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I wanted to ask about baked beans, I know they don't have much fat in them, but I would have thought they had too much sugar. Makes them a better choice than a lot of other things when out, but I was wondering about eating them at home.

TerriT wrote
"One of the easiest meals to find when out and about is a jacket potato with baked beans and salad."

It will vary by brand of course - but I just checked the can of Tesco Everyday Value beans we have in our cupboard and the amount of sugar is 4.5g/100g baked beans. This is considered "low" according to the food shopping reference card I got from Which? a few years ago. I personally don't eat baked beans at home, only when out, because I don't actually like them that much. Of course you could make your own if it worries you, either with a can of plain haricot beans or cooking your own haricots from scratch and adding seasonings and tomato sauce to taste.

Thanks, I went for the Subway option in the end, but I think I will keep the beans option open for another day and will try making my own to see what sort of a job I can do. Today I think I cleared Manchester out of all the Lock and Load plastic
tubs they had so I can fill them with cooked beans and rice etc for the freezer.

TerriT Wrote.
"I personally don't eat baked beans at home, only when out, because I don't actually like them that much. Of course you could make your own"

Did anybody find a way to get UK McDougallers together? Perhaps a facebook page? I'm in West Sussex and would love to be able to chat (even if only online) with other people in the UK.

This is the only place I know of for UK McDougallers. A FB page would be great, could you set one up? Would love to join.

Is anyone else non-UK reading all these posts and hearing them in a British accent? Love it!

So glad you all found each other!

I don't have an accent, its everyone else that has an accent!

lol you americans realize we dont actually all sound the same right? and there isnt a standard british accent......

oh ar!

LOL...that is what I was thinking!

It is the same here. Someone from Brooklyn, New York, does NOT sound the same as someone from Nashville, Tennessee in the USA.

Are there any UK'ers out there? It's awfully quiet!
I'm near Honiton in Devon....

Love the west country - try to get down to Mousehole once a year - I'm in Tooting in South London though originally from Burnley

Welcome!

Kx

I'm in Northern Ireland !! Haven't seen any others on the forum yet?!!

Cumbria here.

There are a few of us here scattered all over the country. I am a Brit who read The China Study and Esselstyn then joined the McDougal boards because I haven't been able to convince anyone I know to join me in this WOE. I am on the Isle of Wight and am 61. Do not have any particular health issues, just wanted to lower cholesterol and reduce chances of ever having a stroke. It was the Healthy Librarian's blog that got me started. I just stumbled on that and loved it.

Today I batch cooked some rice and beans and had fun with chinese flavours, using them to make a salad based on steamed savoy cabbage. Its nice to know my fridge is full of good things!