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Review: Our Weekly Top Five Picks

Published on November 30, 2016 by Elizabeth 10 Comments
Last Updated on November 28, 2017

Issue 14 of our weekly bite-sized review series.

Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary - Review of our weekly top five picks

This week we’ve been taste testing all sorts of wonderful things – from a subscription box that sends you all the spices needed to make restaurant quality meals at home in under 20 minutes, the finest in Italian food and chocolate, a date night subscription box and visually devouring food photographs on Instagram. Now you can get the recipes pictured in these images straight to your inbox!

Simply Cook – Cook restaurant quality meals at home in under 20 minutes with this foodie subscription box. Each week/fortnight/month you will be sent four recipe kits. All you need to do is add 4-6 items of fresh food, follow the easy-to-follow instructions and voila, new and interesting meals! Choose your trial box: Discovery; Light (under 600 calories); Gluten-Free or Vegetarian. £9.99 per box.

Lovetoeat.it – are you an Instagram fan and love scrolling through gorgeous images of food, but wish you could access the recipes more easily? This brand new website allows you to receive recipe links right away in your inbox as soon as you ‘heart’ an image. It’s free too!

Fine Italy – The finest artisan Italian food delivered straight to your door in a stylish wooden crate. Their menus highlight regional specialities and are available as complete four course meals for four, or now as one main course with dessert for four people. There are currently six menus to choose from and prices start from £3.43 per person.

Amedei Tuscany – Amedei Tuscany, makers of award-winning Italian chocolate, have teamed up with the Arpa Foundation to raise funds to finance a scholarship for a young Ecuadorian. Ecuador is one of the countries that produces the cocoa used in some of Amedei’s single-origin products. This Christmas, Amedei have created two new gift boxes containing a selection of chocolates, chocolate bars and pralines.  Part of the proceeds from sales of Arpa gift boxes will be donated to the scholarship. Prices start from £46.

Just Us Box – this month’s date night box was themed ‘Feast’, with napkin folding, chocolate tasting, an elderflower vodka jelly dessert (with some stylish shot glasses to serve them in) and a taste trip with some berry frooties that turn sweet tastes sour, and vice versa. Sign up with this monthly date night subscription before the 16th of December to receive their ‘Craftmas’ themed box. Subscriptions start from £25, or try a trial box for £18.

Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary received product samples of all of the above items for review purposes. This is not a paid post. Thank you for supporting the brands who make it possible for me to do what I love: mess up my kitchen and share food stories.

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Comments

  1. Zena's Suitcase says

    December 2, 2016 at 3:11 pm

    That Amedei Tuscany chocolate looks amazing, and I love how they are raising funds with their Christmas boxes
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  2. Jennifer says

    December 2, 2016 at 11:38 am

    I think I’ll have a look at all those suggestions of chocolate boxes. It’s a great gift. Fit for every occasion to me. Thanks for the post and happy holiday Elizabeth!
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  3. Jayne @ Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs says

    December 2, 2016 at 10:29 am

    They all sound very tempting!
    Love the idea of fine Italy, going to look into this 🙂 x
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  4. Emily says

    December 2, 2016 at 3:55 am

    Chocolate box is one of the best ideas for Christmas gift. I found amazing Collenzione Promessa thanks to your providing. Hope you a merry Christmas, Elizabeth

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  5. Stella says

    December 1, 2016 at 11:42 am

    Fine Italy sounds more like me. Off to check it out.
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  6. Lyndsey O'Halloran says

    November 30, 2016 at 11:31 pm

    CHocolate tasting and vodka jelly sounds pretty good to me!

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  7. Ana De- Jesus says

    November 30, 2016 at 10:47 pm

    I love the sound of Lovetoeat.it as your right I do love scrolling through Instagram looking at gorgeous pictures of food. Lol!
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  8. Tooting Mama says

    November 30, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    I love the sound of Fine Italy. I love good Italian food, there’s nothing quite like it. An Italian friend of my husband made us an authentic Roman-style pasta carbonara with the finest pig cheek, pecorino cheese and the best pasta bought from le grand epicierie here in Paris – it was amazing.
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  9. Dean of Little Steps says

    November 30, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    Oh everything sounds so delicious. I love the sound of “Fine Italy” and Amedei Tuscany 🙂
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  10. Talya says

    November 30, 2016 at 7:18 pm

    Ooooh Fine Italy sounds really tempting – off to investigate further!

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