Cereal snack bars
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Gillian McKeith's Living Food Energy Bar (Soil Association approved), 70g/£1.59
Yikes. An 'organic superfood bar' that smells of Wicker chairs and is definiter the least tasty on test. It even looks unappetising. It has a fruity. malty. heavy taste. Eating one would have the health advantage of stopping you snacking on something else. Among ingredients are 'seeds harvested at the peak of en/yme actIVIty' and .500ng of ‘energy powder'. 0
Slow Puck - Slow Pineapple, Fig 8. Brazil Bar (Southern Alps), 45gl£1
Health bars and risgue names don't make an obvious combo. but the Slow Puck is nutty. natural and. well. nice. It's 'slow'. supposedly. because the fruit is slow dried. Good. varied textures and lots of simple sweetness from the fruit. It's also a bit crumbly so eat it somewhere you can retrieve the bits that fall. All of them recognisable. No funny extras. 0...
Geobar Fairtrade Cranberry & Raisin Cereal Bar, 359/521
A bendy bar With more chew than substance. The product is bulked out With puffed rice and although the cranberries are the dominant flavour they can't mask the synthetic sweetness. These are worthy lthe Fairtrade elements are honey. sugar and raisins). but not very good value. And. incredibly. the list of Ingredients runs to l 1, count them. 1 1 lines of text. 0.
Eat Natural - Macadamias, Brazils and Apricots
50g/95p
A brand now widely available with various flavour combinations. Beset by lots of chummy marketing speak l‘iust loads of good natural stuff . . . and nothing dodgy'). the product has a decent. natural taste. mOist but With a nice crunch from the large nuts. Coconut is the dominant flavour along With brazil and macadamia nuts. 0..
FOODl-‘OR 1 Amy Whiten
Stoats Porridge Oat Bar - White Chocolate and Hazelnut, 859/£1.20-£1.50
The local champion. made bv the Stoats guys who sell porridge from vans at farmers markets and music festivals. Less a snack bar. more porridge wrapped in cellophane. this is essentially a dry flapiack lminimal syrup) with pleasant bites of nut and a drizzle of chocolate. A good. solid. wholesome bar Willi lots of oats but it could feed a famin of five. 0...
Cadbury’s Brunch Bar - Raisin, 359/52p
It doesn't claim to be healthy. but the word ‘brunch' and the prominence of oats and raisins in the packaging is trying to hint at something more wholesome. But it's still a chocolate bar. It’s small, it disintegrates instantly in your mouth and it's overwhelmingly sweet. There is more chocolate in it than anything else. and overall there's 15g of sugar in a 359 bar. All in all not a healthy option.
Co-runs Recoat independent gallery. Glasgow
Breakfast is usually crunchy nut cornflakes and I must have a cup of tea. I'm horribly addicted. At weekends. health goes out the Window and me and my boyfriend and business partner. Ali. opt for the claSSic fry-up on a roll — egg.
bacon and tatty scone. you can‘t beat it.
To save money. we take a packed lunch to the gallery. but if were feeling flush, we grab a wrap from The Bay Tree on Great Western Road. They're amazing — fried potato With lamb, in a tortilla With salad and hummus.
I play hockey most nights so dinner is about 10pm. I usually pile on the carbs as I‘m staming. cold and wet. I love comfort food like spaghetti or sausage and mash. but our treat is going to Asia Styles at St Georges Cross
for crispy beef With Peking sauce.
I drink Lucozade SpOrt and loads of water. but if I'm haVing a proper drink. I love red wine or a cold Corona and lime. linterVieW by Claire Sawersl I As part of the Glasgow Subway Festival, aerosol artists Will be painting a mural at Kelvinbr/dge underground station on Sat 72 April. Amy Whiten and Ali Wy/li'e from Recoat Gallery Will be running street art workshops on Sun 73 Apr at l 7am, 1 pm and 3pm. www.recoatdeSign.com www.spt.co.ul<
I OI. m I. Eating & Drinking Guide will be launched on Tuesday 22 April this year and you can get your copy with a special edition of The List. out the following day and priced at just £3.50 (a saving of £2.75 on the cover price of the Eating & Drinking Guide alone). It’s the 15th year in a row we’ve produced our comprehensive annual guide to all the places to eat in and around Glasgow and Edinburgh, and this year we’ve covered over 850 places with well over 100 entries appearing for the first time. Every establishment is visited anonymously, we write a fresh entry every year, and all our Hitlist choices and award winners are independently selected.
I I'll W has opened on Broughton Street in Edinburgh. A first venture by interior designer Patrick Crawshaw. the new cafe- sandwich deli has the feel of a Victorian shop with hanging wicker baskets and glass display cabinets. There is seating for up to a dozen and the menu includes breakfasts. lunchtime sandwiches and pies. cakes. coffee. loose teas and pastries. Bread is from Falko Konditormeister. but nearly everything else is made on the premises. 32c Broughton Street. Edinburgh, 0131 557 2012.
I can“ FIDO has replaced Bouzy Rouge on the corner of West Regent Street and Wellington Street. Piero Sarti (of the Sarti clan) is introducing assaggini (‘small tastings’), tasting platters called orologio and a menu focussing principally on Tuscan regional cooking and products. The atmosphere is straight out of a Tuscan trattoria too. 1 1 1 West Regent Street, Glasgow, 0141 248 3471. osteriapiero.co.uk
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