Dolmio Spicy Pepperoni & Tomato Stir-in Sauce

Since moving out of home to start university this year, I have realised the genius of that well-known dietary staple- pasta. It is quick to cook and even I can manage to make it without any major disasters! What makes it even easier is the existance of the Dolmio Stir-In pasta sauces. The sauce comes in a small 150g green and red (very Italian!) plastic pot with a foil lid (ensuring that they can sit in your cupboard for roughly 2 years before they reach their best before date!) Once opened, the sauce can keep for three days in a refrigerator but I've never found that there's any left! The ... more

Well time again for another food review, this time something that is very quick. As usual it was on a shopping trip with my daughter and something caught her eye. We were looking at those sizzle and stir mixes, which I only tend to buy when they are on offer. Last night they weren’t on offer but the Dolmio stir-in range was. The offer was at Sainsburys and it was buy one and get one free, meaning that you paid £1.39 for the two of them, so into the trolley goes one Spicy Pepperoni and Tomato and one Tomato and Roasted Garlic. The product comes in a small plastic round tub, approximately three ... more

This is one of Dolmio's 'stir-in' range of Pasta Sauces, which are absolutely perfect for a creating a tasty meal on the cheap without the slightest bit of hassle. I'm pretty damn useless in the kitchen it has to be said (although I do make a mean chilli and my spaghetti bolognese rocks big time) so when forced to actually 'cook' for myself I tend to turn to something like this or reach for my beloved microwave. At the moment, I'm tending to turn to these tubs more often because they were on special in my local shop for 59p a tub (typical price is around 89p around here) and erm...well us ... more

Here comes along another cheeky addition from the stock cupboard, and a tasty one at that - Dolmio's Stir-in Spicy Pepperoni & Tomato sauce. Now I'm a man who enjoys a pizza with a load of meat on it, so the humble pepperoni is a must. Yet a sauce for pasta?! Surely not. Well, yes in fact, and it works superbly. As you'd expect, the main taste is a strong tomato base with a peppery kick to proceedings. The sauce is relatively thick, but it does come in a small pot so expect it to be concentrated. Once stirred in fully to a bowl of pasta then it breaks down and the overpowering taste you'll get ... more

The 'phone went .... "I'll be home in 5 minutes darling...oh, and you haven't forgotten we're feeding the 6 of them tonight have you?" The response is unprintable by ciao law, but suffice to say that it wasn't "No of course I haven't forgotten, dear, I have a 4 course meal purring away in the oven as we speak"!!! AAaghhhhh! Approx 10 mins til arrival of v important work contacts and nowt to offer. Takeaway would have been the answer but our nearest being 10 mins away I was bound to be caught sneaking up the drive with numerous foil containers..... Enter: Dolmio Stir-in Sauce ... more