Reggae Reggae Jerk Chicken Stonebaked Pizza (Co-op) [by @NLi10]

I'm a fan of home-bake Pizza - the kind where all the toppings are already sorted out and you just pop it in the oven for a few minutes before eating away.  I like unusual ones, but ordinarily the Asda own brand ones are the best and most of the others just seem to miss the point - the toppings are the star.  Here is the Levi Roots version - jerk chicken & pineapple!

As this was in the special offer section I decided to invest in two - I already know that Mr Roots knows the kind of thing I like and with a spiciness rating of Mild I didn't fear a burn-out.

Turns out I had nothing to fear, the flavours were smooth yet exciting.  The tingliness from the peppers and the chicken balanced with the sweetness of the pineapple (which came as a shock as I hand't spotted that) and shows thought has gone into this.   It was just the right size to eat one to yourself too which is a bonus.

Like the other Levi Roots things we've found over the years it's similar enough to the existing brands to be familiar but exciting enough that you'd consider upgrading to it whenever it's on offer.  He's a long way from that initial market stall, but as that's how Marks & Spencer's started there is still room to grow!

Tyrrell’s Naked (No salt) (Waitrose) [By @SpectreUK]

There was something that immediately attracted me to these crisps in the supermarket. I suspect it was the picture of the four naked girls stretching in the summer sun on the front of the bag. These Tyrrell’s Naked (No Salt) hand cooked crisps had a familiar feeling to them. Indeed I had No Salt crisps before with No Salt by Fairfield’s Farm Crisps and liked their refreshing potato flavour without the fuss of added flavours. I felt at the time that No Salt crisps were perfect for beer as they didn’t distract from the flavour of the beer, but complimented it, like other easy tasting flavours of crisps do, such as Ready Salted, and Salt and Black Pepper crisps. I’m glad to say my opinion had not changed when I dumped the contents of the 150g bag into a huge bowl and gleefully chomped on the first few whilst supping on a cool pint of pale ale. These crisps had a very nice fried potato flavour, but were a little harder on the roof of the mouth than first anticipated. I do like crisps with a good hearty crunch, but preferred the Fairfield’s Farm Crisps as they had the traditional crispy crunch rather than these sharper crunch crisps. Have said that, I still finished the lot in record time and washed them down with the rest of my pint of pale ale. I liked the cheeky picture on the packet too. There’s nothing like adding a little fun to your snacking. There may have been no salt in these crisps, but there was plenty of sugar on the front of the packet! :-)

By Spectre

Fragrant White Chicken Korma (Marks & Spencer) [By @Cinabar]

We don’t often review curry ready meals at Foodstuff Finds, but when I spotted this particular one in M&S, I couldn’t resist. I had been keeping my eye out for it for a while, as this particular dish won the Food Glorious Food competition shown on ITV.
My first bit of confusion on the pack was that it was described as Korma, but also labelled hot. This is a bit unusual, where I’m from generally a Korma curry is the mildest on the menu. I didn’t let this put me off as I also quite like spicy curries.
Inside the pack the curry comes topped with a green chilli, which after cooking was deposited on Spectres plate, for decoration. It was meant as decoration anyway, but he ended up chopping it into small bits and mixing it in, so his curry was hotter than mine!
The Korma is a bit of an odd colour, it’s not a warm colour, more of an off-white and speckled with herbs. We served it with rice, despite Spectre’s request for chips!
The flavour was most impressive though. The curry had managed to balance a lovely creamy nutty background flavour with some decent heat throughout. I wouldn’t say it was overly hot, but it’s tangy and spicy and more like a medium-hot than being anything too offensive. It was still the hottest Korma I’ve ever tried! The seasoning is spot on too, and as a fan of cardamom and coriander this was just perfect for me.
What was also nice was the quality of the chicken. The pieces were of a decent size, they were lovely and moist and had soaked up all the yummy flavours.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable Korma and well worth seeking out. I can see why it won the Food Glorious Food competition. Just be aware if you are a regular purchaser of Kormas this is hotter than most. As an extra feel good factor 40p from every pack goes to Great Ormand Street Hospital too, not that I’ll need any excuses to pick up another pack.

By Cinabar

Muddies [@Moreartisan] (@TebayServices)

The thing about a trip to Tebay is that you can’t help but pick up rather a lot of goodies, and as such there are going to be a few reviews over the coming weeks as we work our way through them.
I spotted these Muddies (or Brownies) in the centre of the shop, all stacked up on a plate. They are made by a company called “More? The Artisan Bakery” and are described (albeit by the baker) as the best chocolate brownies. Well that’s the kind of thing here at Foodstuff Finds we feel the need to investigate.
The brownies are quite chunky and dark in colour. The texture is pleasingly soft, but it is absolutely packed with a rich dark chocolate flavour. The sponge is seriously chocolaty on its own, but the extra chocolate chips throughout give little bursts of extra cocoa flavour.
What I liked most about these brownies was the texture. It wasn’t too spongy and not at all stodgy, juts perfectly filling while remaining moist inside. My mum tried one too, despite saying she isn’t much of a brownie fan – but she loved it!
They had the perfect texture combined with its rich flavour of chocolate, and the background hint of butter just meant the whole thing was perfectly balanced. To be honest, I think the claim may well be genuine, I don’t think I’ve ever had a better brownie. Really wishing I had picked up some of their Bakewell Tarts which were sat next to them as well!

By Cinabar

FUEL Y10KH Breakfast Milk Drink (Asda) [by @NLi10]

Seeing as I liked the last product in the FUEL Your 10K Hours so much I accidentally reviewed it twice I figured I'd try their new breakfast drink range.

As I enjoy a good strawberry Milkshake I thought I'd go for that flavour - but there was a chocolate that was tempting and a caramel latte one that I really didn't fancy.  

What separates these from the normal milkshakes is the added vitamins and fibre (and bizarrely sandal wood extract).  It wasn't as thick as I was expecting, but the cleverly designed lid meant that I could shake this after opening without spillages so it's OK for out and about.  I drank it in one sitting (I drink milk based things by the pint usually) after my usual breakfast.

I don't think I was particularly zinging as there is no stimulants in this, but I was nicely full and able to get on with the busy Sunday activities of avoiding the housework and putting off writing reviews.  This may be a good product for someone who tries to avoid breakfast - maybe a busy worker or a sullen teenager - but I think as a quick and satisfying drink it stands on it's own.

I think the idea of breakfast biscuits and breakfast milk drinks are good.  If only there were some way I could have both at the same time - say in a bowl...