New mature vegan cheddar cheese and vegan blue cheese by Ilchester

Next week, Ilchester are rolling out two new vegan cheeses at Tescos, the mature vegan cheddar and vegan blue cheese which joins Norseland's Mexicana Vegan.

Having tried the Mexicana Vegan cheese, which basically tastes and melts like a spicy version of cheddar, I expect the mature vegan cheddar be good without the spiciness.

Although it is a bit pricey at £3, I think I am going to try the Vegan blue cheese to compare it to vegan blue cashew cheese made by Chef Tina Baratt.

M&S Mini White Pitta Breads

Spotted these cute little mini white pittas at Marks and Spencers which I had to get.
They were simply great for dips and trying different sauces etc and they have pockets as well so you can make cute pittas stuffed with filling!!

Rating: 5/5

M&S Mini meal Cottage pie

I love M&S mini meals because the portion is just right for lunch.

The mini cottage pie is just comforting but reheating it in an oven would get you better results for the mash!

Since I was having it for lunch, I microwaved it for speed and adding some marmite houmous to mash made it tastier.

Rating: 4/5

 

Lidl McEnnedy Squeezy Cheese (VEGAN)

It's been ages since I had squeezy cheese.
The brands sold now are different to the ones a few years ago.
Lidl are now doing a squeezy cheese sauce for American Week and what makes it unique is that it is vegan!!!!!
However it is on the pricey side compared to Hellmans and Asda so definitely not getting a bargain from Lidl!!
I was gobsmacked how good it was, there was a cheesy wotsits aroma, as for the taste it was like a savory mayo without the twang and mildly cheesy like wotsits.
The texture was creme like as stated on the bottle so it was really light like mayonnaise therefore I think people are going to like it without that heaviness.
Again, it was really really good but because it is lidl I feel that it should be cheaper than other brands.
As @belcherlinks_stardawg correctly mentioned it is value more money but as a foodie less is more as there are so many things I want to try.
If it doesn't taste good you're screwed with a big quantity with someting that is not palatable.

Rating: 4/5

Noodles tossed in Lidl McEnnedy squeezy cheese

Caramel flavour marshmallow fluff

In the old days only asda stocked fluff but now you can get them at aldi and lidl.
I went to aldi because they had the caramel fluff which was stocked for Taste of America.
As expected, it was gooey and delicious with a hint if caramel in taste and a lovely aroma.
Other flavours you can get are the original, strawberry and raspberry.
It says online that you can't get chocolate because cocoa butters stop it from whipping so I wonder if cocoa powder can solve the problem.
Imagine if they came out with cherry fluff, that could be nice too!

Rating: 4/5

Taste of America finds at Aldi:

Cream cheese brioche, Cinnamon brioche, Kelloggs cookies & Cream / pretzel squares, pancakes, peanut butters with strawberry / raspberry / banana / chocolate.

Cuihong CH hot and spicy seasoning mix 翠宏红油

I fell in love with Sichuan spices when I first tried mouth watering chicken and other Sichuan dishes which all revolve around Sichuan peppercorns.

The ones served in the restaurants are mostly too salty and fiery so when I discovered that you could get the seasoning from the shops I decided to try it.

Before using it, I tried to see how spicy it was and it was evidently very spicy which means it goes a long way as I do not have to use much.

So far I have used it on noodles and beancurd sheets which were just delicious.

Lidl Caribbean style pineapple coconut chocolate sticks

These were liquid filled chocolate sticks but I didn't realize that they were that tiny [3cm long].
They were really sugary and the liquid tasted like Japanese plum more than pineapple coconut.
It was literally chewing on chocolate with sugar crystals bursting with liquid filling.

Overall, I really hated it and would to know how the other one tasted costing 1.99!

Rating: 1/5