Your best food discovery of 2014

[CogitOIOIO]

What food, ingredient, dish, preparation method etc have you discovered this year that has changed the way you eat? It's been humble 'cooking bacon' (Sainsbury) in our house. No idea how I missed it previously.

[Pixa]

Slimming World's Katsu Curry. It's a favourite in our house.

[Meplusyouequals4]

Pork and cranberry sausages and sausage meat off QVC

[MERLYPUSSEDOFF]

Frozen parathas and chapattis in Asda frozen section. Frozen garlic cubes.

[mentaltodolist]

Frozen blueberries. In cava.

[coolaschmoola]

Truffle brie..... It is divine!

[JamNan]

venison burgers from Tesco
(aka Bambi burgers in our house)

[hifi]

Frozen mash pellets, add butter and milk, lush.

[hifi]

Frozen garlic And frozen chilli peppers from the Asian section in Tescos. Less waste with garlic bulbs and fresh chillies. They also do frozen ginger cubes.

[TyneTeas]

My favourite sites for foodie things are here : )

t.co/YrNkhWDEgf

[Allalonenow]

Frozen spinach, it comes in small cubes, ideal for putting into fish chowder or fish pie for some colour, and good in curries too. Also frozen ginger is great for stir frys.

Long life tapas, never be without a devil on horseback again and the packs of dim-sum to steam in the microwave are genius!

If your children like sardines, mine used to love sardines as part of the pizza topping, I used to split them lengthways so they warmed through quickly.

And I must mention balsamic pearls, two or three dropped into a dry martini with a silverskin onion

[FriteFuaite]

Quark!! I use it in so many different recipes, and it's low fat!

[DustBunnyFarmer]

Slow cooked steak chilli with smoked paprika served with homemade cheese, chilli and sweetcorn cornbread, sour cream and rough chopped fresh coriander.

Also cheap gammons boiled in the slow cooker whilst we are out at work. It collapses like pulled pork. We serve it with mash, parsley sauce & veggies. Great hearty winter grub.

[BeginnersLuck]

Agree, black pepper tofu is amazing! And Ottolenghi's kosheri too (and that fact that it freezes).
I've discovered how easy it is to sprout green lentils (or puy, or any other kind). No need to buy fancy sprouting seeds from healthfood shops - just any old lentils that you'd buy for cooking with from the supermarket. Shove in an empty jamjar, rinse twice a day with water and bingo! Delicious sprouted seeds 3-4 days later.
And ridged salt and vinegar Kettle crisps. Divine.

[hugoagogo]

Marinaded tofu, thai 7 spice and udon noodles I am obsessed! Off to google black pepper tofu!

[Gremlingirl]

Cooking bacon is a cheap pack of mixed bacon bits, streaky and back, smoked and unsmoked from the supermarket or some butchers. If you chop it up and cook it until it's brown all over, you can blitz it in the food processor and add some salt to make bacon salt which is the food of the gods. Amazing on eggs, pasta, chips, popcorn.... Anything really (not custard, as per up thread!)

[Fieldday]

The Make Pack for making desserts. Helps me look like a domestic goddess for very little effort.

[Notonaschoolnight]

This stuff is the bomb makes soups, chillis, cottage pies easy

[IDismyname]

Chorizo added to anything. Except custard.

Knorr stock pot thingys. Especially the herb one.

[twinshock]

New York bagels, toasted with cheese - half cheddar, half cheap processed cheese w gherkins, red onion & mustard. Best lunch ever.

[WhereDoAllTheCalculatorsGo]

McLellands Seriously Strong cheddar cheese sauce. It's amazing. I got it from ocado, I've not seen it anywhere else.

[Gingerfudge]

Home made sourdough - even the dcs are converts
Waitrose Perry - just enough sweetness
Mustard, gherkins and smoked paprika - deep love - never appreciated them before.
Good burgers - I'm almost obsessed with finding the perfect example, McD's & Burger King need not apply.

[Biscetti]

*is

[Biscetti]

Yuzu, Hearts - if it us, I totally agree. It's absolutely divine.

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

This gorgeous Japanese salad dressing - sesame and soy and I'm not sure what else. It is absolutely delicious, I could drink the stuff! Given to me as a "hostess present" from a friend who lived in Tokyo for 5 years, and I managed to find it in a specialty Japanese food shop near us.

[Sausages123]

Nectarine and mozzarella salad