Tesco Favourites #2 - MY Favourite!!

With my £2 coupon from the Orchard at Tesco for the Tesco Favourites programme I purchased among other items a tin of Tesco Ravioli in Tomato and Beef sauce.

This is one of the many items that regularly finds it’s way into my basket when doing my weekly shop.

I usually have this when I have had a late shift at work and can’t be bothered, or I’m too tired to cook anything when I get home.

The ravioli is cooked very well with plenty of filling and the sauce seems to have lots of minced beef included in a perfectly seasoned tomato and beef sauce.

At 50p per tin I think this represents excellent value for money and I can’t believe how something so cheap is such good value, full of tasty ingredients and above all, so easy to prepare - 2 minutes in the microwave and I have a lovely, filling meal ready. #TriedForLess

Hand Prepared Steaks From Tesco #2

So, this is the second time I have enjoyed Steaks for the Hand Prepared Steaks programme from the Orchard at Tesco and I decided to try sirloin steaks again as the previous ones were excellent.

I bought 2 of the steaks priced at £3 each from my local Tesco and this time I decided to serve them with a salad of shredded Iceberg Lettuce, Carrots, Red Peppers, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber and Hard Boiled Eggs.

Yet again the steaks were excellent quality with very little fat and gristle on them and of a decent size.

This time I decided to cook the steaks under the grill and they took a little longer than pan frying them - maybe 7 or 8 minutes on each side, as before the steaks were very tasty and clearly prepared to a very high standard by the butchers at Tesco, there was also very little shrinkage after cooking.

I will definitely be buying Sirloin Steaks from Tesco much more in the future, they are excellent value for money and so tasty you would think they were from the local butcher but a fraction of the cost. #TriedForLess

Tesco Favourites From the Orchard at Tesco

I got invited to take part in the Tesco Favourites programme from the Orchard at Tesco and had the choice of trying 1 from a list of several products to try for free, I chose Tesco Finest* Bitter Orange Marmalade I was also sent a coupon for £2 off any other Tesco branded products to try.

I have never tried Finest* Bitter Orange Marmalade I usually buy Robertsons Golden Shred Marmalade but the last jar I opened was rather disappointing, there was hardly any fruit in it and the consistency was rather like trying to unsuccessfully spread orange jelly on my morning toast.

So after comparing the ingredient labels of Tesco Finest* Bitter Orange Marmalade and Robertsons Golden Shred Marmalade I noticed that the Finest* Marmalade is prepared with 10 percent more fruit per 100g, so should be a lot better.

I simply served my Marmalade on hot buttered toast along side my usual morning coffee, And, Yes it is a lot better than my usual brand and clearly the 10 percent more fruit makes a lot of difference and it seemed much more richer tasting and zingy than Robertsons.

I always feel that the bigger well known brands of certain foods are much better than supermarket branded own label products, and even though I do buy own branded labels I have yet again been proven wrong with Tesco Finest* Bitter Orange Marmalade and will definitely be buying it again in the future. #TriedForLess

Hand Prepared Steaks From Tesco

I have been invited to take part in the Hand Prepared Steaks Programme from the Orchard at Tesco and received a coupon for £4 to enable me try them for free or less.

The Steaks were so hard to choose, - Tesco have such a big range of Steaks that looks so good, But I ended up choosing a pack of Sirloin Steaks that included two steaks(enough for me and the other half!) to enjoy.

Well, I was amazed at the quality of the Steaks and that was before I’d even cooked them!, they looked so fresh - almost as if I had bought them from our local Butcher!.

So, I decided to pan fry them in a little vegetable oil and butter for approx. 4 - 5 minutes on each side and served them with Homemade chips and a Homemade creamy Peppercorn and Porcini Mushroom sauce.

The only thing I can say is - Best Steaks in a long, long time, so juicy, tender, and I wish I had bought more because we both could have eaten another one each.

Also after using my coupon I ended up paying just £1.31 for both steaks!!!!!!

#TriedForLess