Shops for low carb?

L3wisr · Apr 25, 2016

Any there any shops that have quite a few low carb foods that are ideal for lunches? I've been looking to try the 'zero carb' rice and noodles from muscle food but with delivery they're quite expensive to test.

Not seen many places that have anything similar

lizf4619 · Apr 25, 2016

Morrisons sell the noodles. An acquired taste, don't like them myself. Either make your own veg spaghetti with a spiralizer or buy it in Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, M&S already done. The Range have proper spiralizers for £10. My lunch usually is a small tin of tuna & a boiled egg - just check the tins are either peel off lids or ring pulls. Cheese chunks and pastrami are also easy to carry.

catapillar · Apr 25, 2016

Sainsburys have got a "carb alternative" bit on their website with cauli rice, boodles, courgetti (I'm really lazy & I don't have the time or inclination to grate a cauliflower or spiralilse a butternut squash!) and they have the bare naked noodles and bare naked rice for £2 each. So I'm guessing all the major supermarkets are going to have similar.

debbiedoodles · Apr 26, 2016

Has anyone found almond flour cheap anywhere? It cost me £10 in Holland and Barrett

Mrsass · Apr 26, 2016

@L3wisr have a look in holland & barret, I've tried the noodles and they are absolutely rank! As someone else has suggested maybe try the cauli rice/courgetti spaghetti etc, I also cba making them myself so just buy them ready to cook in supermarkets, much easier n so much tastier

Henwoman · Apr 26, 2016

I found some sweet potato noodles in a Chinese supermarket in Chinatown that are fine for me. Never found reasonable prices for the almond flour but live in hope.

Engineer88 · Apr 26, 2016

debbiedoodles said:
Has anyone found almond flour cheap anywhere? It cost me £10 in Holland and Barrett

almond flour and ground almonds are nearly the same - tescos sell ground almonds as do most supermarkets

clairese · Apr 26, 2016

Engineer88 said:
almond flour and ground almonds are nearly the same - tescos sell ground almonds as do most supermarkets

Hello. Lidl are good for ground almonds. they sell quite big packs and I think they're cheaper than most other places. They make great cheese scones to have with soup. I tried coconit flour but the flavour is too strong; it overpowers almost every other ingredient.

ChrisSamsDad · Apr 26, 2016

M & S now do a fantastic range of low-carb microwave meals if you're feeling lazy and/or flush. The Chicken Tikka with Cauliflower rice is really great. I really missed these today, I didn't have enough time to get there and back this lunchtime, so had to nip to a small Tesco's near my business park, and in all their ready meals / lunch options there was nothing low-carb, even their veg soup had about 20g per 'portion' (i..e. half a tub - as if!), their salads were almost all pasta-based too. Even their 'healthy' range had 40-80g.

greener · Apr 30, 2016

ChrisSamsDad said:
M & S now do a fantastic range of low-carb microwave meals if you're feeling lazy and/or flush. The Chicken Tikka with Cauliflower rice is really great. I really missed these today, I didn't have enough time to get there and back this lunchtime, so had to nip to a small Tesco's near my business park, and in all their ready meals / lunch options there was nothing low-carb, even their veg soup had about 20g per 'portion' (i..e. half a tub - as if!), their salads were almost all pasta-based too. Even their 'healthy' range had 40-80g.

does M&S have a website to check them?
the one that I know doésn't have them

lizf4619 · Apr 30, 2016

M&S website isn't for an everyday shop.

catapillar · Apr 30, 2016

greener said:
does M&S have a website to check them?
the one that I know doésn't have them

As @lizf4619 says, the food available to order on the m&s website is not their whole range - there is no information on low carb ready meals available on their website. Maybe pop to a bigger m&s to see if you can find them or ask in store for more info.

lizf4619 · May 1, 2016

Been to a new M&S food only store today, they did have the new low carb range. Also had their garlic sausage for lunch ZERO carbs!

greener · May 1, 2016

is there an M&S food store in Basildon?

PenfoldAPD · May 1, 2016

clairese said:
Hello. Lidl are good for ground almonds. they sell quite big packs and I think they're cheaper than most other places. They make great cheese scones to have with soup. I tried coconit flour but the flavour is too strong; it overpowers almost every other ingredient.

The cheese scones sound good ... did you adapt a recipe?

catapillar · May 1, 2016

greener said:
is there an M&S food store in Basildon?

Have you heard of google - https://www.google.co.uk - it's brilliant, you should definitely give it a go. If you type that question into google it will come up with the m&s store locator, you can type your postcode in and it will bring up all the marks and Spencer's stores, including the simply food stores on a little map so you can figure out which one is best for you & it will tell you the opening hours.

lizf4619 · May 1, 2016

Foodhall 12-24 EASTWOOD ROAD, RAYLEIGH, United Kingdom, SS6 7JQ, this is the same grade of store I was in today. Monday night about an hour before closing is a great time to go, a lot of stuff is marked down, stick stuff in the freezer. Even fresh their stuff is usually OK for 5-7 days after the sell by date. I used to work for M&S and they used to only sell the 'waste' to staff - now everyone gets it. I regularly buy a prawn salad they sell which doesn't have pasta, rice or noodles. I don't have the dressing though.

greener · May 1, 2016

catapillar said:
Have you heard of google - https://www.google.co.uk - it's brilliant, you should definitely give it a go. If you type that question into google it will come up with the m&s store locator, you can type your postcode in and it will bring up all the marks and Spencer's stores, including the simply food stores on a little map so you can figure out which one is best for you & it will tell you the opening hours.

silly
I have already been to one MS store in Basildon town centre yet I don't think it has food
there is also another in basildon which I can't know if it has food and that specific meals or not

Mike d · May 2, 2016

Guess they must not have phone numbers ...

annscullamus · May 2, 2016

Try the Natural Low Carb Store, I get bars, granola and other snacks and they are a godsend. Especially when on the go ! They are based in Edinburgh, but I buy through Amazon. They also do meals and soups, but most importantly they use no artificial sweeteners. Hope that helps.

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