What are you having for your dinner tonight?

[dinahsmum]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

...I'm having my usual pre-bedtime snack of cheddar on stoned wheat thin crackers & a small glass of wine (tonight is pinot grigio but love a nice dry rose also, even though the wine snobs frown on rose ) Just out of curiosity, what do you all like for a late night snack?? Right now, neither of my two cats give a hoot for cheese, but my late Misty would KILL for a bit of good cheddar At least I don't have to share now...

Oh no DM - a good dry rose is very much in vogue now, especially with Thai and similar food.
Everything has its fashion, even wine. Remember Chardonnay?
Your cheese & bics and glass of wine sounds a good pre-bed treat to me!

[CJK]

i dont liie wine apart from them cheap ones like lambrusco etc.
love champagne but dont have it, had it at my wedding, my gran brought 10 magnums of it for us!

I love cheese n crackers.

Usually I ahve a banana and glass of milk, which even though am doing low carb diet i still ahve, I need it or my blood sugars drop in the night.

[Donna]

[quote=but my late Misty would KILL for a bit of good cheddar At least I don't have to share now...[/quote]


My Misty LOVES cheese!!!!!

[EmmaG]

I love having cheese as well for a snack, Arthur likes it too

Well I am having salmon tonight with creamed leeks and veggies

Oh anybody low carbing and fancy something sweet and like coconut you can have a few chunks of creamed coconut (solid block) It is low in carbs and fairly high in fat so quite satisfying.

I made a couple of coconut custards, one for this evening and one for tomorrow for breakfast yummm!!!!

[Donna]

Hi Emma

Am having chicken stew tonight. Cant wait!!! Also bought some spices but only sprinkled a tiny bit in cos not sure how much to use!!!!

One other thing - I put some new potatos in for the kids - they wont leak carbs into my stew will they??? May sound like a really stoooopid question, but hey, thats me!!

Where do you buy creamed coconut from - love bounty bars - is it a block like that?

[EmmaG]

Donna,

Don't ever be frightened to ask questions. The potatoes will be fine, I would have thought that they will soak up juices from the stew, when I make a stew for me and my OH I regularly put in potatoes or even dumplings, as long as you don't have any you will be ok. New potatoes are lower carbs than ordinary potatoes, so when you are at your ideal weight, if you want to have say a meal out and it comes with new potatoes they are BETTER than having chips or mash, but they might be one of those foods that you have to eat in moderation in the future, say a couple of times a week.

Let me know how your stew turned out

The creamed coconut you can get from most supermarkets, it is usually found with the curry sauces. It is a very solid block and sold in packets. I found some in Tescos today and they were Pataks, and sold in four individual sachets, but mostly you will find them in one solid block, you will need a sharp knife to cut it.

You can also put coconut milk and creamed coconut in your coffee instead of milk if you fancy something different

[Donna]

Thanks Emma. Did weigh myself today again (being bad cos should of waited a week, but since monday I have lost another pound . Hopefully by weigh in time on Monday that will be at least two!!

Havent eaten much today - just had breakfast - cooked of course!!! And not felt hungry all day until now and just starting to get peckish cos i can smell the stew cooking!! Did it with chicken breast, tin of tomatos, chicken stock, onions, mushrooms, carrot and new potatos for the kids. will do some other veg too. And if the kids are very lucky they might even get a dumpling Added a sprinkle of garlic powder (probably not enough by oh well)

[EmmaG]

Well done Donna, another lb!!! you are losing faster than me I think just think if you keep this up you will very soon be at your ideal weight!!!! whoohooo !!! Have you done any measurements??

Stew sounds great, best to add your herbs and spices sparily at first, especially for the children What are they making of the food?? are they enjoying it??

You must feel very proud of your weight loss so far

[Donna]

Thanks Emma. I didnt measure as I couldnt find the tape measure, but the weight amount is enough for me to know if it is going"!

The children have mostly eaten separately to me, although Sean did have a nice cooked brekkie with me this morning. First time he has eaten in three days cos of the flu so he enjoyed that! This is the first "family" meal I have cooked using all my own ingredients so will let you know how it goes!!

[Donna]

One other thing Emma, I am gonna be brave and try cooking more fish. Any ideas for a good meal/sauce for fresh cod or tuna??? Or any other fish you could recommend that is similar in taste etc that might be fun to try.

Love all this new food I am trying - makes dinners so much more interesting!!