What did you eat today?

[MumbleJumble123]

A few months ago there was a really fun series of threads where people listed what they’d eaten that day (and had a general chat).

I really enjoyed it but can’t find it anymore so I thought I’d start one.

It was really interesting and varied (it’s not a weight loss or judgy thread- unless the judgement is ‘that sounds delicious, what’s the recipe/where did you buy it?’). Everyone is welcome!

Today I’ve had:
Breakfast- Scrambled eggs, sautéed veg (tomatoes, red onion, spinach, mushrooms). And tea with milk.

Snack- Americano with milk

Lunch- Chicken salad (chicken breast, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, avocado, sesame dressing).
Followed by low fat Greek yoghurt with peanut butter, strawberries, nectarine and blueberries.

Dinner- Will be roasted salmon, homemade potato wedges, roasted courgette/tomato/onion/fennel.
Followed by a watermelon and lime ice lolly (I make my own so it’s just fruit).

I’ve just started weight watchers so it’s not the most exciting day (I’ve also tried to cut out UPFs as much as possible and use my points on high fat whole foods like avocado and nuts). I’m looking forward to living vicariously through other people’s treats!

Breakfast: Greek yoghurt, blueberries and a dessert spoon of mixed pumpkin, sunflower and chia seeds with goji and cranberries
Lunch: quinoa, spinach, chicken breast, avocado, peppers and sweet potato. Dressed with garlic, lemon juice and olive oil
Dinner: lean steak, homemade chips and salad leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, peppers and beetroot

One cup of tea and 2 litres of water with cucumber and lemon. I will have another cup of tea later.
Currently fat but trying not to be, just over 1000 calories in total according to My Fitness Pal

Go you. That’s what you needed, so that’s what you had! Tomorrow is a new day.

I’ve had two slices of yeast extract (tastes nicer than Marmite) on toast. Cup of tea. Glass of orange juice.

Packet of Walker’s ready salted crisps and a couple of chipolatas left over in the fridge with a Lucozade sports drink. (Went to physio session this afternoon at the hospital. Drank a bottle of iced water).

Just about to have mussels in a garlic sauce with some sundried tomato bread and my second glass of wine!!!

Yes I know, that’s a pretty shit diet but hey ho 🤷🏻‍♀️

@babasaclover certainly, it's in cups I'm afraid but it's worth it:

3 cups plain flour
2 cups oatmeal
2 tbsp butter
1.5 tsp baking powder
2 cups buttermilk (but I can never be bothered hunting round supermarkets and just use half Greek yoghurt and half normal milk mixed together, and it works perfectly well)

Rub butter into flour and oatmeal
Stir in the baking powder and some salt if you want
Mix in the milk until you get a soft dough that isn't sticky

Knead it very slightly and make into a flattened ball (1.5 inch thick) on a baking tray, cut a cross on the top

Bake 30 minutes at 220c then lower heat to 180 and bake about 15 minutes longer. It comes out crusty and delicious.

@MrsSethGecko thank you so much this sounds great. I make Irish soda all the time but really like the sound of the texture oats would produce.

also thanks for the buttermilk cheat, I sometimes make my own with lemon juice and milk but will defo try the yoghurt version. The lemon sometimes leaves a lemony taste in the bread which is less than ideal

Absolute shocker today: French toast with Nutella, strawberries, raspberries and yoghurt. A cream cheese and cucumber sandwich and a gigantic piece of coffee cake. Lots of water and a flat white.

This sounds amazing and I am going to bake it with my toddler tomorrow (he loves baking but isn’t very patient so this is ideal).

I’m also going to make your mutton curry for dinner (although possibly with lamb because I’m only going past a small supermarket and I’m not sure they’ll have mutton).

Maybe you could write a cookbook just for me 😂

@Butteredtoast55 coffee cake is the best cake (especially with walnuts and decorated with dark chocolate shavings, mmmmm)

Stop it!! There's still some left in the cake tin and now I can hear it singing to me!!!

@MumbleJumble123 you see now why I am fat

I’ve had two coffees, a pear.
A hard boiled egg, carrots, cucumber, seafood sticks. Cottage cheese with melon and berries, a cup of tea.
Chilli bowl, with lettuce, cheese, avocado, sour cream and refried beans and a few tortilla chips.
A small scoop of Ben & Jerry’s half-baked flavour ice-cream.
An iced coffee (just a long coffee over some ice with milk).

Coffee for breakfast. Many litres of water through the day!

Lunch - Tuna and salad cream sandwich (whole tin of tuna, one slice of wholemeal bread) and a big salad. Tangerine. 323 calories.

Dinner - Bean chilli and wholegrain rice. 654 calories.

Snack - Chocolate protein yoghurt (natural yoghurt, cocoa powder, honey, protein powder) with chia and flax seed. 415 calories.

Total calories 1392. I don't think my remaining 8 is going to get me anywhere fast this evening 😭😂

Litre of Water
Scrambled Eggs and Brown Toast
Protein Shake
Crispy Bacon Bun with HP Brown Sauce
Litre of Water
White Coffee
Ryvita with Garlic Soft Cheese and German Sausage, Cucumber, Cherry Tomatoes, a slice of garlic bread
Muller Light Yoghurt
Skinny Whip Salted Caramel Bar

B - 2 Weetabix, a few strawberries.
L - Small pancake, handful of blueberries, a chopped banana.
D - Chicken breast, mixed veg, savoury rice. Small dish of vanilla ice cream.

Lots of water, 2 cups of coffee.

Bored now, so might have some toast.

2 ryvita
2 eggs scrambled
11 blackberries
cream
packet of walkers
2 glasses of Chenin Blanc.

Me and dd (20) have been feeling unwell today so I made a big pan of our go to comfort food. It's just a veg soup made with red lentils, leek,onion, swede, celery, stock and lots of carrots.
It hit the spot!

Breakfast - quarter of a mango and coffee
lunch - jerk chicken, rocket cucumber and Heinz Morley’s fried chicken sauce in a wrap with a white chocolate lion bar
dinner - mini pork pie followed by choc button ice cream cone

Yesterday:
Greek yogurt, mixed berries and chopped nuts
Two rich rea biscuits
Fried egg on toast and two large flat mushrooms
Approx 30g salted nuts
Feta and sweet potato pie, with broccoli and green beans
Plain chocolate

Today:
Shredded wheat, a couple of strawberries and approx 15 blueberries
Large latte and two slices seeded bread
Two egg salad
30g salted nuts
White fish, broccoli, green beans, carrot and peas
Plain chocolate

I don't like creamy milk, so any milk is skimmed. A poster asked if people were fat/slim. I'm definitely a light weight, but don't go hungry and eat regularly as above.

Ham pitta
two fairy cakes
roast chicken dinner
mini dairy milk bar

Im not fat anymore Im 5”8 and 9 stone 12. Im a size 10. I’ve recently lost 4.5 stone I’m trying to maintain.

Greek yogurt and honey with berries and walnuts
2 coffees with oat milk
Trek protein flapjack
Roast vegetables in a wrap
Kvarg yogurt
Handful of trail mix
2 slices of sourdough toast with marmite
banana
Another Kvarg yogurt
(played sport and didn’t get home until 9 so didn’t have a proper dinner)

Not the most interesting day of food - shopping didn’t get delivered until 4pm so we survived on the dregs in the fridge/cupboards!

breakfast: homemade blueberry muffin from Sunday and a cup of coffee.
lunch: ham and Boursin sandwich, salt & vinegar crisps, apple. Cup of coffee.
dinner: chilli and rice.
snack : strawberry cornetto.

Planning on more fruit & veg tomorrow now the fridge is full again.

Tea - before walk
Coffee - during walk
12ish - homemade smoothie, mostly strawberries with bit of frozen banana, yoghurt, peanut butter and oat milk.
2:30 tea
4:30 hummus & crisps, tea.
6ish dinner out, aubergine fritter in tomato sauce, Italian sausage and potatoes, cannoli and a beer.
8:30 tea
try to avoid breakfast, usually have a lot of green veg daily.

3 mugs of tea.
Weetabix with strawberries and Greek yoghurt.
2 litres of water.
Sreamed veg with grilled salmon.
Decaf coffee
Handful of dried fruit.

Love a food thread:

Today: breakfast consisted of a slice of Sourdough bread with Marmite and two fried eggs. I had this around 11am, accompanied by two cups of coffee and water.

Lunch was half a Greggs Chicken bake and 2 mozzarella bites. I was out shopping. I also had a coke zero.

Dinner:

Leftover chicken wings from BBQ on Sunday and some pasta that I tried to make into cacio e pepe.

Drunk plenty of water - I try to have about 2 litres a day.

I won't eat now till about 12pm tomorrow as I try to do intermittent fasting and eat 2 times a day.

Lunch was soup and some soda bread. I had some water with electrolytes and 4 drumstick squashies before my run. Dinner was lasagne and salad followed by an ice lolly and more electrolytres(I have a health condition that is improved by them so try and have them twice a day at least).