Showing posts with label vegetable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetable. Show all posts

Monday, September 10, 2012

Amy's: Black Bean Vegetable Enchilada

From the frozen box you get 2 enchilada's in a tray that you can microwave or cook in an oven. I microwaved them for timing reasons but they still good. One of those foods where it doesn't really matter how you cook them they taste about the same. But anyway, how were they? Good, and nicer than I anticipated. I haven't had enchilada's before, so they could be bad enchilada's, but after reading about them and knowing these are a ready meal they're pretty tasty. The filling is good because there's lots going on, it's rich and it all kind of goes together really nicely. The sauce too is nice, its rich and flavoursome, and for someone who doesn't really like hot food that much for me this has a nice kick without overpowering the dish. You could probably tell when served that they weren't cooked fresh, but they're quite close and I think for 5 mins waiting they're worth it. 4/5

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Natural Cool: Chili non Carne

Pleasantly surprised by this one. Wasn't sure it was going to be for me but it was actually really nice. Pain that it takes 40 minutes but if you're not cooking I suppose. The only other downside is that it's quite small. The tray itself is filed just under half way, so a small dinner maybe in need of an accompaniment blah blah. Taste wise really nice and fresh, strong flavour with some kick (I think spiced just right). It doesn't look like the picture on the box, there's more sauce, but you can taste all the veg and with the beans and sweetcorn it's a nice texture too because it doesn't get boring. 4/5

Monday, September 3, 2012

Forest Foods: Middle Eastern Style Filo Wrap

I didn't read the description of this before I ate it so it was different to how I though it would taste. It's description is "Soya mince seasoned with cinnamon, chillis and lemon in filo pastry".  Which makes more sense than the samosa type thing I was expecting. And it's very nice too. Not that hot, the mince does take a substantial amount of the filling, but it's a good tasting one and is seasoned really well. The filo is quite fragile, much of mine was broken as I put in the oven, but I don't mind picking up the broken bits. It's hard to say what it tastes like though, you can taste the cinnamon a bit, which may not sound nice with mince but it is. It's not sweet, and it's balanced with other spices I think. Nice to try something different. 4/5

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Forest Foods: Smokey Vegetable Burrito

This burrito has some good points, I decided to heat mine in the oven for a crispy tortilla which was nice as it tasted quite fresh and homemade. But the filling was quite what I expected, though I'm probably just being very fussy. I liked the cooked beans and occasional BBQ taste, but there was a lot of coriander in it, and some of the vegetables were a bit hard (and crunchy which you might like). It was also a bit too hot for me, the main overriding flavour was hot/coriander, like a vegetable curry and I was kind of hoping for BBQ beans. Which makes me think that some people will really like this because it is well made, flavoured etc. Maybe a change of description would suit it. I finished it, but I think this ones not for me so 2.5 - 3/5