Photo food diary Wednesday Dec 3, 2008
Started off the day today with three lightly scrambled eggs, bacon and some of MD’s home made, made from scratch, excellent pico de gallo or salsa.
Breakfast Dec 3, 2008
Went to lunch at my golf club. The grill has a great burger that comes with choice of fries, fruit, salad or cole slaw. I always choose the fruit. While waiting for the burger, the waitstaff always brings a small bowl of nuts. MD and I picked all the almonds out of this bowl. We left the peanuts.
Nuts at lunch Dec 3 2008
As near as I could figure, I probably ate about a dozen almonds.
And I ordered the burger without a bun. I slathered about a tablespoon (maybe a little less) of ketchup on it. This patty is pretty big, probably about 3/4 inch thick.
Lunch Dec 3 2008
I had a glass of unsweetened ice tea to drink. The best part of this whole deal is that this lunch costs a whopping $9.75. I just noticed that there is no bacon. This burger usually comes with a couple of strips of applewood smoked bacon. That’s how it’s listed in the menu. I didn’t even notice it was missing at lunch.
I went out and played golf at another country club after lunch. After the round, I went in the clubhouse and succumbed to a Jameson on the rocks.
Jameson on the rocks Dec 3 2008
We proceeded from the clubhouse bar to the pro shop where there was an open house and pro shop sale going on. There were hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer. Since I can never let free wine, beer and/or hors d’oeuvres pass me by unmolested, I partook.
Hors d'oeurves and wine
The snack was fruit, a couple of kinds of cheese and some prosciutto. The wine is a Brander Syrah. I had another half plastic glass of EOS cabernet sauvignon and a quarter of a glass of EOS zinfandel. Hey, it was a long open house with a lot going on. I noticed my behavior changing for the first time since starting this photo diet diary. I would probably have gone back for another plate of food had I not been doing this exercise.
While the open house was going on there was a raffle. We were all given one raffle ticket when we showed up there at the place (as Arlo Guthrie would say). There were several drawings, and on the very last one my ticket got selected. I was the proud winner of a pair of brand new Nike Air Zoom TW 2009 golf shoes.
MD was rehearsing tonight for her big Messiah performance this weekend, so I was left to my own devices for supper. I called a friend who is recently single to see if he might want to go for a burger with me. He had a group of guys (most of whom I knew) at his house cooking steaks, so he invited me over. My friend is a low-carb dieter, so I knew I would be safe. He was grilling steaks and zucchini on the grill and roasted a few root vegetables (parsnips, turnips, carrots and beets). He had also made a cream sauce with poblano peppers in it (this guy loves peppers).
Supper Dec 3 2008
Of course there was wine, and of course I had some. It was an Australian shiraz. I had a glass and a half.
And for dessert…
Dessert Dec 3 2008
Blackberries, blueberries and heavy cream. At least I didn’t have pomegranate again.
MD just got home from rehearsal, and, as usual after a rehearsal, she’s wired. We debriefed a little and now plan to watch a Brit mystery DVD. Tonight it is Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren. While watching, I’ll nurse a small glass of 12 year old Jameson neat over the 2 hours that the show runs.
12 y/o Jameson nightcap Dec 3 2008
I’ve drunk much more booze of one kind or another tonight than I almost ever do. But, how often does a guy win a pair of Nike Tiger Woods designed golf shoes. Back on the straight and narrow manana.
Kathy, that crustless quiche sounds wonderful. How many servings? I mean would eating the whole thing be too greedy?
Any particular cheese to use?
Copied that recipe going to try it soon.
Kathy, thank you for warning me not to put lime into Jamason! I wont do it, dont want to upset the delicate balance of the fine whiskey, lol. I still dont know if I ll like it though.
Miriam, somehow I don’t think one person could eat that whole quiche in one sitting — it’s 12 eggs, 1 pound of ground beef, and 2 cups of cheese, after all. Eat as much as you like. This weekend I’m going to make up the same amount, but put it into the large-size muffin tins(gotta use them for something, since I don’t make muffins anymore). I’m hoping it will all fit into 12 large muffins. Then maybe eat 1 “muffin” at a sitting. OK, maybe 2. When I made it for work the other day, I used an very large rectangular baking dish (larger than the 13 x 9 size). The quiche ended up being maybe 2 inches thick. Made as “muffins,” I’m sure they’d be much thicker and would take longer to bake.
I used a Mexican blend of cheese. I think it’s cheddar and colby with some Mexican spices.
Be sure to use a cooking spray on the pan or tin before filling with the egg mixture.
Vadim, you may have 1 sip of Jameson’s. If you don’t like it, leave the rest for Dr. Mike and me!
A rancher’s wife on Jimmy Moore’s board explained that ALL American beef is almost completely grass-fed anyway because it’s cheaper to do so — it’s only finished with grain the last couple of weeks to add extra fat and remove the taste the meat gets when not grain-finished.
Ranchers are apparently greatly amused that confused yuppies are willing to pay a huge premium for beef that skips the most expensive part of growing them!
I admit an ignorance to the actual raising of grass-fed vs grass-fed, grain-finished beef. I probably should look into it a little more closely.
Gretchen:
“When one is diabetic, one can’t eat huge amounts of meat, as about half of the protein gets converted to sugar.”
Dr Eades could you please comment on the above. This issue keeps coming up as does the claim that eating protein stimulates the secretion of insulin, therefor protein is essentially the same as carbohydrate implying there is no valid reason to reduce carbohydrate consumption.
I have come across research that found that protein is not converted to sugar. As for protein stimulating insulin secretion, this is true. But as you have pointed out protein also stimulates the secretion of glucagon (which carbohydrate does not) and it is the insulin:glucagon ratio that counts.
When I have taken blood glucose readings at half hour intervals after eating protein my BG actually decreases. I am not suggesting that consuming protein in excess of what s needed is a good thing. However, I am concerned that the claim that half of protein is converted to sugar is influencing diabetics on LC diets to eat far less protein than they require.
On a related vein is the statement I keep coming across the advice that diabetics should keep the consumption of fat, especially saturated fat, low because fat causes insulin resistance and even type II diabetes. With this advice guess what diabetics will increase.
Kathy from Maine: I have tried rum in eggnog, and prefer Irish whiskey in it (Canadian whiskey might be good too, haven’t tried that, and maybe a mild bourbon, but I don’t think Scotch would work, certainly not the Isleys). However, I do prefer rum in avocado nog. If you’ve never had that, it’s avocado, coconut milk, rum, vanilla, nutmeg, sweetener. Blend (adding enough water to make it drinkable), serve on ice. It’s more refreshing than eggnog so I make it in the summer too.
Sounds good, but I don’t know if I could take to eggnog (or avocado nog) in the summer.
MD makes hers (it seems) with a brandy and whiskey combination. I’m going to get her to use Jameson this year.
Hey
Very new to the idea of LC (or watching what I eat at all). In your article above you said you left the peanuts in the bowl. Your explanation was that your wife is allergic. Fair enough. This made me curious however. I looked up the carbohydrate content of peanuts on my supermarket website and it seems they have 8g of carbs per 100g and 10g of fibre per 100g. Negative carbs? 0 carbs? What would you reckon the carb content of peanuts be?
When asked questions like this, I always turn to the USDA database of foods, which is the database that virtually everyone writing nutritional programs or writing nutritional content books uses. It is the source. It is free.
The total carb content of an ounce of dry roasted, salted peanuts is 6.1 gm. The fiber content is 2.3 gm per ounce, leaving a net of 3.8 gm net carb per ounce. You could eat about 3 ounces of peanuts and stay within your 10 net carb range, but you would be throwing back just about 500 calories.
ME: And I ordered the burger without a bun.
I have been doing this for some time mainly because the pasty burger buns no longer appeal to me. Lately I have started politely asking for a price reduction based on the idea that it takes less preparation time and is less costly to serve the burger ingredients loose on a plate than to assemble them in a bun. I don’t push the issue. But some restaurants have actually agreed with me and reduced the price of the burger. I can’t see any downside in asking.