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Jan 23 Low Carb Bootcamp - Week 6 - just three weeks left!

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BIWI · 13/02/2023 10:31

Morning all. Sorry for posting the thread late, but I slept in this morning. The perils of being retired!

As ever, here's the link to the spreadsheet

I hope you enjoyed the vegetarian meal challenge - I certainly did, and I loved making the aubergine, spinach and paneer curry inspired by @mimosa1.

So now we're in the last three weeks. Hopefully things have been going well, since we left behind weeks 3 & 4, and you've settled into a good routine, and have found different ways to deal with the temptation of the carbs.

This week, I'm after fish recipes. We don't tend eat much fish, which is something I feel bad about - but it's driven mainly by a poor choice in our local supermarket. So I tend to fall back on to salmon - which is fine, but I need a bit more inspiration. We do have a Waitrose not too far away, which has a fresh fish counter, so will look forward to any ideas!

Good luck for the next week Flowers

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Rayna37 · 18/02/2023 14:14

You know I've been off-piste when I go quiet!... I feel like I need half term, but sadly I'm a grown up. So tired!

Long tiring day on Thurs Inc a long drive saw me eat leftover homemade brownie made for school bake sale for the earthquake by DSD instead of any actual dinner and I picked at it yesterday too. Supermarket curry with cauliflower rice last night not too bad but so did eat some bhaji/pakora bits that weren't ideal too.

Back on it today: bike ride, yogurt with hm low carb granola for breakfast, and eggs and sausages after a kids party just now. Steak and veg planned for later. Haven't actually managed any fish this week either!

Making a bolognaise to eat in the campervan tomorrow night.

NotDonna · 18/02/2023 14:14

Did anyone save the tartiflette recipe from the other week please, possibly posted by @BIWI? And mind reposting and I’ll remember to save it this time!

CrepuscularCritter · 18/02/2023 14:15

Steamy keema! Added some peas, and probably could have used half a chilli less as it's pretty feisty.

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NotDonna · 18/02/2023 14:28

Ignore me! Think I’ve found the original recipe on ‘carb manager’ just need to convert imperial to metric. As you were! X

venusandmars · 18/02/2023 14:44

That recipe looks lovely @BIWI could well be on the menu for brunch tomorrow.

I've had a long catch up on the thread. School holidays have meant intense grandparenting duties with other committments on top! There are always such interesting discussions on here - recipes, philosophy, science. I love it all.

@FinallyHere what do you mean the 1960's were slow on the fashion front? My Mum made me turquoise and yellow hotpants for my primary 7 disco. I was the bee's knees. Picture of the pattern attached in case anyone wants to recreate them Grin I didn't have boots, but I did wear fake patent leather shoes and long white pop-socks!

Had an interesting discussion with dh and dgc at breakfast yesterday which shows how ingrained the 'fat is bad' thinking is. One dgc has a cmp allergy so has oat milk instead. I didn't want to buy the large carton and waste it, so had bought a small carton of oatly cream instead. Also available was blue top (whole) milk. The non-allergic dgc didn't want the blue top milk beacuse they usually have green top, and opted instead for the oatly cream (I didn't declare the fat content on that!). Their Mum is a fabulously healthy cook, makes most things from scratch and both dgc eat an amazing variety of foods. dgc are very slender and hugely active, yet they have still picked up the message that lower fat is better.

Add in to the discussion my lovely dh. He also usually has green top, semi-skimmed milk but I had bought whole milk by mistake. I asked if he preferred the whole milk. There was much prevarication and obfuscation (which is his usual approach tbf Grin ). He ultimately declared that it definately tasted creamier but that it wasn't as good for you as semi-skimmed. Bear in mind I have been eating low carb, high fat for about 5 years and dh eats everything I do: the fabulous cream and cheese sauce on moussaka, loads of butter on his veg, fatty cuts of meat, curries with coconut cream, nuts, avocados, oily fish, olive oil.

So he eats a pretty high fat diet, yet thinks he is going to save himself by having semi-skimmed milk in his tea. I didn't argue, just smiled wryly to myself. he also eats chocolate biscuits and processed snacks which contain trans fats, but we won't enter that discussion!

Food today:
Brunch: bacon, egg, mushrooms, tomato; coffee with cream
D - salmon, smoked salmon, spinach, fennel, tomato, in some kind of stir fry. Served with shredded cabbage shoogled in butter.
Oh and semi-skimmed milk on dh's cereal Grin

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FinallyHere · 18/02/2023 15:16

Loving the shorts, bib and top

I bet you were a stunner @venusandmars

BIWI · 18/02/2023 16:03

My mum didn't make them, but bought me a pair of purple, crimpolene hot pants, probably somewhere back in the early 1970s. I also had a navy trouser suit, with bell-bottomed trousers, also made from crimpolene!

And loons. Massively flared, with the flared bit in a different coloured fabric from the rest of the leg.

The decade that style forgot, definitely!

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BIWI · 18/02/2023 16:05

@NotDonna

Celeriac Tartiflette

Rough quantities:

500g celeriac, cut into small chunks, boiled in salted water till just tender (15-20 mins)
2 little packs smoked lardons (they are usually 2 small, linked packs)
2-3 echalion shallots, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic
100ml white wine
sloosh of double cream
a bay leaf or two
25g butter
Reblochon cheese - around 200-250g - cut into dice

While the celeriac is cooking, fry the shallots, lardons, garlic and bayleaves in butter in a frying pan, till all are soft/tender. Add the white wine and the cream and continue to cook gently till all is reduced.

Once the celeriac is cooked, drain it, put it into a casserole dish, add the onion/bacon/wine/cream mixture, stir in and then add the Reblochon. Stir together and season with black pepper.

Bake in the oven with a lid on the dish for around 20 minutes at around 180-200, then take the lid off and continue to cook for another 20 minutes until golden brown on top.

Lovely served with a green salad with a garlicky vinaigrette dressing.

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TangledWebOfDeception · 18/02/2023 16:13

Hey all! Happy Saturday!

Busy day which didn't go to plan at all but no worries as PIL emergency hospital visit didn't turn out to be anything urgent, thank goodness. However it meant I wasn't able to have anything to eat at all today until just now. HOWEVER...no probs as I didn't feel hungry/tired/flagging/hangry like you get when your body's expecting carbs! Yay!!

Had some cold chicken leftover from yesterday's roast and that will happily see me through to dinner.

I absolutely LOVE 60s fashion! If there's one decade I would've wanted to have been young in (for the fashion, at least), the 60s would have been it!

DryWhiteagainW · 18/02/2023 17:56

Another crimplene wearer here. I’m still scarred by the experience…..my 1970s tomato red jumpsuit with flower tab on the zip that went up the from was a particularly cruel outfit for a self conscious 7year old 😂

B. FFGY (it’s delicious isn’t it, a true revelation on BC)
L. Veg and chicken soup
D. Aubergine parmigiana ….first time I’ve made it, looks like it will be good .

Can I clarify, are we allowed peanut butter on BC now? Someone mentioned a spoon as a snack and I love the stuff.

BIWI · 18/02/2023 17:57

Yes @DryWhiteagainW you can have peanut butter! But check the carb count, as they vary massively

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DryWhiteagainW · 18/02/2023 17:58

Great news BIWI. Thank you

im going to treat myself to a g and t in a second too.

prettybird · 18/02/2023 19:04

My mum wouldn't let me have a pair of hot pants Sad I've still not forgotten that Wink

She did however have a fab pair of denim hot pants herself with a matching button through mini skirt that my dad bought for her Smile I was very jealous Wink

She looked fab in them: she was in her 20s in the 60s and had a great figure (put it this way, my dad gave up going out with Miss South Africa in favour of my mum Grin)

My P7 outfit was a long purple patterned cord skirt with a ruffle at the bottom, that my mum made for me (I remember her cursing the cord as it was a bit too thick so the thread kept breaking as she was trying to pull the ruffle). Can't remember my top but I do remember mum making me a black velvet choker. Technically that was in the early 70s though Grin

mimosa1 · 18/02/2023 20:40

I bet you looked fab, 60s/70s crew! I've seen a lot of photos of mourners at dame Vivienne Westwood's memorial service in the papers today, and many were that vintage and I thought they looked brilliant, if bonkers.

On half term holiday with the children and DH in the land of cream tea rooms, so doing well to swerve the cakes although I did end up pinching a few of DS's chips at lunch today.

@Rayna37 I know what you mean about not posting being a sign of going more or less off piste. I'm exactly the same. You definitely deserve a holiday though, just because you're an adult doesn't mean you don't! Can you take any time off soon?

Just done a big food order to meet us when we get home as we'd eaten down the fridge before the holiday and getting loads of inspiration from the thread as usual. Thanks to everyone running the BC.

Rollerbird · 18/02/2023 20:53

That Marcus wareing recipe is right up my strasse.
Saved!
What does celeriac taste like?
Celery?

prettybird · 18/02/2023 21:55

@Rollerbird No. I hate the taste of celery but I love celeriac Confused

TangledWebOfDeception · 18/02/2023 22:04

@Rollerbird it’s a difficult flavour to describe. Vaguely celery-tasting. But also similar (in some ways) to other root veg. With maybe a hint of aniseed? Quite sweet but also subtly savoury. Someone on a BC years ago said it tastes of feet! Grin They were clearly not a fan...

It’s definitely worth trying as it’s very versatile and tastes great raw and cooked!

I tried out a new recipe for the fish challenge tonight...wasn’t great tbh. Not horrible or anything - perfectly edible - but definitely not nice enough to recommend! So that’s two things I’ve tried now that haven’t been right!

Mind you some of it was my fault because I couldn’t be bothered to go upstairs to get a new bottle of light soy sauce so I just used the dark one that was already open. Could have used the soy sauce for soup (lighter and not as salty) which was right there but I decided against as I want the bottle to last for my broths. Turned out that was the wrong call to make and it really messed up the balance of the dish...

Anyway. I made Jamie Oliver’s Thai-style steamed sea bass over rice and veg (for DH, over veg for me of course!). But with cod loin instead as that’s what there was in Aldi yesterday. Veg was mange tout, red pepper and a little bit of baby corn. Shared a bottle of pilsner with DH (150ml).

Now we’re going to watch a film. I’m having some peanuts and a glass of sparkling water with ice and lime and a couple of dashes of bitters.

Hope you all will have a lovely evening and a continued good weekend!

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Rollerbird · 18/02/2023 22:16

While googling celeriac and celeriac fries I found an amazing sounding fry idea

Has anyone tried roast avocado? Sounds so yummy!

www.sugarlaws.com/roasted-avocado-slices

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TangledWebOfDeception · 18/02/2023 22:19

I’m not keen on cooked avocado but some people love it. I think they’re perfect fresh so I never want to mess with them! I’m getting some in next week’s veg delivery and I can’t wait. Been quite a while since I had some.

There’s a bootcamp dirty fries recipe which gets many, many big thumbs up but I’ve not tried it.

AllTheBlackCoffee · 18/02/2023 23:32

Back from my meal out and just having a chill with a glass of wine before I head up to bed. I went for chicken wings with blue cheese dressing for starter, followed by steak and salad and a decaff with brandy for pud. Feeling pretty proud of myself although sure some random carbs will have crept through, I did the best I could and didn't cave and have anything deliberately off piste.

Dog walk and a run in the morning (wk5 run 3 of C25K) before a day of pottering and batch cooking ahead of our half term holiday.

LadyBiker · 19/02/2023 07:23

Celeriac fan here - it is delicious!

Have been sticking to the rules although a few wines here and there and I have gained weight so far this week - 2lbs. Disappointed but period due so hopefully it is that.

Made a vegetable lasagne last night with sheets of leek instead of pasta and it turned out great.

Gingerwarthog · 19/02/2023 07:29

DD has a friend staying for the weekend plus my DM and DF are down (DH here too) so the weekend has been all about cooking.
Potatoes have crept in .....
Yesterday I made a Jamie Oliver fish pie with cheesy mash topping for everyone followed by a crumble. I swerved the crumble but caved with the mash...
Back to some sort of normal today and as Lent starts next week I will give up the sweet stuff til Easter.
Minimal alcohol though ( one glass of red wine).

Baystard · 19/02/2023 07:38

What lovely recipes being posted. I added an aubergine to our veg shop so that I could try the moussaka but I'm uncertain if I'll make it at the moment. I'm the only one in the house who'd eat it so I need to also make the moussaka plus something for the others (none will eat aubergine, one won't eat cheese and one won't eat anything in a sauce) and I'm barely stopping myself from running out the door as it is, difficult week.

Like the sound of the cod @Mercedesbenz2022 I could batter and deepfry some for the family, and just wrap/fry mine separately, it doesn't sound like it takes long to prepare.

Adulting can be a real slog sometimes@Rayna37can't it, hope you get a bit of time off / self- care time soon.

I'm quite fed up plus the scales are showing an increase today (perhaps hormonal and not a coincidence) but I do have a new NSV in that a work shirt I've never been able to fasten previously (I bought slim fit instead of regular fit by mistake) does now fit.

NotDonna · 19/02/2023 07:43

Everyone’s doing so well!
I’ve never tried cooked avocado but I don’t think I’d like it - it’ll be a texture thing. As tangled says they’re so good raw. My girls have avo on toast for bfast but can I have avo with? I’ve not been eating them.
@LadyBiker would you mind sharing your veggie lasagne with leek recipe please?

We’ve been having shakshuka a fair bit for brunch during half term, which I’ll continue next week when everyone back to school/work. Also did a version of the tartiflette last night, with a large side salad, which worked well. I think I need to up the fats but lower the dairy (cheese & cream) as after each meal I’m craving something sweet. I don’t crave before I eat, just after. We’ve never been pudding people so it’s a bit weird.

FinallyHere · 19/02/2023 07:55

@AllTheBlackCoffee

Feeling pretty proud of myself

Congratulations, that is such a great feeling: to be rightly proud of looking after yourself and making good nutrition choices.

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