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NoCarb

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Hello!
I am looking for ready chilled or frozen meals. I did try in the past Wiltishire or something like that, but these are horrible tasteless junk that only hospitals serve. No salt, no flavour, no taste, nothing.
Is there any other alternative that is tasty please? Also with greater variety?
I really çan't believe the obsession with salt, salt is bad only for a small percentage of the population and for most it's beneficial!
thanks!
 
Hi, the trouble with a lot of ready meals is they are often high in carbs.
 
Probably your best bet is to cook up a batch & then freeze them as individual meals
 
NoCarb said:
Hello!
I am looking for ready chilled or frozen meals. I did try in the past Wiltishire or something like that, but these are horrible tasteless junk that only hospitals serve. No salt, ....
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I've not looked at Wiltishire. Everything I have looked at does have a ton of salt in.
 
The problem is not salt, it's too much salt each day, every day, which can affect blood pressure :( 6g a day is considered a safe maximum 🙂

I'm with @Martin Canty - I cook up a big pan of chilli, or curry, or bolognese sauce etc. then divide it into portions and freeze it 🙂 Only stuff I want to eat goes into it, it's much cheaper (less than £1 a meal) and as tasty as I want it to be! 🙂
 
If you really want ready meals and don't want to batch cook (which is healthier and cheaper!) then try Iceland as they have the variety.
 
I find I am always disappointed in ready meals my friend often raves about M&S ones, but even those I find disappointing.
 
I'm happy making up batches of the sort of stuff you guys make as I enjoy cooking. I'm interested to know what you accompany curry, chilli and Bolognes with. I had a Bolognese the other evening and had some wholewheat spaghetti but it spiked my BG by more the 3. Looks like I should just stick to cauliflower rice and courgette spaghetti.
 
Courgettes, butter nut squash spaghetti, cauliflower and broccoli rice is what I have with some of my meals. I use the peeler and grater for these no fancy machine can't justify the price lol!!!!
 
Northerner said:
The problem is not salt, it's too much salt each day, every day, which can affect blood pressure :( 6g a day is considered a safe maximum 🙂

I'm with @Martin Canty - I cook up a big pan of chilli, or curry, or bolognese sauce etc. then divide it into portions and freeze it 🙂 Only stuff I want to eat goes into it, it's much cheaper (less than £1 a meal) and as tasty as I want it to be! 🙂
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only a tiny percentage have salt-sensitive hypertension, salt is harmless, unless you eat tons, but even water in tons is harmful
 
'Courgettes, butter nut squash spaghetti, cauliflower and broccoli rice is what I have with some of my meals. I use the peeler and grater for these no fancy machine can't justify the price lol!!!! '

I agree the price of the ready prepared veg is horrendous. However I have arthritis in my fingers and hands and chopping veg is pretty difficult not to say painful. I love swede (no idea of carbs!) but gave up preparing fresh a year or so ago.
 
According to Tesco 100g of their swede only has 2.3g carbs 🙂 x
 
Aye Asda and Tesco now a days I've seen it too.

I have to say I don't cook the meals here my husband does but knows what I can and cannot eat now.
I can cook but find it a chore so avoid if I can.
 
Iceland also sell frozen bags of diced swede too 🙂 x
 
Billysmum said:
Thanks for that Kaylz. I like Iceland but haven't been for a while.
Anyone know about parsnips? I love all veg, not a lover of fruit.
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Unfortunately I don't have an Iceland near me, I've just googled prepared parsnips and have only come up with frozen roasting parsnips from Sainsbury's, a whopping 15.1g carbs per 80g serving though x
 
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