Shopping tips

[Lady Marmalade]

Well I finally got around to going out to Lidl and looked at their sossies. All the ones they had in seemed to have breadcrumbs listed as the second highest ingredient?! I also didn't see any that were marked low fat/zero carb. Came away empty handed, because I can get The Black Farmer ones at my local Tesco or Somerfield and those have zero wheat content. *disappointed*

 

[Jim]

Did you find the "Milton Gate" ones LM, they are the low carb ones.

 

[Lady Marmalade]

Did you find the "Milton Gate" ones LM, they are the low carb ones.

Yep those were the ones - the carb count on the back was low, but the second highest ingredient was breadcrumbs which just set alarm bells ringing.

I mean, a square of 70% chocolate is pretty low carb, but there are certain things I've come to regard as just. Not. Allowed. Surely wheat in all its forms is one of them?

 

[Jim]

I see what you are saying, but if it's 97% meat the second ingredient can be very much can it love.

 

[Lady Marmalade]

I guess not Jim. I'm just being picky!

I had me Black Farmer's this morning* and they were scrummy.

I noticed at the weekend that Tesco's own brand organic mayo has no added sugar, unlike their standard mayo which has a smidgen.

Also in Tesco in the frozen section they've started doing salmon burgers which are low carb and a nice alternative to beef burgers, a good standby to have in the freezer or can be barbied.

*sounds like a euphemism...

 

[Jim]

I use the Tesco own brand Mayo, I've tried the salmon burgers but I didn't really like them, I like fish but not salmon for sor some reason, I think it's because we had a spag boll once and that was made with Salmon, I thought it had gone off tasted so strange to me.

 

[Jim]

Thought I'd bump this thread up because it's very useful.