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homemadecider wrote: »I am cooking a big pot of goulash using the Hungarian paprika that was so kindly gifted to me by boardsie Mrs Fox.
Just took a big mouthful of the cooking liquid to check for seasoning... holy crap that paprika is HOT! Might have to eat the goulash with some natural yogurt to cool it down a bit!
Whoops did I forget to mention that it was the hot kind?
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confusticated wrote: »Congratulations Faith! You'll have to give the no-sugar thing a break to sample all the types of wedding cake :pac:
Happily
. I actually had dessert on Wednesday night, because if you can't have dessert on your birthday and engagement day, when can you? I was afraid it would just make all the cravings come back viciously, but it didn't at all. Went right back to no sugar afterwards. Hopefully, hopefully I've reduced my sweet tooth!
Also, for anyone thinking of giving up sugar, while the scales haven't gone down too much, I'm losing inches by the bucketload! Highly recommended for anyone looking to trim up a bit.0 -
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When you say no sugar, what exactly do you mean? I mean, isn't sugar in most foods? Or do you just mean giving up all cakes, sweets, biscuits etc and sugar in tea and stuff? Sorry, I'm intrigued, cos it seems to be the new diet of late
I eat less than 30g of sugar per day, total. So no cakes/sweets/chocolate/biscuits/fizzy drinks - all the obvious ones. No low-fat food. No yoghurts, no cereal, no fruit juice, no processed food at all really. I get the odd takeaway, but only from KCs because I know there's little to no sugar in that. I don't eat much fruit, but I never have anyway. I try to stick to foods that have less than 5g of sugar per 100g, but will break that rule if I'm only having a tiny bit of the food (like ketchup, for instance). No sugar in coffee or tea. Also, no sweeteners because they're pure crap IMO - at least sugar itself provides glucose to the brain, but sweeteners give you nothing but a sugar hit.
It looks restrictive written down, but honestly I'm still eating rings around myself
. Oh, and I still drink alcohol because life's just too short . 0 -
I eat less than 30g of sugar per day, total. So no cakes/sweets/chocolate/biscuits/fizzy drinks - all the obvious ones. No low-fat food. No yoghurts, no cereal, no fruit juice, no processed food at all really. I get the odd takeaway, but only from KCs because I know there's little to no sugar in that. I don't eat much fruit, but I never have anyway. I try to stick to foods that have less than 5g of sugar per 100g, but will break that rule if I'm only having a tiny bit of the food (like ketchup, for instance). No sugar in coffee or tea. Also, no sweeteners because they're pure crap IMO - at least sugar itself provides glucose to the brain, but sweeteners give you nothing but a sugar hit.
It looks restrictive written down, but honestly I'm still eating rings around myself. Oh, and I still drink alcohol because life's just too short .
Did something fairly similar last year. Felt awesome but fell off the wagon. Highly recommend it as a health project rather than a diet.0 -
I eat less than 30g of sugar per day, total. So no cakes/sweets/chocolate/biscuits/fizzy drinks - all the obvious ones. No low-fat food. No yoghurts, no cereal, no fruit juice, no processed food at all really. I get the odd takeaway, but only from KCs because I know there's little to no sugar in that. I don't eat much fruit, but I never have anyway. I try to stick to foods that have less than 5g of sugar per 100g, but will break that rule if I'm only having a tiny bit of the food (like ketchup, for instance). No sugar in coffee or tea. Also, no sweeteners because they're pure crap IMO - at least sugar itself provides glucose to the brain, but sweeteners give you nothing but a sugar hit.
It looks restrictive written down, but honestly I'm still eating rings around myself. Oh, and I still drink alcohol because life's just too short .
Ok, that sounds difficult!! The fruit part especially because what are you meant to eat for snacks then if you can't have yogurt or fruit?!0 -
Ok, that sounds difficult!! The fruit part especially because what are you meant to eat for snacks then if you can't have yogurt or fruit?!
I don't really snack any more, but you could have nuts, popcorn, some crisps have no sugar in them (tayto and chipsticks I've found so far), carrot sticks with hummous... You can eat fruit too because obviously it's natural and healthy, but I just choose not to eat much. 0 -
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I don't really snack any more, but you could have nuts, popcorn, some crisps have no sugar in them (tayto and chipsticks I've found so far), carrot sticks with hummous... You can eat fruit too because obviously it's natural and healthy, but I just choose not to eat much.
Ok well, as long as I can still have some fruit I might be able to do it alright....! I plan on giving up all crap for lent anyway so i'll see how it goes (but then I still have things on during Lent that I might have to break the cycle for!)0 -
I don't really snack any more, but you could have nuts, popcorn, some crisps have no sugar in them (tayto and chipsticks I've found so far), carrot sticks with hummous... You can eat fruit too because obviously it's natural and healthy, but I just choose not to eat much.
I would have thought carrots would have a fair bit of sugar in them too?
I don't know what I'd eat if I couldn't have fruit and yoghurt! I'd have a handful of nuts every day, but I'd probably end up eating too much of them :pac:0 -
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I would have thought carrots would have a fair bit of sugar in them too?
Yes, technically, but if you start considering those sugars, you're in low-carb territory and you end up cutting out a pile of other things! I avoid processed or added sugars, it would be clearest to say. So naturally occuring sugars are fine. One large carrot would have about 3g sugar, which is nothing in context, particularly when there are so many other nutritional benefits. A chocolate digestive, for example, has 5g per biscuit. I'd get a whole packet of biscuits gone in the time it took me to eat a large carrot.
IvyTheTerrible - what does chestnut jam taste like?
We're spending a couple of days in Kerry with my mum this week and she has promised to pay for all the ingredients if I'll do the cooking. She thinks she's getting the better end of the deal while I'm just planning all the expensive things I can buy that I can't normally afford. Venison ahoy! 0 -
Hmm, chestnutty?Yes, technically, but if you start considering those sugars, you're in low-carb territory and you end up cutting out a pile of other things! I avoid processed or added sugars, it would be clearest to say. So naturally occuring sugars are fine. One large carrot would have about 3g sugar, which is nothing in context, particularly when there are so many other nutritional benefits. A chocolate digestive, for example, has 5g per biscuit. I'd get a whole packet of biscuits gone in the time it took me to eat a large carrot.
IvyTheTerrible - what does chestnut jam taste like?
We're spending a couple of days in Kerry with my mum this week and she has promised to pay for all the ingredients if I'll do the cooking. She thinks she's getting the better end of the deal while I'm just planning all the expensive things I can buy that I can't normally afford. Venison ahoy! Hard to describe, have you had sweet chestnuts before, well it's like that but a bit vanilla (because we put that in our jam!). The texture is more solid that normal jam, and it's opaque rather than clear. Like a spread really. 0 -
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What's your favourite childhood food memories?
Mine has to be Saturday lunchtimes - bacon, cabbage (boiled to a mush), parsley sauce and mashed potatoes with loads of butter.
The next best memory was Saturday evening's Rasher and Sausage pie with crusty mash topping.
If I was ever on death row it would be a toss between those two (cooked by my Mum of course). 0 -
Going down to Kinsale with my parents, the wellies on and a massive bucket to collect mussels. Hated them at the time (just to make it clear, it was the mussels I was referring to!) and now realize (having kids myself) that my folks were probably trying to tire me out so they could enjoy a nice meal that night in peace & quiet
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