As part of my money-saving mission, I have started baking more often and buying cakes and goodies, a bit less often. Tesco Value Dried Fruit Mix is a excellent buy at just 65p for a 500g bag. This dried fruit mix can be eaten straight from the pack, as a quick snack or used in a multitude of tasty recipes. As a snack on it's own, it is great if you need a quick, sweet tooth fix. The dried fruit and candied peels are very sweet and chewy and make an excellent job of satifying your craving. I just have to watch and not eat too many, or I come out in an itchy rash for some reason. One of my favourite recipes is fruit loaf, which is shown below. This ...  Read the complete review

My husband was brought up with a mother and grandmother who spoiled him with homemade cakes and buns, and caused his complete sweet tooth. So in being the dutiful wife, I have tried, since we got married, to bake more. One of the recipes given to me by my husband's grandmother was for a tea loaf, which involves dried fruit. It was her that recommended that the Tesco value pack was perfectly fine for such a recipe. This 500g pack of dried mixed fruit, is as I said from the value range and currently costs around 65p for a bag. This bag included a mix of seedless raisins, sultanas, mixed candied citrus peel and currants. Althugh I first made ...  Read the complete review