CEREAL !!!!

I'M DYING FOR SOME "LUCKY CHARMS" CEREAL  

It's funny how one gets cravings for their own food. I think about it all the time, (although I really shouldn't as I need to drop a few pounds)  
My husband even said when he was in America how much he missed proper chips and Sunday Roasts  
Definetely foods I can go without, although we did go to Santa Monica and found a place in the mall their that served up some proper chips for my husband. He was pleased (for a moment)  
I can't wait to see my family. Needless to say I will be packing an EMPTY carry on bag to return with me FULL  
with some of the following items:

STOVETOP STUFFING
LUCKY CHARMS (of course/just the mini boxes)
REAL WHITE CORN TORTILLAS
DRY ENCHILADA SAUCE PACKETS (its better than nothing)
Q-TIPS (the proper kind that are NOT plastic)
KOOL-AID  
TOOTSIE ROLLS AND TOOTSIE ROLL POPS

* I'm keeping a running list   Let me know if I forgot something  

~so much cheaper than the american food website~
(as long I don't go overweight)

oh dear....now you're making me drool for the things *I'm* missing! hehe I get cravings for....

Planters Cheese Curls
Macaroni & Cheese from a box
Non-dairy flavoured creamer...or even just non-flavoured stuff
peanut butter (my sweets can't even stomach the smell)
New York Bagels
Ice cream Cake
Nature Valley Oats & Honey Granola Bars (Just finished our last one yesterday! ACK)
Cinnamon Tic-Tacs
My Nana's Eggplant & Lasagna
My Aunt Mary's Homemade mac & cheese
My Mom's cooking- full stop!


I also miss baking- something I used to do a lot of when I was living on my own- used to keep everyone full up on cookies, cakes & breads!  I'm now limited to whenever the sweets gets a craving ....we're trying to be good about what we eat so we'll live longer  :-/ That *should* be a smiley...but I'm a food girl hehe

Woe is me!
Jen
(who is going to grab an apple instead...*sigh*

Oh YUMMMMY!!!
Ice cream cake, I forgot about that,, mmmmmm.. Baskin Robbins ,yummmmy,, much better ice cream than I find at Tescos.. OH MY GOSH!!! - I know what I miss - I was thinking about it the other day "Ice Cream Sandwiches" The Neapolitan kind.. ARGHHHHH.. I can't wait to visit the fam  
Yes and flavored creamer ,, mmmmm you get them free at
7-11, loads of them, but here they would cost 20p each a packet   Thanks for mentioning that, I will have to snag a few (for free of course) when I'm back in cali.

You know they do sell Macaroni & Cheese in the box at ASDA here in Warrington and its manufactured by Kraft Corporation, check out ASDA in the pasta section you just may come across some boxes.. Of course, they arent all blue and flashy like our American boxes and it didn't taste the same to me,  but give it a try It's a decent alternative anyway.

- What is it with the Brits hating Peanut Butter ?
Mine don't like it either.. ( but he loved Krispy Kreams,,hehehe)

He said to me the other day, I sure would love a fajita from your taco shops in America  
Couldn't believe it!!! - So I said, "That's cause we have variety haha, not just McD's & Burger King.. and the takeaways here I just can't even get into it..   ~sigh~ LOL

Let me know if you think of anything else, Sorry to make you crave - I'll send you a tootsie pop for payment when I return, hehehe...

Applejacks!!!!!! and Lucky Charms!  

Oh and jenny, there's peanut butter at the Tesco's near me.  Dunno what it's like, haven't tried it yet.  Want me to bring you some?

wench

Ohhhhhhh lucky charms!!! mmmmm....droool...

thanks for the offer, wench! BUT- we have peanut butter in our local Waitrose...but the sweetums cannot stomach the small or the sight of it..  :-/

Guess who tends to have peanut butter on bagels when she's at work?  

umm reeses peanut butter cups and pieces - can't get them in this part of england...some decent dill pickles..all the pickles over here are sweet ..not like vlasic in the US>....yummy yummy...i miss taco bell too..such a cheap snack it was...

You CAN get bagels at Tesco in the bread aisle, but they taste more like regular bread!   I ate a pack in three days when I was having severe bagel cravings, complete with Philadelphia cream cheese.
I also went through a phase where I craved REAL chocolate chip cookies. They just don't taste the same.
Peanut butter isn't the same, either, but SunPat will do in times of need. For some reason English people seem to have a real aversion to it... my fiance even refers to it as "cat sick"!  
I'm not sure if they have salsa and tortilla chips, but I know I have had some bad cravings for them as well.
For my Lucky Charms fix, I resorted to Honey B's... they're kind of the same idea, with little marshmallows.
There's not really a good selection of yoghurt, either -- it's either Muller Lite or some other stuff that's either too liquidy, too tart, or too sweet.  

You probably need to be looking at greek yoghurt... i think it's thicker than the normal stuff.  

i still like peanut butter, regardless of what yank girl said!

though i prefer skippy to sunpat. sunpat does look like cat sick. hmm.  i buy skippy from costco, along with the occasional box of reese's peanut butter cups. last year i found real almond roca at costco but apparently it didn't sell well so they aren't sure if it'll be back this year.

nature valley oats? mmmm.  still i rather like the jordan's country crisp (berries) over here. yum! apple jacks? oh dear. i LOVE apple jacks. darn it, now i'll have to ask my sister to get some for me my next trip back!

YUMMMMY!!! Apple Jacks I forgotten about those,, What other yummy cereals are there that I know we all are probably missing??

I just can't seem to find any good cereals out here thats for sure, Although the wheatabix minis banana, honey, and raisin ones are ok...

What about KIX ??
OOH yummmy !!! Has anyone seen any KIX around ?

I wish there was a FREAKIN TRADER JOES out here  :'(

Oh well, off to make a tuna sandwich  :-/

Yes, Where is Trader Joes when one needs them? Ooh they have the *best* miso soup and refried beans and their king shrimp oh!

I am *dying* for some kosher (real beef!) hot dogs, sauerkraut and dill mustard. Where can I find these???

All I can say is *DROOL* !!

I love kosher hot dogs!!

Sticky_Frog, I saw some tootsie rolls at one of the shops at Victoria Station.  I was so happy to see that as I'm hooked on them.

I have no trouble finding peanut butter at Tescos or Sainsburys and like it as well as what I get in the US.  
This is a "must have" for me.  I can't live without my PB&Js!

Foods I miss:

Franco American Spaghetti - YUM (I have immature food tastes!)
Real BBQ Baked Beans (not the Heinz Beans with tomato sauce in the UK...I don't like them.)
Wheaties - Breaksfast of Champions!!!
SmartOnes Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundaes (Weight Watchers)...I haven't seen this treat in the UK yet

Sticky_Frog, I saw some tootsie rolls at one of the shops at Victoria Station.  I was so happy to see that as I'm hooked on them.

No way!  My hubby got hooked on these on our last US trip. Do you remember where the shop in Victoria was??? Details, girl!  We need details!!!  

runner_1
Where is Victoria Station ?   I have no clue, I'm in the North West  

I'm going home in 4 months to see my sister and neice and nephew anyway, so its STOCKING UP Time