My shopping for one - rules of engagement @ Morrisons

[lordburnside]

Ensure I have my specs with me so I can read the smallprint on cans etc.
Go to fruit aisle and buy 3 types of berries. Hopefully 3 for 2!
Go to veg aisle and buy spinach etc for my salads. Ignore potatoes but buy broccoli - its supposed to be good for you.
Avoid bread aisle - this is the work of the devil..
Go to cheese aisle and buy Feta cheese and goats cheese for daily salad. It makes it mediterranean?
Buy 3 x 2 salmon steaks for £10
Pass the red meat aisle and buy a steak if I have been a good boy. Peppercorn sauce if I have been angelic.
Buy chicken breasts for other days. Dozen eggs. Not sure which comes first.
Now go to the bean aisle and stock up with lentils (new convert), butter beans etc.
Walk down alcohol aisle and try not to succumb to temptation but a couple of bottles of wine is ok per week.
Pay and hope its less than £60.

 

[Martin.A]

That's a great shopping list, not that much different to mine - apart from the lentils, as I count them as being in the carb-heavy camp (on a par with sweet potato, which I don't do either).

 

[rebrascora]

Great shopping list although creamy Greek style yoghurt seems to be missing and don't forget peanut butter and a bar of dark chocolate and olives and pickled beetroot and mixed seeds.

I too tend to skip the lentils and beans as I am one of those people who extract more carbs from them than they are supposed to contain. I do very occasionally treat myself to a can of chick peas or kidney beans to go in a curry or chilli and even more occasionally I make a bacon and red lentil soup. Butternut squash is great because it keeps for absolutely ages (like months) on the counter top, so buy when cheap and use to replace potato in casseroles and soups and curries. I made a really tasty red pepper and butternut squash soup last week which had a chicken stock base made from a roast chicken carcass. The roast chicken did 4 meals and then the soup did another 6 lunches and it wasn't a big chicken.

 

[lordburnside]

That's a great shopping list, not that much different to mine - apart from the lentils, as I count them as being in the carb-heavy camp (on a par with sweet potato, which I don't do either).

Thanks for that. I thought lentils were OK but I will have another squint at the can. I rinse them. I do eat chickpeas and kidney beans too.

 

[lordburnside]

Great shopping list although creamy Greek style yoghurt seems to be missing and don't forget peanut butter and a bar of dark chocolate and olives and pickled beetroot and mixed seeds.

I too tend to skip the lentils and beans as I am one of those people who extract more carbs from them than they are supposed to contain. I do very occasionally treat myself to a can of chick peas or kidney beans to go in a curry or chilli and even more occasionally I make a bacon and red lentil soup. Butternut squash is great because it keeps for absolutely ages (like months) on the counter top, so buy when cheap and use to replace potato in casseroles and soups and curries. I made a really tasty red pepper and butternut squash soup last week which had a chicken stock base made from a roast chicken carcass. The roast chicken did 4 meals and then the soup did another 6 lunches and it wasn't a big chicken.

I do but the thick creamy yoghurt at Lidl as well as seed pecans and walnut but I probably eat too much of them.
I am still working and there is always a kilo box of wine gums which I have now replaced with aniseed balls - they last 5 minutes longer! This is a sin I know.
Hoping my next blood test shows some improvement whenever I am called! At 45mmols/mol last time so still too near the borderline.

 

[Martin.A]

Thanks for that. I thought lentils were OK

You might be OK - the only way you'll know is to test pre-meal and 2 hours later. When I've had lentils in the past I've been mid 7s post-meal rather than my usual high 5s or low 6s, still in range but higher than I like to be.

The packet of red lentils in our larder says 17.5g carb per 100g. What does your tin say?

 

[Lucyr]

Pay and hope its less than £60.

Do you not have scan as you shop at your supermarket so you can see the bill as you go round?

 

[Martin.A]

Do you not have scan as you shop at your supermarket so you can see the bill as you go round?

Our Morrisons doesn't, just normal tills and self-scan.

 

[lordburnside]

You might be OK - the only way you'll know is to test pre-meal and 2 hours later. When I've had lentils in the past I've been mid 7s post-meal rather than my usual high 5s or low 6s, still in range but higher than I like to be.

The packet of red lentils in our larder says 17.5g carb per 100g. What does your tin say?

Thanks for pointing out that lentils are not the best food to eat. Looking at a can of Napolina Lentils it says 10g per 100g. So when i ear the whole can I have had 40g carbs! I must have misread the label on the other brand I bought. I just wonder what I can eat with salmon/chicken.

 

[Martin.A]

Thanks for pointing out that lentils are not the best food to eat. Looking at a can of Napolina Lentils it says 10g per 100g. So when i ear the whole can I have had 40g carbs! I must have misread the label on the other brand I bought. I just wonder what I can eat with salmon/chicken.

When I have a salmon steak I have it with celeriac chips, carrot and green beans - 20g carb on average. For roast chicken usually cauli mash, carrot, green beans and broccoli - 16g carb on average.

 

[lordburnside]

When I have a salmon steak I have it with celeriac chips, carrot and green beans - 20g carb on average. For roast chicken usually cauli mash, carrot, green beans and broccoli - 16g carb on average.

Thanks. Tried celeriac but didn't like. Will try cauliflower mash soon. Veg is ok.

 

[s'nic]

Thanks. Tried celeriac but didn't like. Will try cauliflower mash soon. Veg is ok.

I mashed mine with some of this (own brands, or full fat work too), it tasted ok to me

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Good to have a system @lordburnside !

I’m with @Lucyr - I always opt for the scan-and-pack-my-bags-on-my-way-around handset these days.

I’m gutted when I start my shop and there are no handsets available. There’s an app at my local supermarket, but that’s even more time consuming and frustrating than doing things ‘old skool’ as it’s so glitchy!

 

[Lucyr]

Good to have a system @lordburnside !

I’m with @Lucyr - I always for for the scan-and-pack-my-bags-on-my-way-around handset these days.

I’m gutted when I start my shop and there are no handsets available. There’s an app at my local supermarket, but that’s even more time consuming and frustrating than doing things ‘old skool’ as it’s so glitchy!

I like the Sainsbury’s app, only just learnt how to do it but now I have, I stick to it. Forgot my £1 coin last time I went though and had to use a basket for my weekly shop