As you probably know already, I’m a big fan of using different ranges from different supermarkets, and I try not to be too swayed by brand names or packaging. Sometimes this goes as far as arranging blind tastings, and so on. Well, try anything twice, that’s what I say. And today, on behalf of my [...]
If you’re eating on a budget then it’s easy to get stuck in a rut, and you can end up having samey, bland food day in, day out. Sometimes a pound or two carefully spent here and there will make your meals way more flavour-packed and interesting – these are my top seven suggestions for [...]
The product development people at Morrisons have been very, very busy in recent months, and they’ve created all kinds of new food and drink offerings for the summer. I’ve had a chance to try some of their new drinks out, so I thought it was high time for a little review. First up, they have [...]
Here’s a lovely winter warmer of a soup that manages to be both elegant and affordable at the same time. It’s good enough to serve at a mid-week dinner party as a main course, with a chunky salad and some crusty bread on the side. Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, peeled & chopped [...]
Here’s that other recipe I promised you – the very Christmassy figgy pudding vodka infusion. There are quite a few ‘christmas pudding’ vodka recipes out there, but I wanted to try one made with figs as the main ingredient as I think they have a more interesting flavour. Here’s a quick picture of the infusion, [...]
Every year I always try to make up an infusion or two for the holiday season. Last year it was a lovely bottle of sloe gin, and this year I’m doing a couple of different ones: gingerbread liqueur or schnapps, and a figgy pudding vodka. Since I’m making two separate infusions this time, I wanted [...]
Every now and again a cookbook comes along that’s so visually stunning that my mouth starts watering as soon as I turn the first page. Eat Your Veg by Arthur Potts Dawson is one of those beauties.
Here’s another M Savers summer recipe from you, devised by Morrisons and put through the critical kitchen blender at Golighly Towers. Well, we like to test everything to the limit around here… This recipe is very good value for money, coming in at about 32p per portion if you follow the original recipe. If you [...]
I’m back again with another road test of a new M Savers summer recipe. These are part of a Morrisons campaign that features their value food range, with lots of great seasonal recipes, all of which are thrifty and tasty. They’re designed to be good to share at parties, be family friendly, and keep the [...]
A few months back I was delighted to have the chance to work with Morrisons to create a tasty, thrifty roly-poly type dessert using their M Savers range. Now they’ve invited me back to try out some of their own recipes as part of their M Savers Summer campaign. It was announced earlier this month that [...]
This Monday’s cheap treat for the week is a green tea by Twinings that has added pineapple and grapefruit flavours. It’s a bit different and it’s nicely fruity and refreshing. It’s available in most supermarkets and costs about £1.39 to £1.49 for 20 tea bags. The trick with it, as with all green teas, is [...]
The weather seems to be threatening to go sunny and warm again, so this week’s treat for less than a tenner is the new lychee flavour ice lolly from Rubicon. They have three flavours in the new range: lychee, mango and passion fruit. The lychee one is my favourite because it’s an unusual flavour, very [...]
Time for a little treat of the week. This time I’m picking Schogetten with the praline filling as these are my favourite flavour that they make (don’t confuse them with the hazelnut flavour – although that’s quite nice too). If you haven’t seen them before, they’re chocolates that you can buy in branches of Lidl. [...]
I like cake and I don’t care who knows it. So when I was invited to try the new chilled puds from Morrisons’ M Kitchen and M Bistro ranges I was hardly going to say no, was I? The stand-out dessert is their Great British Cheesecake, currently on offer for £3.00, and giving you six [...]
Time for another little treat that you can enjoy guilt-free, even if you’re really strapped for cash before payday. Today it’s a tropical treat, and it’s only 25p. Yes, 25p! It’s good for you too, but don’t let that put you off… I’m picking Sainsbury’s Basics pineapple pieces in juice, 227g, and if you haven’t [...]
Another week, another guilt-free little treat. Today I’m enjoying Bottlegreen’s ginger and lemongrass cordial. It’s heavy on the zingy ginger, and the lemongrass is a back note, plus it isn’t too sugary sweet. This makes it more versatile than many cordials and so far it’s mixed well with sparkling water, tonic, and orange juice. If [...]
