Low-carb support thread 4 for 2018

Hello, can I join in too please? Is anyone else a pescatarian? I’m finding it hard to get my head round the full fat bit of this diet, I thought it was just a case of cutting out bread, pasta, rice etc? And how many carbs is low - do you use MyFitnessPal to calculate? Sorry for all the newbie questions!

I need some advice too please. My DD is also trying the low carb way to lose weight. She has done 3-4 weeks now and says she has lost no weight but her clothes feel looser. What may she be doing wrong? I know she has a very stressful, sedentary job . Any ideas please ?

It is difficult with puddings. I make a very intense chocolate mousse with eggs, very dark chocolate and cream and I also often do bowl of red fruit with cream. I am about to make strawberry ice-cream today, but will probably need to use a tiny bit of sugar. A big cheese board is good too. There is a recipe on this site somewhere for brownies made with pear, almonds and dates.
Hope this helps.

Can I ask you lovely ladies for your help please? My daughter really needs to lose weight and has started the low carb diet. We have a family lunch coming up and I wondered if you could suggest a nice dessert I could make? It gets a bit complicated as I have to follow the FODMAP diet so am unable to eat any stone fruit which rules out peaches, plums, cherries and apples etc. Hoping you can help because my mind has stopped at strawberries and cream.

Welcome Googoogoo1. What an unusual name. Yes it's certainly great weather for salads, sadly also for cold beers! Really good inspiration and ideas for meals here. Mamie who has yummy fare, spends much time growing delicious stuff and eating it. (I am jealous). All my food comes from M&S! Even my mint has died this year.

Just found an enormous courgette lurking under the leaves. I swear it wasn't there yesterday. I shall make a lasagne using it instead of pasta. I was going to try courgettes and ginger jam but DH has misappropriated all my saved jars for his paint brushes. Never mind. I couldn't have eaten it anyway.
Welcome *Googoogool. Hope you enjoy this thread. Lots of help, support and recipes

Welcome Googoogool.
We are also having a lot of salads and finally getting some tomatoes which have been slow to ripen despite weeks of 30°. It was a bit cooler today so we had roast tarragon chicken and roast courgette.
In our organic supermarket this week I found dark chocolate with only 3.5g of sugar per 100g. Haven't tried it yet!

Hi Ladies
I would like to join you in going lc. Like others, have done it before but gradually got out of the way of it. Be nice to share and hear how you are all getting on. It certainly has been great weather for salads.

I'm having another 'use up contents of fridge/freezer and cupboard' week.

Breakfast was shakshuka made with frozen mixed peppers and frozen red onion.

Lunch will be Aberdeen angus burger which has been lurking in the freezer for a while, tomato & feta salad.

Tonight's a challenge but likely to include tinned tuna and

Grannyisland try these kale chips - they're crispy & crunchy and satisfy an urge!

Kale crisps

Will report back when have tried!

Almond flour is an interesting thought. Without any sugar?

You an make pancakes with coconut, buckwheat or almond flour. I would give them a try with clafoutis batter Lazigirl

Do you think it would be possible to make the batter with coconut flour or almond flour? I haven't tried but have noticed some supermarkets stock these flours. I think they would work well with cherries but don't know if it would be necessary to add baking powder.

I like the idea of baked cherries in salad Lazigirl. Clafoutis is lovely but a bit too carby!

Bake for 10 mins and add to salad with cheese and walnuts. I like clafoutis too Mamie.

Nuts ? * GrannyIsland*. Almonds are best

Any one ideas for something crunchy! Please don’t say cucumber or carrot....something to alleviate my urge for crisps or chips ??

No breakfast.
Scrambled egg and smoked salmon for lunch.
Tom Keeridge's Soy glazed cod with a fennel and onion salad for supper

DD is menopausal and overweight. She has just decided to do low- carb. She has a very demanding job and SiL is a meat and no veg man. Also he does not like to try new things. Any ideas , ladies for very quick meal?

I read that as "fried in olive oil and coffee".... ?
We are having a ham and melon salad for lunch and a chicken Waldorf salad for dinner.
We have a lettuce mountain in the garden.
There is an amazing cherry crop in the village at the moment. I keep getting large quantities presented to me. I have made cherry jam to give away, dried a couple of kilos (pitting is soooo boring), and some tubs of frozen cherry sauce. Any other ideas?

What's everyone planning to eat today? I'm looking for inspiration!

I've breakfasted on eggs & tomatoes fried in olive oil and coffee.

Keep going GrannyIsland it takes a few weeks to settle in. This is a good time to start low carb eating as veg are plentiful and hot weather reduces appetite, trouble is I want to drink lots but am keeping off anything sweet. Artificially sweetened drinks apparently raise blood sugar. I was half asleep this am and meant to say substitute alternative foods for the high carb stuff!

Thank you so much Mamie for the advice. Will watch what I am doing more carefully! Thks for mayo recipe too, will give it a go.

Two really simple and very tasty dishes for fish lovers:

Salmon & chorizo

Baked fish

Serve with something like mashed/roasted celeriac.

Also, well done on the weight loss and "carb flu" is common at the beginning. ?