British Supermarkets!

LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!

I've had the pleasure to visit the supermarket (not called grocery stores) twice since I got here.  I want to go back again it's so much fun.  I just stroll up and down the aisles wandering aimlessly looking to see what the foods are.  I am amazed at how many foods are pre-prepared over here.  They have these cute asian meals that are in some plastic container and are 2 GBP.  Not bad for 2 people.  Then they have these cute Ceasar salad kits - 1 GBP.  Suitable for 1 person.  I then move to the stirfry section where I can get 2 large bags of fresh never frozen veggies (all sorts, asian style or regular) and 1 sauce kit for 2.50 GBP.  And the best part of all these meals is they are fresh and pretty much easy to make and aren't too expensive.

Now since I always claim to be on a diet - they also cater to these needs.  Not as well as the US does -- but it's still pretty good.  They are HUGE on the Weight Watchers foods over here.  Everything WW brand has the points on it.  They have so many different WW branded foods it's amazing.  Now these are a little more expensive, but if you look in the same general area you'll find the store brands ''WW version'' of the same meal for LESS!  How awesome.  I ended up getting these carrot cake individual snack cakes - 6 of them in a package for 1 GBP!  That is so cheap and they have 100 kal.

Now lets talk about hot chocolate and coffee for a bit.  They have a huge aisle dedicated to this!  I absolutely spent 15 minutes just gazing at all the different flavours and brands.  I got hooked on these 40 kal packets of hot cocoa as they were placed in my service apartment.  It gets so cold in here sometimes (the heaters here suck by the way) that I just want to make something warm all the time.  I was on a mission to find more of these hot cocoa packets and I did!  And again -- very cheap!  I got these fancy Belgium style favours 5 for 1 GBP.  Didn't think it was too bad for these fancy hazelnut and white chocolate kinds.

Last but not least my absolutely favourite aisle is the -- wait for it -- guess -- THE YOGURT AISLE!  I cannot believe there is an entire aisle and 2 end caps dedicated to just yogurt!  No joke - there is nothing but yogurt in this aisle.  So I start at the beginning and decide 'what kind should I get'.  I first grabbed the off-brand back - 6 of them for 98pence.  Very cheap.  Then -- I stepped back and saw the WW brand was on sale.  Ok so I got those instead.  The flavours are white chocolate pinapple, and something else that I've never even heard of.  Then I wanted to try the greek styled yogurts.  Never seen Rubarb flavoured yogurt - so Im going to give that a spin.  Last but not least I'm happy to announce that the UK has Dannon Activia!  YES!  Its a bit more expensive over here - probably about $1.00 more for an 8 pack, but it's worth it.  They even have the low fat ones with only 70 kals in them.  When I go back next - I'm going to try another brand of yogurt and every time I go back another brand and another.  There are so many to choose from - I cannot wait.