This month my foodie penpals parcel came from Tracey over at It’s not easy being greedy (how great is that blog name?!). Month after month I continue to be excited at what might be in my parcel, as although I give pretty much the same ‘requests’ every time, everybody has different ideas and come from different places so I always get something I haven’t tried yet – and often I get something I really want too! Anyway, on with the contents for this month. Up first, the more sweet items: hazelnut & raisin dark chocolate square. I’m usually a milk chocolate …
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Foodie Penpals – August reveal
This month my parcel came from Jemma in Wales. I always love trying local goods from other areas in other countries so I was excited to see what I would receive. First up, some local goodies: lamb & mint welsh potato crisps. My first thought on finding these was ‘Yum!’. I’ve been saving these for our car journey today. local Welshcakes. These are delicious, on their own or with butter and/or jam. Jemma lives in a multicultural area so I also received: harissa paste. I’ve wanted to try some kind of recipe with this for ages so it was …
Foodie Penpals – July reveal
This month my foodie penpals parcel came from Kevin over at The Crafty Larder (you really should check his blog out as there are some fantabulous recipes on there – seriously, go on, do it). I think this parcel was one of my favourite ones yet. Though I have said it before this parcel was very ‘me’ and a lot of thought was put into it. First up, a few savoury bits: Vietnamese dipping sauce. I haven’t had Vietnamese yet but I’m looking forward to trying this with spring rolls (or some other kind of appetiser) Thai chilli rice crackers. These were …
Foodie Penpals – June reveal
This month my parcel came from Laura over at Foodie Laura. I usually give spicy food as one of my preferences, and this box happened to be an international spice fest! I haven’t actually tried anything yet but I am really looking forward to doing so. First up was a couple of meal kits: Sri Lankan duck curry. Now this sounds delicious as we love duck but rarely ever have it, so I’m going to treat us to some duck this week and have it for dinner one evening! lamb Rogan Josh. this is one my favourite Indian curries so …
Foodie Penpals – May reveal
Once again my foodie parcel was a bit lot late – it was worth waiting for though if only for the chocolate! I had a few items from overseas this time as my penpal Kelly was going abroad on holiday before sending my parcel, so I was looking forward to receiving things I may not necessarily have had before. In there was a mixture of sweet & savoury items. First up the yummy sweet treats: a bar of 72% dark chocolate with almonds. I usually eat milk chocolate so this was a lovely change. Sickly because it is so strong, but …