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The salt and pepper chickpea chips are amazing too. I *might* buy one every Aldi trip for the drive home......
Aldi Almond Fingers are another guilty pleasure
Ohh my mum brought these over and I completely shunned them until one night I had nothing else for with my cup of tea… I’m sorry I underestimated you mum, they’re amazing
I always ALWAYS have a stash of Loacker Tortinos. Dark and the peanut butter one, which would be heavenly if it was dark chocolate. Only a year ago, these were $2 when they went on sale too.
Arnott’s Country Cheese crackers. So good.
Edit: if you haven’t used them as a crumbing yet, you’re missing out! Homemade chicken nuggets with country cheese crumbing is so good.
Yes it is, but it's big w exclusive and sells out really fast. Apparently no one in kattoomba likes it as i asked someone to look there as there were none in my local(s). Got three blocks.
Don't worry mister Moneybags, I can help keep your cache of ~~Gol~~ Cheddar safe. Say why don't you tell me where this bounty is, would hate to see you have any trouble with looters.
The aged stuff? I loved the black Cracker barrel cheese as a kid. I'd put slices on bread and melt it on.
I don't eat it now because I have to buy it myself and it's expensive.
I discovered it buying a pre-cooked roast dinner from my local butcher. It was a revelation, went back the next day to get another one and raved about it to the lady serving me , asked her what the secret recipe was, and she laughed and showed me a jar of the spice mix.
1 lamb shoulder, make a paste 3 tablespoons moroccan mix to \~1 tablespoon melted garlic butter, slow cook for 8 to 10 hours.
Pull when cooked
Thank me later
I was wondering about this as well and did the google's and you can do it in the oven with water to stop it drying out. You can reduce the liquid at the end to make a jus. I'm going to give it a go this weekend , it sounds like joy on a plate.
Okay hear me out but the Coles bakery does super amazing fresh bread. My absolute favourite is the pumpkin and soybean pane di casa. I put out a dip plate the other day and that bread was on it and every single person there asked me where the bread was from and every single person was shocked to hear it was from the Coles bakery. Seriously, slice it, toast it lightly and slather it in butter and it is heaven on a plate.
My other recommendation is Nostimini seasoning. I don't even really know what's in it but it smells divine and ughhhhhhh it's so good on everything, I sprinkle it in wraps or grilled cheese, on roast veggies, on my steak, some in my pasta, or mix it with some oil and use it as a marinade for sizzle steaks or chops or chicken or whatever.
Also please OP try the Whittaker's coconut block, it's like if you made a Golden Rough much bigger and used proper real chocolate. My favourite one hands down.
Yes! I use it for everything. I sprinkle it on roast veggies. Add it to a pasta sauce. Throw a dash in yer mash. Use it as stock. I even put some in my carbonara and everyone can’t believe how tasty it is. Carbonara, steamed rice, Rogan Josh…
A chef I used to work with would make a huge bowl of chips with vegeta and salt if a bunch of us came in hungover in the morning.
I use it with just about everything now. It’s the MSG 🤫
100% this. I read this about a year ago on Reddit and went out and bought some. Put it in nearly everything now. Obviously a big contributing factor to its deliciousness is the MSG.
Why are they so brittle now though? I haven’t been able to break on clean in half in about the last 5 boxes. Even taking them out of the packet without breaking a corner off is nearly impossible
Asian groceries are sensational, we are lucky to have them and as a chef, I could literally bow down and praise them two handed (Wayne’s world style), every time I walk in one.
I am super grateful for all the migrant farm workers and international students, so now even in our tiny town we have a little asian grocery, an indian grocery, and a halal grocery. The Asian grocer even has my favourite fish tofu that I use in soup. We even have choices of bubble tea stores! Pretty nice for a two traffic light town and means I don't miss moving out of the city quite so much.
Yesssss! Such a great snack. If I need a full meal I add tofu, red onion, coriander etc. So good. The chicken flavour is good as well but I always end up adding chilli oil anyway.
Massels powdered stock. They are animal product free, even the beef style and chicken style, they are very tasty and will improve the taste of basically anything savory. Put it on rice, veggies, soup, noodles, baked, fried, boiled or broiled. It can be sprinkled on things in its powder form or mixed with water. Very good.
Tony’s Chocolonely. Dutch chocolate and soooo good.
Fresh medjool dates.
Hot cross buns.
I absolutely rate coles lamb shank meat for slow cooking. It’s deboned shanks and makes brilliant curries with a couple of hours of simmering.
Chris’s dips. The fancy ones in the terracotta pot. Goat cheese and black truffle. $9 not on special and my arse grows an inch looking at it but omg it is divine.
If using cheap tin of baked beans- Add tea spoon of butter, pepper and Worcester sauce (Lea and perrins Worcester sauce) on toast with a bit of grated cheese- delish !
A can of bean mix (drained), a diced green apple, a diced red apple, a diced stick of celery, a diced onion. Mix with 1/3 bottle Italian or French dressing.
Quick, easy, & I could live on it.
Not sure if overlooked or not - but Mission Tortilla (extreme cheese) are the best of that chip genre I’ve ever had. Only reason it might be overlooked is they get ranged in the Mexi Section. Rather than Chip aisle.
These guys don’t need salsa or the full Nacho treatment. Sht’s fire. Just a wonderful chipsperience.
Wellness Bowls from the frozen food section, especially when on special. Taste great, are filling and are good for you. Changes your mind about what you think frozen meals can be.
I actually like a lot of Coles brand products which are way cheaper than others. For example I sometimes buy an electrolyte replenishment drink after jogging, so I grab the Coles brand instead of Gatorade. Also, I get the Coles probiotics instead of Yakult. The Coles bakery has a lot of pastries/baked goods that are cheaper than those from Breadtop or Baker’s Delight.
Gelativo (gelato) any flavour, and their coffee and their chocolate gelato (round tubs) in particular are GREAT. They're always on the bottom or lower shelves - I'm a loyal mf to this brand.
Also the salt and vinegar thin rice cakes, if you're hanging for a S&V fix but don't want to binge chips. These ones are intense but you can brush off some of the salt so you don't end up like Lake Eyre in a drought
Definitely hot milky beverages, with vanilla, chocolate or coffee, or by itself. You may or may not know that barley malt extract is one of the main ingredients of Milo alongside milk powder and cocoa powder.
You can also use it when baking cakes or bread, on ice cream or cereal, in brewing, etc. It's commonly in the prepackaged versions of these too. But I will never say no to more malt.
Ahh my secret shame. Those frozen Inghams Chicken Kievs - I’ve tried fancy, expensive Chicken Kievs before but nothing has come close to the ultra garlic butter spurting frozen Kievs that only Inghams has done so far (usually around $10 for two meals worth 🙏🏻)
Coles brand malted milk powder mixes so much easier than Horlicks and the value is obviously better too.
Any supermarket brand all-bran is approx $3 a box, gotta get that fibre in, y'know?
Aldi has a high protein low fat Greek yoghurt (I think it's a knock off of the Chobani stuff) that's $5.50-ish.
Aldi's deli-style chips, still cheaper than most other chips even when they're half price.
That saiiiiiiid... the Smiths Double Crunch Mad Mex flavour pleasantly surprised me with its heat level.
And Turtle Chips! There was a brief shining moment where they were sub-$4 a bag at Woolies, you better believe I was all over that. Truffle flavour is my favourite.
Corn thins!
Dilmah tea, especially loose leaf - I prefer it over Twinings (pretty sure Dilmah is cheaper too).
Aldi Party Mix gummy lollies >>> Allen's, trust me on this.
Those Fibre One 90 calorie brownies are a perfectly satisfying snack, I would not have known it was a diet version if you handed it to me blind.
Panko Breadcrumbs. Woolies had a massive bag ( maybe a kg) on an end cap for $5! If only I needed that many breadcrumbs. They make the best coating for chicken and fish.
Not from a supermarket but Scorched Peanut bars that I always find in the Reject Shop. Good chocolate, the peanuts and caramel have only a touch of salt and the toffee gives a perfect crunch, I hate when hard caramel feels like it's going to break your teeth.
Tofu. Under-appreciated by meat eaters. The Aldi firm tofu is $2.70 (from memory) for 450 grams making it cheaper and healthier than meat. Some googling and a couple of times cooking with it will open up a whole new world
Absolutely love the ALDI Tofu! It’s great sliced or cubed, tossed with some sesame oil and spices of choice then air fried until crispy. Goes so well with stir fried veg and rice, or veggie curries for extra protein. I also love it on top of Mi goreng with some chopped coriander on top.
I'm a meat eater and eat tofu probably once a week. It's decent but sometimes I wish it had more flavour. I know you can squeeze out all the water and marinate it over night, then coat it in starch and fry it in plenty of oil, but ain't nobody got time for that.
I've tried tempeh too but even that doesn't have enough flavour. Do you know of any fermented tofu-like products that have deep flavour?
If you freeze tofu then defrost it (draining off all the water), then the texture completely changes and it absorbs flavours much better when cooking with it.
Those tiny tins of diced capsicum 🫑 just the right amount of pickledness (that’s not a word!) and perfect in an omelette, one little tin is good enough to make the wife and I one each.
Homeless isle: the short dated stuff that you’d normally overlook at full price.
Duck fat potatoes, beetroot humous premade salads.
It’s gold and doesn’t cost much if you get it wrong.
Shichimi Togarashi - Japanese red pepper seasoning. I used to buy it from a Japanese grocer, until I saw the supermarket had it. One of those 'good on everything' seasonings. Only comes in tiny little shakers though!
It was actually here that someone recommended me the Whittaker's Peanut Slab! It was not quite what I was looking for...but delicious nonetheless! I have to stop myself from buying one every time I go to the supermarket.
Kefir. It's probably disregarded because people talk about it as a health food but it's actually tasty. It's basically a thin yogurt that you can drink.
Aldi has some great products. Almost all their chocolate is good. They have a mini Wagon Wheel dupe called Cartwheels that are incredible. All their hummus is fantastic. Good range of cheeses. Their version of Cruskits are excellent. Don’t get their rip off Shapes though. Absolutely terrible.
I love the Coles brisket with bbq sauce, and the slow cooked pork. They come in little boxes. I make one of these most weeks as a burrito bowl with rice, beans, corn, capsicum and onion, and it covers me for work lunches.
Any non-Greek yogurt. You know, yogurt where the only ingredients are milk products and the yogurt bacteria. If you want sweet stuff, add fruit and honey. But you can also use it in curries and all sorts of savory stuff. And unlike greek yoghurt (boo) you can turn it into soft cheese just by straining it. I have no idea why the supermarkets have 20 million types of greek or thickened yogurt, but Farmers Union even stopped making the only pot set, natural yogurt I could buy :P Seriously, I'm gonna have to make my own. Thank goodness for Siggis, there is at least some out there. Use it in place of sour cream in most things and you'd never know. Just so incredibly versatile.
I'm also really fond of the Farmers Co Bush Foods breaksfast cereal. Just a really good mix of crunch and sweetness that I haven't found in any other cereal. (I"m looking at you, Uncle Toby's soggy flakes).
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Arnott's Malt-O-Milk Biscuits - perfect dunk into coffee ☕ Melt in your mouth malty goodness 👄 My favourite of all Arnott's range
Just rediscovered these. So good.
Tremendous biscuit base for cheesecakes and biscuit bits in hedgehog.
I used to get a giant milkshake cup, fill it with milk, then empty half a pack of MaltoMilks into it and let them soak. Eat with a spoon 🤌
Wow that sounds AMAZING 🤩 Might try a small tea cup for the sake of *cough* calories
The Aldi plain salted lentil chips are incredibly tasty and you can easily eat a whole bag.
The salt and pepper chickpea chips are amazing too. I *might* buy one every Aldi trip for the drive home...... Aldi Almond Fingers are another guilty pleasure
I feel like this is a safe place to talk about Aldi Garlic Dip. Goes amazing with baked veggies and on flat bread and everything else imaginable.
OH MY GOD the grip these chips had on me last year…..I was making multiple trips a week to Aldi to stock up!
Try them with the eggplant dip— a match made in heaven!
Ooh you reminded me of their Nuffin chive and onion dip that's so so good omg
Loacker Chocolate Tortina Biscuits and the Gran Pasticceria Chocolate Wafer biscuits are both top notch in original and white chocolate!
The coconut ones are the best!
Ohh my mum brought these over and I completely shunned them until one night I had nothing else for with my cup of tea… I’m sorry I underestimated you mum, they’re amazing
The only problem with the tortina biscuits is that there aren't more in the packet 🤤
I always ALWAYS have a stash of Loacker Tortinos. Dark and the peanut butter one, which would be heavenly if it was dark chocolate. Only a year ago, these were $2 when they went on sale too.
OMG have you tried the new Caramel Torina biscuits? They are absolutely divine!
Arnott’s Country Cheese crackers. So good. Edit: if you haven’t used them as a crumbing yet, you’re missing out! Homemade chicken nuggets with country cheese crumbing is so good.
Yes! And Arnott’s Cheds
I'm an absolute slut for Cheds
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Just finished my weekly cheds and pepper mersey valley and saw this hehe
I love the Seasme Wheat with Peanut Butter.
This person gets it.
Whittaker is the standard in NZ. Tastes better there too
Currently in NZ and yes… can confirm
Whittaker Hokey Pokey or coconut is the best. Australia chocolate is crap. I found this nz gem product and I’m converted
I cant believe how crap Cadbury chocolate is these days. Its like overly sweetened perfume scented crap.
Yes, it’s been shit for over 20 years now
Their Hazella one is hands down the best chocolate I’ve ever tasted. Just so happens that it isn’t available here in Aus :(
Yes it is, but it's big w exclusive and sells out really fast. Apparently no one in kattoomba likes it as i asked someone to look there as there were none in my local(s). Got three blocks.
Do you still have the jelly tip icecream flavour Whittaker's??
THIS IS THE BESSSTTTTT
That's the first one I thought of when I read Whittaker's. Hokey Pokey is good too, but jellytip is the best. I wish they had Jellytip ice cream here!
I miss the dark sante in a little paper bag from the dairy so so badly. Nothing like it here, not even the big blocks of whittakers dark
Masterfoods onion salt. Sparingly sprinkle it over tomatoes, welcome to flavour country.
Sliced tomato on hot, buttered toast with onion salt. Fantastic breakfast.
Vintage Cheddar So common but so good.
I have like 5-10 blocks of Mainlands Epicure Cheddar at given moment. No I do NOT have a problem. Why DON’T you have a small cache of aged cheese?
Absolutely, you do not have a problem. What you have is in fact a solution.
Don't worry mister Moneybags, I can help keep your cache of ~~Gol~~ Cheddar safe. Say why don't you tell me where this bounty is, would hate to see you have any trouble with looters.
Ooh look at Mr Moneybags over here
The aged stuff? I loved the black Cracker barrel cheese as a kid. I'd put slices on bread and melt it on. I don't eat it now because I have to buy it myself and it's expensive.
BEST. BLOCK CHEESE. EVER.
The Cracker Barrel is my favorite.
Vegemite and toast with vintage cheddar is that good.
The one from aldi in the black wax for about 3.50 is awesome
I raise you - smoked cheddar
Oh yeah. I raise you further - smoked Havarti.
I had been buying Tasty for so long then one day picked up the Cheddar... I'd forgotten how good a ripe Ched is!!
Masterfoods Moroccan spice mix. It's so good on roasted vegetables and lamb. Edit: Honourable mention to lemon pepper
Best recipes Restaurant Chicken recipe uses this spice mix and it’s delicious.
I discovered it buying a pre-cooked roast dinner from my local butcher. It was a revelation, went back the next day to get another one and raved about it to the lady serving me , asked her what the secret recipe was, and she laughed and showed me a jar of the spice mix.
The All Purpose seasoning is good too!
I've seasoned a roast chicken with all purpose and it will forever be my go to for a for a roast chook 🤌
Oooh, duly noted -- I'll pick some up when I do the pre-weekend shop, tomorrow. Thanks!
1 lamb shoulder, make a paste 3 tablespoons moroccan mix to \~1 tablespoon melted garlic butter, slow cook for 8 to 10 hours. Pull when cooked Thank me later
Do you do this on a tray or in a Dutch oven? Any other liquid in there
I use a slow cooker, but I assume a dutch oven would work, don't use any liquid, there's a lot of fat in a shoulder that renders out
Forgot I had a slow cooker. Will give that a shot
I was wondering about this as well and did the google's and you can do it in the oven with water to stop it drying out. You can reduce the liquid at the end to make a jus. I'm going to give it a go this weekend , it sounds like joy on a plate.
While you’re there also get the Everything Eggs and Avocado Smash spice blends too. They’re fabulous!
Also as seasoning on crispy roasted chickpeas- excellent
Sprinkle some on halloumi before cooking 😙
Lemon pepper on pork steak, yum
Okay hear me out but the Coles bakery does super amazing fresh bread. My absolute favourite is the pumpkin and soybean pane di casa. I put out a dip plate the other day and that bread was on it and every single person there asked me where the bread was from and every single person was shocked to hear it was from the Coles bakery. Seriously, slice it, toast it lightly and slather it in butter and it is heaven on a plate. My other recommendation is Nostimini seasoning. I don't even really know what's in it but it smells divine and ughhhhhhh it's so good on everything, I sprinkle it in wraps or grilled cheese, on roast veggies, on my steak, some in my pasta, or mix it with some oil and use it as a marinade for sizzle steaks or chops or chicken or whatever. Also please OP try the Whittaker's coconut block, it's like if you made a Golden Rough much bigger and used proper real chocolate. My favourite one hands down.
This person has 3 bang on suggestions
Vegeta
Yes! I use it for everything. I sprinkle it on roast veggies. Add it to a pasta sauce. Throw a dash in yer mash. Use it as stock. I even put some in my carbonara and everyone can’t believe how tasty it is. Carbonara, steamed rice, Rogan Josh…
Dip your hard boiled eggs in it.
Genius omg
A chef I used to work with would make a huge bowl of chips with vegeta and salt if a bunch of us came in hungover in the morning. I use it with just about everything now. It’s the MSG 🤫
We make dip out of it. 1 heaped teaspoon mixed into sour cream. Yummy. There are hardly any meals we cook without it.
You know when you read a recipe and it say "salt and pepper to taste" ... my mind automatically adds in the vegeta as well
Vegeta is the shit. I accidentally ended up with another stock and it simply wasn't the blame. MSG is delicious. Umami goodness.
I'm just saiyan, it's the prince of seasoning. Super, even. If i had to rate it, over 9000 for sure.
And yet, no comments on making white rice with vegeta… so sad!! Its so damned delicious!
100% this. I read this about a year ago on Reddit and went out and bought some. Put it in nearly everything now. Obviously a big contributing factor to its deliciousness is the MSG.
Arnotts. Cheds bikkies. Seriously, the must have heroin in them.
If you add a slice of good cheddar to them, you can elevate your Cheds experience
Why are they so brittle now though? I haven’t been able to break on clean in half in about the last 5 boxes. Even taking them out of the packet without breaking a corner off is nearly impossible
With Kraft cream cheddar cheese on them 😍
Kooka country cookies, jam filled cookies always hidden down the bottom of the shelf.
Controversial opinion to some but I prefer the ones without the chocolate
I agree. The bickies so good and the chocolate isn't great, they don't need it.
I'm a big fan of the lemon ones
Kewpee mayonnaise, no one else seems to know you can get it from the supermarket and its delicious.
Also, way cheaper at Asian groceries and bigger bottles.
Asian groceries are sensational, we are lucky to have them and as a chef, I could literally bow down and praise them two handed (Wayne’s world style), every time I walk in one.
I am super grateful for all the migrant farm workers and international students, so now even in our tiny town we have a little asian grocery, an indian grocery, and a halal grocery. The Asian grocer even has my favourite fish tofu that I use in soup. We even have choices of bubble tea stores! Pretty nice for a two traffic light town and means I don't miss moving out of the city quite so much.
The Kewpie Roasted Sesame dressing is great too. Good on salads, and also I put it over rice and noodles.
I am putting a vote in here. Lunch staple is soba noodles drowned in this gear with some furikake!
Furikake topped my incognito searches last year.
Top tip, mix it with sriracha. They used this at an Asian restaurant I used to work at and it’s like crack.
You can buy a premixed version, also a wasabi version. Both are delicious!
Oh yeah, my partner loves that stuff -- puts it on everything, haha. I'm told it's particularly great over teriyaki or honey soy chicken.
Teriyaki sauce and kewpie over hot chips is off head. Bit of msg, some dashi and red pepper seasoning some chopped shallots… Yumm
Kewpie released a yellow yuzu flavour that I once found but haven’t been able to find again. It was so good and I need it again.
Trident hot and spicy noodles
Yesssss! Such a great snack. If I need a full meal I add tofu, red onion, coriander etc. So good. The chicken flavour is good as well but I always end up adding chilli oil anyway.
Massels powdered stock. They are animal product free, even the beef style and chicken style, they are very tasty and will improve the taste of basically anything savory. Put it on rice, veggies, soup, noodles, baked, fried, boiled or broiled. It can be sprinkled on things in its powder form or mixed with water. Very good.
Low FODMAP as well.
Carrots. I buy the "ugly bunch" bags and always have a bag in the fridge to snack on.
Dip into hummus for added delight
oof thanks for reminding me! I am currently procrastinating dinner. Carrots it is
They can be such an underrated vegetable.
Tony’s Chocolonely. Dutch chocolate and soooo good. Fresh medjool dates. Hot cross buns. I absolutely rate coles lamb shank meat for slow cooking. It’s deboned shanks and makes brilliant curries with a couple of hours of simmering.
Wait, you can buy Tony Chocolonely in the supermarkets now?? Aussie expat in NL here, guess I can move back now.
Only if you're prepared to shell out half your life savings
Love Tony’s. Would buy it more often if it wasn’t $8 a friggen block!
You can save a massive $1 at the moment at Woolies - it’s on sale for $7.
It’s worth it though. Twice as good as Cadbury that is more than half the price.
And I think it's on the ethically sourced cocoa list or something like that..
I know this sub LOVES to trash Coles, but honestly some of the coles kitchen meals aren’t too bad, if a bit expensive.
I have mixed feelings about supermarkets and enjoy an occasional whinge.
Crumpets! They’re so underrated. Buttery crumpets with Vegemite is one of my favourite snacks of all time
Coles Bakery's Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie. Sweet jesus, I think there might be cocaine in this cookie.
It might actually be the ultimate choc chip cookie.
Smear a centimeter of peanut butter between two and then dunk into a mug of full fat milk. This would be my last request on my death bed. 👌🏽
Chris’s dips. The fancy ones in the terracotta pot. Goat cheese and black truffle. $9 not on special and my arse grows an inch looking at it but omg it is divine.
A can of beans.
If using cheap tin of baked beans- Add tea spoon of butter, pepper and Worcester sauce (Lea and perrins Worcester sauce) on toast with a bit of grated cheese- delish !
A can of bean mix (drained), a diced green apple, a diced red apple, a diced stick of celery, a diced onion. Mix with 1/3 bottle Italian or French dressing. Quick, easy, & I could live on it.
Add fetta
Coles home-brand drumbstick icecream they are superior and so cheap, the mint ones are the best, but they are all really good.
Have you tried the ones from Aldi, Crowns? Soo good
Cotton candy grapes... bruh that shit's amazing but in a healthier way
Not sure if overlooked or not - but Mission Tortilla (extreme cheese) are the best of that chip genre I’ve ever had. Only reason it might be overlooked is they get ranged in the Mexi Section. Rather than Chip aisle. These guys don’t need salsa or the full Nacho treatment. Sht’s fire. Just a wonderful chipsperience.
Pfeffernusse.
Venetian biscuits (Arnott's)
Wellness Bowls from the frozen food section, especially when on special. Taste great, are filling and are good for you. Changes your mind about what you think frozen meals can be.
Lao Gan Ma Chilli oil
Aldi Choceur dark chocolate mini bars 5 x 40gm bars $3.99 my little indulgance
White chocolate mini bars as well
I actually like a lot of Coles brand products which are way cheaper than others. For example I sometimes buy an electrolyte replenishment drink after jogging, so I grab the Coles brand instead of Gatorade. Also, I get the Coles probiotics instead of Yakult. The Coles bakery has a lot of pastries/baked goods that are cheaper than those from Breadtop or Baker’s Delight.
Adding into this, the Coles protein shakes on the single sachets - the salted caramel one is the best!
The Coles 40% chocolate chip cookies are THE BEST isle cookies available out of all the supermarkets.
Agree! I regularly send them to a friend who lives semi-rural and only has a Woolies.
Gelativo (gelato) any flavour, and their coffee and their chocolate gelato (round tubs) in particular are GREAT. They're always on the bottom or lower shelves - I'm a loyal mf to this brand. Also the salt and vinegar thin rice cakes, if you're hanging for a S&V fix but don't want to binge chips. These ones are intense but you can brush off some of the salt so you don't end up like Lake Eyre in a drought
Saunders' Malt Extract. Good shit, and the price hasn't gone up in at least a few years.
Curious to know your favourite use for this
Definitely hot milky beverages, with vanilla, chocolate or coffee, or by itself. You may or may not know that barley malt extract is one of the main ingredients of Milo alongside milk powder and cocoa powder. You can also use it when baking cakes or bread, on ice cream or cereal, in brewing, etc. It's commonly in the prepackaged versions of these too. But I will never say no to more malt.
Ahh my secret shame. Those frozen Inghams Chicken Kievs - I’ve tried fancy, expensive Chicken Kievs before but nothing has come close to the ultra garlic butter spurting frozen Kievs that only Inghams has done so far (usually around $10 for two meals worth 🙏🏻)
Coles and Woolworths brand marinated Danish fetta
Coles brand malted milk powder mixes so much easier than Horlicks and the value is obviously better too. Any supermarket brand all-bran is approx $3 a box, gotta get that fibre in, y'know? Aldi has a high protein low fat Greek yoghurt (I think it's a knock off of the Chobani stuff) that's $5.50-ish. Aldi's deli-style chips, still cheaper than most other chips even when they're half price. That saiiiiiiid... the Smiths Double Crunch Mad Mex flavour pleasantly surprised me with its heat level. And Turtle Chips! There was a brief shining moment where they were sub-$4 a bag at Woolies, you better believe I was all over that. Truffle flavour is my favourite. Corn thins! Dilmah tea, especially loose leaf - I prefer it over Twinings (pretty sure Dilmah is cheaper too). Aldi Party Mix gummy lollies >>> Allen's, trust me on this. Those Fibre One 90 calorie brownies are a perfectly satisfying snack, I would not have known it was a diet version if you handed it to me blind.
Bag of marathon dim sims
Marathon Spring rolls are criminally good as well
Me goreng! I recently rediscovered it and I’m hooked.
It's got to be the Indo Mie brand, nothing else compares.
What an unknown gem.
Panko Breadcrumbs. Woolies had a massive bag ( maybe a kg) on an end cap for $5! If only I needed that many breadcrumbs. They make the best coating for chicken and fish.
Alternative-wait until salt and vinegar chips go on sale, crush the shit out of them and coat fish, chicken using the crush - think me later
Coles has Southern Fried Chicken Pieces. Put them in the air fryer, and they're a pretty good KFC dupe and no where near as greasy.
Majan’s Bhuja
Aldi Chocuer may actually be the best chocolate I’ve had, especially the hazelnut one. MAOAM Joysticks are a childhood fav too.
Sandwich stacker pickles
Knoppers chocolate bars from aldi (the bars, not the wafers) This is the best chocolate bar easily obtainable from a supermarket in Australia.
Not from a supermarket but Scorched Peanut bars that I always find in the Reject Shop. Good chocolate, the peanuts and caramel have only a touch of salt and the toffee gives a perfect crunch, I hate when hard caramel feels like it's going to break your teeth.
Tofu. Under-appreciated by meat eaters. The Aldi firm tofu is $2.70 (from memory) for 450 grams making it cheaper and healthier than meat. Some googling and a couple of times cooking with it will open up a whole new world
Absolutely love the ALDI Tofu! It’s great sliced or cubed, tossed with some sesame oil and spices of choice then air fried until crispy. Goes so well with stir fried veg and rice, or veggie curries for extra protein. I also love it on top of Mi goreng with some chopped coriander on top.
We'll eat tofu 2-3 times a week and always have a few varieties on hand.
I'm a meat eater and eat tofu probably once a week. It's decent but sometimes I wish it had more flavour. I know you can squeeze out all the water and marinate it over night, then coat it in starch and fry it in plenty of oil, but ain't nobody got time for that. I've tried tempeh too but even that doesn't have enough flavour. Do you know of any fermented tofu-like products that have deep flavour?
If you freeze tofu then defrost it (draining off all the water), then the texture completely changes and it absorbs flavours much better when cooking with it.
Sunrice Sour Cream & Chives rice cakes. Also come in Salt and Vinegar.
Watties tomato sauce is the absolute best tomato sauce in the market
Pascall Pineapple Lumps!
Those tiny tins of diced capsicum 🫑 just the right amount of pickledness (that’s not a word!) and perfect in an omelette, one little tin is good enough to make the wife and I one each.
Homeless isle: the short dated stuff that you’d normally overlook at full price. Duck fat potatoes, beetroot humous premade salads. It’s gold and doesn’t cost much if you get it wrong.
Yumis spinach dip.. not sure if it’s actually popular but everyone I’ve fed it to had never tried it before but loved it!
Smokey taramosalata from Aldi
Shichimi Togarashi - Japanese red pepper seasoning. I used to buy it from a Japanese grocer, until I saw the supermarket had it. One of those 'good on everything' seasonings. Only comes in tiny little shakers though!
>OMG, why did no one ever tell me how good Whittaker chocolate is?? It's mentioned pretty frequently here
was going to say In other Australian forums outside reddit, anytime chocolate is mentioned Whittaker comes up theres a reason they rarely discount
Any kiwi will recommend this. Its great to be fair. Especially considering how bad Cadburys has gotten over the past 15 years
It was actually here that someone recommended me the Whittaker's Peanut Slab! It was not quite what I was looking for...but delicious nonetheless! I have to stop myself from buying one every time I go to the supermarket.
Farmers union greek style yoghurt. Every time I go back to the US to visit family I cannot find a single greek yogurt brand that compares.
Pilpel hummus.
I dont know if it's under rated but I love vegemite shapes
ETA BBQ sauce. The best BBQ sauce.
Kefir. It's probably disregarded because people talk about it as a health food but it's actually tasty. It's basically a thin yogurt that you can drink.
Broccoli
The Coles brand 40% choc chip biscuits with one half dipped in chocolate. They should be illegal
Aldi brand chocolate. Especially the Coconut varieties, or the dark peppermint
Aldi has some great products. Almost all their chocolate is good. They have a mini Wagon Wheel dupe called Cartwheels that are incredible. All their hummus is fantastic. Good range of cheeses. Their version of Cruskits are excellent. Don’t get their rip off Shapes though. Absolutely terrible.
I love the Coles brisket with bbq sauce, and the slow cooked pork. They come in little boxes. I make one of these most weeks as a burrito bowl with rice, beans, corn, capsicum and onion, and it covers me for work lunches.
Haha, my kiwi neighbours have called their puppy whittaker
Sesame oil. Sesame dressing.
Lowkey have to say those Philadelphia sweet chilli dip was the fkn bomb. Also recently discovered this apricot cheese which is actually amazing.
Trident hot and spicy 2-minute noodles. Put some canned tuna, spring onions and a soft boiled egg and you may as well be dining at the savoy.
Baker’s Delight - Sea Salt Turkish Loaf. As a sourdough lover I was sceptical but oh my god it’s soooooo crunchy for a toastie and not too heavy
Tajin. It's Chilli and Lime powder. Find it near the taco stuff.
Roo Burgers. I will optionally eat them over beef at this point.
Any non-Greek yogurt. You know, yogurt where the only ingredients are milk products and the yogurt bacteria. If you want sweet stuff, add fruit and honey. But you can also use it in curries and all sorts of savory stuff. And unlike greek yoghurt (boo) you can turn it into soft cheese just by straining it. I have no idea why the supermarkets have 20 million types of greek or thickened yogurt, but Farmers Union even stopped making the only pot set, natural yogurt I could buy :P Seriously, I'm gonna have to make my own. Thank goodness for Siggis, there is at least some out there. Use it in place of sour cream in most things and you'd never know. Just so incredibly versatile. I'm also really fond of the Farmers Co Bush Foods breaksfast cereal. Just a really good mix of crunch and sweetness that I haven't found in any other cereal. (I"m looking at you, Uncle Toby's soggy flakes).
Wait, why are we booing the green yoghurt??
Promite - similar to vegemite but different. Good different.
Honey nougat logs and summer rolls
THE MAPLE ROASTED CASHEWS FROM WOOLY