Marks and Spencer Vegan Meal Deal - New M&S Vegan Sandwich

As soon as I saw news on instagram of M&S having quite a few vegan options in their food to go range and which you can get as part of their meal deal, I just had to try it. There's lots of drink , which are obviously vegan and a few snack options but they have always lacked mains. New to the range are things like the M&S sweet potato nourish bowl, a cauliflower trio pot but the key items of interest for me were the two new vegan sandwiches - one, a supergreens with edamame and pea crush on linseed and chiabread and this rainbow veg one with chilli squash and pumpkin seeds on soft red pepper bread. Both contain no mayo, no dairy and are 100% plant based.

I also picked up one of the cauliflower trio snack pots, apple wedges with peanut butter and a carrot juice shot with turmeric and a cold pressed apple, beetroot and celery juice. The meal deal currently is £4 , which is reasonable value.

This rainbow veg sandwich certainly looks colourful and with roasted red and yellow peppers, courgette, red onions, avocado and spinach along with the butternut crush makes this one of your five a day and the whole thing is only 311 calories.

It's a great mix of flavour, colours and textures and just a delicious sandwich in its own right, regardless of it being plantbased. I love the roasted red pepper bread and could happily eat this on its own - it's soft with a lovely gentle meditteranean flavour with a hint of sundried tomato tanginess.

With no dairy or eggs, the butternut paste makes for a lovely plant based spread and is soft, fresh tasting and perfectly spiked with a bit of very mild chilli heat. The peppers are roasted to perfection and are soft and juicy which provide a nice contrast to the cool, creamy avocado.

Spinach adds freshness and a bit of leafy crunch and the pumpkin seeds actually work really nicely in the sandwich, again providing a nice textural counterpoint and amazingly they don't fall out or scatter everywhere.

M&S have created a sandwich masterpiece here. With so many different things going on, they all work well individually but also work together in harmony for a very well balanced sandwich.  Forgot dry boring old vegan sandwiches, this is one of the best pre-made sandwiches I've seen that's 100% plant based.