Regular readers will know that we’re big fans of M&S’s fantastic dine in for two offer. Yesterday, I picked up the main, side, dessert, and bottle of wine for just €12.50, a saving of €12.96. My dinner, the Cook Menu Chicken and Wiltshire Ham Pie, wasn’t the nicest meal I’ve ever had in M&S. No, [...]

Mamma Mia! It’s Valentine’s Mardi Gras at Aldi,with roses, Italian food, and pancake accroutements all on sale. Today’s special buys include: Valentine’s red rose bouquet – €14.99 Pizza base mix – 99c Maple syrup – €2.99 Click here to see them all. This week’s Super6 selection includes white potatoes, Granny Smith apples, and a carrot [...]

It’s a birdwatcher’s paradise this Thursday at Aldi, with special buys including: High energy bird food – €4.99 Pedestal bird bath – €12.99 Camera nest box kit -  €6.99 Bird-feeders might be advised to buy now, as I suspect snow will come again this year. But am I the only one who finds the camera nest box [...]

Ready meals have been a contentious subject here on CheapEats. I know they can be loaded with fats, salt and sugar, and Rercy’s right to direct us towards the “nutritional information” label. But they’re not all bad: M&S is getting better and better, and Cully and Sully’s hotpots are lovely. Last week I was sent [...]

Feeling lazy and hankering some comfort food, I nipped into Tesco and bought the Tesco Finest Lamb Moussaka. I naively thought it would marry well with the Potato Gratin from the normal Tesco range but I choose poorly. Both were tasty but sadly not together – I swear I could almost hear my arteries clog [...]

A random recommendation: Aldi’s “Liskeel” organic probiotic natural yogurt. I picked some up last week and they beat similar offerings from Lidl, Rachel’s, Glenisk and even the delicious Killowen yogurt. As it happens, the Aldi yogurts are unsurprisingly cheaper, but let’s forget about value for just a moment: they’re simply nicer. Thick, smooth and naturally [...]

By Catriona McGrath So I thought people would like to know that a friend of mine came to visit from Canada and brought with her my new supply of Kraft dinner  Sadly, Peter won’t let me do another blog on delicious luminous mac and cheese but thankfully I rediscovered another gem to rave about. It [...]

I never was a big fan of Aero or, indeed, most Nestle chocolate. Perhaps it’s the self-hating disappointment invoked by every packet of Smarties. Or maybe it’s those moronic Yorkie ads, where Nestle try to find a niche for a chocolate bar that tastes precisely of mouse-regurgitated sugar mixed with lead. “It’s not for girls!” [...]

Oh no, I’m so ashamed. Yesterday I brought to an end my recent poor diet of vegetable fat, salt and sugar with a healthy fruit and yogurt breakfast and a green vegetable stir-fry for lunch, followed by some nuts, juice and wholemeal bread as an afternoon snack. Then, just as I was about to tuck [...]

Painful experience has gently nudged me away from impulse buys, but one small sample of hot smoked salmon shattered my caution. Because of my inbuilt capacity for financial self-destruction, I went along to last week’s Food and Wine Magazine show with only €10 in my pocket. Also,  it was all the money I had in [...]