Moonlights' (temporary) Maintenance

[shrinki]

I have never tried soya milk but have some in my fridge now ready! Just need the flax now.. I remember having flax porridge on previous Atkins attempts and I mixed in cocoa powder - yum!

 

[slaj]

Just made flax porridge with alpro instead of water and it is delicious! Will definitely be having it again

 

[shrinki]

I was about to add some organic soya milk to my protein shake and to my horror (ok a little but dramatic but..) I found it had 1% pear juice! Will check if I can find another brand.

 

[moonlights]

Do they have alpro where you are Shrinki? The brand I use is

Unsweetened alpro soya milk light

Very low cal and low carb. I don't tend to drink it cold but warmed up it goes creamy and makes a great comforting drink.

Cate - you can also put the cocoa bark in a little jar in the fridge (not freezer) so it doesn't fully set and eat it at room temperature - it goes fudgy that way.

 

[shrinki]

Do they have alpro where you are Shrinki? The brand I use is

Unsweetened alpro soya milk light

Very low cal and low carb. I don't tend to drink it cold but warmed up it goes creamy and makes a great comforting drink.

Cate - you can also put the cocoa bark in a little jar in the fridge (not freezer) so it doesn't fully set and eat it at room temperature - it goes fudgy that way.

I haven't seen Alpro but will check out online as sometimes you can get things online with a delivery that you can't get instore. I found another unsweetened soya milk today. 250mls has 108 cals and 3.8g carbs. Does that sound ok? I am so looking forward to a hot chocolate later!

They didn't have Splenda (and I have run out) so I bought Stevia and assugrin for baking/cooking. I hope they will be OK. I rarely use sweetner anyway.

 

[moonlights]

It's much higher than the alpro - my daily 400ml has 88 calories and 0.4g carbs - but if you count it into your daily total it should be ok? Also I don't know about the labeling there - it might be including the fibre in the total count?

Never heard of the other one but dr A was a big fan of stevia - I just don't like the aftertaste.

 

[catexx]

Thanks for the fudge tip!! Will be doing all a few days before Christmas...... Have decided to also see if I can stick to plan Christmas Day! I may cave in with the stuffing, so going to seek or try low carb recipes. Use low carb sausages mixed with a mim made into breadcrumbs??? Not sure if a mim can even give you breadcrumbs x x

 

[moonlights]

You could get good breadcrumbs with almond bread - recipe under moonlights meals in the recipe section. It's not induction but only the first rung of owl. I think almond bread, sausage meat and lots of yummy herbs would make a good stuffing.

 

[shrinki]

I wonder if you need to deduct fibre like in the USA. I will have to google in my best Deutsch! It makes sense if you do have to as I bought quorn hotdogs after seeing how much you like them and they are listed as almost 6g each which I thought sounded high!

 

[shrinki]

Just checked the soya milk and the carb and fibre have the same value of 3.8g per 400mls..

 

[moonlights]

Sounds to me like you definitely need to deduct fibre over there - my hotdogs are 1.1g!

 

[shrinki]

Sounds to me like you definitely need to deduct fibre over there - my hotdogs are 1.1g!

Sorry - this is prob very boring for you but just to say, I checked meat, chicken and flax labels and think the carb count is the net carb.

I bought flax seeds (didn't have Ground flax) so will whizz and make flax choccie brekkie tomorrow x

 

[ladyfelsham]

So glad the dentist visit went Ok, ML - but sorry you've got these cracks to attend to!

Re soya milk, I get Tesco value unsweetened soya - 0.2g carbs per 100g - and it's cheap too It's really lovely heated up with Da Vinci egg nog and decaf coffee mmmm

 

[shrinki]

So glad the dentist visit went Ok, ML - but sorry you've got these cracks to attend to!

Re soya milk, I get Tesco value unsweetened soya - 0.2g carbs per 100g - and it's cheap too It's really lovely heated up with Da Vinci egg nog and decaf coffee mmmm

Hmm - well mine are 100% linseeds and listed as 2g per 100g - I'm confused :-/

 

[ladyfelsham]

Sorry Shrinki are you talking about flax? If so, I buy Flex Flax online - supposed to be zero carbs

 

[shrinki]

Sorry Shrinki are you talking about flax? If so, I buy Flex Flax online - supposed to be zero carbs

Yep - I believe flax is also linseed and Leinsamen here in Swissycheeseland! Confused dot com!!

 

[ladyfelsham]

LOL it was me being confused - I was talking about soya milk

I confuse easily

 

[shrinki]

LOL it was me being confused - I was talking about soya milk

I confuse easily

Hahaha! X

 

[catexx]

Great idea ML eating from the first owl has to be better than not sticking to it! And if I choose I can then go back to induction on the first. I may even treat myself to a few almonds!!!! Xxand thanks lady f I will be getting the soya tomorrow will check out the value range x

 

[moonlights]

Flax seeds have weiiiiird labels but they're pretty close to 100 percent fibre. 2g carbs per 100g sounds about right for flax - I never eat more than 30g in a day or I'd have to move into the loo.

Flex flax seems to be impossible to find right now. I've been using prewetts but flex is my favorite brand.