I was only saying the other day that I was thoroughly bored of all the Free From (Gluten Free & Dairy Free) options in the frozen sections of the big supermarkets. They seem to make some new additions once a year and none of them are very exciting… Tesco‘s latest additions to their Tesco Free From frozen range however have brought slightly more mixed thoughts for me.
When Tesco released an even larger batch of Tesco Free From Frozen products last year I did a little article on them, check that out by clicking here.
This was a very exciting discovery I came across in my local Tesco Store today. Granted, I love making my own Sweet and Sour Chicken, but to be able to have this in the freezer and ready to eat within 15 minutes, from frozen, is amazing news when you are short of time! It is of course Dairy Free too which means Mark & I will definitely be grabbing this to try out very soon with some steamed rice – perfect, tasty, easy dinner! Who doesn’t like Sweet and Sour Chicken?! Let me know if you get the chance to try this I would love to know your thoughts 🙂
This is the product that I am most pleased about. Essentially a gluten and dairy free Cornetto! It’s the perfect thing to have in the freezer for a summers day. I often find that family and friends struggle to know what exactly to buy when Mark and I go round with our gluten and dairy issues so these tesco free from strawberry & vanilla cones would be perfect. Whilst Mark and I are happy to search the internet and local health food shops for different gluten free & dairy free brands, I don’t expect our families to have to do the same! It’s great that they can just pop into Tesco and grab these. I’ll definitely be trying these out soon; but in the mean time let me know what you think!
For those of you fortunate to be able to eat onions then these are for you! If you can eat onions, I am very jealous right now. I love onion rings so much and would always order them as a side in restaurants. However, I haven’t been able to eat onions for a long time now and so unfortunately I won’t be trying these. (Neither will Mark as he faces the same problem!) Onion rings are definitely a favourite amongst many and I’m sure a lot of you have missed eating them when your gluten eating friends do! I used to love them alongside, or even inside, a massive cheese burger. They would actually work amazingly alongside my gluten & dairy free burger recipe, which you can view if you click here! I would love to know people’s thoughts on these Tesco free from onion rings so if you get the chance to try them, give me a shout 🙂
Another new addition to the Tesco free from range looks to be these Southern Fried Crispy Potato Skins. Although I will always be a fan of my own gluten and dairy free sweet potato fries (which are baked not fried), click here for the simple recipe. Sometimes a busy day is on the cards and cooking all our dinner from scratch has to take a back seat. These would perfectly alongside any dish by the looks of it. Steak, burger, fish, chicken! They would also be perfect if you had friends round and wanted a few ‘party food’ type dishes. I’d love to make my home made guacamole and dip these Tesco free from crispy potato skins into it! As always though, the proof is in the taste so if you get there before me… let me know what you think!
Finally I noticed that in the Tesco free from section they are also selling Tesco free from cheesy garlic dough balls. These are sadly not dairy free but they are completely gluten free. I always find this a shame as it is nice when Mark & I can enjoy free from foods together! I will make an exception for these though and delve right in! I used to love ordering dough balls at Pizza Express and to have some pre-made, ready to chuck in the oven, is perfect; especially for those times when I’m peckish but don’t have time to make my own!
I’m always excited when one big supermarket brings out some new free from goods as it usually means that the other supermarkets will follow – I will try and keep you posted if any of the others do soon!
What do you guys think of the own brand free from products that supermarkets provide like the Tesco free from range? I know not everyone is a fan & it would be interesting to know your thoughts.
I will definitely be giving the Tesco free from ice cream cones a go, how could I not?!
Thanks for reading,
Becky xxx
