I was caught in the Tesco vortex again! You all know what I mean, you head in for a few items (in my case with coupons in hand) and leave with a million more items (which I didn't have coupons for!) It gets me every time, which is why I tend to buy online if I have no coupons, or I don't dare browse. Considering all this I only came away spending £10 out of pocket after coupons, which isn't too bad for me!

Almost all of the items are actually from the free from section of the store. I don't normally buy this much processed food, nor do I actually shop in the free from section all that often as I like to try and find items in the mainstream sections of the store to try, but sometimes you just need some treats!

Sorry about the awful picture! It was dark and I was too tired to get lighting out!

Here's what I bought!

Lurpak butter - £1.74 - Boring but essential.

Pringles (for James) - 79p - I had a coupon for 81p making these a 2p money maker! These are not gluten free , but I did by them for my fiancé for when we have a film night!

Green and Black Organic Milk Chocolate - £2 - This was also free after my rebate from my shopping app.

Popchips Barbecue - 75p - These are also free after rebate.

Genius Pancakes - £2 - I had no coupon for these but they looked so good and I've yet to get my hands on the Genius brand of pancakes, so I am excited to try them!

Udis Tiger Loaf - £2.50 - I had a 50p coupon for this. I love this bread a lot and it is a huge loaf for the price, even without a coupon, I would 100% recommend trying this!

Genius Sausage Rolls - £2.50 - I had a £1 coupon for this product, I have had these before as my Gran cooked me some up when I went round her's so I thought I'd have some more as they were delicious, it also means I can take a picture and review them for you!

Tesco Free From Profiteroles - £1.50 -  Unplanned purchase number two, but I couldn't believe the price, James loves profiteroles so we will give them a go one night to see if he can be converted to the gluten free ones!

Tesco Free From Garlic Baguette - £1.50 - Another unplanned purchase, I had been trying to get my hands on one of these for ages, so when I saw it, I grabbed it! This is also a fair price as its not too much smaller than a mainstream garlic baguette!

Before coupons my shop came to £15.29 and I paid £10.23 so not my best savvy shop, but not too bad considering the bits I didn't intend to buy! I would love to know if you have picked up anything tasty recently or if I am missing out on something I really need to try!

Hannah x

Desperately trying to bring out the sun, I am eating more summery foods recently. The breakfast porridge is stashed away for now and replaced with youghurts and granola with berries. Granola is something that you can seem to find a million different varieties of in the mainstream section of the supermarket but not so much in the free from isle. So I'm always on the hunt for something different to mix with milk or yoghurts. I purchased this Udis granola online from Holland and Barrett a while ago, it took FOREVER to deliver, but it was worth the wait!

Being a much looser granola this jumps out at me that it'll potentially be lower in sugar, as sugar is the binding agent in most granola, the rule of thumb is typically the more clusters, the more sugar there is, although this is not a fool proof method. As it is, this granola contains no refined sugar at all so is fantastic. Simply made from certified gluten free oats, honey, rapeseed oil, almonds and natural vanilla flavouring, I consider this to be quite a clean choice, as I can read and understand all the ingredients. This also means that those with egg, soya and dairy allergies are safe to eat this with no issues too!

These sweetly coated oats are the perfect morning pick me up, with the sharper dryness from the almonds, it strikes a good balance to have with some natural yoghurt and berries. Sometimes I even squeeze a little syrup in for good measure! Naturally flavoured it allows so much room to experiment with this granola, the vanilla is noticeable enough to stand against other flavours so adding some cacao powder to the mix would not overpower it.

Per 100g this granola contains 482 calories, 17.4g fat, 65.8g carbs 20.3g of which are sugars, 7.5g fibre and 11.7g protein. I tend to have 20g as a portion with 125g natural yoghurt, once you've added berries and any toppings you like, this tends to make a 200 calorie breakfast which keeps me satisfied until lunch.

If I had one complaint about this product, it would be that I would enjoy a few more almond slices in the mix, granted I could add more myself, but with the weekday rush it would be one less thing I have to do!

Unfortunately this product seems to be out of stock on Holland and Barrett currently as well as Tesco and Amazon, so hopefully it should be around soon!

Hannah x

As I left swimming, I popped into Tesco. I am very much a fan of the thought of Miranda Hart's cake-ercise, leaving the gym the same weight you entered! So when wandering through Tesco here's some of the sweet treats I picked up.

Popchips -£1

As they were only £1 and I love this flavour, I picked it up to portion to take to work, as they are only 97 calories per portion. They are not pictured as I forgot before I portioned it up!

Nutribix - £3.75

Jeez, these are quite pricey but were the main reason I visited Tesco. My local Sainsbury's has the worst free from section known to man, so I tend to have to hunt around a bit! (They haven't had gluten free wraps since before Christmas). These are meant to be just like Weetabix, which is clearly something we can't enjoy. I am hoping that Nutribix will be just the same and so much so I may be able to make chocolate easter nests from them!

Udis chocolate wafer/ Udis lemon wafer - £1.50 per pack
This was the impulse purchase of the trip! I saw they were half price and I am hoping they are a lower calorie sweet treat, as I have got a very fitted dress for my party in two weeks, so I am watching the calories a little! I love lemon flavoured sundaes/ice-cream and sweets so these are something I am really looking forward to, and as it was half price, why not try the chocolate ones as well!

Have you picked anything new recently and looking forward to trying it?

Hannah x

I noticed that for the whole of last week I took pictures of my breakfast, so I thought that I would share what I make in a typical working week, as I don't have much time!


Monday - Udis vanilla and almond granola with M&S blackcurrant and blueberry yoghurt

Tuesday - Delicious Alchemy porridge with banana, mixed raisins and syrup.

Wednesday - Natural yoghurt, Udis vanilla and almond granola and syrup with a banana

 Thursday - Tesco seeded gluten free toast with peanut butter and banana

Friday - As it was so good on Thursday I had the Tesco seeded gluten free toast with peanut butter and banana again!

Saturday - Udis vanilla and almond granola with milk

I'd love to know what you like to eat for breakfast!

Hannah x

After whats seems like months of searching, I finally found the Udis Cheddar and Garlic bagel chips on the Holland and Barrett website. I have had the plain ones for some time and really wanted to try the flavoured ones.

A box costs £3.50 and has 170g, which is a good amount of product, certainly enough to pop in a bowl for a sharing snack with some dips in front of a film! Free from what seems almost everything other than milk means that almost everyone can enjoy this snack.

The texture of the chips are the same as the plain variety, have a snap and very crunchy, very comparable to croutons in texture, just flat, not square! They would be perfect to dip in tomato soup too!

The flavouring is a dusting on the top of the chips so some are more coated than others, which is something I quite enjoy when it comes to crisps or chips, some full of flavour and some not so. The powder itself has a strong flavour and you can certainly tell there is garlic powder in the mix, the cheddar is present too but I tend to find the garlic as the more dominating flavour.

I find these store really well too in an airtight container so although they are perfect to share, it's so easy to portion them out and have the box to yourself!

As always my biggest complaint is this product was so hard to find, like many gluten free food I spend a lot of time looking for the products I want to try! I know not all retailers could stock every item but I wish when newer products are released stores could be more proactive in stocking them!

I would 100% recommend trying these if you can find them as they are a little different and great to dip into melted cheese, dips and soup!


Hannah x

 

This week was pay day, which always leads me to treat myself. I was on Facebook and Nature's Store were giving away free corn rolls with every order. James and I ate these whilst away and enjoyed them so I thought why not! I have wanted to try more of the range.

So here's what I got!

Swiss Chocolate Muesli - £2.99
I have seen this on the internet here and there and wanted to try something new for breakfast, so I thought that this would be perfect thing to try!

Mini Bread Sticks - £1.59
For grazing or have a snack like lunch, I thought that these would be great to take out and about, or to even have with dips.

Belgian White Chocolate Rice Cakes - £1.70
I love rice cakes and I have never seen white chocolate coated ones, white chocolate is something I enjoy as a sweet treat, so I was intrigued to give these a go!

White Chocolate Caramel Rice Cakes - £1.70
Again, I was intrigued by this flavour, particularly as you tend to see caramel with milk chocolate rather than white.

Rice Cakes Coated with Milk Chocolate Multi Pack - £2.50
I eat all brands of chocolate coated rice cakes and I thought that these would be great on the go as they are pre-packed in two's. Granted that buying them this way is slightly more expensive, but it's fun!

Chilli Corn Rolls - FREE
These are great to dip in sour cream, or even chilli.

This lead me to more shopping Holland and Barrett had the buy one get one half price sale so I ordered a few bits, I am still waiting on the Udis vanilla muesli but here is what else I got!

2 x Eat Real Quinoa chips sour cream and chive - 79p each
I have already eaten one of these and they have the texture of quavers, which really pleased me as I have missed them! Although this is not the same flavour as quavers, these have a lovely flavour and a good amount. I think these make great alternatives to potato crips.

Udis Bagel Chips cheddar and garlic  - £3.50
I have been looking for these for ages, I have used the plain ones for canapé style snacks with cream cheese and salmon, but I have wanted to see if this favour would be good for snacking on the go!

I would love to know if you think there is anything I should try based on the type of things I brought!

Hannah x

A couple weeks back was coeliac awareness week. Udis emailed us all a coupon for 50p off a loaf. Unfortunately and painfully for me being the avid that couponer I am, (honestly it's become an obsession, I blame the TV programme!) mine did not print correctly! Feeling sorry for myself I told my Mum how I finally found a gluten free coupon away from a food show and it failed to print. She shops on tesco.com for bulky items and said they were having 3 for 2 on gluten free food, so she picked me up some bits, including the loaf, which she got free as it was the cheapest item at £2.50.

This loaf is gluten and dairy free, as well as being suitable for vegetarians. However it does contain egg, so just be aware of that. I believe it may be glazed as it does have that type of texture. Each 25g slice is 66 calories, funnily enough the slices I cut seemed to be dead on 25g each time. This was a good amount of bread so I found that it was much less calorific than other free from breads at 99 calories a slice averagely.

The loaf itself is left whole and does look just like a tiger loaf. It was physically quite heavy when I picked it up, which left me unsure of what to expect, so I dusted off my very neglected bread knife and decided to have a piece of toast there and then. I found that the bread cut very cleanly and did not crumble apart, I assumed that they may not have pre sliced it to hide crumbliness, but this was not the case. Being a whole loaf makes it much more versatile too.

Flavour wise I think it may even top my beloved Genius bread, bold statement I know, of course it cannot completely replace it as they are two different types of bread but I found with this bread I made garlic bread for pasta, toast, a bacon and egg sandwiches, some lovely chunky solders for boiled eggs and it was great to dip in soup. I think it would make great croutons and fried bread too!

For being a longer life product I was apprehensive that the top would be rubbery, but this was not what I found. In fact I actually found toasting made it crisp right up to the point you would have thought it was a warm crispy loaf straight off a mainstream bakery. Which obviously is something we do not have access to, so I was really pleased with this being able to compromise a crispy bread which I miss so much! The texture overall was not dry and did not turn powdery in the mouth. I found it to be a denser bread but not in a stogy way. It was just about perfect for me, not too light, not dry and not too heavy going.

The only drawback I can see with this product is that the loaf is surprising large for a free from bread. I personally can get through this but I imagine those who will not be eating it amost daily will have to section it up and freeze it. Although you can have that issue with any product, free from or not!

If you spot one of these in store, I would say it is well worth its £2.50 and although that does sound pricey, this is one of the cheaper free from breads on the market. To prove how much I love it, I have actually got myself another loaf for this week and I am hoping to do some posts on all the ways I use it!

Hannah x

After what must be months of searching the Sainsbury's shelves after I received an email advert from DS for Oreo style biscuits, I finally found the Udis variety. However I almost didn't pick them up as I think £3.50 for 8 biscuits is absolutely crazy! I know the DS version is £1.40 but I have yet to find them but I hope to make a comparison when I do.

These are not only gluten free but are dairy free too, so they are quite a safe option to have for when those who have allergies come over for a cuppa.

A biscuit is around 70 calories and is the same size as an Oreo. I found that they are very much the same as a mainstream Oreo including similar embossing on the top. There is a slight exception for the fact that they are a little more grainy and leave a slight powdery after-texture in the mouth for a couple of seconds. But on the whole they are very accurate!

The biscuit is the typical dry texture as you would expect, which has a more of a crumble than a snap. I find this works well as the crumbs stick to the white and doesn't flake away. The taste is very dark like a typical cocoa rather than chocolate taste you get from Oreo's.  I was also very surprised as for a dairy free cookie the white middle is creamy and much softer that I anticipated, I would even say its a bit softer than the mainstream version.

I found these very addictive and ended up eating two or three in one go, which wasn't great as this made my snack 88p-£1.30 a go. I know that gluten free food tends to be a bit more expensive, but at that price I feel that is more of a coffee shop or handmade small business price rather than what you would find in a supermarket. As I felt these are significantly more expensive than the other biscuits on offer in the gluten free section and have a lot less in the box.

I did really enjoy these cookies but I would only buy them very occasionally as I cannot justify the cost, particularly at the speed I ate them! I think both flavour and texture is very accurate, and what makes them even better is that you don't get the black teeth like with real Oreo's!

Hannah x

After finding the best deal in Tesco the other day, I managed to bag these Udis bagels for free! Since starting working in an office I have enjoyed more substantial breakfasts because I used to make lunch at home but now I have it out I tend to have something lighter.

And with winter in full swing my smoothies were just too summery! So what's better than cinnamon to give you a cosy feeling on a winter morning? I know I have said in the past I am not a huge fan of cinnamon but this is not fully the case. When I say this I really mean I don't like overpowering cinnamon, I much prefer a just the warmth received from the spice rather than full on smack in the face!!

The bagel pictured is actually the second bagel as the first one only had three raisins in the whole thing! I saw the one below had much more so I thought I would show you one that better represented the pack, I think the first one just got a little left out on the raisin front, poor guy!

I have to say for a wintery breakfast these may even beat the chocolate chip ones, bold statement I know but I think it's because I enjoyed these a whole lot more than I first thought I would as the cinnamon is very subtle and just gives a lovely warmth to the bread which was not what I was expecting.

I smothered mine in butter as there is no other way to eat a bagel! Unless it's a plain bagel then cream cheese and salmon is the way forward!

I find the texture of these very much like a mainstream bagel, I find the inside is not as soft but it is still a very pleasant texture and I don't think they are at all dry, but then again I do butter them or add cream cheese.

These normally retail for around £2-£2.50 for a pack of four but can be found on offer for £1, which is how I got them free as I had a £1 coupon too! Even at full price at roughly 50p a bagel I don't think is outrageous as this is how much you pay for an individual mainstream one in Sainsbury's bakery. These are 260 calories each which I think is fantastic as it feels like a lot of bread and is very filling so it keeps you going but at the same time isn't extraordinarily calorific.

And if you want to have the true winter wonderland experience, why try it with a warm apple juice too!

Hannah x

We all know gluten free food is expensive, this is why I stock up when there is some great offers and freeze what I can. I wanted to get this post up as soon as possible as I want to make sure you can still get hold of it!

Over the years I have found Tesco is fantastic for finding some great gluten free offers. and today they did not let me down! I managed to get around £7 of goods for 50p.

Here's what I got

• Warburton's plain sandwich thins. These are regularly around £2.50 and I have a recipe I want to use these for so when I saw these on offer for £1 I jumped at the chance to pick them up. 

• Udis plain bagels and Udis Cinnamon bagels.These are regularly £2.30 (I tend to pick these up in Sainsburys) but the offer price was £1 too! 

These are amazing deals by themselves but if any of you have any coupons lurking around from the free from shows you will be able to get an even better deal. My Udis £1 off bagels coupons were still valid, which meant I walked away with these costing me absolutely nothing! As for the sandwich thins I had a 50p coupon for any Warburton product so these only cost me 50p!

I hope you can take advantage of these deals!

Hannah x

Muffins are one of my favourite sweet foods because I feel they are very versatile,  what other sweet treat can be acceptably eaten at breakfast, lunch or dinner? In my search for the perfect gluten free muffin I have eaten more than my fair share of them!

I particularly enjoy eating muffins for breakfast so when I saw these blueberry ones I was really pleased, as this used to be one of my go to breakfasts when my sweet tooth called!

Udis blueberry muffins are also dairy free and retail for £1.90 for a pack of two,  95p each. I do feel all gluten free muffins are expensive, particularly since I brought the chocolate and toffee variety at the free from show for £1 a pack. Nevertheless they are one of the best muffins I have had that aren't a chocolate based mixture. Don't get me wrong I love chocolate, but there is a lot of free from chocolate based cakes, it's good to find something a little different.

One muffin is 277 calories, with 12.5 grams of fat, which is what I would expect for bakery goods, I have these as a occasional treat as they are not the most healthy of things. They do have blueberries though, so surely that makes it one of your five a day ;)... or at least that's what I tell myself!

This muffin has the lightest, fluffiest texture I have ever found from a gluten free muffin, very much like when you make packet mix mainstream muffins with oil instead of butter. Udis may have even made the muffins this way as the case is quite oily and this avoid dairy, I should have checked the ingredients to see! The muffin does not feel particularly greasy to eat, but does mean it just creates a moist mixture which is in no way dry, if anything they are more moist than a mainstream muffin.

There is a good amount of blueberries in the mixture, in fact I had to use the one with less blueberries in the picture otherwise the muffin looked purple! The blueberries have more or less melted into the mixture, so have no texture but the flavour still comes through strongly. There is no odd powdery aftertaste and can quite easily be mistaken for a 'regular' muffin.

I found these on tesco.com and this is the only place to date I have found these, but I am sure they may be found in your closest Tesco store, as their Udis stock seems to be growing in my store.

I really enjoyed these muffins and I would love to know if you have tried them, or any other great free from muffins for that matter!

I have a chocolate muffin comparison coming very soon!

Hannah x

For a brand that I hadn't seen much of until the Free From Show that I attended, I have recently seen Udis explode into all my local shops, perhaps I wasn't really looking before!

So, when I found these breakfast bars, I thought I would give these a try as you don't really see much of this type of product in the free from market. The box contains 5 reasonably sized bars, just watch out as the packaging is much larger than the product so it is slightly misleading, however the bar sizes are more than adequate. A box will cost you £3 in Tesco, meaning that these bars are 60p each which is not bad value for this type of free from product. The other great thing about these bars is that they actually have printed packets! So they won't end up in a shared cupboard with me being unsure whether they're my gluten free bars or my families regular ones.

These bars are around 150 calories each and the box claims that they are high in fibre. I actually eat these as a snack either mid morning or during the afternoon depending on how I feel. These bars are quite filling and keep me tied over until my next meal. I only allow myself to have one 'naughty' (not fruit or veg) snack a day during the week unless I'm really craving a sweet treat. These seem to do the trick and it's much better nutritionally than tucking into a chocolate bar!

The flavour of this bar is most interesting and 'grown up' in taste as the blueberry jam is very tart, however, the baked biscuit is quite sweet in comparison. The contrast causes the most pleasant and complex flavour, this makes the bar feel like a treat which would cost you much more calorie wise than it actually does.

The bar itself is very soft and almost bouncy in texture, very much like how the mainstream equivalent are. The jam's texture is very thick and more like the consistency of a paste rather than a jelly, this works well with the bar as otherwise it may seem a bit slimy when compared to the soft texture of the biscuit.

These blueberry breakfast bars also go great with a cup of coffee and are perfect for work after the mad rush first thing in the morning!

Hannah x

Today I decided to bake one of the packet mixes I have stored and these brownies spoke to me so this is what I chose.

The mix only requires two eggs and 1/3 cup of melted butter. It also had the option to add nuts, but as I don't like nuts in brownies I skipped this step. 

Today I made a little video to show the process so you can view this below:

Once baked I put the tin on the side to cool for around an hour, then I placed it into the fridge to cool completely. Although I followed the cooking time which was 25-30 minutes I believe it would need a little longer the next time as my middle cuts of brownie are very sticky, very tasty but very sticky!

This brownie is by far my favourite brownie I have tried, it had a good crispy top yet a nice gooey centre which is the perfect consistency for a brownie. My whole family loved it too and agreed that they would not know it was gluten free unless I told them!

There are chocolate chips in this recipe as you can see on the cut piece and the texture is thick but not too stodgy, I believe this is down to the aeration in this mix, it makes the rich mixture much more manageable as it is not just one large piece of chocolatey gooey dough!

If you see these in your shop I would recommend picking them up as they are super easy to make, so tasty and suitable for everyone as my whole family who are not gluten free loved it which means if you want to bake a dessert this is the perfect choice as everyone can join in! 

Let me know how your baking goes if you give them a try!

Hannah x    

A couple of weeks ago I went on a coupon shop and never had time to write a post on it but the day has come, unfortunately I also didn't get around to taking some pictures before eating everything so a collage will have to do, Sorry!

The first shop I went to was Pets At Home, I had a coupon for £1 off cat food which was soon to expire so I picked up some treats by Wagg, these treats are soft crunchy treats (if that makes sense?). One of my cats has very little teeth so this is perfect for her! They were £1 which means they were completely free!

I then went to Tesco, I picked up the Innocent Veg Pot which Was half price to £1.95 and I had a £2 off coupon. I also brought a two bags of gluten free bagels which were £2.30 but I had a £1 coupon for each from the Free From Show! I also had a £2.11 price promise.

My Price Break Down:

• Wagg Prrr's Treats - Free
• Inncocent Veg Pot - 5p overage
• Udis Gluten Free Bagels x 2 - 2.60 
• Tesco £2.11Price Promise

Total for shopping after coupons: 44p

That means I got a retail price of £9.50 for 44p after coupons and offers that is a 95% saving!

Hannah x

I used to bake every Wednesday but since going gluten free I find baking a bit more tricky as things do not always work out as planed, mainly things not rising as I would expect them to. So I have been looking a packet mixes in the hope that I will see what I'm doing wrong and hopefully I can learn to bake a good cake!

I baked these about two weeks ago now but I made sure to take plenty of pictures as I went along!

Here is how to bake the cookies:

Step One:
Put the mix, egg and butter in the bowl and mix until a breadcrumb texture.

Step Two:
Add The Honey and vanilla essence and incorporate

Step three:

Roll into balls and place on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes.

And here is the result!

I shared these between my family who do not eat gluten free and they loved them! They said they couldn't tell much of a difference, just they were slightly more crumbly. 

I actually didn't enjoy them very much but I think that could be down to my error of using quite a strong honey that is not as sweet as typical honey. I think they needed some extra sweetness but other than that they have turned out much better than anything else I have baked!

Next time I think I will try doing a cake!

Hannah x

These are a new one to me this week! I have had bagels, both mainstream and gluten free but I have never seen them with chocolate chips, is that just me?

Whilst hunting down bagels in my local Tesco I had to pick up this pack up as well as a plain flavour!

I wasn't 100% sure how to eat these so I ate them as I would with a normal bagel, toasted for breakfast with a good helping of butter. I only toast the inside side of a bagel, its just the way I always like them!

The flavour of these bagels actually reminded me of a pain au chocolat, I think that was because it was packed full of melty chocolate chips. I really enjoyed it as I was concerned that there wouldn't be too many chips, so I was really pleased! It did not seem at all dry or crumbly, the texture was perfect for a bagel, regardless of being gluten free or not.

The combination of the crisp toasted bagel and soft gooey chocolate chips was the perfect juxtaposition particularly as the bread is quite sweet and the chocolate is rich. There was a good mix of complimentary flavours and textures.

Pros:

• Tons of chocolate chips! who doesn't love chocolate!
• The flavour and texture is comparable to a mainstream bagel.
• They are £2.30 a pack but there is plenty of coupons floating around for them.

Cons:

• I went to three supermarkets before I found them, but my large Tesco never lets me down, so I would recommend trying them if you can't find them!

Hannah x

Today's What I ate wednesday Review consists of a product I found at the Free From Show recently. I have heard of Udis before and had some bread based products from them but I never knew they had such good Chocolate and Toffee Muffins!

I tried these for my breakfast, because lets face it breakfast isn't always fun and sometimes it has to be ready fast!

In a pack you get one chocolate muffin and one toffee, this allows you to have both flavours and not worry about them going off before you eat them all! I think this is a fantastic idea. The smart Udis worker who thought of this needs a prize!

I found that other than the flavour, both muffins had the same texture which was a pleasant surprise as in the past I have found even within the same brand the texture can vary quite a bit depending on the flavour of the baked goods.

The muffins were very fluffy and soft in texture, there was a slight oiliness to the muffins which left a light residue on my fingers, but nothing you wouldn't expect from a 'mainstream' muffin, and I find this is preferable to a dry cake.

I was most pleased that there was no odd aftertaste, cakes and biscuits I find are the most guilty for leaving an aftertaste, but this was not the case here.

Pros:

• These muffins only cost me £1 at the show!
• Good flavour and texture
• No odd aftertaste. 
• Two flavours in one pack 

Cons:

• I have yet to find them in my local supermarkets so I may have to buy online!

Overall I think Udis have really hit the nail on its head with this product, the taste and texture is perfect and putting two flavours in one pack is genius as it allows for a bit more variation! Next time you see these in your local shop I would really recommend trying these!

Hannah x 

So it is no longer Friday but I took the day off on Friday and James and I travelled down to London to go to this event for the first time!

I have never been to any type of food show before but I have always really wanted to. We got there as the doors opened and I couldn't believe how big the event was! I have been to caravan and craft shows in the past but nothing as full and busy!

There were many samples and freebies to try from many retailers, some that I have never heard of! As well as Sainsbury's and ASDA kitchens cooking meals.

We spend about 4-5 hours at the show and decided we would just walk round for a couple of hours before purchasing, as we would have to carry these all day. As we got into the building we were given goodie bags from Udis, this consisted of a couple of promotional leaflets, coupons and a box of gluten free pop tart style pastries, unfortunately James did not get a box in his bag.

Throughout the day we spoke to many companies and found some new foods to try.

Purchases
Many items were on a good offer so I couldn't resist! here is a rundown of what I brought and the prices:

• Udis Chocolate Chip & Toffee Muffins - £1
• Peppersmith mints, 3 lemon and 3 original -  6 for £5
• Wellabys pitta chips in italina herb and olive - 4 for £1
• Ten Arce crisps, Variety of flavours - 5 for £3
• B Free Fajita Kit - £2
• Helens Pastry and Chocolate Cupcake Mix - 2 for £4
• Angelic sweet and savoury biscuits - Mix and Match 3 for £5 or £5.50?
• Pizza flavour crisp bread and natural lemon chocolate bar - £5

Freebies
There was also many samples and freebies, I had eaten so many samples I thought I was going to burst!

The items I took away free were:

• Two packets of granola
• One Pure Bred Mini Muffin 
• Two ASDA bars
• Udis Toaster Pastries

Coupons
I also received £17 worth of coupons to use in the supermarket as well as many percentage off coupon codes for websites. Most have pretty long dates so I can stay stocked up!

Reviews of all items will be coming soon! Particularly on Angelic, I think they were the stand out company of the day!

Hannah x