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Aldi... what do you recommend?

Zelda247

i have just moved into an area where there is an Aldi, i am not really familiar with the store, what do you recommend of their products.

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fmul9798

Yes, that's a pretty accurate description.
Some kind of veg oil spread not butter. Much prefer an actual butter.

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Very disappointed with there garlic butter. It tastes and smells musty.

SteelyDanJalapeno

The pesto flavoured hummus is excellent!

freshpopcorn

Very disappointed with the garlic butter. It tastes and smells musty.

charlietheminxx

The Cool wrote: »

I think frozen avocado is only good for smoothies, low carb baking, etc. Dont think youd eat it uncooked on the side of anything.
Definitely have seen bagged cubes of frozen spinach before, though not looked for it in ages.

I've used the strong roots frozen avocado halves to make guacamole before and it came out lovely. Just let it defrost and then mash it up with some lime juice, red onion, coriander and a dash of tabasco. Handy to have in the freezer!

The Cool

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

We, not sure about frozen avocados. I see the frozen spinach being used as an alternative to fresh stuff in a lot of recipes these days. Been meaning to give it a go. Must keep an eye out so.

I think frozen avocado is only good for smoothies, low carb baking, etc. Dont think youd eat it uncooked on the side of anything.
Definitely have seen bagged cubes of frozen spinach before, though not looked for it in ages.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

I think so, I even saw frozen avocado halves in their today

We, not sure about frozen avocados. I see the frozen spinach being used as an alternative to fresh stuff in a lot of recipes these days. Been meaning to give it a go. Must keep an eye out so.

Odyssey 2005

The Cool wrote: »

Think it's a recent addition - cod nuggets in the fresh fish section, delicious!

Agreed,although their nothing on the breaded cod in Lidl.

SteelyDanJalapeno

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Do Aldi do frozen spinach?

I think so, I even saw frozen avocado halves in their today

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Do Aldi do frozen spinach?

The Cool

Think it's a recent addition - cod nuggets in the fresh fish section, delicious!

nlrkjos

Korean hot sauce is brilliant in chicken stir fry...just ate a bowlful there, lovely.

fin12

I got these today in Aldi. The onion and mango ones were lovely. Have to go back n get more cause I say they are a special buy.

sillysocks

n!ghtmancometh wrote: »

They've switched the (lovely) little plastic packets of peeper sauce found in the meat fridge, for a manky Hartley's version which comes in a small plastic sachet. It's about 50% more watery, flavourless and not nearly as handy to heat up either.

Is that the ones that used to be in the small rectangular containers almost like McDonalds bbq sauce etc? They were lovely, and so handy!

n!ghtmancometh

They've switched the (lovely) little plastic packets of peeper sauce found in the meat fridge, for a manky Hartley's version which comes in a small plastic sachet. It's about 50% more watery, flavourless and not nearly as handy to heat up either.

Youdunnit

ASOT wrote: »

I got stung like that with the mince and red lentils

In fairness it's cheaper but visually I just looked at the mince and didn't notice the description

Tasteless though in spaghetti Bolognese

ASOT

Youdunnit wrote: »

Ok I wasn't accurate about the mince,I checked the one in the freezer

It's lean and bean mince ,mince and cooked haricot beans

It's says it's a new product on the packet,. It sucks anyhow

Looks the exact same as other pre packed minced beef,I didn't even notice it wasn't beef mince proper

I got stung like that with the mince and red lentils

Youdunnit

Ok I wasn't accurate about the mince,I checked the one in the freezer

It's lean and bean mince ,mince and cooked haricot beans

It's says it's a new product on the packet,. It sucks anyhow

Looks the exact same as other pre packed minced beef,I didn't even notice it wasn't beef mince proper

SozBbz

Yeah I find aldi great for mince. I've bought their standard less than 5%, their lean steak mince and their organic lean mince and have had no issues whatsoever. I've always been very happy with the standard of their product.

Youdunnit

I buy a lot of mince

Butcher and Packaged and I'm not anti aldi but I could tell it was wrong after it hit the pan

It looked like pork except it was beef mince

caviardreams

Odelay wrote: »

I usually find their mince to be grand. Lasts well too.

The Black Angus Lean one is good - not out of this world or anything but it's decent mince, no complaints

Youdunnit

Odelay wrote: »

I usually find their mince to be grand. Lasts well too.

Must be a bad batch it's dirt and I like a lot of aldi stuff

Odelay

Youdunnit wrote: »

I got some lean mince beef ,it's brutal stuff

I normally get the butcher or the svalu packet stuff will do

This takes it down to a new level , throwing the frozen one out

I usually find their mince to be grand. Lasts well too.

Youdunnit

I got some lean mince beef ,it's brutal stuff

I normally get the butcher or the svalu packet stuff will do

This takes it down to a new level , throwing the frozen one out

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

The pizza/pasta flour they sometimes have is really great. It's the same company that make the Cotswold Crunch flour. I was making pizza with it for a while and noticed the dough came together much easier and was far less sticky than it normally was. When it had proved it felt much softer too.
Ran out over the weekend and had to go back to the other brand I get in a health food shop and had to add a fair bit of extra flour to stop it sticking to my hands and wrists.

RhubarbCrumble

The frozen raspberries are excellent. Cheaper than Tesco and a bigger bag, but what I really liked was that it was whole raspberries to the bottom of the bag whereas the Tesco ones turned into dust.

donnacha

Tried the specially selected tortilla chips - manchego & green olive, best tortilla chips I've had.

Also picked up a jar of tapenade on one of those middle specials aisles. Agúpe is the brand and it's a sun-dried tomato, free feta and kalamata olive tapenade produced in Greece. Really, really good and only cost €1.49.

gooner99

leahyl wrote: »

I thought they falafel ones were very tasty too!

Were those the frozen specially selected burgers?

caviardreams

LiamaDelta wrote: »

Gete thee to the credit union, then go buy the Linwoods:D

In fairness it's not that much more expensive €6 for 475g (almost double the amount of the aldi bag iirc) in Holland & Barrett (and also BOGO half price at the moment) if anyone is stuck.

AllForIt

Bought a jar of grilled peppers antipasti for 99c the other day. Totally delicious.

leahyl

UsedToWait wrote: »

I thought the falafel ones were minging, but someone else on the thread loved them

I thought they falafel ones were very tasty too!