Fruit Broo
These little tubes are great for people who like fruit teas. Each little tube contains enough concentrate to make 10 drinks and what a delicious tasting drink they are too!
I’ve also used these to flavour bakes such as macarons etc.
Price: £1.70 for 10 drinks
Score: 9/10
Minvita Superfood Powders
These powders are excellent to add to smoothies and juices and provide a boost of flavour as well as nutrition. Although they are quite expensive, they are a ‘must have’ for all my smoothies now!
Price: Between £10 and £35 per tub, depending on ingredients
Score: 7/10 (due to price)
Lucy Bee Coconut OilThere is loads of information online about the health benefits of using coconut oil. Although these are a bonus, I use it because it is absolutely delicious. Shallow frying, baking, flavouring coffee and more can be done with this lovely oil.
Price: £6.00 for 300ml
Score: 9/10
Pret a Manger: Love Bar Latte
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a bit of a coffee fiend. Whilst waiting in the queue one day for a morning ‘fix’ I noticed this tempting Love Bar Latte. It has a delicious chocolatey, caramely, biscuity flavour with a nutty after-taste too. Perfect for a morning sugar and caffeine hit.
Price: Unsure!
Score: 8/10
Peanut HottieEver tried to make a hot chocolate with peanut butter instead? You’ll pretty certainly end up with an oily, clumpy mess. It’s really disappointing when you KNOW if it could work it would be delicious…
The makers of Peanut Hottie realised this and made an instant “just add water” drink from peanuts with the fat removed. Genius! It is so scrummy too.
Price: £3 for 260g
Score: 10/10 !
Mediterranean Tomato Chutney
I was sent some of this to try before Christmas and it was a really welcome addition to our cheese boards. A little runnier than most chutneys, it spreads really well and tastes good too.
Price: £1.50 for 290g
Score: 7/10
PastinosThese little crisps look like they are made from potato but they are actually made from PASTA! I know it sounds CRAZY but they are packed full of flavour and really crunchy as a result. I’ve not tried a flavour I didn’t think was delicious.
Price: £2.19 for 150g
Score: 9/10
Nakd Bars
I’d seen these little bars around all over the place but was always put off by the fact the main ingredient is usually dried dates. Remembering back to Christmas when I was a child eating those dried dates with the stones in the middle, I was not convinced.However, I tried one and I was hooked right away. There are so many flavours to choose from, you’re sure to find one you like. I think the best is the Cocoa Orange!
Price: Varies, 50p-£1 per bar usually
Score: 10/10 !
Lots of great scores for our first month of The Larder List. I wonder what February will bring?
I love lists like this! Pasta crisps, oh, must look for those or maybe not as I'm trying to lose weight!
I'm sure you could fit at least one bag into the diet… I think pasta crisps are fast becoming a vital food group. I believe they sell them in Waitrose these days.
A lovely round-up of products I haven't seen before – I'm sure I'd enjoy the Naked Cocoa Orange bar too as I've had their snack pack of bites:-)
Thanks Camilla. If you've not tried the Cocoa Orange then you must get one next time you see them. As delicious as a chocolate bar but without most of the guilt!
I have yet to try the Lucy bee coconut oil. Top of my list.
Oooh, you so should. It's delish. Sainsbury's sell it now too, so super easy to get hold of. You can also use coconut oil on the skin to moisturise as well as using it as an overnight hair mask… The possibilities are (almost) endless!