Last night I really did not have the time or energy to cook a meal! I currently work at home for my partner who works for a major football club and I was constantly writing letters, printing, sorting out booking forms. Basically I was working non stop when he got in at 3pm. Now I don't mind but when it then comes to cooking a meal neither of us want to do anything! However, we already had chicken breasts in the fridge and a jar of Sharwoods Cantonese Sweet & Sour sauce in the cupboard together with rise and hey presto a quick meal! I'm quite a fan of the Sharwoods range and I have never been let down by any of their products so I'm more than happy to buy ...  Read the complete review

As I am always looking for healthy food choices and lower calorie food types, I find Sharwoods Sweet and Sour very good for my needs. I like to add Sweet and Sour sauce to chicken and it is also very tasty and goes very well alongside stir frys and is also very good served with noodles. The sauce is very mild giving off a fruity sweet and sour taste, it contains pineapple, peppers and water chestnuts which really give it that unique taste as though you have just ordered from a chinese takeaway. The sauce is just perfect with chicken added, it also sits very well with pork and also certain types of fish can be added for that person who ...  Read the complete review

As a mother of a teenage son I regularly find I am cooking for more than I bargained for - the girlfriends and male friends regularly seem to congregate round mine at tea time! In this time of financial uncertainty I now buy various sauces when they are on buy one get one free or half price as these often are and freeze portions of turkey or chicken when on offer so I don't have panic stations when finding I am feeding the "five thousand" so to speak. Sharwoods is one of my favourite sauces. The sweet and sour one costs £1.34 for 195g in Tesco at the moment full price but is often on promotion which is when I stock up. Coming in a glass jar with ...  Read the complete review

I'd never even thought about using this until one of my housemates cooked for us once and it was delicious, this being the secret ingredient!! She didn't use this sweet and sour sauce, but noseying round the supermarket I came across two flavours I love: sweet chilli and this sweet and sour. It comes in a pretty large jar, I'd say you'd get about 3-4 meals out of it depending on how much you use. You can store it in the cupboard until opened, but it keeps for a good few weeks in the fridge once opened. The sauce is a good consistency - not too thick it's sickly, but not runny and watery either. The sweet and sour taste is just like the kind you'd ...  Read the complete review

Because I'm cooking on a tight budget, I don't usually buy sauces - I try to make my own. However, my husband bought this one and I found it in the fridge. Looking at the jar, I was surprised that it is quite low in calories. It suggests using it for 2 - this will mean about 110 kcal per person. But I think the sauce could probably go as far as 4 people, which would work out as 55kcal per serving. I followed the recipe suggested on the jar - brown some thinly chopped pork fillet, add sliced red pepper and pineapple chunks and simmer for about 5 minutes. Serve with spring onions and noodles. It didn't take long (about 15 minutes) and it tasted great! The sauce ...  Read the complete review