Aunt Bessie's Bake At Home Yorkshire Puddings [@Nli10]

 Our nan needs easy to make versions of the things she loves because she's 99 and lives on her own.  She does have daily visitors, but on a Sunday we go round and make a fuss.  This week I decided to try and make a mini Xmas dinner, but with pulled pork, fries and yorkshire puddings because that's what was in the freezer to use up.

I didn't expect the Yorkies to look like this

Little flat spaceships with oil/butter on the edges to make sure they rise and don't stick, it's basically just disks of batter.

Almost like something Kipling would come up with.

Foolishly I put them in the tray with the fries so they didn't heat evenly and looked a bit disasterous.  I forgot to get a picture of that state - but refer to the box for what the best one looked like, and the rest were deflated

Here is a Heron from her garden as compensation

While the appearance was underbaked, but also simultaneously burnt on the bits that did rise the overal flavour was good.  Suprisingly the oil stayed in the little tins too so they were not too soggy.

Placed in their own tin to the side and done properly these would be grand (a bit hard in nanas oven as she paid a man to clean it professioanlly and he cleaned all the numbers off so you have to guess the temperatures).

With the pulled pork and fries it was a hit and required all concerned to have a snooze afterwards.

Bailey’s Chocolate Dipped Meringues (Morrison’s) By @SpectreUK

Bailey’s was probably my Mom’s favourite tipple. I bought her a few bottles for presents in her time. So, I thought it was only fair to write a blog about these Bailey’s Chocolate Dipped Meringues in her absence. I’ll be thinking of her, as I often do, as I write about them.

I thought a blob of Bailey’s Squirty Cream would go well between two meringues. The meringues were crunchy and sweet and tasted of creamy Bailey’s and dark chocolate. The Bailey’s Squirty cream in the centre certainly added to the flavours of the meringues, and made for a very creamy chocolatey sweet treat for my after dinner pudding.

Cheers, Mom x

Information on the packet; Each meringue is 59 calories, 1.6g of fat, 9.9g of sugar, and 0.02g salt. Please see photograph for the ingredients.

Galaxy Millionaire Crumble Hot Chocolate (B&M) By @Cinabar

We were having a look around B&M when I spotted that they were selling sachets of hot chocolate, including some really interesting flavours. I picked up this Galaxy Millionaire Crumble Hot Chocolate, which sounded right up my street. The set contains two sachets: one with instant caramel hot chocolate and the other with a topping to sprinkle over cream. It sounded like my kind of luxury drink!

I opened the first sachet and mixed the hot chocolate with hot water. It dissolved nicely, with just a little stirring needed. Then I added some squirty cream and opened the second sachet to add the topping. Oh my, this really did make it feel special! There were Galaxy chocolate buttons and mini shortbread biscuits, and my drink looked amazing.

I started by eating the topping with a spoon, and it was lovely. The chocolate was delicious, while the biscuit pieces added some extra texture and flavour. Underneath the cream, the drink itself was good too, with a nice chocolatey flavour and a hint of caramel. It made for a lovely, soothing drink on a cold night.

I wish I'd picked up more than one sachet, as this was such an enjoyable treat. I'll definitely be heading back to B&M to stock up!

ITSU - Vegetable Tempura Fries at home! [@NLi10]

 IT's nice to add veggies as a side when cooking, and it's convenient to have them bagged in the freezer.

These are designed to replace fries due to the light crispy batter, but it's kind of somewhere in between.

There is an awful lot of text on the bag.

But it's just carrot, pumpkin and green beans.

Even though it looks more varied in person.

And they crisped up well and tasted great! Half a bag was decent for two people as a side, but I think you could excuse doing the whole lot if you replaced both the fries and veggies with these.  A lovely, vegan hit!

Seabrook Prawn Cocktail Flavour Mayo (B&M) By @SpectreUK

Seabrook usually make crisps not sauces. There is something odd about there being a packet of crisps flavoured with a sauce that has become a sauce flavoured from a packet of crisps.

Seabrook have brought out Salt & Vinegar Flavour Mayo, Cheese & Onion Flavour Mayo, and this Prawn Cocktail Flavour Mayo. I wasn’t allowed to pick up the Cheese & Onion Flavour Mayo on account of the repetitive nature of Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo sometime ago.

This Seabrook Prawn Cocktail Flavour Mayo really does taste like their Prawn Cocktail crisps, without the crisp part, of course. It went very well with my fishy picky-bits meal. I dipped in salmon, prawns, calamari and tempura prawns, as well as my French bread. Yum.