Zero Waste shop at Queen Mary University of London

Being green and organic is the trend these day.
Zero Waste is minimum waste in terms of recycling, reduction in packaging so that a goal of no trash can be achieved.
Zero Waste shops are popping all over world and Queen Mary has just opened a Zero Waste shop in February this year at the campus where the book shop used to be near the old canteen!!

Well done Queen Mary!

Video: https://youtu.be/XOoHieo15O0

Flavour your own crisps with Spudos

I love crisps where you add seasoning to it and flavour them as you like but you don't really get these options except for SMITHs salt shaker.

However there are plenty of these options for fries like McCains Flavour maker as well as McDonalds in Asia where they launch regular seasoning to shake with your fries.

A few years ago in 2018, you could get CREATE-A-CRISP but sadly they were short lived so I couldn't get hold of them despite looking everywhere.

Now there is SPUDOS, there are five fun spud dust flavours to choose from: Nooch & Onion, Chip shop curry, David Bacon, Nosh Spice and Salt and Vinegar!

Sainsburys spring on the cheese & coleslaw sandwich (on the go)

The Sainsburys spring on the cheese & coleslaw sandwich is just your regular cheese & Coleslaw sandwich livened up with some ale and onion chutney according to the ingredients.

Overall, it was quite nice but I couldn't taste any ale and I found it a bit too sweet for my liking however I did like the pieces of spring onions which gave it some freshness.

As well as cheese & coleslaw, you can also get lemon chicken from the spring on range.

Spring on lemon chicken:

Cheesies popped Cheese

Lots of snacks are popped or freeze dried these days so I had to get my hands on some popped cheese because I haven't tried popped cheese despite having tried other popped snacks.

Cheesies offer different a variety of popped cheeses like as gouda, cheddar, emmenthal etc.

There are two different sizes 20g for £1.19 at Holland Barratt and 60g for £2 at Sainsburys so when I saw that you could try them directly from Cheesies for just the price of the postage £1.50 I made an order asap.

It comes in a nice box with three 20g of Cheddar, Red Leicester and Gouda.

Just as I expected the bites of crispy cheese are moreish and taste exactly like cheese but in crispy form similar to the burnt cheese you find after baking it in the oven or on top of cheese rolls that have been baked.

It also feels like eating freeze dried meringue but with a hard crunch.

The best thing is that they don't feel heavy because they are dry and popped while your fingers don't get greasy.

Overall cheddar and red Leicester were my favourite while gouda had a bitter aftertaste.

Cheesies 60g at Sainsburys:

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https://youtu.be/WIU3pHWNzTw

Happy Snaxs Snacks (vegan)

Happy Snaxs Snacks have been around since the 1990s but somehow I missed them.

Finally got them at Poundland because somethings just have to be tried as I don't often see them about.

Basically they are shaped like wotsits and currently there are three flavours: Salt & Vinegar, Cheese and Spring Onions.

In the past, there was spicy tomato and it came in packs of 20 but now they come in packs of 15.

The texture is similar to space raiders.

Out of the three flavours, I liked salt and vinegar the best as it was strong.

The spring onion was also punchy tasting like freshly chopped spring onions.

I wasn't keen on the cheese though because it was strange but glad I tried.

The only disappointment was the quality because every bag I opened was soft and not crispy despite each bag was tightly sealed and hard to open as an adult.

Morrisons Takeway Chicken Balti

Morrisons Takeway Chicken Balti comes in a nice reusable sturdy plastic box.

As well as the nice container, the chicken balti contents were surprisingly good and did not disappoint.

Labelled as Marinated chicken breast pieces in a tomato and mixed pepper sauce, infused with garlic, ginger and paprika.

It was a curry that I enjoyed because the tomato was really strong and then you get that slight spicy kick at the end.

The chicken pieces were nice and tender which made it good overall.

Morrisons The Best Salmon Smoked Haddock & King Prawn Fish Pie

I love fish pies and this particular one had a nice white wine with extra mature Cheddar and parsley sauce.

Overall good but I felt that cooking time should be reduced as the seafood is already cooked so if you follow the instructions, they get overcooked.