Well here it is, or rather there it was.......

To my delight, the Co-Op in Pontllanfraith stock these wonderful raspberry iced buns, which are vegan. So of course whenever I'm there, I stock up on them. To my delight, they also had apple lattice slices. How fab is that. probably non vegans see these as everyday accessible products, but being VEGAN, they are not. They are such a treat.

So here is my review of them:

Raspberry iced buns- a delicious sweet , oh yes sweet, fix. White 'bread' or 'dough' or whatever it is called, with a raspberry jam filling, topped with a PINK icing. Junk heaven! delicious! one is never enough - need I say more.........

Apple lattice slice. I like this. Puff pastry, sweet apple filling. Not as sweet as r.i.b. (raspberry iced bun), but very nice with a cup of tea, and again being Vegan, a real treat. probably would have been better re-heated, but hey, i wasn't gonna waste time! Another fabulous vegan delight from the C0-Operative.

http://www.co-operative.coop/food/

both come in multi packs, so as they say 'one is never enough' - don't worry- there's a whole pack!

Vegan Ready Made Meals - no problem at the Co-Operative stores

Today I'm talking about convenience food, not always so convenient if you're vegan. Luckily the Co-op are good at labelling foods as suitable for Vegans, they're also good at labelling other products 'no animal ingredients', so it's fab and easy to shop there.

Today I tried the ready made Orzo Salad. i didn't know what orzo salad was, but it looked nice, and it's not often i find convenience foods that are vegan suitable. a little on the pricey side for my budget (it was £2+), but maybe not everyone would think so? it was colourful, and had small pasta bits that looked like large rice. It contained sundried tomatoes, onions, chives, tomatoes and pepper, and it said spinach, although there was really not much evidence of that. I liked the taste and texture, it was slightly on the vinegar side in places, but i made the mistake of adding a pinch of salt, when all it really needed was to be mix up a bit. an excellent light lunch, and very convenient.

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Orzo salad packed.

Beautiful array of colours.