Lidl Vegmondo Pesto Lasagne Tofu

Lidl Pesto lasagne with minced tofu.

I love lasagne and tofu so this was a match made in heaven.

It delivered so I was happy because the pesto sauce was really nice and strong but the lasagne sheets were not quite soft enough.

The consistency of the sauce is really thick like curd and does not go runny when you heat it up and the tofu pieces are finely minced which blends in nicely.

Very tasty but photos can't do it justice.

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Squeaky Bean Beechwood Smoked Salmon Style Slices (Vegan)

Finally got my hands on this Squeaky Bean Beechwood Smoked Salmon Style Slices which is on promotion for £2.44 with a Nectar card at Sainsburys after failed attempts at Waitrose.
I felt I had to try it for comparison after trying the ALDI plant menu no salmon and the ASDA OMV no smoked salmon version since they were quite nice.
Touching the slices, you get that oilyness just like the real thing.

As for the smoky aroma, the smokiness wasn't as strong as ASDA.
The taste was on the sweet side just like ASDA but not too salty but nice when you have it with some lemon and dill.

I felt that this was the best way to try it out because when you have it with bagel and other stuff you taste less of it as it just becomes an accompaniment. 

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Spread and Besserts aka dessert pots at Original Kitchen

Came across Original Kitchen in 2020 when they had a stall in London with all these cashew based spreads and sweet treats.

Three years later, their dessert range has gone to the next level with all these choices for dessert pots.

The savoury ones can be used as spreads or stirred into pasta for a creamy sauce.

Starting on the spreads, there were creamy pesto, creamy mushroom and creamy tomato.

All were nice in different ways, the creamy mushroom had a nice hint of dill and strong earthy mushroom in it, while the pesto was nice and fresh with sweetness because of the peas and courgettes.

I found the spreads comforting as it was a bit like baby food with flavour.

It is interesting that both sweet and savoury contain Rosemary extracts which does not add any taste/aroma to it like cashew.

The besserts were a delight with Chocolate, mango passion and lemon.

They are called besserts on the concept better-for-you dessert

The chocolate was like a rich ganache, while the mango tasted like a fresh mango in dessert form and the lemon was really comforting and reminded me of the M&S lemon desserts which I can't remember the name because I don't think they do it now but they were in glass pots.

To summarize, the texture of the desserts were thick like ganache with a starchy gritty texture.

Overall, I really liked their spreads and desserts and glad to see their new and exciting offerings.

Thank you Original Kitchen for sending them over to me.

 

HiP Oat Milk Salty Pretzel chocolate (vegan)

This is another tasty chocolate that if I ate blind folded I wouldn't of known it was vegan.
It tasted like dark chocolate with salty kick so the saltiness was delivered and then you get these lovely crunchy bits in the chocolate which are the pretzel pieces.
Overall, I was impressed because the taste was good, and the sweeteners used didn't taste artificial.
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ASDA OMV no prawn cocktail

Oh my days, the asda OMV no prawn cocktail is Cholesterol free because they are vegan prawns.
The texture is like raw lobster/king prawns and konjac.
It's a shame M&S pulled out their mayo no prawn because I would have loved that.
There is no fishy taste which would please some and it heavily relies on the dressing because the vegan prawns don't have any particular taste.
Saying that, there is an aftertaste which I can't quite pinpoint yet.
The texture of these vegan prawns are definitely better than the ones in Asia which are like chewy konjac.
Overall a must try!!

After visiting the plant expo, I discovered that these zhrimps are made by caviart in Denmark.

Vegan kitkat review

The vegan Kitkat was the second non regular kitkat to excite me just like the previous Ruby chocolate merely because the chocolate is different.
Matcha/Green Tea are too common these days that they didn't arouse my interest as much as these two did.
The vegan kitkat is made with couverture chocolate which means a higher percentage of cocoa butter which gives it a nice sheen, firmer snap and creamier taste which makes it ideal as a vegan kitkat because the creaminess makes up for the milk.
To be honest, if I ate this blindfolded, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference but the only noticable taste difference was that it was sweeter than the regular one which is a shame because you can't appreciate that extra creaminess that makes it couverture.

I suppose you could think of it tasting like dark chocolate but there was too much sugar in it.
Eating it from the fridge made it slightly better as things taste less sweet when chilled or frozen hence the high sugar content in icecreams/desserts.
Rating: 3/5 (would have been 4/5 if the sweetness was reduced)

Marks Spencer Piri Piri salted chips

A few months ago, McCains launched these fries where you sprinkle the flavour on the chips to get restaurant flavours at home.

While shopping at M&S today I spotted these piri piri salted chips which were the exact same thing.

Interestingly, they were NEW yet reduced to £1.25 to clear.

From the experience before, I emptied the piri piri salt in the box and shook it to get an even flavouring before I put the chips in the oven.

To my surprise, they were so good and much nicer than McCains because the flavouring really did the job giving it that spicy yet salty flavour to the chips.

The chips were just divine as they were chunky chips which were really satisfying.

Rating: 5/5