FEMAIL taste tests 25 supermarket mince pies in search of the best

M&S Made Without 4 Mince Pies Rating: £2.50 for pack of four Despite my preconceptions about gluten free food, I found these were extremely tasty. The shortbread crust was delicious and very addictive, and the filling was fresh and tangy. – Jessica Rach Jessica was shocked at how much she loved this gluten-free treat Iceland … Read more

The mince pies that have almost all your daily sugar

As supermarket shelves fill up with festive pastries, FEMAIL reveals the mince pies that have nearly your ENTIRE daily allowance of sugar Consumer experts Money.co.uk looked at mince pies from UK supermarkets Iceland’s offering topped chart with 82 per cent of daily sugar and 250 calories Waitrose had least sugary mince pie on the market … Read more

Asda and Iceland mince pies win a Which? Best Buy award in blind taste test

Asda and Iceland’s 33p mince pies beat posh rivals Waitrose and M&S in Which? Best Buy survey (but ‘claggy’ Sainsbury’s come last) Budget supermarkets Iceland and Asda came out top in the Which? taste test Beat competition from M&S, Waitrose, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons and Co-op Sainsbury’s and Morrisons received the lowest scores and attracted … Read more

Drop a dress size by Christmas (while stuffing your face with mince pies)

During the last lockdown, women everywhere reported increases in two things: Our alcohol intake and our weight. Almost half of Brits said they got fatter — the dreaded ‘corona stone’ — between late March and mid-June, according to one survey by Kings College London and Ipsos MORI. Meanwhile, in a different survey, by charity Alcohol … Read more

Mum wows the internet with her simple method for cooking mince meat evenly

You’ve been cooking mince wrong this whole time: Mum wows with her VERY simple method for browning meat evenly and lump-free A mum has wowed hundreds with her method for browning mince meat well The NSW mum said using a whisk will brown it evenly and without lumps The method breaks up ground meat into … Read more

Budget supermarket chain Spar beats posh rivals to become this year’s best Christmas mince pie

Budget supermarket chain Spar beats posh rivals to gain the honour of this year’s best Christmas mince pie in blind taste tests Spar had best mince pies in 2020 Christmas Taste Awards, costing just £2 Judges praised the ‘crumbly, buttery pastry’ and said the filling was ‘sweet’  M&S notched up eight wins including best vegan … Read more

Yorkshire bakery wins 3-star Great Taste for mince pie for the first time in history

Is this Britain’s best mince pie? Festive treat from family-run bakery in Yorkshire becomes the FIRST ever to win a 3-star Great Taste award (and it only costs 75p!) Thomas the Baker has won a prestigious 3-star Great Taste award for a mince pie  Heavenly Sweet Mince Pies, available from next week, cost £4.50 for … Read more

‘Everyone is sick of tacos, bolognese and chilli con carne’: Mums share meals to cook with mince

What can you make with all that stockpiled mince? Home cooks share the go-to meat recipes when they’ve had enough of spaghetti bolognese and tacos A mum has asked others online what mince meals she can cook for her family   The woman revealed her family is ‘sick’ of eating the same meals repeatedly  Posting to … Read more

Coles ambassador Curtis Stone’s mince meat is the LAST item left on shelves

Coles ambassador Curtis Stone’s mince is the LAST item left on shelves at Brisbane supermarkets after coronavirus panic buyers cleared out all the fresh meat By Kylie Walters For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:20 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 02:26 GMT, 20 March 2020 Panic buyers began clearing supermarkets of essentials such as toilet paper … Read more

Stuffed squash with spiced mince 

Stuffed squash with spiced mince By Aaron Bertelsen Published: 00:02 GMT, 2 February 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 2 February 2020 SERVES 4 PREP TIME 20 minutes COOK TIME 50 minutes  This dish is redolent of my childhood winters in New Zealand, when my father would cook it in our coal-range oven. Sweet flavours like … Read more