Yesterday my 10 year old son and I decided to go to the local Kiwanis Fair here in Blue Ridge. While my brave warrior decided to go on all the rides, I decided to hang around and look for some good ole fattening fair food!
No sooner than this thought …

Before I discovered Betty Crocker’s chocolate brownie mixes, I used to bake with Duncan Hines’ Chocolate lover’s walnut brownie mix; I’m glad I discovered Betty Crocker because I’ll never use Duncan Hines’ brownie mixes again.
Publix always has a buy one, get one free special going on, and Duncan Hines’ …

Cheetos are really good. I’ve been eating them ever since I was a little girl probably around the age of three. I especially love the cheesy taste and licking the cheese off of my fingers. The only thing I would have to be careful about is to wash my …

You will never go wrong starting your day with a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Smelling its aroma just gives me the energy to keep me going the entire day. Ooh, how I love the feel of its bitter taste whenever I take my first sip.
That is how exactly …

Ok, I really need to rant about this soda that I just saw in a store and bought. It was Gross!!! No seriously, don’t drink it! Lol. The name of the soda is called “St. Nick’s Candy Cane Cola”. The only way to describe this is to call it …

Great Value: Hamburger Buns taste fine when compared with name brand products. After all, there is really not much to a hamburger bun, now is there? These hamburger buns are soft and a decent size too and do a decent job holding a good sized burger with some toppings …

I have tried three different kinds of potato chips sold, to my knowledge, only at Aldi, and “Clancy’s Ripple Potato Chips” is my second favorite, with the first being “Clancy’s Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips”. For just 99 cents a bag that is a little over ten ounces, …

A quality wall’s is a very good company which is popular for its products. This company mainly produces the different kinds of ice creams. Recently there is an ice cream introduced in the market for this hot summer by quality walls. The name of that ice …

Tropicana fruit juice is an inexpensive option in your grocery store that I decided to try for the first time last week and I did enjoy it. The price was just $1.00 which I liked and the fruit juice was from concentrate but tasted very good. You could taste …

Fiber Plus Antioxidents Berry Crunch is a surprisingly delicious healthy cereal. Fiber Plus has recently become one of the most appetizing options in the breakfast foods section, claiming to provide good and hearty foods that were both delicious and nutritious. Always looking for a delicious, fiberful cereal that does …

This exceptional, original spice blend is a marvelous mix of sugar, dextrose, extractives of cinnamon, cloves, annatto, lemon, orange, nutmeg, and caramel color. Now I do not want to daunt you, but although annatto is commonly used in food, it can cause allergic reactions to some sensitive people; however, …

I dehydrate so easily, that I need to have water with me most of the time. I drink it in the bottled water one buys at the store, as most of we bottled water drinkers do. I have discovered that by buying Select Bottled Water, Safeway’s own brand, I …

Green giant sweet corn is the original sweet corn which is in the market now a day. It is the real American sweet corn which is cleaned and processes and frozen. I bought a packet of this (the green giant sweet corn also come in the tin) …

These miniature Cheeto-type snacks were my baby’s first finger foods. I was worried at first because of choking issues but that went away fairly quickly. He seemed to really enjoy these and would suck on them at first, until he got the hang of chewing. They resemble short little …

For quite a few years now, the Oasis range of still fruit drinks has been one that I have looked out for in the summer especially. Carbonated drinks such as Coke or Sprite are all very well in their way, and I am quite fond of both of them, …

A healthy lifestyle, this is what I promised to myself after I resigned from work. I am beginning to take care of my wellness now. I learn that more than the financial needs it is more important to take care of our health. When I was still a full …

I went grocery shopping the other day at S&R and saw amongst the extensive displays of chocolate the mint chocolate flavored M&Ms. As it was in a very festive green packaging with a female M&M Santa in the North pole, it caught my eye. Add the fact that …

After the purchsae of my espresso machine Ive started drinking a great deal of soy milk. This silk low fat soy is one of the best soys i tried so far as far as foaming milk. I always get a lot of grea foam with this milk, …

Ok i just love the Nachos BellGrande from Taco Bell. In fact I think they are some of the best tasting Nachos from any place that I’ve ever been to. They are for sure the best fast food nachos you will ever taste. They only fast good nachos I never …

The Sardine Pesto is one of the most popular dishes from Pasta Plate and it is my personal favorite as well. When I eat the pesto on its own, it doesn’t taste anything special. It is just plain and bland. On the other hand, when I taste the sardine …

Nestle KitKat is probably one of the few snacks I’ve enjoyed since young. Even till this date, I have KitKat cravings every now and then! KitKat is a waffle bar, coated with milk chocolate. In my opinion, the price of one KitKat bar is reasonably low for such a …

As much as I like Hamburger Helper for the convenience, I do have to wonder about the quality of some of their products. The flavor I had today, Italian Shells, illustrates this perfectly.
The Italian Shells themselves didn’t taste too bad. They were a bit salty but I can live …

I recently bought a bottle of McCormick’s Irish Cream for around twenty dollars. For those who are looking for a nice, cheap bottle to sip on, this bottle will certainly do the trick. It is always hard to review an article because you can never review simply for the …

Barq’s hast bite. So goes the slogan for Barq’s root beer and one that is quite true. It has a much more pungent flavor than the other root beers on the market (such as A&W or Hires). Diet Barq’s tries to keep the bite even in …

Count Chocula energy drink is an energy drink based on the hugely popular Count Chocula cereal. It is a chocolate energy drink and is quite similar in taste to the Mars energy drinks, or a regular chocolate milk shake. I decided to try one the other day, as the …

African Shea Butter is the best of the natural vegetable butters, including Cocoa Butter. It is great for rejuvenating and moisturizing the skin. It contains the essential vitamins needed to make the skin look and feel smooth, soft, and healthy. The fatty acid it contains helps protect the skin …

One of the nice things about Ronzoni Bistro Rotini with Tomato and Basil is that I can heat up the pasta right in the bag. That is right - no need to dirty a dish for this pasta creation! Preparation could not possibly be easier - just stick in …

The new Dippin Strips Pizza at Pizza Hut is great. I had one the other day and I loved it. The best thing about it is that great greasey flavor that only Pizza Hut can provide. I really think the idea and design of the strips is great. They …

One of my favorite lily?s pizzas is the super duper. The super duper comes with mushrooms, olives, pepperoni, green peppers, and red onions all on a fantastic crust with tomato sauce. This is a pizza that just makes me feel fantastic eating it. I had gotten to point before …

I love making Chinese food at home, so when I found Chef Woo’s 160gram Szechuan Stir Fry Kit on sale for $1 I bought it immediately. Chef Woo is a respected name in packaged do-it-yourself Chinese food kits so I had high hopes for this package.
The Szechuan Stir Fry …

Blue Diamond Almonds are a very tasty snack. I like to eat Blue Diamond Almonds while I am studying or I am doing work at home. They just really hit the spot when It’s not time for lunch or dinner, but you need a good snack to keep you …

I find these Little Debbie Marshmallow Pies - Banana variety to be somewhat flavorful, although I do have a pretty big problem with the banana flavor. I know that the banana flavor is artificial, but it still could have a slightly more authentic banana flavor. The flavor that is …

My preference of a beverage hot drink at anytime of the day goes to chocolate rather than coffee. I had found out about Swiss Miss chocolate from a friend and was delighted to know that one of its variants has an added marshmallow to the mixture. I …

I personally love to bake. I have for over a decade, and enjoy everything about. From the very preparation to the after math of indulging in it. Whether it be pastry of some one sort or something lasagna, casserole roll or anything else in that nature. Depending on what …

The heat outside really is terrible. I really wanted to have something to eat that is cold so I could cool myself off. The summer heat is really getting to me and what a nice thing to have is a good cold afternoon ice dessert!
My husband and I went …

Take a huge slice of french bread, addd butter, garlic and some parmesan cheese, and you’ll have NY Texas Toast. I really love this bread, it makes a wonderful snack after work. This is also a really great thing to have on hand when you’re cooking an authentic italian …

Chocolate Fire is a chocolate shop from Melbourne, which had been brought to the Philippines. I have heard a lot of positive things about the place, so I decided to try it out with my two friends. Although it’s not located in a very visible place, it’s …

Although I can cook my own cheese macaroni and make the sauce from scratch, I occasionally buy one of these lazy, dried meals in a packet so I can whip up something quickly to eat when I get back from shopping. So I tried this cheese macaroni in …

It’s only recently that I have started to eat Baked Beans. Why? Well for years I convinced myself I hated them. Full stop. Then my brother told me when he made beans on toast he melted grated cheese on the top..Mmm this sounded different.
Having tried it myself I …

I like keep myself in, what we kiwis like to describe as, pretty good nick. I run, watch what I eat, all that good girl stuff. But at the end of a long hard day of “being good” sometimes you just feel like a beer. Everyone …

Product Description: Frozen Philly Cheesesteak Kit that contains meat, cheese and four buns. This product is available at Walmart Supercenters (in the grocery section) for about $10.
What I liked about this product: First of all, I was very impressed with the quantity inside the bag. I figured this would …

So far, this is the cheapest 1.5L mineral water that I found in the market that tastes quite as good as Spritzer. I usually bring my own water bottle but somehow I left it in the house the day we went shopping with the kids. I know that bottle …

Voortman brand is one of my recent discoveries. The first product that I tried from the brand was their coconut cookie. In fact I have a review on that too and I loved the cookie it is the best coconut cookie I have had.
Since then I have …

How many of u know about the Ashirwad atta. Actually the name ashirwad is the brand name of the ready-made wheat flour, which is sold in many shops and also in super markets. It is just like any other ready-made wheat flour, which are kept for sale. …

I’ve been trying to introduce different types of superfoods into my diet, but I’m not the kind of person who would eat something that tastes like s*** just because it’s heathy and supposedly good for me. I believe that you just need to find the foods that you like and …

It looks like a mayonnaise in a bottle or a sandwich spread, but Cheesy Ragu Light Parmesan Alfredo is something else. I bought this product out of curiosity when it says made with real cheese and the drawing on the bottle shows how you can add this on your …

Life has really gotten quite easier since instant spaghetti sauces started coming out. Gone are the days of having to sample the taste time and again while cooking, since we can now buy ready-mixed spaghetti sauces. This is especially …

I generally am extremely skeptical of generic or store brand salad dressings. But when Kroger put their store brand salad dressing on sale for only one dollar, I figured that I really didn’t have a lot to lose. This is a line of the best salad dressings …

If I do say so myself, I make a mean chocolate chip cookie from scratch. Chocolate chip cookies are my favorites, and they always have been. If you want to get on my good side with a cookie, make it a good chocolate chipper and you can’t …

What do you want from a drink? That is an alcoholic drink, of course. Let us assume that it has the punch you require. If it doesn’t, then there’s something wrong. After all, 40% proof must mean that it has a certain amount of oomph to lift you from the …