Issue 24 of our bite-sized review series.
It’s summertime! Time for picnics and beach bbqs, holidays, lounging around in the sun sipping and nibbling on delectable delights. We’ve been trying out a number of summer-inspired products over the last few weeks including a drinkable supermeal, iced tea, dukkah, sprouted wheat flours, Mexican salsas, wooden firelighters, prosecco, prosciutto and grana padano cheese, the best picnic sandwich loaf and some portable picnic snacks for the kids.
Read all about it below, and enter the giveaway to win over £80 of summer foodie prizes!
Ambronite Drinkable Supermeal – Ambronite is a brand new complete meal shake for busy, active adventurers. This organic hunger quencher is made out of 100% natural plant-based ingredients including oats, almonds, apples, coconut, nettle, spinach, flax, chlorella, spirulina, cranberry, bilberry, sea buckthorn, nutritional yeast and blackcurrant. It provides a full spectrum of nutrients from 10 grams of protein per serving, 3 grams of fibre and 29 food-based vitamins and minerals.
It’s also green. Like, really green. I wasn’t quite prepared for how khaki green my post-workout shake would be and I admit I was sceptical (so green!), but you know what – it actually tastes pretty good! Packing only 165 calories per serving it also keeps the hunger pangs at bay for a few hours after drinking. The perfect shake for those of us (me!) trying to slim for summer beach holidays in Spain. Available in original, berries, banana and apple & ginger prices for a monthly subscription start from €23.40/$41.65 USD. Enter the giveaway below to win 4 x 165 kcal Ambronite sample sachets and a shaker worth €25!
Adagio Iced Tea – Summertime means sitting out in the garden sipping an ice cold iced tea. The Adagio ingenuiTEA pot takes all the hard work out of making your own iced tea. Simply place some of your favourite loose leaf tea blend in the pot, fill with cold water and leave to chill overnight. Alternatively, Adagio make a selection of delicious flavoured iced tea blend bags such as peach oolong, mango, blood orange or citron green iced tea. Simply pop them into a pitcher of cold water overnight, or, for a quick version, steep in hot water for five minutes and then add ice. Each pouch makes approximately one litre of iced tea.
Their large ingenuiTEA pot (820ml) retails for £26 and you can enter to win one along with a selection of sampler teas in the giveaway below!
Coastal Dukkah from the Dukkah Company: the ideal snack after a day on the water. These fresh Cornish flavours will awaken your senses. This coastal dukkah is seasoned with Cornish seaweed, Cornish sea salt, mint & cayenne for perfect fresh flavour with roasted hazelnuts and pistachios for a good texture.
Winner of the 2016 Taste of the West (South West England), this seasoning tastes absolutely fantastic. Serve with fresh bread dipped in oil and then in the dukkah, sprinkle on salads or use as a topping for grilled fish. With huge thanks to Cornish food blogger Jane over at The Hedgecombers for hand delivering a box all the way from Cornwall to Shetland for me to taste test. £3.75 for 65 grams.
Sprouted Wheat Flours – Spiffing Flours have launched a new range of organic sprouted wheat flours with a dusting of sophistication. Painstakingly developed and produced by a family business using wheat and ancient grains specially grown and selected for their pure, unadulterated quality, these flours contain no additives or over processing – just good old flour like in generations past.
Sprouted wheat flour is germinated to perfection, transforming and multiplying nutrients into more digestible forms. To do this, the grain is soaked for 24 hours and maintained at a temperature of 20 C for five days. The whole sprouted grain, now full of energy, is then milled to make the flour. It tastes fantastic too, a rustic flour perfect for sourdough bread and all summer baking – think scones, cakes, picnic rolls! Available in sprouted wheat (£3.99 for 500 grams), sprouted spelt flour (£4.49 for 500 grams) and sprouted buckwheat flour (£4.49 for 500 grams).
Enter the giveaway below to win a selection of sample packs of this flour, plus a few extra other goodies!
Gran Luchito Salsas – a seriously excellent range of new salsas straight from Mexico. Choose from a deliciously mild tomatillo salsa made with fire-roasted tomatillos, zesty lime and coriander; a marvellously mellow red pepper salsa made with fire-roasted red peppers and sun-ripened tomatoes; a hot mango salsa made with Mexico’s finest mangos blended with spicy hot habanero chillies and fire roasted tomatillos or my favourite, a hot chipotle salsa made with fire-roasted tomatoes. RRP £2.49 for 300 grams.
Flamers Natural Wood Firelighters – Looking for a natural way to light your barbecue that’s guaranteed to work the first time and is completely odour-free? Herefordshire-based Certainly Wood have created Flamers, which are made in the UK, but also work like a treat.
Flamers are a rustically lovely alternative to the mass-produced blocks of white paraffin firelighters and are made from just two ingredients – twists of wood wool gently dipped in melted wax. Not only are they odourless, they’re easy to light and burn with such a passion for a good 10 minutes, you’ll need just the one to light your BBQ, firepit or campfire.
They’re clean and easy to use (no fumbling with reluctant cellophane packaging), convenient, British and bursting with green credentials. Flamers are perfect not just for BBQs but also for wood fires, chimineas, fire pits and campfires too. Useful little chaps to have on hand all year round, in fact. We were really impressed at how well these worked, to be honest. How can such a tiny piece of wood wool work so well?
Prices start from £3.49 for 24, and they’re available in packs of 50, 75 and 200 too. For convenience, you can also buy the Flamers bucket to store them in – a gorgeous enamel lidded bucket to keep your Flamers safe, dry and tidy. RRP £10. Enter the giveaway below to win a bucket and some Flamers for your summer BBQs!
Premier Estates Prosecco – bubbly by the case, delivered straight to your door! The team at Premier Estates Wine seek out the very best in wines and offer them to the UK consumer at very affordable prices. We’ve recently been sipping on some rather lovely Prosecco DOC Millesimato, made using Glera grapes from Valdobbiadene in the Veneto region of North Eastern Italy, thereby ensuring the highest possible quality of prosecco. It has a pale straw colour with hints of honeysuckle, citrus, pear and apple, aromatic with a hint of sweetness and a fine delicate finish. On a sunny day out in the garden, I tell you it goes down really, really well!
Prices start from £7.99 per bottle, with free delivery if you order six or more. Alternatively, click here to enter our giveaway to win a case!
Prosciutto di San Daniele & Grana Padano Cheese – a marriage made in heaven, these two! Think gorgeous salads with figs and honey, slices of Prosciutto di San Daniele with slivers of salty Grana Padano, crusty bread, some bubbly (see prosecco, above!) in the garden under the sun. Summer bliss!
Click here to enter my giveaway to win a Prosciutto di San Daniele and Grana Padano taster box! (Ends 26th June)
Kingsmill Hi Fibre White Bread – perfect for picnic sandwiches! We can often be guilty of not eating as much fibre as we should, especially in the summertime when we’re out playing. Kingsmill Hi Fibre White Bread contains more fibre per 100 grams than their wholemeal bread does, without compromising on taste and appeal – especially with children who perhaps prefer white bread over brown. In fact, it’s our youngest son’s favourite bread now and he pops a loaf in the shopping trolley every time we go to the supermarket! Available from most leading supermarkets.
Soreen Mini Loaves – the UK’s favourite malt loaf have teamed up with Disney to bring you these delicious little snack size mini chocolate loaves, as well as a toffee variety. With 60% less fat and 50% less sugar compared to standard cake bars they make for a fab quick addition to any family picnic or car trip. Our youngest son loved both flavours, although our daughter thought they were a tad on the sweet side! Look out for them in your nearest supermarket.
GIVEAWAY
Ambronite, Adiago, Spiffing Flour and Flamers have all offered one of my readers the chance to win some of their products! These include four sachets of Ambronite and a shaker worth €25, a large ingenuiTEA pot and sample tea sachets worth £32, one pouch of each of the sprouted flour samples plus a few other goodies worth over £13 and a Flamers bucket and firelighters set worth £16. Simply fill out the Rafflecopter entry form below!
HOW TO ENTER
For your chance to win a selection of summer foodie prizes worth over £80 enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Come back and tweet about the giveaway every day for more chances to win!
TERMS & CONDITIONS
This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winner will need to respond within 30 days of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.
The prizes are offered and provided by Ambronite, Adiago Tea, Spiffing Flour and Flamers. The prize is to win a selection of summer foodie prizes worth over £80. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.
There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway.
The promoter (Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary) reserves the right to cancel or amend the giveaway and these terms and conditions without notice.
Entry into our giveaways will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
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Closing date is midnight (that’s 00:00 hours, 12 am on Sunday night/Monday morning) on Monday 17 July 2017 (GMT). The winner will be announced afterwards.
Check out my Giveaways page for other fab prizes!
With thanks to all of the above brands (and Jane from the Hedgecombers) for the review samples. This is not a paid post. First picnic photograph via Shutterstock, all the rest of the images except the Flamers one via the respective websites.
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i would make use of all of these items. they look great
I love foodie treats and like being adventurous by trying new things. This selection looks delicious!
They look fantastic. A bottle of Prosecco is always welcome xx
A couple of things we have tried already and the rest would be new to us and would be nice to try
I think these items look great and some look very yummy indeed
They look great-perfect for a warm summer evening
Looks like lots of interesting things to try – sounds fun to me 🙂
The prosecco especially looks delicious on a summer’s evening!
they look like a great bundle of treats. would be great to win
oh very nice, I make some gorgeous meals out of these
great lineup. Really intrigued by the natural firelighters – hate using the chemical ones.
Would love to try the ice tea.
All of these look lovely and would be great for a summer picnic. I think the Soreen mini loaves are a great idea. Much easier than having to cut up one large loaf.
It makes a great selection for a summer party!
These look brilliant, perfect for a summer picnic with friends and family!
They all look so good its a well put together collection
Could make some tasty sarnies with the hi fibre white bread.
A great selection of goodies! I would love to try
The perfect companions to the finest picnic in history 🙂
Great selection of items – they’d make a lovely picnic.
Love the variety of items! Some I have tried, and others are new to me and I’m keen to try them!
Oh, what a lovely selection of goodies !!
What a variety of items. Perfect for celebrating summer! I’d love to give them all a try.
Not sure about the GREEN drink! But otherwise some interesting suggestions!
Some really great and tasty looking picks here – i’m particularly interested in trying the Gran Luchito Salsas as we love Mexican food in our house.
lovely selection, would love to try these tasty summer picks!
FANTASTIC ITEMS AND CAN SEE THEM BEING VERY POPULAR WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE
They all look great, but I am really interested in the Gran Luchito Salsas
These items could make some great meals, possibly even a summery picnic 🙂
Just noticed in my FB feed that Ambronite is giving away Supermeals for a limited time here, just ordered 4 flavors for 5.90 post fee, looks like a cool deal: bit.ly/4MEALS4FREE
They all look amazing, perfect for a picnic (in or outside!)
It’s such a lovely selection of items and perfect for a summer picnic
They look so tasty. They’re making me hungry!
I have seen sprouted wheat flour in the shops but haven’t bought or tried it yet. Prosciutto and Grana Padano are our family favourites, and I buy them regularly.
These sound delicious, i’m actually sat here drooling – hehe! Fingers crossed and good luck all!
The products I think I’ll enjoy most are the Prosecco and Soreen mini loaves.
they all look yummy,would love to find out more about some of the things I have never seen 🙂
That looks a great selection, I love hampers with treats I have never tried before
Your making me hungry, a great giveaway guys.
They all look amazing and very very yummy. Would eat it all.
The food looks great, salsa’s look scrummy x
A great selection of things. I would like to try the Spiffing Spelt Flour and the firelighters look like a really good idea, odour free and environmentally friendly.
Just reading these has made my mouth water!
They all look great! interested in finding out more about some of the things I have never seen before!
A taste tingling selection of new products for all of the family to enjoy!
These products sound fab. I have not heard of them before. Would love to try
The salsa, dukkah and strawberry shortcake look ace to me.
You’re making my mouth water! Amazing post and giveaway! I would love to win!
the iced tea sounds great would like to try it
What a great prize. I’d love to try the prosciutto on a hot ciabatta bread with a slice of tomato, yum!
Like the sound of the adatigo tea, would love to try it
It looks and sounds fabulous. There is a great selection for a super picnic. Premier Estates Prosecco is my favourite so that’s definitely an added bonus.
Great! Would love to try the iced tea – perfect for this time of year 🙂
All looks absolutely fab – especially the prosecco! Would be lovely in this weather 🙂
Would love to win – the Salsas look lovely and would like to try the Dukkah
it looks like the perfect mix for a summer picnic
Would love to try out that flour.
Some fab products, I am going to get the natural firelighters.
It’s a great prize that I, and I’m sure many others, would love to win
This looks like one gorgeous filled hamper! Love the sound of the contents, haven’t tried anything which is in there!
Great selection of products. Love the adatigo tea, been tryng it out recently
Sounds great, lots of things i haven’t tried. Especially like the sound of those salsa’s.
A great collection, some surprises too, count me in 🙂
I think these items are fantastic great range, my favourite is the prosecco
Awesome treats for all the family and a wonderful picnic
Really like the look of the Gran Luchito Salsas, licking my lips already
this would be a fantastic start to the summer – these look amazing!
I think that they look absolutely stunning. I need them!
They sound like the perfect mix for a picnic
i love hampers and this one looks really good
hampers make lovely presents i do my mother one every Christmas
filled with all her favorite things
I would love to give the Flamers Natural Wood Firelighters a try, we struggle every time with the bbq! 😀
A lovely summery selection just right for eating al fresco this summer
Great hamper, it looks so fresh and tasty. Love the iced tea 🙂
Look absolutely delicious and a bonus as they’re healthy as well. Love to try something new as well !!
Well you can’t beat a nice bottle of prosecco- love the bottle design.
That ham looks amazing!
the salsas sound really delicious as does the bread. id love to try the iced tea its all i actually drink!
we love the mini loaves and the bread sounds great for hubby
There are some interesting products, with one or two favourites, especially the malt loaf.
Fab! I love a good hamper, especially one that has prosecco!
Love the ice tea, its great when sitting on the beach on a hot summer day
They all look really tasty (especially the prosecco). This would make a much posher picnic!
They look amazing, I think the first thing I’d try is the Prosecco!
It looks like a wonderful prize, particularly the Prosecco!
Lovely and healthy
~Absolutely me, from the flour to the prossecco, my fave things x thanks
Ooh I’d love to try out those flours! I’m such a foodie 🙂
GOOD RANGE OF FOOD, WOULD BE VERY WELCOME FOR A FAMILY BBQ
i want to try all that’s included! love the sound of the products and there are a few brands i haven’t tried before
This looks like the perfect summer hamper especially the Prosciutto di San Daniele & Grana Padano Cheese.
What an amazing selection of things to try, the natural wood firelighters would make a fab change to the horrible white smelly things, and what could be nicer to accompany your BBQ than prosecco, ham and salsa? Fingers Crossed double for this prize!
They all look amazing – just what you need for a summer BBQ or trip to the beach
Some interesting stuff! I love Gran Luchito products, never tried their salsas before, though!
Lovely, a piece of malt loaf and an iced tea sounds lush!
Great selection of products, something the whole family could share.
They look lovely – i’m particulary interested in the teapot as i’m a big tea drinker!
I would be absolutely thrilled to win a selection of the above food. Some of them are completely new to me. It would feel like a treat to try them 🙂
What a wonderful selection of summer treats. Would be great for making a lovely picnic. x
Amazing prize package, would love to try these new things
Amazing selection, something there for everyone, thank you
Delicious. I’d be set with the prozecco and the proziciutto, a little wary of drinkable supermeal!
They sound great. Have never made iced tea- we’re a nation of hot tea drinkers!- so I’d love to give that a try. Lovely giveaway.
It’s making me crave a ham and cheese sandwich! Lovely prize 🙂
This looks like the perfect summer hamper. Great selection of products!
What an amazing selection of foods I’ve mostly never heard of! Love to try them!
Looks like a great prize!
Thats an incredible selection – what a great variety of products
They sound exciting,some of the things I have never heard of before but I would like to try them.
I’m loving that selection. It sounds like it would make my perfect camping weekend. From the Ambronite after an early morning hike through to an iced tea with Coastal Dukkah in the afternoon and getting the fire bucket on before making a risotto with Grana Pandano accompanied by a glass of Prosecco of an evening.
They look very yummy and I cannot wait to try them
I think I love them all! Particularly the prosecco and the cheese
This is amazing! I love summer cooking and love to try new recipes
Everything looks delicious. I would love to try the natural wood firelighters on our next bbq
It looks great and I would be keen to try ones I haven’t seen before
What a lovely prize, thank you! Especially like the sound of the flour.
These products look amazing,id love to try these for myself
i think all of thsi stuff is excellent and nutritious
It all looks great, I especially like the Prosecco haha
I think everything sounds great especially the soreen and the prosecco
I love baking and bread making and find it really fun to try out different kinds of flours, so I really like the sound of these.
I would use the Spiffing flours to make some bread or pizza bases.
I love ice tea this looks like a must have for summer!
They sound lovely, I love the idea of the natural fire lighters – bet they smell a lot better
Perfect for a picnic by the river side.
Look really tasty and would be ideal in the current heat wave
These look like something I have not tried before and would love to have the opportunity
amazing giveaway everything looks so fresh and tasty i really love the Prosciutto di San Daniele & Grana Padano Cheese very tasty !! xxx
they are great love the mini soreen loaves but could do lots with the Prosciutto di San Daniele & Grana Padano Cheese
These seem amazing! As a struggling student, I would appreciate any free food haha
An interesting selection of Summer picks. My favourite listed is the Prosecco
It’s a pretty diverse and interesting mix. I’ll be looking to try number of these over the summer.
The firelighters look great! I’ve been searching high and low for an eco friendly way to light my BBQ.
these all look yummy, would love to win
I havent tried much of it but it looks delicious and Im always wanting to try different foods
I love the idea of the ice tea kit for summer, I’ve weened myself of liptons peach ice tea because of the sugar content- but this is guilt free!
looks absolutely yummy and great fro summer picnics!
think they are fab i would love the prosecco and my daughter would love the soreen thankyou
looks like a lovely colllection and it would be great to win
The chocolate slices look delicious and healthy-ish too
What a great selection – a few brands I haven’t tried before too!
VERY NICE INDEED, HEALTHY JUST WHAT WE ALL NEED TO EAT