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lynzpower

susan6780 wrote: »

THREE Alpen Lites? but then as yummy as it is,thats getting quite expensive

Im currently trying to work out the cheapest HEBs

alpen lites are 5 for 99p in 99p store 19.8p each
hifis are 60p in a newsagent or 160 for 4 ( is that right)
Tinned fruit in juice is about 65p per tin
bread roll is 16p each if I buy kingsmill wm rolls
baxters tinned soup are about 80p?
crisprolls are about 90p for a bag- I think these are coming in as the cheapest,l as this bag has at least 15 crisprolls in -wish I counted now!

I am not sure about cereal but I guess pricewise it is much of a muchness.

Other things I dont really buy, ( eg ryvita)

I tend to have the alpen lites or hifi or crisprolls- as I said the occasional bread roll but it makes me feel rough so I dont want to depend on these.

lynzpower

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

I do 21g All Bran as 1/2 an HeB and have an Alpen Light for the other 1/2. There is no way i could eat 42g of All Bran for breakfast! Though i have mine with an Activia FF yog and a banana rather than milk so is a bit more filling.

Just had an afternoon snack and am pleasantly stuffed - apple, banana, yoghurt and an alpen light:p

Need to go and pick up DD from school soon and it is weeing it down out there:(

I might do this, I love all-bran and Ive only just noticed it is 42g allowance, super!

dizzyk

lynzpower wrote: »

Ah Ah, but some dried fruit is possible as HEB!
142g dried apricots
57g dried peaches
42g dried pineapple

the rest are synned though:)

good point :T:T.......if your a person willing to give up their HEB kellogs fibre plus bar :rotfl:

bettyB_2

ooh just seen recipes for couscous cake - might give it a go (not to overindulge tho - otherwise i know i have to syn it)
anyone tried it? I am excited. would it be ok with a rhubarb muller in?
Also, i only have sweetner tabs not ground, so would 4 tbsp canderel be about 4 tablets of sweetner?? thanks

EDIT - ok it's in the oven, fingers crossed!!!

dizzyk

susan6780 wrote: »

yeah but do you want to 'waste' a HEB on dried fruit???????? when you can have TWO Alpen Lites? no contest,Alpen wins hands down!

:T:T:rotfl: here here

dizzyk

bettyB wrote: »

haha fair point. would be a good idea on a Green day though, could have 1/2 HEB dried apricots then have 1 and 1/2 something else for HEB too!

on a green day Id have 2 fibre plus bars :rotfl:

Skint_Catt

Crisp £ note;
My fave meal (on green) is cheap as chips;
pasta (3Kg bag was about £3 and lasts forever - can also put Dyno-rod soup on top as pasta sauce), baked beans & topped with 42g rf grated cheddar
Also free (well it was can someone pls check) on a green day is Value Savoury rice - 28p (ish) a pack makes a fab filling lunch or side with HEb of chicken!
C xx

lbnblbnb

bettyB wrote: »

ooh just seen recipes for couscous cake - might give it a go (not to overindulge tho - otherwise i know i have to syn it)
anyone tried it? I am excited. would it be ok with a rhubarb muller in?
Also, i only have sweetner tabs not ground, so would 4 tbsp canderel be about 4 tablets of sweetner?? thanks

EDIT - ok it's in the oven, fingers crossed!!!

Ooh, you inspired me to make some too, although I think I have a different recipe - cous cous, lemon curd, juice and rind of a lemon, 2 eggs. It is smelling delicious. Looking forward to it with a cup of coffee before I go and get DD from cross country - poor thing, it is chucking it down and very muddy here!

bettyB_2

lbnblbnb wrote: »

Ooh, you inspired me to make some too, although I think I have a different recipe - cous cous, lemon curd, juice and rind of a lemon, 2 eggs. It is smelling delicious. Looking forward to it with a cup of coffee before I go and get DD from cross country - poor thing, it is chucking it down and very muddy here!

that sounds lovely. I made this one from a recipe on minimins that uses sweetner,eggs and mullerlight. sounds and looks rank so goodness knows what's coming out of the oven later!

Might try your version if this one is a disaster - tho i dont have lemon curd - is it essential???

MRSMCAWBER

Afternoon all

Well after all that talk of rice pud (that Im not even that bothered with usually) -I have been and whipped up some ... I have some 10g sachets of flavoured sugars (supposed to be for biccies/cakes -I can also get vanilla/lemon;)) -so I have stuck an orange 1 in .... and then Im going to try it for brekkie -warmed up and with 55g organic rhubarb yog whacked in to slacken it off and with berries on top ...nomnomnom -and after all the trouble you seem to have finding pudding/shortgrain rice in the UK I may have to bring some back with me -I pay 20c for a 500g box (and for someone who doesn't use it much -I somehow have 5 boxes in the store in the basement )
so -after all that waffle -my 155g rice has made enough for 4 good portions and each serving will cost me:-
milk -1/2heA
sugar 0.5syn
yog - 1 syn
I can live with that as I struggle to use my syns somedays..

On the heB front -I have actually begun to only have the fibre plus bars once in a blue moon now as I was getting into having 1 every night and it was becoming a habbit I didn't want -plus they are €2.49 a box here :eek:
Because today is a green day I have turned my heBs into cheese ... well I can't give up my 500ml semi (2As) ... my bones should be nice n healthy at this rate