Linda McCartney Fish Free Scampi
I have found my new favourite food. Linda McCartney has done what no other vegetarian or vegan food manufacturer has managed to do before – they’ve made fish free scampi that has the taste and texture of scampi. This stuff is amazing; tasty, juicy fish-free scampi encased in gorgeous golden,Continue Reading
Creamy vegetarian sausage pasta bake
I was invited to take part in the Campbell’s Condensed Soup Blogger Challenge. The challenge is to invent a recipe using a tin of Campbell’s Soup and ingredients from a store-cupboard list of: Pasta Rice Potatoes Onions Peppers Kidney beans Sweetcorn Broccoli Tuna Chicken Sausages Cheese and a soup fromContinue Reading
Tabasco Pepper Cheese
I sliced a bit off the end of the block, tasted it and felt cheated. Then… WOAH! SPICY! This Tabasco Pepper Cheese has a real kick to it. The red flecks in it look pretty, too. It melted beautifully in my toasted sandwich made with the Tabasco cheese, tomatoes, olivesContinue Reading
Heinz Tomato Ketchup Cheddar Cheese
Well, here’s a weird thing – cheese that tastes like Heinz Tomato Ketchup. I was sent a pack of the snacking portions that come in a bag containing 6 x 20g single portions. The cheese is bright orange and has a strong tomato ketchup smell. I wasn’t expecting the tasteContinue Reading
Alchemist Dreams – custom liqueurs
Hands up who wants to pretend to be a witch, mixing flavours in a huge cauldron, creating their own liqueur? Well, now you can. Sort of. You don’t actually get to poke sticks in a cauldron, but you can create your own drink from the comfort of your own home,Continue Reading
Mushroom stuffed aubergine
I always think stuffing vegetables sounds like it’s going to be fiddly and time-consuming. It’s not though, at least not the way I do it which mostly involves bunging the stuffing on top of whatever it is I’m stuffing. Like this aubergine stuffed with mushrooms, for example. Dead easy. MushroomContinue Reading
Dr Oetker Ristorante Vegetale Pizza
Years ago, when I was poor, I used to buy Dr Oetker’s frozen mozzarella pizza because a) they were cheap; and b) they were tasty. Back then though, they didn’t have ‘suitable for vegetarians’ on the packet and so I was a bad vegetarian and just hoped/assumed that they were.Continue Reading
Shepherd’s beany pie
The Meat Eater saw the amount of washing up and asked what was for dinner. I said it’s like a shepherd’s pie, but with beans. He asked if I’d made it before and I said no. He looked scared. I didn’t know why he looked scared as most things IContinue Reading
Redwood Vegi Deli Beef-Style Pieces
I popped into Holland & Barrett to use up the £1.50 voucher they’d sent me and buy some of Redwood’s Making Waves Fish-Style Steaks that I loved so much when I tried them a few months ago. After seeing a TON of Redwood’s food in the chiller cabinet reduced fromContinue Reading
The Spoonkler™
You know when a recipe calls for 1 or 2 teaspoons of a spice or herb and so you either: a) try and sprinkle enough on your teaspoon without getting it everywhere, but it takes ages so you; b) take the cap off and then find out your teaspoon doesn’tContinue Reading