Grassingtons Vegetable Quarter Pounders

Grassington's vegetable quarter pounders are a convenient ready meal for vegetarians. They don't seem to be sold from most of my local supermarkets (presumably because they have their own versions), but the local whole-food supermarket sells them for £2.69 per pack of four. As the name suggests, each burger weighs a quarter of a pound. This review is done on the pack I bought a week ago - it has a different set of nutrition statistics from the pack in the icon, so I guess the recipe has changed pretty recently. These cost me nearly 50% more than the hypermarket's own-brand version that I usually get and they don't seem massively different, but ...  Read the complete review

This is an odd one. These burgers scrore big points on the health side, they're low in fat and calories which is unusua for vegetarian food, and the fact you can cook them from frozen is a bonus for conveniance. They don't take too long to cook, and given the rather intense flavour they can be easily paired with plain veg and potatoes. The overall flavour is very nice, a good mix of vegetables that each maintain a distinct impression in the burger as a whole, coated in crispy bredcrumb type things that seem a little unnecessary given the substatial quality of the veggie mix. The texture is where the big let down is. Every time I have cooked these ...  Read the complete review

Even though I'm a student and like things as cheap as possible, I also like my comfort food. Stuff that reminds me of home. And this veggie burgers are one of those things. Sunday lunch with my grandparents was a tradition every Sunday I stayed there ever since they moved to Scarborough. Yorkshire puddings, peas, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, roast peppers and sliced beef. I'm getting hungry just remembering it! But when I turned vegetarian four years ago, the sliced beef had to go. So my grandparents started searching for a cheap, vegetarian alternative. And this is what they found. At 2 for £3 in the majority of supermarkets, Grassingtons ...  Read the complete review