Tesco Finest Chicken with Pancetta & Mozzarella

I don't really "do" ready meals. For the most part, those I've tried have been bland, over-produced products, lacking in taste and texture. And any brief perusal of the ingredients seems to have revealed exactly what my senses have suggested: I'm eating a pile of horrible rubbish with no nutritional value whatsoever. It's just as well I like to cook! But, when my neighbour, who was going away for the New Year, called around with a carrier bag full of food from her fridge, I took it all in. If there's one thing I can't bear it's to throw away food. It's so obscene and wasteful. That's why we ... more

(Or “How Phil Lost His Tesco Finest Virginity”) Following my recent conversion from Sainsbury’s to Tesco, I have yet to invest any real cash or interest in the Tesco Finest range. Tesco’s premium range of products has the emphasis on taste and quality as the Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference range, but I was dubious about the abilities of Tesco to innovate and develop products anywhere near the standard of Sainsbury’s or M &S. Nonetheless, the stores stock a considerable range of Finest foods. You can’t miss them. In their stylish silver livery, all the ... more