for all the guidance I am really a complete and utter novice.

 

[Vince_UK]

My Yesterdays
B – Late
2 Pork loins steaks with melted cheddar cheese, 2 fried eggs, tinned tomatoes, and 1 of Mamma Yang’s Baozi (steamed bun), and a little HP brown.
Pre 5.6, Post a disappointing 8.1. lift of 2.5. 30 minutes later 6.6. Dropped quickly.
Mid Morning –
Nowt
L –
Ham with blue cheese and Le Terrior French cheese, avocado, Piccolo toms, Dijon.
Mid Afternoon -
Strawberries and cream
4 sq Cachet 85%
D –
Xinjiang Cuisine, China's Western Muslim Province
Grilled lamb shashlik skewers
Fermented Radish
Braised beef ribs
BBQ fish with shallots
Sautéed Chinese flowering cabbage in scallion oil
Stir fried eggs with linseed oil
Jasmine tea
Mid Evening -
Nowt
Drinks -
About 3.0 litres of coffee.
Water with Lemon approx. 0.5l
Zero Espressos
Zero Alpro Almond
Zero Moser Roth of any kind

End for today.
_____________________________________________

 

[SadhbhFiadh]

Well, refined wheat... My 2 hour bg was 12.5.
Macaroni going to The Son.
But it was nice. Wiltshire minimeals tonight, 29th veg on the side of broccoli, carrot, & cauliflower mix.
S.