I don't eat cheese, I don't drink milk and I can't stomach cream, but I have a thing for Carbonara and this Tesco Italian Spaghetti Carbonara has three cheeses, milk and double cream in! My boyfriend introduced me to Spaghetti Carbonara before he knew about all the things I couldn't/shouldn't eat and since then it's been one of those meals which I like even though I know it doesn't like me. Tonight was fireworks night and dinner was meant to be the burger bar, but as the queue was so huge I made a pit-stop to Tesco Express on the walk home. This ready meal was in the chilled section and was on offer for any 3 for £5 - bargain - but I only needed one ...  Read the complete review

I really do like my ready meals as I like fast food taking no time and energy to prepare. When I saw this in my local Tesco store priced at £1.70 (or 3 different meals for five pounds) I was unable to resist getting it for my tea that night! The Packaging: The meal comes in a black square tray with a clear plastic cover over it and a dark green sleeve that gently slides off it. On the front of that there is a photograph of the carbonara and I'm told in light green and orange writing that it is Tesco 'Italian' Spaghetti Carbonara 'fresh egg spaghetti and smoked ham in a creamy cheese sauce' and that it contains no added artificial preservatives, ...  Read the complete review

I try and cook as many meals as I can myself from scratch but on the odd occasion when time is against me and it's just a case of wanting something quick and easy then this is when I usually turn to a ready meal. The latest was from the Tesco chilled Italian range of ready meals and was the spaghetti carbonara. The carbonara was priced at £2.10 for a 400g container, or you can mix and match three meals from the Italian range for £5.00. The carbonara comes in a black plastic tray covered with a clear film lid. The tray is then wrapped in a cardboard sleeve which contains all of the information about the meal. On the front of the sleeve is a picture ...  Read the complete review

I eat far too many ready meals but in fairness they are alright, Tesco do seem to produce a good range of different ones at a good price and of course a great advantage of these microwaveable products is that sometimes within 6 minutes you have something hot and reasonable to consume. You can pick these up for less than two pounds if I remember correctly and ready meals are very often on promotion or part of special deals at the supermarket. In a 750 watt microwave this meal can be ready to eat within five and a half minutes which includes a minute of standing time, its just the normal procedure where you have to pierce the film covering the item and then ...  Read the complete review