vegetarian
M&S House Shaker Salad
Pasta, cucumber, peas and beans with a creamy oregano and garlic dressing. The pasta in this salad looks like tortellini but it’s actually hollow. It’s good and chewy, but I haven’t figured out the obsession here with egg pasta. Regular pasta would be just as nice in this salad and would help reduce the fat […]
M&S Super Wholefood Salad
“Super wholefood salad with a mint vinaigrette” This isn’t my favorite salad in the M&S Super Wholefood line. It has loads of healthy stuff–edamame, chickpeas, pumpkin seeds, lentils–but it’s just not as flavorful as their other salads. As advertised, it’s very minty, but that’s all I wrote while taking my tasting notes. It would make […]
M&S Super Wholefood Salad with Blueberries & Mango
“Quinoa, red rice and sprouted peas and beans with a lemon and basil oil dressing, blueberries and mango.” What a great salad. It’s full of healthy ingredients–quinoa, sprouted beans, blueberries, mango–but it doesn’t taste too healthy. The dressing is lemony from lemon juice and zest and basily from the ubiquitous basil-infused sunflower oil. The quinoa […]
M&S Carrot Salad
“Carrot Salad with a coriander vinaigrette” The description of this salad mentions coriander but it’s the mint (infused in sunflower oil, as M&S is wont to do) that plays a prominent role. The cinnamon in the vinaigrette is also very strong and the honey makes it quite sweet. The bulgar wheat is chewy and wheat-y. […]
Levi Roots Caribbean Curried Noodles
“Spicy coconut curry sauce served with cooked noodles and blanched vegetables.” Loads of veg in this meal: carrot, peppers, peas, green beans, cabbage. The sauce tastes a bit like a peanut sauce but best I can tell it has no peanuts (but may have traces as all meals seem to have these days). It does […]
M&S Super Wholefood Salad with a Lemon & Herb Dressing
This is a beautiful salad. Red peppers, orange squash, green Tenderstem broccoli and asparagus, magenta pomegranate seeds on a beige canvas of couscous. The peppers and squash have real grill marks on them, not the painted-on kind. My wife loves this salad because the orange and green components aren’t the usual carrots and green beans […]
M&S Edamame Soya Bean Salad
“Edamame soya bean salad with a chili & coriander dressing” This is a great salad. The veggies (sugar-snap peas, broad beans, green beans and, of course, edamame) are crisp, flavorful and sweet. The dressing is gingery and spicy and not too oily. I’ve nothing bad to say about this salad except that it’s hard to […]
Tesco Finest Puy Lentil & Vine-Ripened Tomato Soup
“A soup made with tomatoes, vegetables and lentils.” This is a very tasty soup. It’s packed with vegetables and has a touch of heat from a bit of chile. It’s also not too sweet which can be a problem with these vegetable soups. Nutritionally it’s great too: it’s low in sodium, very low in saturates […]
M&S Couscous & Roasted Vegetables
“Couscous & roasted vegetables with a lemon dressing.” This is definitely better than Tesco’s attempt at couscous. The vegetables are eggplant, zucchini, red pepper and onion, and though they don’t actually taste roasted they are cooked well. The one problem with it is that it’s just too darn sweet. It doesn’t taste so much lemony […]
M&S Super Wholefood Shaker Salad
“Lentils, quinoa, edamame soya beans and roasted butternut squash with a lemon and herb dressing.” This salad tastes more “healthy” to me than delicious. It certainly has a lot of healthy stuff in it. I’m a bit surprised by the amount of fat, though. It all comes from the dressing, which contains “basil-infused sunflower oil.” […]
