Never one to pass a
yellow sticker by in Marks and Spencer I bought this crayfish, mango and
rice salad as a quick, easy and fairly healthy lunch. Now that it’s
summer (well kind of) I crave tropical, fresh
and vibrant food and this looked to fit the bill. It’s a mix of
different rices, crayfish, mango chunks and peashoots and comes with a
coconut and chilli dressing.
It looks very
appetizing and colourful – anything with yellow in always appeals to me
food wise and with yellow rice and golden mango it promises a taste of
sunshine. There were a good amount of crayfish and
M+S never usually skimp on the quantity of their ingredients. The
crayfish is also part of the ‘Forever fish’ pledge about sourcing
seafood sustainably. The peashoots looked fresh and light and overall
you can’t knock the aesthetics.
The coconut and
chilli dressing was absolutely delicious – slightly creamy but mostly
light, spicy, zingy and just very vibrant. It paired beautifully well
with the mango and especially the peashoots for a
really light and refreshing tasting lunch. My main criticism was around
the rice – it’s cooked well and adds need bulk and filling to the salad
but it was slightly bland. I know M+S can do flavoured rice well so was
a little disappointed that this was a little
monotonous. The dressing wasn’t enough to soak into all of the rice and
bar the odd burst of flavour from the dressing it wasn’t all that
exciting.
Although not the tastiest salad M+S do, I would buy it again. It’s uplifting and light and nutritionally pretty good.
Bought at: Marks and Spencer
Nutrition per pack : 446 calories, 14.4g fat, 2.5g sat fat, 9.7g sugars, 1.45g salt
Score: 7/10
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT BIT BLAND BUT THE DRESSING LIFTS IT COULD DO WITH A LITTLE MORE OF The DRESSING
ReplyDeleteI had one of these yesterday as part of a picnic and it was excellent, one of the best!
ReplyDeleteHad one of these for lunch today. The rice was crunchy, too dry and tasteless, so left most of it. The crayfish would have been better dressed like a prawn cocktail, but the tiny creatures were lost amongst the soggy green leaves. Unusually disappointing for Marks.
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