A few months ago, I was approached by a PR company and asked if I’d like to be involved in a tasting panel, and blog about the results. “Why not?”, I thought – I shall just be honest about the stuff they send.

The first set of goodies arrived today, in a white box tied round with a red ribbon – the delivery driver was quite impressed! The food is from Unearthed, and there is a fair bit, pretty much all of which is stuff we use regularly.

In the box:

• 4 packs of olives, 2 with chilli and 2 with cheese. Now, I’ve always felt I don’t like olives, despite loving their oil, but I might well be wrong (as I was about aubergines, and courgettes; but not about avocado and beetroot). Still, Pete loves ’em, so he can test those
• 2 packs of saucisson sec, one with herbs, one not, and some proscuitto – might try a pizza with some of these
• 2 packs of barrel aged feta – we love feta, and I’ve only ever eaten the standard stuff so I’m looking forward to that
• a pack of mini chorizo, which I fell upon with glee – I haven’t yet found anywhere local that sells whole chorizo sausages, only chunks, so I’m well chuffed with these

So watch out for some recipes featuring these products. I had a lentil and feta dish planned for Saturday, so that’s where I’ll start.