Low carb meals ain't always pretty
nicsflyingcircus
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But dang they're delicious and filling. 5C/54P/35F. 559 calories. Big mug of coffee with half and half, 2 boar's head uncured bacon chicken sausages, 2 eggs and some egg whites for extra bulk.
ETA: for some reason today the app is fighting me on uploading pics. I had one of the forementioned meal.
ETA: for some reason today the app is fighting me on uploading pics. I had one of the forementioned meal.
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Mine was actually gorgeous tonight. My husband seared some steak and served it over a creamy cauliflower purée with an artistic drizzle of reduced sauce and a dollop of corn-and-black-bean salad on top.
I ate it and therefore have no photos.
BUT! The most amazing part came after. I was in the middle of clearing the dishes when I rounded the corner into the kitchen and saw there was EVEN MORE STEAK.
I also ate that and still have no photos. 😉6 -
No argument, sometimes it's pretty. Sometimes it's chunked up sausage and then eggs fried in the little grease they leave in the pan.1
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@ flying molly... just wanted to say thanks for the morning laugh - i read your line
" i ate it .. and therefore have no photos. also ate the rest of the steak therefore still have no photos" and I actually "laughed out loud". loved it.. too funny!
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »No argument, sometimes it's pretty. Sometimes it's chunked up sausage and then eggs fried in the little grease they leave in the pan.
No doubt! Once in a while a curious coworker notices me chewing and does that friendly-curious “Yum! Whatcha got?” and I want to be like “Just walk away now, honey.”
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My dinner bowl tonight looked gross all mixed in together. Shredded lettuce, jalepenos, small amounts of onion, tomato and salsa, shredded Mexican blend cheese, sour cream, guacamole and a shwackload of grilled, taco seasoned chicken thigh. It looked pretty enough until I stirred it and the sour cream and Guac coated everything, lol. It was amazing though4
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Mine didnt look pretty! I'm not a fan of chicken breast at all but my husband loves it. I chopped up a chcken breast and poured melted butter over it. I still didnt care for it much so I added spicy ranch and stirred it all up. It was really good!2
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Guac coated anything is not pretty.... but I close my eyes and just gobble it down anyhow! I was always a 'foods must not touch on the plate' sort of gal. Unless it was cooked together in the pot, I still like a bit of space between the items and separate flavours on the fork.2
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canadjineh wrote: »Guac coated anything is not pretty.... but I close my eyes and just gobble it down anyhow! I was always a 'foods must not touch on the plate' sort of gal. Unless it was cooked together in the pot, I still like a bit of space between the items and separate flavours on the fork.
See, I'm a mix it together kinda gal. Back when I ate potatoes and rice and pasta regularly it was always mixed with something
ugly but delicious 1 -
I mean, I can make my meals look pretty if I really want to. Steak with a chunk of compound herb butter and plump roasted asparagus with a few grains of rock salt? Beautiful. Crustless pumpkin cheesecake bar with a dollop of sugar-free whipped cream? Appealing. Stuffed chicken breast on a bed of quickly sautéed zoodles? Yum. However, that's mostly too much work, which is why my lunch today was sausage and steak and fried chicken liver on top of some bacon sautéed mushrooms, a.k.a. a pile of brown meaty looking stuff. Tasted and smelled amazing, looked kind of... meh.2
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »canadjineh wrote: »Guac coated anything is not pretty.... but I close my eyes and just gobble it down anyhow! I was always a 'foods must not touch on the plate' sort of gal. Unless it was cooked together in the pot, I still like a bit of space between the items and separate flavours on the fork.
See, I'm a mix it together kinda gal. Back when I ate potatoes and rice and pasta regularly it was always mixed with something ugly but delicious
Getting into keto has made me far less concerned about what goes with what and how I mix things. Everything tastes good and I want the calories and I just kind of pile everything into a bowl these days. It’s so rare to eat anything that I don’t enjoy that it doesn’t really seem to matter.0 -
You know the semester is grinding on when lunch looks like this:
Chicken, rocket and tomatoes, with some soy sauce and Chile sauce for the chicken, and almonds as a snack.3 -
I baked a turkey last night (yep, Monday of Thanksgiving week), and it was beautiful.2
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »You know the semester is grinding on when lunch looks like this:
Chicken, rocket and tomatoes, with some soy sauce and Chile sauce for the chicken, and almonds as a snack.
btw, DH who is a huge DEAR washes these bags a few times at this time of the semester so I'm not tossing them!1 -
I've had days like this. Where my lunch was legit random leftover chunks of rotisserie chicken, half a cucumber, a string cheese and a couple hardboiled eggs1
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »You know the semester is grinding on when lunch looks like this:
Chicken, rocket and tomatoes, with some soy sauce and Chile sauce for the chicken, and almonds as a snack.
btw, DH who is a huge DEAR washes these bags a few times at this time of the semester so I'm not tossing them!
We reuse ours, too. 0 -
Not pretty, but VERY satisfying egg, sausage, cheese sandwich with 3grams of carbs. (1/2 a low carb tortilla)0
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I got a concussion last week, so haven't been too active online, plus it caused an inadvertent 48hr fast and general lack of appetite since. Good for my weight, not so good for me in general. I went to the trouble of making myself lunch today though, another not too pretty but tasty deal:
Ham and white cheddar with diced kosher dill made as a toasted sandwich with Dijon and a little mayo between two cauliflower thins. Then since that was not that calorific, made myself an iced coffee drink with the leftover room temp coffee from the pot my husband made this morning (yes, I slept til noon again, thank you brain damage), 60ml of French vanilla nut pods creamer my eldest left behind after her Thanksgiving week visit, half a scoop of vanilla protein powder and a good bit of ice all blended together. Unfortunately, I am not at all hungry since and will probably have to force myself to eat something later, after my youngest's Christmas band concert (she's first chair in her middle school Symphonic Band and has a brief solo, super excited).
Wel that was rambling.5 -
Be careful @nicsflyingcircus!! I used to work as rehab professional for people who had acquired brain injuries. Make sure you take your time with that concussion! They are not the casual injuries we used to think they were many years ago. Sorry, I will take the med professional hat off now, lol. Good you are listening to your body and resting/sleeping whenever and as long as you need to... and ugly keto food however you make it is good.
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canadjineh wrote: »Be careful @nicsflyingcircus!! I used to work as rehab professional for people who had acquired brain injuries. Make sure you take your time with that concussion! They are not the casual injuries we used to think they were many years ago. Sorry, I will take the med professional hat off now, lol. Good you are listening to your body and resting/sleeping whenever and as long as you need to... and ugly keto food however you make it is good.
I'm an RN and this is unfortunately my 6th concussion, but my first as an adult. I actually bombed out of work pretty hard yesterday, headache and nausea and didn't work today either. I pretty much sleep, avoid screen time (5 minutes here or there doesn't hurt) and do my best imitation of a sloth.1
