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maman

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

No, I know but there are bags of flour and tubs of margarine etc - but you know what I mean - actually I wonder if your local supermarket would let you "borrow" some to walk around the supermarket with them on your back - bet our supermarket trolleys would look a lot different :rotfl:

Of course I know what you mean! Didn't mean to offend it just occurred to me as ironic that we always estimate weight in bags of sugar when it's the last thing we need to have around!

We had people call round yesterday and DH offered some (Christmas) shortbread fingers witha cup of tea. Just out of interest, I checked the syns (after they'd gone of course;)) and each little biscuit is 5 syns:eek: What a waste, you have to be so careful.

mm, we had a stand-in consultant who told us that you don't have to have HEXs if you don't want to as there are other ways of getting the calcium, fibre etc. Your yogurt will be giving you calcium and if it's also free then that's a bonus.

My EE plan:
B: NAS squash, baked beans, HEB toast, fruit
L: not sure yet, maybe soup or something on toast
lamb shank cooked on bed of carrots, leeks and parsnips with SW roasties, cabbage

evilsquid1603

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

B-banana, persimmon, 0% yoghurt (HEA)
L-Tuna & Egg Salad – cabbage, tomato, cucumbers, red pepper, spring onions, beetroot, 2 hard-boiled eggs, tuna, 1 tblspn light mayo – 2 syns
S-2 slices w/m bread, homemade humous, tomato (HEB)
D-Mexican Bake

fairy_cakes wrote: »

Just looking at your food diary and I could be wrong but isnt 0% yoghurt free? and oooh you've made homemade houmous - please let me know how it tastes!

0% yogurt is a superfree food. yogurt is never a HEA - its only milk and cheese. my old consultant said most yogurts are syned because they have too much sugar and additives in them and the full fat natural ones were too high in fat/calories and too low in calcium to count as a HE.

Mediterranean_Mum

fairy_cakes wrote: »

and oooh you've made homemade houmous - please let me know how it tastes!

Right it's made - and it tastes yummy!!

420g ready-cooked and mashed chickpeas
1 pot 0% plain yoghurt
2 tspns techina (sesame paste)
seasoning - salt, black pepper, paprika, garlic & herb seasoning, cumin

mix everything together and enjoy on w/m bread, ryvitas or with vegetable sticks.

I'm not sure how many syns are in the techina - I think 2 so unless I sit and eat the whole tub (which I couldn't possibly do) I don't think there is enough to count in a regular serving - I usually have it on my bread for my afternoon snack.

Mediterranean_Mum

maman wrote: »

Of course I know what you mean! Didn't mean to offend it just occurred to me as ironic that we always estimate weight in bags of sugar when it's the last thing we need to have around!

mm, we had a stand-in consultant who told us that you don't have to have HEXs if you don't want to as there are other ways of getting the calcium, fibre etc. Your yogurt will be giving you calcium and if it's also free then that's a bonus.

I'm not at all offended and you are absolutely right about the sugar!

Thanks for asking about the HEXs - much appreciated. :A

Mediterranean_Mum

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

0% yogurt is a superfree food. yogurt is never a HEA - its only milk and cheese. my old consultant said most yogurts are syned because they have too much sugar and additives in them and the full fat natural ones were too high in fat/calories and too low in calcium to count as a HE.

OK so perhaps someone who has access to the website could look up my 0% fruit yoghurt and tell me if I have to syn it (here's hoping not!)

per 100g - pot is 150g
calories 39
protein 4.3
carbs 4.9
fibre 2.1
fat less than 0.1
sodium 55

thanks

loopylouc

Muller Rice?
Could anyone tell me the sins for a Muller Rice?
OH has just come back from sainsbugs with them instead of Muller Lights.

Thank you

Lou

wen2202

MM, have put it through online and this is what it says,

Free per package/portion on Extra Easy

Free per package/portion on Green

Free per package/portion on Original

Loopy:eek:


Muller, Mullerice, Smooth Toffee, 190g pot 10 10 10
Muller, Mullerice, Original, Low Fat, 190g pot 10 10 10
Muller, Mullerice, Apple, Low Fat, 190g pot 10½ 10½ 10½
Muller, Mullerice, Vanilla Custard, Low Fat, 190g pot 10½ 10½ 10½
Muller, Mullerice, Raspberry, Low Fat, 190g pot 10 10 10
Muller, Mullerice, Strawberry, Low Fat, 190g pot 10 10 10
Muller, Mullerice, Blueberry, Low Fat, 190g pot 10½ 10½ 10½
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Send him back to Sainsbury's to change them pronto.

loopylouc

eeek - well he thought he was helping but guess I will be avoiding the muller rice's:)
thank you for checking that for me x

shala_moo

Well done losers....:D welcome newcomers... and re-joiners..

Just catching up.. i didn't post yesterday as I fell off the wagon *excuse coming up* we had a £5 off M&S voucher so i picked up some lightly dusted plaice and some chunky chips as a treat.. but whilst i was in there someone (:o) put a packet of biscuits AND a marzipan bar in my basket..

blackberry-rum wrote: »

Then I popped into Julian Graves for a bag of horseradish broad beans which were very good but I was to cowardly to check the Kcals in it. sorry.:o

I saw some of these flavoured broad beans in M&S yesterday, nearly picked up a packet until i saw the word "fried" on the front.. are they hard like nuts or soft?

ammonite wrote: »

AnnangelUK - I know what you mean re: inspiration! Found a fab website this evening:
http://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/recipes

Love this site... the pulled pork recipe is gorgeous... gonna go through it again and grab some new recipes.

annaangeluk wrote: »

As it's really cold I'm craving stodge! Really fancy making rice pudding!! The recipe on sw website serves four and uses 4tbsp of sweetner, if I halved the recipe, used 2 tbsp of real sugar (6syns cos sweetner gives me migranes) would the rice be free and I'd measure the skimmed milk to make it a HEA? Or does pudding rice have syns? I'm a bit confused as the recipe says 8 syns per serving but is that because of the milk?

Thanks
Anna x

The rice would be free.. i used to do a "breakfast rice" where i'd bake the rice in milk/water and then stir in a yogurt at the end to make it more creamy - it means that you don't have to use all your HEA up and not as many syns wasted for sugar.

Recipe was - 1 cup pudding rice, 2 cups of liquid, and a mullerlight to stir in.

Obviously it's not exactly like normal rice pudding so i wouldn't try it unless you don't mind experimenting.. hope that helps though.:D

Eta - i used to add a custard layer underneath sometimes to make it like a mullerrice... mmmmmm

Mediterranean_Mum

wen2202 wrote: »

MM, have put it through online and this is what it says,

Free per package/portion on Extra Easy

Free per package/portion on Green

Free per package/portion on Original

Brilliant - thanks so much :A