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Thank you @pepperhead212 , it was very good. It would have been tastier with a little salt but I must be disciplined, and stick to my new rule of not adding salt to my dishes. (as per medical advice)

All by myself - Eric Carmen

Seeing as I am at least 6 hours ahead of most of you, I'll post my lunch for today here , Wednesday 8th May. Pearl barley salad (or pearled barley? 🤔). We call it "orzo perlato" 😀. I simply added tomatoes, cucumbers, cannellini beans and lettuce, onions, with EVOO of course 😉.

Pasta with mushrooms and then as a second course, oven roasted lamp-chops with a green salad on the side.

Today's dish, made with mixed grains and red rice. I stir fried onions, zucchini, carrots, celery, string beans in EVOO, then added the boiled grains mixture.

Hi, look forward to sharing tips and recipes.

Sounds delicious, I'll put this one in my recipe collection. I'll try it out. 👍

It's raining men - The weather girls

I've recently started experimenting with cooked grains and mixes, to substitute pasta. For the first time in my house I have packets of farro, barley, red rice with mixed cereals, brown rice, mixed grains with mixed legumes. Refined carbs are not advisable for people like me, with hypertension...

Plus a fried egg too! 🍳

I stir-fried aubergines, red and yellow peppers in EVOO, with onions, garlic and a sprinkle of dried oregano (our own, from last Summer).

Yes, I understand, it's a huge advantage being influenced by different cultures. I've been living in Italy now for 30 years, a few years longer than my time in London, and being of Italian origins anyway, I feel I've become "completely" Italian now, in my ways, if that sounds right? I still...

I agree. 😀

Do they really call this a pizza? 😅

I mum only cooked "Italian-Style" food anyway, so I had no problems, and living in North London, the evening meal was called "dinner".

I'm proud to have been born in London and raised there, but I never really felt very "British", probably why I eventually moved here to my family native country. I would never move back. I have never had any negative feelings towards British ways, I would be criticizing my own roots. Every...

I used to eat both of those, canned spaghetti rings and canned ravioli. I couldn't now, though. Tastes change.

Having lived in London for the first 26 years of my life, the only time I heard "dessert" being called "pudding" was when I was at school, school dinners were terrible, apart from the puddings! 🙂 The when we made "Upside-down pineapple steamed pudding", also at school, during our Cookery lessons.

Talking about asparagus, I made asparagus risotto yesterday (posted in dinner thread). I just used half a bundle, freezed the rest (only for me and my daughter, my son hates rice, he's a pasta freak!) Firstly, I sautéed them with onions and a little vegetable stock, in a small frying pan, then I...

Asparagus risotto

Wow, those are very high percentages. A common factor here is that many people who have diabetes 2 are not actually overweight, apparently we have about 12% of the population obese and 36% just overweight. Our problem/bad habit here is eating too many carbs, l don't think we exaggerate too much...

Some interesting comments on this thread. In our country, according to govt figures, around 6%of the population (over 60s) have diabetes type 2, mainly caused by incorrect dietary habits, (too much pasta/bread, other sugary foods). I've always been of the opinion that we should eat "a bit of...

The first time ever I saw your face - Roberta Flack

"Rigatoni" alla Carbonara today. Forgot photo.

It's a shame you didn't take a photo. By the sounds of it, I think they were probably sprouts, since they were green. Sorry 😕. I'm no expert though, perhaps other members with more garden experience, can help you. I hope I'm wrong, so you will not have planted them upside down, in the end. 🙂