Keldelacoe
Vintage Virgin Vegan
Roasted rhubarb with all spice and a coconut muller greek 
What have you just eaten??
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Keldelacoe
Vintage Virgin Vegan
Bunnylush said:
Noo I didn't know til today although I have plenty of syns and it's not much! Have you always been able to use it as a HEXB as I have never noticed before but three told me today so wondered if it was a new addition? X
Bunnylush
Gold Member
I think it's always been on the fruity pages, I know SW inside out and can't fathom out how rhubarb is a free food, but it needs cooking to eat it, so hence you have to syn it? Who would eat raw rhubarb? Same with gooseberries lol. I'm sure you've done no damage, it's so low calorie and boosts metabolic rate
Keldelacoe
Vintage Virgin Vegan
Bunnylush said:I think it's always been on the fruity pages, I know SW inside out and can't fathom out how rhubarb is a free food, but it needs cooking to eat it, so hence you have to syn it? Who would eat raw rhubarb? Same with gooseberries lol. I'm sure you've done no damage, it's so low calorie and boosts metabolic rate
Oh no I always Syn it just didn't know about the HEXB ? But then I never bothered to eat it last time round! I have only ever eaten gooseberries raw.. My nan had a gooseberry bush when u was little and I used to eat them... Don't think even i could manage rhubarb raw though lol
Ddelta
Full Member
Im not sure, I'm pretty new to sw. Going to ask my consultant and get back to you, it must be free cooked though, I mean lots of veg are cooked, but then again it is also in the hexB section. It is a bit confusing I think. I think if you add sweetener/honey though that would need to be synned of course. I'll get back to you!
slimmer4summer
Full Member
Bunnylush said:I think it's always been on the fruity pages, I know SW inside out and can't fathom out how rhubarb is a free food, but it needs cooking to eat it, so hence you have to syn it? Who would eat raw rhubarb? Same with gooseberries lol. I'm sure you've done no damage, it's so low calorie and boosts metabolic rate
Would it be because rhubarb is a relative of celery... Maybe actually a vegetable not a fruit therefore ok to cook with sweetener?
Alycyn1980
Addicted to Minimins!!!
I think it's always been on the fruity pages, I know SW inside out and can't fathom out how rhubarb is a free food, but it needs cooking to eat it, so hence you have to syn it? Who would eat raw rhubarb? Same with gooseberries lol. I'm sure you've done no damage, it's so low calorie and boosts metabolic rate
My granda used to grow rhubarb and we would get a poke of sugar and dunk the rhubarb in that and eat raw - used to love it though I am not sure I could do it now, my mouth is watering at the thought of it!!!! :drool:
slimmer4summer
Full Member
I love rhubarb! One of my favourite things, though usually in a crumble/sponge ... Mmm there's an idea, roasted with the syn free sponge!
Keldelacoe
Vintage Virgin Vegan
I put lemon juice on and a tad bit of water in the dish and covered in foil (had it two nights now, three sticks so again tonight ) I put all spice on and it went surpisly well oh and a coconut muller greek...lot of flavours put it went well and hit the spot...didnt need sweetner
) I put all spice on and it went surpisly well oh and a coconut muller greek...lot of flavours put it went well and hit the spot...didnt need sweetner
Ddelta
Full Member
Right I asked my consultant and she replied with this:
I have never heard of people eating raw rhubarb but to use it as a Healthy extra b choice, I think is a waste. My opinion is that the best value is to use it stewed as 0.5 for 100g (with an artificial sweetener or count the suger as more syns). That way you still have a b choice and use about 1 syn for a portion of rhubarb. Together with some fruit flavoured syn free yogurt, I think it makes a great dessert for 1 syn when one fancies something other than fresh fruit.
So still no idea why rhubarb is on the superfree list, since it can never really be eaten freely. so I guess your synning it makes most sense!
Keldelacoe
Vintage Virgin Vegan
Ddelta said:
Ah thank you do much for asking dagmar
that's what I have been doing Roasting it and having it with yogurt, I though after seeing the syns myself I must have my measurements wrong as I only use 1 Syn max and a HEX usually is around 6 syns so makes no sense :/ It's yummy though
Bunnylush
Gold Member
Keldelacoe said:Ah thank you do much for asking dagmar
It's yummy though
That's what I thought, waste of hexb
Thanks x
Keldelacoe
Vintage Virgin Vegan
Chickpea & Swiss chard curry with spicy couscous and a side of purple sprouting Brocoli
skinnyminx
Silver Member
Post gym hunger fed.
1 slice of wholemeal bread (hexb) pure unadulterated bread
1 muller ff coconut greek yogurt (1 syn)
1 Choc coconut Options (2 syns) and
1 sml pack baked ginger biscuits - 4.5syns
eeks those syns soon add up...
1 slice of wholemeal bread (hexb) pure unadulterated bread
1 muller ff coconut greek yogurt (1 syn)
1 Choc coconut Options (2 syns) and
1 sml pack baked ginger biscuits - 4.5syns
eeks those syns soon add up...
