Is soya milk ok?

[DejaVu]

I am of course replacing milk in tea...

I wondered if soya milk is OK to have in a cup of tea or on cereal?

I put a link below for the ingredients list.

https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop ... Hsoya+milk

Thanks for any advice am new to this so all advice gratefully taken

[VeggieSue]

The ingredients are similar to the Silk Light Soymilk

https://silk.com/products/light-original-soymilk

on the Approved Packaged Foods - Milk Alternatives list

https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/free-mcdougall-program/canned-packaged-foods/low-fat-foods/milk-alternatives/

so I would say it's okay. But if you can, find a brand that's just soybeans and water without the additives in the future.

[DejaVu]

Thanks. It seems all of them have something added - But I will keep looking.

As I noticed that ALL bread in the store has oil in it bar this one (pitta bread)
Is it OK to eat this if I wanted bread until I find some actual bread without oil in it (I checked every loaf in the store - ALL have oil added bar these pitta bread pockets.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /254945610

Thanks so much for your help and advice.

[GeoffreyLevens]

Did you check in freezer in store? Usually where I have found Ezekiel Bread which contains no oil. Also Manna Bread which is almost cake like, soft and sweet and moist, (different from conventional bread but delicious) and no oil.

[DejaVu]

Thanks for your reply, unfortunately I have to get my groceries delivered as I cannot get to the store, but I will keep looking

[VeggieSue]

For non-frozen bread, look at Dave's Killer Bread. Most of the varieties are oil- and dairy-free, and since Dave's is now owned by one of the big commercial bakeries, they're being sold at all the chain grocery stores in my area.

http://www.daveskillerbread.com/


Some of the Alvarado Street Bakery brand of breads are also allowed (I checked with the office here just last year to verify), but are hard to find near me. One store sells them sporadically - they claim it's up to the distributor whether or not they get any. They arrive frozen at the store but are sold in a defrosted state in their own stand-alone display case in the fresh bakery section, for some reason. You can also order them direct from the web site. There you can order breads, bagels, hamburger or hot dog buns, even pizza crusts. Stay away from the tortillas and the group called Black Label - they all contain oil.

https://www.alvaradostreetbakery.com/

[DejaVu]

Nothing comes up on those sites as I am in England. I will stick with the pitta bread that has no oil etc until I can find something else I guess - Many Thanks

Also - 'Durum wheat semolina' pasta is that ok?

I sometimes get this one for speed.....
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /258306226

And then I get this one when I have more time to make other things...
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /254878424

I lost 126lbs over the years (I have lost 126lbs and am 126lbs and have lost 'half of myself') but not in the 'right' way - Mainly by reducing junk, but still eating junk - Just different junk - I am a very lazy cook (Putting it mildly - lol )

Recently I found out about the McDougal plan and it seemed perfect for me. Having mainly basic things like potatoes seemed great and I already eat oats (or sometimes the one that is smooth and ground up) for breakfast so it seemed great - And more importantly - It made sense in so many ways to me - Which most 'diets' do not.

I love potatoes with baked beans, potatoes with broccoli, potatoes with carrots, even potatoes with pasta - I love potatoes with everything My main problem is I have always been a very fussy eater. So I shall have to find things I do like etc - I am going to try brown rice and corn when I get some groceries delivered. And to try sweet potatoes as I only eat the white ones at this moment (and baby new potatoes)

This is great - It is really helping me avoid my junk food addiction also - I am (admittedly) a very very lazy 'cook' but - Anyone can make a potato I know that I probably will be the type of person who does this in stages - But I feel I have come such a long way already and am really enjoying this

Thank you so much for yoru advice - Much appreciated.

[AlwaysAgnes]

Nothing comes up on those sites as I am in England. I will stick with the pitta bread that has no oil etc until I can find something else I guess - Many Thanks

Also - 'Durum wheat semolina' pasta is that ok?

I sometimes get this one for speed.....
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /258306226

And then I get this one when I have more time to make other things...
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /254878424

I lost 126lbs over the years (I have lost 126lbs and am 126lbs and have lost 'half of myself') but not in the 'right' way - Mainly by reducing junk, but still eating junk - Just different junk - I am a very lazy cook (Putting it mildly - lol )

Recently I found out about the McDougal plan and it seemed perfect for me. Having mainly basic things like potatoes seemed great and I already eat oats (or sometimes the one that is smooth and ground up) for breakfast so it seemed great - And more importantly - It made sense in so many ways to me - Which most 'diets' do not.

I love potatoes with baked beans, potatoes with broccoli, potatoes with carrots, even potatoes with pasta - I love potatoes with everything My main problem is I have always been a very fussy eater. So I shall have to find things I do like etc - I am going to try brown rice and corn when I get some groceries delivered. And to try sweet potatoes as I only eat the white ones at this moment (and baby new potatoes)

This is great - It is really helping me avoid my junk food addiction also - I am (admittedly) a very very lazy 'cook' but - Anyone can make a potato I know that I probably will be the type of person who does this in stages - But I feel I have come such a long way already and am really enjoying this

Thank you so much for yoru advice - Much appreciated.

Hi. The pita bread is fine. It's made with whole grain flour and does not contain oil. The canned spaghetti is not made with whole grain flour, nor is the dry pasta. That doesn't mean you can never eat those things. It just means other pastas might be less refined (retain the grain's germ and bran/fiber) and are usually healthier choices. https://www.livestrong.com/article/4644 ... ole-wheat/ I saw this spaghetti at your store link that would be whole grain https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /262043041 There are also some other whole wheat pastas there. I also saw some bean pastas.

Potatoes are great. If I had to choose only one starch in life to get by with it would probably be the potato.

[DejaVu]

Thank you

It is going to take me some getting used to the whole grain pasta.

Luckily I eat a lot more potatoes than I do pasta so I guess if I had it less often - Then it would not be so bad until I get used to the whole grain stuff.

The canned one is nice ON a potato or two(most things are nice on a potato to me - lol) When I am in a hurry and just want to eat and forget abut the food thing - Do something else. - Or when I am at my Mums house and everything there is not what I would eat. I know the tinned one is not the best - But I guess it is a bell of alot better than all the junk I was eating not long ago and I am not starving all the time now - It is nice to not feel 'I want chocolate' all the time- Cos I don't

This is all still new to me so I have lots of work to do and new things to learn

I am such a 'basic eater' And I am sooo fussy I annoy even myself - Which is why the potato thing is the best - Cos it is plain (Some people might say boring - I say - Yay - I don't have to plan and cook and worry over it - A potato and broccoli - Potato and pasta - Potato and baked beans (OK yeah they tinned also, probably bad = Heinz baked beans) But it is so easy now, and very likely a lot healthier than I have eaten in many many years I am really not keen on cooking that much (I have a reason but won't go into it on here and bore everybody - lol)

Thank you so much for your advice, much appreciated.

[AlwaysAgnes]

Heinz baked beans are okay. They're mostly beans and tomatoes. They probably have less sugar than the brand of baked beans that I typically buy (Bush's vegetarian). I think the UK style baked beans are probably more like USA pork and beans minus the pork.

[DejaVu]

They probably have too much salt or something in them. But - They are much kinder than steak or whatever..

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /252261477

Ingredients
Beans (51%), Tomatoes (34%), Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Modified Cornflour, Salt, Spice Extracts, Herb Extract

[AlwaysAgnes]

They probably have too much salt or something in them. But - They are much kinder than steak or whatever..

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /252261477

Ingredients
Beans (51%), Tomatoes (34%), Water, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Modified Cornflour, Salt, Spice Extracts, Herb Extract

They also have a version with less salt that's sweetened with stevia rather than sugar. (Personally, I don't care for stevia.)
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /295444766

[DejaVu]

Stevia is kind of weird...

I can never decide if humans (if they add sugar) should just use plain ole sugar or one of these new fangled things. I mean they said aspartame was healthy once....

Who knows what they will say in the future. Methinks I shall stick with the sugar - I don't have them every day so I guess I will survive lol Thank You

These bagels - I looooove - They will be the hardest to not have anymore... Plus chocolate, lol - But the bagels will be hardest.....
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /253829047

[KatherineUK]

Stevia is kind of weird...

I can never decide if humans (if they add sugar) should just use plain ole sugar or one of these new fangled things. I mean they said aspartame was healthy once....

Who knows what they will say in the future. Methinks I shall stick with the sugar - I don't have them every day so I guess I will survive lol Thank You

These bagels - I looooove - They will be the hardest to not have anymore... Plus chocolate, lol - But the bagels will be hardest.....
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p ... /253829047

I ate quite a bit of stevia in Paraguay when I worked there. It's not new in Paraguay! There the leaf is put into maté and makes a healthier drink than sugar. It's funny now that you can buy it refined over here. When I came back (88) it was even hard to get the seeds to grow your own (my friend who is a botanist tried without success). I've never tried it in baking but will probably get round to it at some stage. There seem to be additives in it which discourages me a little.

[DejaVu]

It is true - They do like to add additives. Every time I read additives that I hafta search what they are - It puts me off.

At the moment I just use normal sugar - But I only add it to Oatmeal and then only if I have no banana to add in it's place, LOL