Gourmet Guide by Jo Blennerhassett of The Good Food Trading Co.

When you're running short on time, but need a good meal for yourself or the family, it doesn't get much better than Alexander's Fine Foods ‘One Pot Meals'.

Their products are made with their own unique recipes, using the highest quality production methods, and are sealed for freshness. Their production kitchen is based in Panmure, Auckland.

There, all the products are dry-roasted and batch processed from all-natural ingredients. The spices used are freshly stone ground in-house and all of their nut products are dressed with rice bran oil. The Good Food Trading Co carries the entire range from spices through to flavoured salts and packaged nuts. They also have a divine range of couscous products.

But the One Pot Meals are a definite highlight, available in three different and delicious flavours; Apricots, Prunes, Currants and Moroccan Spices, NZ Olives, Sundried Tomato and Moroccan Spices, or Dates, Pistachios and Moroccan Spices.

They're inexpensive, at $7.99 per packet (which serves 2-3) and they couldn't be easier – just empty the packet into a pot, and cook it for 15 minutes!

Check out the range at The Good Food Trading Company at 35 MacDonald Street in the Mount.