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What did you eat yesterday?

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grovesy said:
My bread maker always left a hole in the bottom of the loaf, from the mixing paddle.
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Don't all bread makers do that? The last few I made with it, the paddle got stuck inside the loaf when I took the loaf out of the tin.
 
Today..... because I just picked at low carb stuff again yesterday instead of having a proper meal....

Breakfast.... Fasting reading 4.2 ... 3 units of Fiasp to cover breakfast and DP/FOTF 16 units of Levemir
Glass of water with a dash of balsamic vinegar and a dash of diet coke ... that was a really tasty combination and will do that again. Cup of coffee with cream and a chunk of cheese (Jarlsberg)

2 good dollops of creamy Greek natural yoghurt (approx 100mls) with a dessert spoon of mixed seeds, teaspoon of psyllium husk, a few defrosted, frozen summer berries and a sprinkle of Lidl Deluxe Nutty Granola (Approx. 20g carbs total)

No lunch but did lots of exercise and had 3 squares of Aldi Cherry and Chilli dark chocolate (approx. 15g carbs) to keep me from dropping too low throughout the afternoon and some water to drink.

Evening..... BG 5.1 No Fiasp as keeping it quite low carb and hoping afternoon exercise and a bit more tonight will do the rest...
Small bowl of vegetable soup (10g carbs)
Salmon fillet marinaded in lemon juice and pan fried in butter with mushrooms and aubergine and served with savoy cabbage, broccoli and 2 pieces of sweet potato. (approx 20g carbs)

Went out afterwards to get more exercise and BG topped out at 10.5
Currently 9.6 but hoping it will come down a little more to allow me some yoghurt for dessert but if not it will be cheese and a small glass of port before bed.

I really like just having to have 2 injections of insulin all day and get to eat a little chocolate in the process!
 
rebrascora said:
Don't all bread makers do that? The last few I made with it, the paddle got stuck inside the loaf when I took the loaf out of the tin.
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That is the way of bread makers. You can avoid it by taking the dough out just before the last rise and putting it in a loaf tin and setting it to have its last rise outside the machine and then finishing the loaf in the oven if it is something that annoys.

You can also take the dough out of the machine and then remove the paddle just before the last rise in the machine - but I've found the bread sticks to the spoke in the middle and rips a hole anyway.

The paddle is supposed to come out of the machine and stay in the bread - you should wait for it to cool and then remove the paddle carefully. When you slice the bread it hardly makes any difference to slices and then only a few in the middle.
 
grovesy said:
Do not know I only had the one and it is only of the early ones. I have not used for years not sure I still have it.
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I started my bread machine adventures the first lockdown using a machine I inherited from my father - he bought it in the nineties and it still works fine. I bought a new one because I wanted a different shape loaf. The old one makes a tall thin shape and the new one makes a traditional loaf shape. Here they are side by side.
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@NotWorriedAtAll Yes mine is the old type that makes a tall square loaf and will be one of the early ones. Will I need to adjust the timing on your loaf for that to give it longer of with it being tall and square will it cook quicker do you think?

When I first started using it, I am pretty sure the paddle would stay attached to the spindle in the bottom, but the last few times I used it (still ages ago) it came out in the loaf and I had to dig it out. I don't care a hoot about having a hole in my loaf. Plenty of times you get a loaf from the supermarket with a great air gap under the crust. Actually less of a problem having a hole in the bottom I think.
 
rebrascora said:
@NotWorriedAtAll Yes mine is the old type that makes a tall square loaf and will be one of the early ones. Will I need to adjust the timing on your loaf for that to give it longer of with it being tall and square will it cook quicker do you think?

When I first started using it, I am pretty sure the paddle would stay attached to the spindle in the bottom, but the last few times I used it (still ages ago) it came out in the loaf and I had to dig it out. I don't care a hoot about having a hole in my loaf. Plenty of times you get a loaf from the supermarket with a great air gap under the crust. Actually less of a problem having a hole in the bottom I think.
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I've not seen any appreciable difference when making loaves in the machines other than the shape at the end. Just chose whatever program takes around 3 hours and it will work. If you have a crust setting choose light or normal but not dark.
 
Two glorious things happened- I made cloud bread and I tried almond butter. Both delicious.
The cloud bread I had with skinny sauce maple syrup and a spoon of Greek yog and sprinkle of chopped almonds, like pancakes.
The almond butter was a spoon full on Greek yog with chia seeds and linseed.
Has anyone any ideas for more uses or favourite almond butter/ cloud bread recipes?
 
@Iwillgetthere to be honest I like almond butter just off the spoon, on a square of dark chocolate etc, you can coat chicken/veggies with it xx
 
Today
B - oats made with almond milk and 2 squares Lidl 95% (no time to weigh nut butters out at the moment unfortunately) mug of coffee
D - wholemeal german salami sandwich and a mint club biscuit
mug of cafetiere coffee
T - mince with mushrooms, spring onions and an egg, boiled baby potatoes, steamed sprouts and another square Lidl 95%, pint of blackberry & blueberry diluting
mug of coffee

Yes really not drinking enough but trying to not need to pee in a bucket! Normal liquid intake will resume when the toilet is available to use at my leisure
xx
 
Today
B - same as yesterday
D - wholemeal german peppered salami sandwich and a strawberry barny sponge bear (I don't care if they are intended for kids, it was amazing! lol)
soon to have a mug of cafetiere coffee
T will be - 2 egg king prawn, mozzarella and spring onion omelette, boiled baby potatoes and steamed broccoli and a bar moser roth 85%
xx
 
Breakfast....
Fasting reading 5.0 3.5units of Fiasp (2.5 for breakfast and 1 for DP)
Glass of water with a dash of balsamic vinegar and a dash of diet cola to which a teaspn. of psyllium husk and a teaspn of chia seeds is added and stirred and then just as it is starting to coagulate, I drink it followed by a glass of water.... Sounds weird I know but actually tastes quite nice and it is really helping with my digestive system.
Cup of coffee with cream
2 good dollops of natural creamy Greek yoghurt (Lidl Milbona brand) with a few defrosted frozen summer berries (Lidl... about 2 dessert spoons of the defrosted mush) and mixed seeds (Lidl) with a sprinkle of (Lidl) luxury Nutty granola on the top.
(approx. 25g carbs)

Lunch
BG 8.4 No bolus as I was going to be doing physical work all afternoon.
Couple of handfuls of roasted and salted peanuts.
(approx. 10g carbs).

Tea
BG 7.4 2.5units of Fiasp. (including 1unit correction)
Glass of water
Nice chunk of Gorgonzola (piccante) cheese (Lidl.) it was heavenly!! With a small glass of rose wine followed by another handful of nuts and a cup of Earl Grey tea with milk.
(approx. 10g carbs)

Supper
BG 5.4 No bolus insulin as just back from evening exercise
Fillet steak (rare) with a large plate of salad leaves cucumber, a little grated carrot and 3 cherry tomatoes and a big dollop of cheese coleslaw. (Approx. 10g carbs) Really enjoyed this!
Followed by a weak Options hot chocolate with a little coffee and cream added to beef it up flavour wise and if I am going to be honest, a little shot of spiced rum too (approx. 10g carbs) (Also really enjoyed this!)

Total for the day about 65g carbs.... 6units of bolus insulin and 15.5units of Levemir.
 
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Not sure my diet will give any inspiration given I’m still struggling to eat well without a fridge freezer!

Breakfast: cereal

Lunch: jacket potato with half a single serve dolmio plant chilli sachet

Dinner: jacket potato with half a single serve dolmio plant chilli sachet

Snacks: coffee and salted popcorn
 
Checking in to celebrate beginning of the blackberry season here in Oz. Yum!

So my daily eating is pretty much unchanged since last time I posted here several months ago ... except blackberries.

B: Extra-big soy flat white + 30g chia seeds. Bowl with 5 sliced strawberries, 10 walnut halves, broken up slice of pumpernickel + juice of half a lemon.

L: Medium soy flat white + 30g chia seeds. 125g fresh blackberries + juice of half a lemon.

Grazing: Lots of almonds. A carrot. A dry ryvita.

D: Bowl with 100g edamame, one avocado, leaves, sugar snap peas, half a pear, one date, 15g pomegranate arils, juice of one lemon.

Walking ~14K steps. Calories in ~= calories out ~= 2,500.

I'm not going to hit my goal of averaging 12,500 steps per dayfor the year. It'll land at around 12,400. No big deal, of course, but it sets up a good NY resolution.
 
B - home made granola, made a new batch this morning and used some gingerbread skinny syrup in it - lovely
L - toast with almond butter (live life bread)
T - fathead pizza! With salad Thanks to whoever suggested this on a post, it was lovely and I am going to use this dough recipe for garlic bread too
 
Perfect10 said:
B - home made granola, made a new batch this morning and used some gingerbread skinny syrup in it - lovely
L - toast with almond butter (live life bread)
T - fathead pizza! With salad Thanks to whoever suggested this on a post, it was lovely and I am going to use this dough recipe for garlic bread too
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How good is fathead pizza??
No breakfast for me yesterday
Lunch fathead pizza and salad
Tea Ribeye steak, peppercorn sauce, salad and mushrooms
Small Slice of cake

Lots and lots of water!
 
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