foods americans mention a lot can we get them here too?
allybeee
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I thought i might start a thread about this, as often i will read a recipe or just a suggestion of food and not have a clue where to find it here! Hoping some fellow brits feel the same.
shiritake noodles (0 cals apparently )
skim mozzerella and other skim cheeses
sugar free pancake syrup
natural nut butters
feel free to add or reply if anyone knows any places to get foods mentioned
shiritake noodles (0 cals apparently )
skim mozzerella and other skim cheeses
sugar free pancake syrup
natural nut butters
feel free to add or reply if anyone knows any places to get foods mentioned
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ooh thought of another, very low fat, low sugar ice cream (we used to have skinny cow tubs then they disappeared) I loved the cookie dough
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I know you can get low fat mozarella in most large supermarkets, no idea about the rest, but I can't believe there is such a thing as a no cal food, except water!0 -
If you have a Whole Foods near you, various nut butters can be easily found. I'm fairly sure Waitrose/Ocado sells some also. There are quite a lot of low-fat cheeses around (though frankly, I think you're better-off, nutritionally, with a smaller amount of the full-fat variety). Whole Foods or another shop that specialises in American imports (Partridges in London, for example) may have the syrup (again, not sure the chemicals are worth the calorie-reduction), and I'd assume you'll be able to find noodles in a Chinese/Japanese supermarket - most cities have them. ben & Jerry's does frozen yoghurt, or there's always fruit sorbets, which might be your best bets for ice-creams.0
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I know you can get low fat mozarella in most large supermarkets, no idea about the rest, but I can't believe there is such a thing as a no cal food, except water!
^^^ Tesco definitely do a half fat mozzarella....it's not much good for cooking as it doesn't melt well but I use it in salads for lunch.0 -
Hi, American's seen to have much more choice in their supermarkets than we do. I watched this video of Jamie Easton shopping, it is amazing what you can buy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qut4OHhS_Qc
shiritake noodles (0 cals apparently ) _ I have bought these from the supermarket
skim mozzerella and other skim cheeses - seen low fat mozzerella in supermarket
sugar free pancake syrup - ???
natural nut butters - these are available in supermarkets and health food shops.
One thing loads of people on MfP have is sugar free almond milk, this is only available in health food stores here and is very expensive:(
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Having shopped in US supermarkets, I don't think we're missing out on much.
Shirtaki noodles are available online in the UK, but having looked at their UK selling site one quite caught my eye: "Easily absorbs the flavors of any soup, dish, or sauce" which suggests they are bland and tasteless. Then again, so are most super-noodle type noodles.
Low-fat cheeses are available in most UK supermarkets and low-fat dairy is beneficial to a balanced diet.
Sugar-free pancake syrup sounds like an oxymoron. You can get low-cal fruit syrups in the UK, but they are almost too sweet and artificial.
Nut butters are available in Holland & Barratt and Waitrose, I believe.0 -
thanks for the response, i watched that video, i wish our supermarkets had that sorta choice, lucky if i can find unsalted nuts !
I just find when i am watching youtube vids of recipes and things i can never find half the stuff. another great one would be liquid egg whites, instead of wasting eggs.
i might try oat flour and almond milk, the less carbs the better, its always the first to go on my diary.0 -
You can buy liquid egg whites in Sainsbury's. They were near the butter in the chilled section when I last saw them in my branch. Can't imagine they are cheap though.
Goodness Direct and iHerb are good websites to use to find stuff more common in America or British versions of them.0 -
You can buy liquid egg whites in Sainsbury's. They were near the butter in the chilled section when I last saw them in my branch. Can't imagine they are cheap though.
The carton is £2.89 at my Sainsburys. I've also seen them at Waitrose. You get loads in the carton though. Unless you have a lot of omelettes it's a lot to use up in a week!0 -
thanks for the suggestion, i know we can get low fat cheese. but you see recipes for fat free ricotta and part skim mozerella and they are a lot lower in fat than the low fat stuff here.
the pancake syrups does exist i just cant find it here, i saw a recipe on hungry-girl.com for a recipe for a frappuccino swap and apart from the truvia, coffee, ice and soy milk i didn't know where to get cal free sugar free vanilla syrup, etc. I know i want it! the recipe sounded awesome.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp. sugar-free French vanilla powdered creamer?
2 no-calorie sweetener packets
(like Splenda or Truvia)
5 oz. light vanilla soymilk
1 oz. sugar-free calorie-free vanilla-flavored syrup
(like the kind by Torani)
1 tsp. instant coffee granules
1 cup crushed ice or 5 to 8 ice cubes
2 tbsp. Fat Free Reddi-wip?
then theres the 68cal pesto recipe with the fat free ricotta cheese.0 -
Quark is very low calorie as a soft cheese type thing. I've not seen those noodles but have you tried putting cauliflower in the blender and then cooking for about 4 minutes in the microwave and using as rice. It doesn't taste like rice but it's good with sloshy meals as it absorbs the flavour.0
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/COFFEE-MATE-VANILLA-CREAMER-AMERICAN-IMPORTED/dp/B001DDD56O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1337112161&sr=8-3
Thats the powdered sugar free vanilla stuff I think.
And as for flavoured syrups
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=grocery&field-keywords=sugar+free+syrup&x=0&y=0
The internet has most things...though usually expensive.
Im an American living in the UK and it has been quite an experience getting used to the lack of options in shops. The internet is my friend!!
ETA: Seems you cant post links so you will need to copy and paste 0 -
hey,
The noodles I know you can get on Amazon!
I wanna try that vanilla creme they seem to always put in coffee
although Id probably like it too much.. 0 -
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the nut butter thing!
Meridian is a brand that is very natural, you can get peanut/ cashew/ almond and sunflower
You can buy them from Holland & Barrett, Tesco and no doubt other places too0 -
You can buy liquid egg whites in Sainsbury's. They were near the butter in the chilled section when I last saw them in my branch. Can't imagine they are cheap though.
Goodness Direct and iHerb are good websites to use to find stuff more common in America or British versions of them.
I must check this out, as I always feel so wasteful binning the yolk0 -
You can buy liquid egg whites in Sainsbury's. They were near the butter in the chilled section when I last saw them in my branch. Can't imagine they are cheap though.
Goodness Direct and iHerb are good websites to use to find stuff more common in America or British versions of them.
I must check this out, as I always feel so wasteful binning the yolk
I buy a carton of Two Chicks 500g at Sainsburys (yes near the butters/ready made pastry) and it's £3.09 but lasts a week so you shouldn't waste any of it 0 -
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the nut butter thing!
Meridian is a brand that is very natural, you can get peanut/ cashew/ almond and sunflower
You can buy them from Holland & Barrett, Tesco and no doubt other places too
Ahem...If you have a Whole Foods near you, various nut butters can be easily found. I'm fairly sure Waitrose/Ocado sells some also.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the nut butter thing!
Meridian is a brand that is very natural, you can get peanut/ cashew/ almond and sunflower
You can buy them from Holland & Barrett, Tesco and no doubt other places too
Ahem...If you have a Whole Foods near you, various nut butters can be easily found. I'm fairly sure Waitrose/Ocado sells some also.
:flowerforyou:
Forgive me! Ill blame it on the iPad.......ha!0 -
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the nut butter thing!
Meridian is a brand that is very natural, you can get peanut/ cashew/ almond and sunflower
You can buy them from Holland & Barrett, Tesco and no doubt other places too
Ahem...If you have a Whole Foods near you, various nut butters can be easily found. I'm fairly sure Waitrose/Ocado sells some also.
:flowerforyou:
Forgive me! Ill blame it on the iPad.......ha!
:laugh: Of course!0 -
I genuinely do not mean to start a Transatlantic war but when I read the American posted recopies, 'I think goddam does everything they buy come out of a packet or jar?'
I raise an eyebrow and think, '...no wonder...'0 -
Shirataki (?) noodles can be bought online from low carb supermarket or else any large asian food wholesaler like Wing Yip if you have one near you. Tehy are realyl good for bulking out stirfries or soups. Alot of people complain about the fishy smell but I dont' mind it, just rinse them out in cold water first before adding to the cooking. A 4 cals & virtually no carbs per 50g they are brilliant.
2 chicks liquid eqq whites are great for giving a protien boost to an omlette or scrambled eggs, sold at waitrose or sainsburies but not all branches stock it.
Nut butters, as mentioned, meridian brand sell them.0 -
www.myprotein.co.uk does liquid egg whites too.
Natural nut butters you can actually get at any supermarket - though most mainstream ones will only sell peanut. Look for 'Whole Earth' brand - no added sugar or salt.0 -
www.myprotein.co.uk does liquid egg whites too.
Natural nut butters you can actually get at any supermarket - though most mainstream ones will only sell peanut. Look for 'Whole Earth' brand - no added sugar or salt.
myprotein also do kilogram tubs of totally natural peanut butter (smooth/crunchy) and almond. They are both excellent value and and have no salt or sugar added, just nuts roasted in their skins and blended. Just don't order a tub with a 5kilo bag of protein powder - when I did it split the tub of peanut butter and leaked all over the box!
It sounds like a lot of what you are after are processed products to short cut your way to a lower calorie diet. Instead of having loads of bland processed low cal dairy, just have a smaller serving of stronger flavoured, higher cal but les processed version. And for desserts, try freezing a banana or blending frozen berries with plain yoghurt and honey? Instead of low cal noodles add an extra handful of shredded veggies.
I would love it if there was sugar-free almond milk more readily and cheaply available over here though! Oh, and spaghetti squash too.0 -
I would love it if there was sugar-free almond milk more readily and cheaply available over here though! Oh, and spaghetti squash too.
Waitrose do spaghetti squash. I got some last year.0 -
Having shopped in US supermarkets, I don't think we're missing out on much.
I am a transplanted Brit, and have to agree. I miss the variety of foods in British stores. Publix has some variety of produce, but nothing like you will see in a British store.0 -
I have just got some noddles from Holland and Barret which are 10 cals for the packet, I am under the impression they are bland and to go in soup or something else. I have not tried them tho !!!!0
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Lidl and the Co-op do a low fat mozarella. I use it and it's fine. You could try a Chinese supermarket for noodles they have an amazing variety. We got some very fine vermicelli ones that were very low in calories.0
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the nut butter thing!
Meridian is a brand that is very natural, you can get peanut/ cashew/ almond and sunflower
You can buy them from Holland & Barrett, Tesco and no doubt other places too
bump must remember this !0 -
http://www.lowcarbmegastore.com/syrups/walden-farms-syrup-caramel
a lot of the stuff on this site is imported, and most of the waldens farm stuff is calorie free, it will probably end up proven to be crazy bad for you but till then if it helps it helps.0 -
My local Tesco has three brands of Almond milk for £1-£2.00 and it keeps forages.0
