Saturday is treat night....We either get a takeaway or have what we called 'a picky party tea' which the kids absolutely love....
I had seen the new Iceland advert on t.v a few times and thought....Yes! That's what we're having for tea!! Off we went to Iceland and the first aisle was full of all the usual yummy treats!!
We decided on....
A 50 PIECE ITALIAN PLATTER for £5 which had 14 mozzarella sticks, 9 mozzarella & tomato pizzas, 15 lasagne bites and 12 garlic dough balls...
I had never seen anything like the Lasagne bites before and thought they were going to be so messy as every time I've cooked Lasagne it's rather sloppy....These were o.k!! Yes they stuck a bit on the tray while cooking and a couple stuck together but they tasted lovely!!! Just like you expect a good lasagne to taste like....10 out of 10!!
The Mozzarella sticks cooked well but that's all we found good about them...As daft as it sounds they tasted fishy!! Not nice at all...They were all thrown into the bin....
The Mozzarella & tomato pizzas...Oh my....They were lovely!! I expected them to be really crunchy with too much crust but...They were perfect....Could easily be overcooked though...So be careful!!
The Garlic dough balls were perfect!! The softest dough balls I'v ever had...Usually these tend to go really crispy on the outside and soft in the middle but these from Iceland stayed soft all the way through....They were really Garlicky too but that was not a problem...We were fighting over the last one....
Definitely worth £5 as long as you like the Mozzarella sticks!! You can buy everything in the platter separately which I think we will be doing in future as you can get 3 of the things for £5 which suits us fine as we didn't eat the Mozzarella sticks...
A 60 PIECE CHOCOHOLICS PLATTER for £5 which had 12 mini double chocolate eclairs, 12 mini Belgian chocolate brownies, 16 chocolate coated strawberries, 20 chocolate topped doughnuts and chocolate dipping sauce...Eclairs were perfect....Brownies were perfect.....Strawberries to me tasted bitter but my girls loved them & the doughnuts were nice but you could tell they had been frozen....They were not springy & soft like doughnuts should be!!
9 LUXURY MINI STEAK BURGERS IN BUNS for £3 - Mini succulent steak burgers in soft bread buns served with a tangy tomato relish...
These are so easy to cook....Put the burgers in the microwave for 2 minutes then back in their buns for another couple of minutes....Get them out add the relish and voila! Done!! These are scrumptious!!! The buns were soft and the burger was really meaty & not too chewy. These went down really well...
12 STICKY CHICKEN SKEWERS for £2 - Pieces of chicken on skewers glazed in an Oriental style sauce!!
These were also delicious!! They did need a little longer in the oven than what was instructed on the box but it wasn't a problem!! The chicken was fine...Not as dry as I'd expected....The sauce is yummy and really does make these Sticky Chicken Skewers sticky....Very messy but that's all the fun of foods like this! They are extremely moreish and my girls and I devoured all twelve very quickly!
A THIN CRUST HAM & PINEAPPLE PIZZA for £1
Considering this pizza was only £1 it is well worth it...The toppings went right to the edge and there was alot of ham & pineapple....The pineapple did taste a bit watery but for £1 you cannot complain...
16 VEGETABLE SPRING ROLLS for £1 - Crispy filo pastry filled with vegetables in soy sauce...
25 CHICKEN DIPPERS for £1.50...
75 COCKTAIL SAUSAGE ROLLS for £2
28 CRABSTICK'S for £1
I love shopping at Iceland for party food....Not only cheap but also of great quality!! No doubt we will be back before christmas for another 'picky party tea'!