Smoothie
Friday, 08 January 2021
Haven’t used the Nutribullet in far too long, so dug it out today to do a smoothie for a break from working in the garden which got a nice sprinkling of snow last night. Forgot how much goodness you can get in one glass from it, back in full use for sure from today. Below
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Wicked Kitchen No-Turkey Roast Crown
Saturday, 26 December 2020
I’ve seen the Wicked Kitchen ready meals before, and I think I’ve had a couple a while back, but this is my first time seeing and trying an actual cooking product – ‘Wicked Kitchen No-Turkey Roast Crown’. This actual looks look a full sized double turkey breast, with “butter”, bay leaves and stuffing!Just pop it
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Spicy Black Bean Soup
Sunday, 13 December 2020
I love Black Beans, they are so versatile – fry them up for tacos, buddha bowls, burritos, mash them together for balls, or put them in a soup. This is a great one for a winters day, full of goodness, warmth and taste.
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Pakistani Coddle
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Coddle is an Irish dish which is often made to use up leftovers, and therefore without a specific recipe. However, it most commonly consists of layers of roughly sliced sausages and rashers with chunky potatoes, sliced onion, salt, pepper, and herbs.
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Aldi Bean Burger and Tia Lupita hot sauce
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Years back, I’m talking guts of 20 years there was great bean burgers, Tesco sold them, they were even maybe Tesco brand, a perfect mix of chunks and smooth. Then they disappeared and everything since was mush. Then recently Aldi brought out their ‘Plant Menu’ range, and these bean burgers were the closest to those
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Black Bean & Chick Pea Balls
Thursday, 10 September 2020
A variation on the Black Bean Balls from a couple months ago. This one has no rice, but does have a shredded fresh beetroot and a couple of shredded carrots, and coated in some panko breadcrumbs.
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Denny meatless sausages and Raijmakers Heetmakers Hot Sauce
Thursday, 10 September 2020
I recently got a large supply of hot sauces from a great Dutch company (Heat Supply) selling a great range of sauces. I’ve been working my way through them all, and this one I tried on some sausages from Denny’s new meatless range. I think its a new range as I hadn’t seen them before,
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(Mild) Chilli Sauce – Trial 1
Sunday, 17 May 2020
Testing out chilli sauce while I wait for my chillies to grow – hopefully! This turned out fairly mild so I’ll double the chillies on next try. I like things spicy, but don’t like watering eyes and coughing!
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ALDI Plant Menu – No Chicken and Jackfruit
Monday, 27 April 2020
Another round from the ALDI Plant Menu range. I believe they have 4 – Spicy No Chicken Burger (review here), No Meat Burger, Jackfruit Burger and regular No Chicken Burger. The No Chicken Burger, is very different make-up to the spicy one – inside and out – but fairly decent, up there with the competitors
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ALDI Plant Menu – No Chicken Spicy Burger
Sunday, 26 April 2020
Theres not many processed product (lines) I like, Vivera had some great stuff but sadly my local Tesco stoped stocking it months ago. The other day on a lockdown trip out for supplies! I came across this new product in the ALDI freezer, Plant Menu – Spicy No Chicken Burgers. (They also do Jakefruit Burgers
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