Longkou bean thread vermicelli

I love vermicelli because there are so many noodle dishes you make do with it.

Recently, I was inspired by the itsu chicken noodle soup which uses the bean thread vermicelli aka glass noodles / crystal noodles.

As well as replicating the itsu soup, I also had it in pickled beetroot soup.

M&S Rosa Verde Salad mix & Baby Leaf Salad

The Rosa Verde salad was a good mix of green leaves for a hand shredded back bacon salad.

All the leaves were fresh and lush.

M&S British Summer Lettuce (select farms)

Last summer I saw some pretty British summer lettuce at Marks and Spencers so I decided to get it.
The lettuce is similar to butter lettuce but softer and it has a dark purple leaf tip.

I used it for a burrata cheese salad which looked really nice.

Overall, the lettuce tasted like butter lettuce without the creaminess followed by a grassy kick.

Tesco Greek style with coconut

I love alternative yoghurts and the Greek style with coconut was more palatable because it was sweet and coconutty yet thick like regular Greek yoghurt.

Tesco for beef gravy granules

Not a bad gravy from Tesco but Bisto gravy is meatier and moreish in taste.

alpen light cherry bakewell cereal bar

I don't really eat cereal bars but the cherry bakewell by Alpen was my favourite.

Huge Marmite bottle puzzle

Spotted this Marmite puzzle by Gibsons at Robert Dyas a few years ago!

At that time I really wanted it because of the huge jar.

Finally ended up getting it because I spotted it at Barnados for 4.50.

To be honest, I didn't have any hopes of a complete puzzle inside being second hand but I really wanted to jar!

Since I already bought the puzzle, I decided to complete the puzzle which proved challenging because of the solid blacks and yellows.

The good thing is that it double sided so once you have formed the MARMITE part at the bottom, I turned the remaining pieces over and did it that way.

There was only 1 piece missing which wasn't bad but I have a feeling it was a new but being sold in a second hand shop someone may have taken a piece out.