Light Bite Bonanza

It’s more than snacking but simple, satisfying and healthy (mostly!).

This isn’t about deprivation or discipline. It’s about food that works with your day, not against it. Meals that are easy to throw together, satisfying to eat, and light enough that you can get on with everything else you’d rather be doing.

Because sometimes the best kind of cooking is the kind that doesn’t feel like a chore, and the best kind of meal is the one that leaves you feeling good, not just full.Mediterranean Bruschetta.

A toasted slice of ciabatta with rolls of sweet, salty Prosciutto, balls of Mozzarella, peppery rocket and our sweet & spicy Chilli Jam.

If you need a recipe … it’s HERE.Open Sandwiches are the essential lighter meal from Poland right around the Baltic countries, and particularly associate with Scandinavia.

They can be absolutely anything you like and on any type of bread or biscuit. Variety is the key – shake it up and serve them with chutneys and pickles.Light meals have long suffered from an image problem.

They’re often dismissed as boring, insubstantial, or destined to leave you rummaging through the fridge 20 minutes later.But done right, they’re a quiet triumph – fresh, vibrant, full of flavour, and fast enough to fit into real life.The Air Fryer is a great friend to lighter meals with substantial effect. Sweet Potatoes make a great base which can be topped with anything.

Here, peppered with spicy Sumac, surrounded with salad or spinach, spring onions, a slice of bacon, poached or fried egg and a good glug of Bloody Mary Ketchup.Sausages, air fried in 15 minutes; potatoes, boiled in 10; sweet Fig Relish with a slight tartness, brimming with dried figs (60%) and made with cider vinegar and molasses – simmered lovingly for hours, spooned in seconds.Wholemeal bread topped with creamy smashed avocado [add a spoonful of our Garlic Mayonnaise and a little sweet garden Mint Sauce to the avocado as you smash it – yummy!] – all topped with a runny egg … smiley face!Sharing Platters.

Pork pies, salamis, cheese, tomatoes, pickles, perhaps a sausage roll or two. All you need to do is graze. Which pickle or chutney would you have with this?A Stir Fry can be as easy as you like or as complicated – whichever sizzles your taste buds. Thinly sliced pork tenderloin marinated in orange juice, our Hoisin Sauce, a little Chinese 5 Spice then stirred with a few chopped veg (or packet of). Quick, simple, tasty.

[If you like a little ‘kick’, add a drizzle of our Habanero HOT Sauce … carefully!]For a somewhat more involved stir fry, try this Crispy Beef  RECIPE – HERE.

It was difficult deciding what to end this Light Bite Bonanza with. It has to be simple, certainly easy, with healthy roughage and powerfully tasty … so here it is:Chilli Beans – made with 3 different types of bean, taking baked beans on toast to a whole new level.

Enjoy the RECIPE – HERE.

While you’re settling in for our Salmon feature (below), this is an interlude featuring a fabulous dish shared by our friend the.cooking.queen.91 on our Instagram Channel.

Golden, crispy salmon fishcakes served with vibrant stir-fried veg and loaded with flavour using sauces from Stokes Sauces. Sweet chilli for that sticky glaze and a touch of habanero heat to finish.

Proper bold, punchy flavours… absolutely banging.

Honestly the nicest sweet chilli sauce ever! 🌶

Sweet Chilli Sauce

Habanero HOT Sauce.

Thank you ‘Cooking Queen’.

Salmon is the fish that suits every mood. It’s quick and simple on a busy weeknight, elegant enough for a dinner party, and forgiving enough for even the most hesitant cook.

Whether pan-seared to crisp perfection, gently poached, boldly spiced, or slipped into a salad, salmon refuses to be boring.Rich in nutrients yet light on fuss, it’s a rare ingredient that bridges the gap between “good for you” and “actually delicious”.

You can dress it up with vibrant herbs and citrus, keep it minimal with just salt and heat, or take it across cuisines, from teriyaki-glazed to Mediterranean-inspired.Salmon isn’t just a healthy choice, it’s a reliable canvas for creativity, proving that eating well doesn’t have to mean eating predictably.

How do you like your salmon?

Real Tomato KetchupSo thick and full of natural flavour, our award-winning ketchup is packed with plump, sweet tomatoes that have ripened beneath the Mediterranean sunshine where a longer growing season maintains the continuity of quality and taste we need.

We gently simmer a massive 200g of these beautiful tomatoes, reduced into every 100g of glorious ketchup.

Real MayonnaiseWe are so proud of our Real Mayonnaise, it really is very special.

We use only whole eggs from British free-range Welfare Assured hens, into which very fine rapeseed oil creates the essential emulsification to create the joyous core.

Then, to make this real mayonnaise stand out from the rest, a generous 5% drizzle of extra virgin Mediterranean olive oil creates the magical finish.

There has to be salt in any mayo, but because we use only the finest, natural sea salt from the Dead Sea, we have all the flavour, using far far less.

“So elegant, rich and velvety smooth … for the finest egg mayonnaise – ever.”

Real Brown SauceEach time someone new discovers our exceptional Brown Sauce, they smile like never before.

Ours is a truly ‘grownup’ brown sauce. You can smell the exquisite difference the moment you twist off or flip open the lid and squeeze.

It is a lush sauce, rich with extra date purée, sweet with black treacle and heady with a unique blend of Persian spices.

Try adding a dollop or three to your gravy or a casserole that needs a little maturity from dates and Persian spices – it really works.

CUSTOMERS SAY:

“Fruity and strong at the same time – marvellous recipe.”

Posted Dan just before Christmas – Dan, you know great taste.

Original BBQ SauceOur Classic Trio soon added a PLUS One – Original BBQ Sauce.

“Everything a BBQ sauce should be.”

This is as REAL as it gets.

It is sweet, thick and smoky. Perfect to use as an accompaniment, marinade or a dipping sauce.

You don’t have to barbecue to enjoy the smoky BBQ taste…