WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

[Wendyf]

Very crumbly but delicious! I followed the recipe which was for a sweet scone and though I only used two thirds of the amount of sugar substitute (Stevia) they are still too sweet for our taste. Next time I'll kèep them savoury and put cheese and perhaps a bit of onion powder in. I'll post the recipe after tea.....

[Wendyf]

The leek "pasta" turned out to be a bit tough and slimy, but the overall taste was good. I think celeriac does a better job.

Recipe for ground almond and walnut scones:
250 gms ground almonds
2 tsps baking powder
100gms walnut or pecan pieces (I used mixed nut pieces from Grape Tree in Skipton)
2 tbs zero cal sweetener (too much, I used 1.5 and it was still too sweet)
Pinch of salt
50gm butter
50gm mascarpone or full fat Greek Yoghurt

1. Mix dry ingredients
2. Melt the butter, mix with yoghurt and add to dry ingredients.
3. Mix into a dough then portion into 10 scones
4. Place on a baking tray and bake for approximately 20 minutes in a moderately hot oven (180C)

I'll miss out the sugar substitute next time and add some cheese.

[Big Kev]

The leek "pasta" turned out to be a bit tough and slimy, but the overall taste was good. I think celeriac does a better job.

Recipe for ground almond and walnut scones:
250 gms ground almonds
2 tsps baking powder
100gms walnut or pecan pieces (I used mixed nut pieces from Grape Tree in Skipton)
2 tbs zero cal sweetener (too much, I used 1.5 and it was still too sweet)
Pinch of salt
50gm butter
50gm mascarpone or full fat Greek Yoghurt

1. Mix dry ingredients
2. Melt the butter, mix with yoghurt and add to dry ingredients.
3. Mix into a dough then portion into 10 scones
4. Place on a baking tray and bake for approximately 20 minutes in a moderately hot oven (180C)

I'll miss out the sugar substitute next time and add some cheese.

I found the leek pasta the same, I think it was a Hairy Biker's recipe. I used a sliced aubergine last time which worked quite well, I think I've convinced 'er indoors to try the celeriac

Thanks for the scone recipe, I'm going to have a bash at some savoury ones for a steak cobbler.

[Stanley]

Oh God! Only one russet a day? I eat at least five..... I'll take notice though, always did wonder about sugar in fruit....
Kath gave me two plain teacakes on Friday so I had two bacon and egg butties for dinner. For tea I had the boiled carrots that wouldn't fit in the stew topped up with stew. I'm very impressed by how adventurous you lot are with food, I think I am a good plain cook!

[Wendyf]

A medium apple contains about 15gms net carbs, which is roughly the same as a level tablespoon of sugar. The sweetness will leave you craving more! We eat berries of one sort or another every day, and I enjoy the occasional apple or banana...but then I'm not diabetic. Colin tries to limit his total carb intake in a day to below 60 gms.
I was brought up in the meat & 2 veg plus potatoes era but our generation has increasingly used pasta and rice as the basis for our cooking so we have to get creative to find replacements!

[Moh]

We are still of the meat & 2 veg. age.
Tonight is slow roasted brisket, yorkshire puddings, cabbage, broccoli, roast potatoes 7 gravy...

[Stanley]

Include me in Moh.....
I froze three bowls of stew yesterday and put the rest in covered bowl in the fridge. (Must stop cooking in industrial quantities!) I had a small bowl of stew topped up with sweet potato chips for dinner and for tea I fried two small rashers of bacon and one egg and had two small toasted Borgen butties....
Wendy, a question.... Why did you exclude peanuts from your advice on nuts?

[Wendyf]

Because they are legumes not nuts and are higher in carbs, but still OK really...just not as good for snacking. Col has just discovered pork scratchings, zero carbs!

[Big Kev]

Col has just discovered pork scratchings, zero carbs!

Oooh! That's good to know.

[Wendyf]

You should see the smile on his face when he sits down to eat a pack!

[Big Kev]

I made a cottage pie using a mix of celeriac and sweet potato for the topping, it was very tasty.

[Wendyf]

Sounds good Kev. A minimal eating day for me, I just had a couple of tinned sardines with lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes and olives. Looking forward to tomorrow, I'm going to try a chicken and broccoli bake with the cooked chicken left over from a roast on Sunday.

[Stanley]

I split one of the bowls of stew in two. Had it with the last sweet potato for dinner and at teatime I had the other half, a vary small portion, and topped up with the last of the Xmas Stilton on small oatcakes.
Like Kev, I like the idea of the pork scratchings! Thanks for that Wendy!

[Wendyf]

I was checking the packs to make sure I was right about them! One lot called Pork Rinds has less than 1 carb per pack but the others in the cupboard are flavoured and have some flour involved in the cooking process so they are slightly higher. You can make your own of course.

[Moh]

Casserole tonight using the left over beef - a good recipe in today's Mail - sounds tasty.

[Stanley]

I like tasty Moh! That's why at teatime last night I made some fried cabbage and bacon as a topping for the small bowls of beef stew. I had one at dinnertime made by splitting a full bowl and adding new potatoes (Sorry Wendy but they need eating up. I shan't buy any more) and added the cabbage and onion to the teatime bowl. I have plenty left over in the fridge! I made it with cabbage, onion and bacon.

[Stanley]

Half a bowl of the stew extended with cabbage and onion for dinner and I picked on a half chicken for tea. Topped up with nuts and cheese. (I'm taking notice Wendy!!) (She Who Must Be Obeyed) (there is a small prize for anyone who can tell me the origin of that quote....)

[Big Kev]

Rumpole of the Bailey? 1970's TV programme.

[Moh]

Chicken curry with rice & naans tonight.

[Big Kev]

Beef meatballs with peppers and courgette in a tomato and onion sauce, accompanied by a side salad (no pasta).

[Stanley]

He used it Kev but I first came across it in Rider Haggard's 'King Solomon's Mines' and it referred to Ayesha the queen of the tribe.
I had the last of the Beef stew plus cabbage and onion for dinner. For tea I allowed myself two fried egg butties on Borgen seed bread and a small portion of muesli to fill up.

[Tripps]

"He used it Kev but I first came across it in Rider Haggard's 'King Solomon's Mines' and it referred to Ayesha the queen of the tribe."

That's a little gem isn't it? I was with Kev.
I'll file it away - it will impress her next door one day.

[Moh]

Beef meatballs with peppers and courgette in a tomato and onion sauce, accompanied by a side salad (no pasta).

Same here tonight Kev. but with chips.

[Stanley]

I got sprouts and broccoli at Chaudrey's. Had a steamed head of broccoli with butter for dinner. I divided the sprouts between two small bowls and split a can of new potatoes between the two. One bowl into the fridge and I added a fried burger and two fried eggs to the other and had it for tea. (I have to eat the stock of canned spuds Wendy. Getting there....)

[Moh]

Steak & ale casserole, mash & roasted veg. tonight.