Healthy Vegan - One of Three Banditos in my November Kitchen

I am afraid to say that there is not that much new In My Kitchen this November as I have been bogged down with work distractions and finding that when I get home, that I am very tired and therefore not spending much time in my kitchen, and not thinking about it much either.
I did however find some things in my kitchen to share.  

 I picked up this Salsa Habernero Hot Sauce from Harvey Nichols when we went to Birmingham a few months ago.  I have to confess we fell for the mean Mexican Bandit - he was one of Three Banditos, but his mean moustache won us over.
The festive holidays are coming and I must admit, I have not thought that far ahead yet.  However, we did pick up two bottles of flavoured syrups often used in coffee shops.  

 We actually always have a bottle of Gingerbread Spice Syrup throughout the year, but I got excited when I saw Salted Caramel recently and picked it up for homemade weekend coffee mugs.
In My Kitchen you will find some very ripe Nergi fruit - What on earth is nergi? I hear some of you say out loud.  Well Nergi fruit is a green berry.  It looks like a green olive , but it tastes a cross between kiwi fruit, grape and a little mangoey I think.   It is also known as Siberian Kiwi or kiwi berry. 

 We have enjoyed the Nergi fruit slices over mini meringues with whipped cream for extra sugar rush.
I have been cooking, mostly at weekends in bulk, so that meals last us for 3 days at least.  The above chopped up Butternut Squash was used for a Chili Pot.
Like I said, work has been busy - so  over the past couple of weeks I have picked up some ready made products, namely M&S new range of veggie sausages.  Above are Sweet Potato and Red Pepper sausages which I did not mind and below M&S Roasted Mushroom and Red Onion Sausages.  I don't expect to get M&S to send me freebies and I am not going to suck up to them to get PR work.  I think they were okay,  I don't think I will be rushing to buy them again, but they were worth trying at least once as I do like trying out new vegetarian and vegan products on the market. 
I am sharing these things in My Kitchen with Sherry Pickings for In My Kitchen series. 

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