Ready meals delivered to your store cupboard
HAVING home-cooked meals prepared for you is great — it really takes away the hassle. Pre-cooked meals have been around for decades, but the latest, versions are better than ever. These wholesome, tasty meals are ordered online and delivered next day to your home, ready to pop in the microwave or oven. The big difference is that they can be stored in the cupboard for up to six months without any impact on the flavour, as this is high-tech cuisine. The meals are slow cooked to perfection, then specially packed to seal in goodness and flavour using a cutting-edge, steam-fresh packaging system. It’s based on one used in fancy Michelin-star restaurants, called sous vide — French for ‘under vacuum’. These dishes have been launched by a couple whose company grew out of the meals they made for one of their mums. Already there are more than 30 wholesome dishes on offer, from comforting winter warmers such as cottage pie and lamb hotpot, to tasty lasagne and fragrant Thai red chicken curry. There are also soups, porridge breakfasts, sides and scrummy desserts, including spotted dick and sticky toffee pudding. The packaging might be hightech, but prices provide good old-fashioned value, with main courses at £2.99. Or try a starter pack of ten mains for £19 — just £1.90 each. With your first order, there’s a free tea towel (worth £4.99). All orders are delivered free, next day throughout the UK.