Low-carb support thread 2016 Part 2

Candlefran I think that someone who holds degrees in medicine and surgery and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Surgeons is more than capable of reading research papers on nutrition and evaluating the evidence for and against the LCHF diet.

Anya is spot on with her comment about vested interests.

You have a lot more faith in dietitians than I do Candlegran.
Glad things are going well BB
Have been celebrating DH's 70th. Roast beef from England and exquisite chocolate gateau from the patisserie.

Happy 70th birthday to MonsieurMamie

How many GPs know the first thing about nutrition? Not many. Because it isn't covered in their training. Should be.

Merci Jane.
DD and family crossed the channel and travelled through the night to surprise him first thing in the morning. 'Twas lovely.

That's not the point, candlefran.
The point is that debate is being stifled.

Oh right.

Perhaps he could debate it outside of his work situation.

Glad your DH had a lovely birthdayMamie
We think we have found a house within spitting distance of the sea, so fingers crossed.
Off to Swansea market in the week for later bread. That should be good with some bacon.DD continues to loose weight and looked really beautiful in a new dress last week.

Laver bread

House by the sea sounds lovely BB. We lived by the sea in England and I do miss it (the sea that is).
Haven't tried laver bread for years, will be interesting to hear how it goes.

Have been experimenting with low-carb "lasagne". Last week we had a bolognese sauce, mozzarella and parmesan for the cheese layer and leeks to replace the pasta. That was good and we added a couple of baked eggs to the leftovers for lunch the next day. Tonight I am doing smoked haddock, mushrooms, spinach and a creamy-cheesey, mustardy bechamel substitute.

Hairy Dieters do a lasagne with leeks, though I have' t tried it yet. DD continues to lose weight on the LCHF and we are all doing well except SiL who insists on chips?

How is the house hunt going BB? Are you still communicating with the outside world from under the stairs?

I have discovered the 'joy' of gelatin, and now regularly make cheeses cakes with a finely crushed almond and walnut base adding berries for flavour. Although this week I did add some spiced plumbs, tasted like Christmas.

The brownies recipe that BB found on this site is delicious. Ground almonds, dark chocolate, dates and pears. So light as well.

We have given up on the ipadMamie and the lap top is much better. So we are standing taller. Can't wait to move into the new house. Probably in the new year

Mamie have you tried using aubergines to replace the lasagne sheets, as in mousaska?

Yes I have Anya but then I just make moussaka anyway. I think the critical bit is replacing the béchamel with the right consistency (especially as I can't get double cream). The haddock one was good, but a bit too much liquid. I had pre-cooked the mushrooms and spinach, but obviously there was still too much liquid left.

Found a new default lunch. Avocado topped with tinned salmon.

I'm new to this group. Have been lurking for a few weeks. ? I was inspired by some of the personal stories on here so I thought I would try the LCHF diet for a month.
I must say I'm really pleased. After 5 weeks of being on the diet, I have lost half a stone. I didn't stick to it rigidly so I am very impressed with the result. I'm going to give it a good try up to Christmas and see what I can achieve.
Thank you all!

Welcome fiorentina51 and glad this way of eating is working for you. Most of us have been on LCHF for a while so we don't post as often these days, but we are always happy to help.
BB I do the avocado and salmon a lot and on Sunday we had baby shrimps in mayo and tomato puree instead.
We are on our own for Christmas this year so I was thinking of creating an ice-cream for pudding. I thought I might soak dried fruit in port and then make ice-cream with egg and cream. What do you think? We have already bought the goose as the man in the market said it was cheaper to buy it early and freeze it.

Well done fiorentina you will find lots of help and recipes on here

Christmas pudding ice cream! Sounds good Mamie - but think you should do a trial batch and feed back to us!

Welcome * Florentina51* and please don't be offended if I call you flo in future. Glad to hear you're enjoying the low carb way of eating. I don't stick to it rigidly either inasmuch as I like carrots, parsnip, peas, tomatoes, etc. but I do avoid all extrinsic sugars, bread, potato, rice, pasta, etc. and that seems to work for me (or rather DH because I'm following it on his behalf).

Yes I agree Anya. We also have a huge Jerusalem artichoke crop to get through. On Sunday we had roast partridge with roast artichokes and sprouts. Delicious but somewhat of an aftermath...

You can call me anything you like Anya as long as it's polite! Flo is fine with me. ?