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Tonight’s mushroom risotto was great but lunch was really great.
I had ottolenghi’s beetroot and yoghurt dip as a thick spread, finished up some left over baby spinach, feta and fresh mint and sprinkled over some sunflower seeds before wrapping it all up in a lavash (very thin Persian flatbread).
Sauteed a zucchini, squash, and onion in a bit of olive oil and threw in a few roasted potatoes leftover from Sunday and a package of Perdue chicken shortcuts. Going in my tummy as we speak. Watermelon and a Special Dark mini chocolate bar after that.
Last night was big salad bowl with mackerel and a small side of beetroot salad.
Tonight we're having lemon and herb dusted basa fillets with broccoli and green beans
Today I had a homemade Thai prawn red curry with crackers that came in at 25.2g of carbs, followed by 80g of strawberries with a small dollop of clotted cream which added another 5g of carbs to my meal , tasted lovely
Chicken and vegetable soup followed by a Aberdeen Angus beef quarter pounder with mushrooms and a huge plate of salad with a big dollop of cheese coleslaw View attachment 18182
Chicken and vegetable soup followed by a Aberdeen Angus beef quarter pounder with mushrooms and a huge plate of salad with a big dollop of cheese coleslaw View attachment 18182
That looks like a yummy tea - I would've had the aberdeen angus quarter pounder, mushrooms, out of the salad I would've had the peppers and tomatoes but not the green leaves, and I would've also had the big dollop of cheese coleslaw
This is a screenshot of the spreadsheet entries of my meals for yesterday. The last column on right are BG levels. This is the first day my BG levels have not been above 10 (when measured - I suspect straight after food they would have been above 10! ).
Smoked ham with one medium sliced new potato, cauliflower cheese (made with 4 cheeses ... red Leicester, mature Cheddar, parmesan and cream cheese) and cabbage with a tiny spoonful of piccalilli
Feeling totally stuffed but really tasty and best of all, I didn't need to inject any insulin because my levels were low to start with and only 15-20g carbs max. on the plate.
I love cauliflower cheese and never think of having it as used to make with flour in the white sauce. Suppose could use cheese only or with cream to make a sauce. Is that how you make it @rebrascora ?
I love cauliflower cheese and never think of having it as used to make with flour in the white sauce. Suppose could use cheese only or with cream to make a sauce. Is that how you make it @rebrascora ?
I par boil the cauli. Mix cream cheese with sour cream and chive dip (something I always have in the fridge for veggie dips and to spoon onto broccoli as a nice sauce) so that it is soft and spreadable. Place the cauli in an oven proof dish, liberally coat with the cream cheese mix, dust with sweet paprika, then generously cover in grated cheese and place in the oven to melt and brown.... far quicker and easier than cheese sauce made with flour, twice as tasty and pretty well no carbs.
@Drummer gets the credit for the recipe although I have adapted it slightly.
It doesn't look much but just lately I love plain straightforward simple meals so nothing with rich sauces - the tea you can see is cottage pie, a few mushrooms, carrots and a piece of garlic bread. For pudding I had a muller corner yoghurt with the chocolate flakes.
Ps the glass you can see with the dark liquid in is diet pepsi but then again it might be red wine 😉
Now that I have switched to a weight maintenance diet I am finding it quite hard to eat more. I am just not that hungry and feel over full.
Anyway, yesterday for 'dinner/tea/supper' chicken, green beans, mushrooms
And for the 'evening/night' meal I had strawberries, raspberries and cashew nuts.
A huge increase on the days calories to 1450, which is roughly what I have guessed my weight maintenance calories should be. I will know better after a few days of the higher Cals.
Carbs were up too to 108g. I am nervous of increasing them and normally stick to below 100g a day.
The effect on my weight has been basically nil, but one days worth of measuring things is just so much noise. Again a few days will tell me more.
Today calories are up to 1438 and Carbs to 105g, but then the Chocolate Eclair messes it up a bit !!! (12.7g of carbs alone) and I am definitely having that this afternoon ! 🙂
I had home made savoury kidneys (1 kidney,1 streaky bacon, 1 large chestnut mushroom, 1/4 onion in a sauce of sherry, tomato juice, water and a little cornflour), with cauliflower, broccoli, green beans and 2 baby corn, follower by 80gm plums and a dessertspoon of Greek yogurt. 273 cals and 19.3gm carbs
Interestingly I had a donner kebab with salad and garlic sauce last night. I didn't eat the pitta bread.
I can count on one hand the number of donner kebabs I have had in my life and hadn't intended to get one last night but there was no chicken available and I had to make a spur of the moment decision and I actually really enjoyed it. Pretty low carb and my chickens have enjoyed the pitta today.
Just had chicken, roast with garlic, onion, and rosemary together with steamed potatoes, beetroot, courgette, cabbage and french beans. What's more, everything (except the chicken) came out of the garden and everything except the garlic was growing this morning. The garlic came from the bunch hanging up under the summerhouse roof.
Got me smug face on!
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