A decade or so ago, I happened upon Chef Boyardee Microwaveable Spaghetti and Meatballs. Since I’m a kid at heart anyway, and since I loved their canned product of the same meal, I decided to give it a try. Anything that can save me cleanup gets my …

I enjoy homemade macaroni and cheese, but have absolutely no use for the boxed variety. Recently, I bought some Chef Boyardee Minis Macaroni and Cheese on clearance sale at my local supermarket. I really had no idea what to expect, but each 212gram tub was only $1 so I …

I truly believe that Goya Adobo All Purpose Seasoning is one of the greatest inventions made by man. It has just about the only spices you every actually need for food seasoning.
Salt and Black Pepper - These two spices are used in just about any cooking. Can you …

The Lunch Buddies Strawberry Applesauce Cups come in a six pack and the cups themselves are four ounces. ALDI Food Market stores carry this product for one dollar and twenty-nine cents. The blending of strawberry and apple flavoring works, in my opinion, because neither flavor completely dominates the other. …

The chloremint breath freshener mints are useful for those who have the gum problem. I mean to say, some times my mouth used to give bad odder and because of which most of my friends and even my relatives used to avoid me. Later when I came …

Never do I like drinking a cup of coffee but when I started working during night shift I begin to appreciate it. Aroma of a coffee really can make me feel awake and kicks away the negative vibes around me. I never smoke, I don’t like its smell so …

Out working all day I was suddenly overcome with thirst. I wanted a long, low calorie, tasty, refreshing, no gas, unexpensive drink. I popped into a nearby supermarket and found it: Simon fresh light pineapple flavour. Real fruit juice and water, no preservatives, 1.5L and under 2 euros. Delicious. …

I thought all green tea was the same. I like green tea and with that, was happy to get a box of Lipton Green Tea from a neighbor. The first time I made it, it seemed to be a bit weak. I really had to work hard in order …

After reading and hearing so much about the anti-oxidant, anti-aging and anti-cancer benefits of Green Tea, I decided to try it as well. Since I have a Japanese friend I thought who better to recommend me a good brand of green tea. In fact it is the Japanese …

Growing up, before microwaves and even before air poppers were popular, Jiffy Pop Popcorn was the rage. We used to buy it all the time. It came like it was a pan and all you did was rub it against the hot burner. Since the age …

I tried this for the first time. I never knew that these delicious cookies have been around since 1929. The package only contains two cookies, but I found them quite satisfying, indeed.
I just can’t resist cookies with oatmeal in them. Maybe because I’ve always loved having …

The container of this mint really caught my attention. It does not look like the ordinary mint or chewing gum. It is on a slim rectangular tin container. You need to slide the tin container in order to open it. It’s purple with a mold of a human body …

Minestrone soup can either be wonderful or awful; rarely have I run into minestrone soup that didn’t fit into one of these categories. Usually, I find minestrone is wonderful and I’m always up for trying new varieties to see what kinds of things people do with it.
When I bought …

In the recent heat wave, hydrating was of primary importance and purchasing cold beverages turned to be one of the most important household purchases. I personally spent quite a lot on drinks, and imagine that millions of people must have done the same; this made choosing the right drink …

I have been craving for Japanese food so my sister decided to make sushi for the day. We went to the Japanese supermarket nearby and looked for ingredients for our home-made sushi. We finally bought all the ingredients needed and then we decided we needed a good mayonnaise to …

Halo-halo is popular treat for summer. Since Chowking is popular food chain in Philippines, you can easily find one in every city in the country. Halo-halo is s sweet dessert composed of kaong, sago, leche flan, sweetened banana, sweetened jackfruit on top of a bed of shaved ice. …

I know that junk food is not good for you, but I just found the Mrs. May’s Cran-Tropical Crunch in the grocery and loved it. Like all junk foods, this claims to be a healthy food, vegan, wheat free with no preservatives. It’s a combination of cashes, almonds, pistachios …

Candy Crate Halloween Candy Gift Box comes overflowing with all sorts of Halloween themed candy! While I did not purchase this product with the intention of sending it to someone, after all, Halloween is not exactly a holiday that I associate with gift baskets, I did purchase it to …

When one of my coworkers was selling Joe Corbi products recently for a fund raiser for their son’s youth football team I decided to make a purchase to support the team. I expected the Joe Corbi pizza to be the highlight but Grandma Corbi’s Cinnamon Raisin Pretzel was instead. …

I picked up this Swanson Beef Dinner as a two for one deal on Swanson products. This 325gram boxed frozen dinner looked absolutely delicious; rich pieces of roast beef in gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans and a bonus apple-cranberry desert. As always Swanson gives you the option of either …

I picked up this Schogetten Dark Chocolate today in Lidl for just 65p for 100g box. I usually have milk chocolate but I just fancied this. Lidl is a bargain supermarket in the UK and a lot of their products are unknown foreign brands like this one, …

In the shop near my house Milka chocolate are on discounts very often, so everybody in my house buys them. They taste fine and when they are on discount you can get them for about 70 or 80 Euro cents which is not all that much for that quality …

I’ve just recently tried this recipe mix which I’ve bought from Tesco supermarket, the Colman’s of Norwich mix in making any sort of cottage pie, in my case I used it in mixing the vegetarian cottage pie that I’ve made at home. In fairness, the mixture did …

Blue Bunny Champ! Vanilla Ice Cream Cones is not something that I was very impressed with. The reason I was not very impressed with this cone is, in part, because the vanilla flavor was not quite as rich or delicious as I was hoping it would be. The vanilla …

I am not a huge water drinker and usually need to go with something flavored to even have more than a couple sips. Till now I have drank Propel for the most part to get my necessary water intake every day, but the other day I had a …

I am on a tight budget so I often find myself at the local Dollar General among other discount stores in order to meet my needs. One of the sections of the stores that I always check is the grocery isle to see if they have any deals or …

Del monte products is one of my favorite to put in my groceries and when there’s a celebration one of the best desert it’s fruit salad, that’s why I choose Del monte fruit salad and even during Christmas even all of my favorite fruits are all present,I still prefer …

Synopsis: A box of toaster pastries offered at select grocery store as a cheaper alternative to the more popular Pop Tart brand. I purchased a box of 8 pastries (four packages of 2) for $1.75.
What I liked about this brand: Well, you can’t argue with the price. When I …

Like many of us, I am concerned about trans fats in my food, as well as curbing high cholesterol. As I get older - and not at the weight I wish I could be - this becomes even more of a concern. I have known for a while that …

I have always loved to eat wafers, but I am picky about them in many ways and for many reasons. The main reason of course being taste and the amount of filling ratio to the wafer ratio.
That said, the filling to wafer ratio of this biscuit was just perfect. …

I have always enjoyed the Carte Noire instant coffee so I tried the filter coffee which can also be used in cafetieres. I use a rounded tablespoon (dessert spoon) of coffee for each cup for the right strength for me, which is a good, strong cup. Just …

Who doesn’t love Easy Mac??!?! When you are in college with only a microwave in your dorm room and the eatery is closed, what do you do? You pour the noodles in a bowl, pour some water in the bowl, put it in the microwave a few …

My husband and I went to Noodles and Company for dinner the other night. After you get done ordering your food and your ready for a drink, instead of them just handing you over a cup so you can walk over to the soda fountain you have the …

Casa Mamita Mexican Style Lasagna is a frozen lasagna carried at ALDI Food Market stores. It costs seven dollars and ninety-nine cents and is big enough to feed four people. I was intrigued by this frozen lasagna when I came across it in the refrigerated case because I had …

I like to drink coffee anytime of the day. The most important part of my breakfast and afternoon snacks would be drinking my daily dose of coffee. I have different instant coffee mixes and I have had the opportunity to try the Nescafe Gold Roast 3-in-1 coffee mix.
This …

My daughter is a very fussy eater. There were times when I would prepare a meal for her and she totally hates it, and it goes to the bin. Sometimes I get frustrated because I spend a lot of time preparing these dishes and in the end, they get …

I’m a huge fan of Red Baron By the Slice Pepperoni Pizza, which I am buying with regularity so last week I decided to try a different variety of this easy to prepare meal and purchased Red Baron By the Slice 4-Cheese Pizza.
I was as impressed with this 4-Cheese …

I’ve always enjoyed a good refreshing orange soda, and Orange Crush is just that. Orange soda at its best. And I know this because I had the privilege of trying this soda when I first noticed it stocked in the soda machine at my work. I’m …

Everybody likes cakes and all other deserts, but making them might be really time consuming and hard and we simply cant afford to do it (or in my case being just lazy in this occasion).
I had guests announced to come to over in the afternoon and I wanted to …

I found the flavor of Blue Bunny Original Ice Cream Strawberry Cheesecake to be a little on the weak side. By that, I mean neither the strawberry nor the cheesecake flavors are quite as tasty as I had been hoping. The strawberry flavor is nothing like the double strawberry …

Ran to the grocery, as we had guests craving for some ice cold soda. To my disappointment, they had ran our of my favorite soda brand. So, I was left to buy Virgin Cola and was finally given a chance to try something new.
When I started pouring the cola, …

Bornvita is the name of the health drink, which is used by many families in India. It is said that the bornvita contains all the nutrition values, which are needed for the growing kids and also for the young generation. I don’t know about the nutritional values …

I really love Japanese foods. Even at home, we eat and cook food in Japanese way. But when it comes to Japanese fast foods, I have a lot in my mind but I would prefer Okuya because Okuya is quite cheaper than other Japanese fast food chains. Japanese restaurants …

Whenever summer is fast approaching, I go on a crash diet plan. During ordinary days, I can’t proceed to work if I won’t take rice, corned beef, sunny-side up eggs, a piece of banana, a glass of orange juice. But when its the season for bikini, I have to …

I was not too impressed with the Italian sausage that came on this frozen pizza. I have to complaints in regards to the sausage: firstly, the amount of sausage topping was on the skimpy side and secondly, the sausage did not have much flavor. It was just sort of …

We bought a box of these el Monterey chicken and cheese taquitos as well as some other snacks because we were having a bunch of friends over and we thought they would be good party food. We were right. They were easy to make and quite quick, too.
These …

This is one of the most delicious frozen pizzas available. I have tried several brands of frozen pizza and found most to taste like cardboard; flat and flavorless. Palermo’s, however, has lots of tangy flavor without being spicy. Their flavor comes from the generous amount of toppings, not spice. …

I feel rich whenever my mom bring home Cheez Wiz Spread because it tastes like real cheese. I grow up with this spread and on the other sandwich spread. I prefer the regular and original one compare to other flavor, as the taste do not change until now. I …

As it sounds from the title, Raley’s Fine Bakery Bells, Stars, and Tree Cookies were for the Christmas holidays. They come on a tray with a large plastic covering. Now in the first place, it’s nearly impossible to keep them fresh in that container, so the cookies …

The hide and seek choco biscuits are the favourite biscuits for my son. First time when I had bought it I thought it is just like any other normal biscuit, which can be served with the tea in the evening. But after tasting these biscuits I …