In an effort to drastically cut our expenses, my husband and I have recently started buying generic products to replace the more expensive products we have purchased in the past. I am addicted to diet colas and usually drink the expensive, name brand drinks. However, I recently …

Wu Long Tea vs. Oolong Tea- What is it? And does it really make you lose weight?
What is Wu Long/Oolong Tea?
Chinese Oolong tea is categorized somewhere between Green and Black tea. The difference is in the harvest process of Oolong tea leaves. Oolong is only partially dried, and not …

As a lover of the well known cheese cracker snack, I tried another one their flavors. Cheez-it hot N spicy. Cheez-it that’s flavored with original Tabasco hot sauce. Next to the original cheez-it crackers, these have become my favorite. I found that I can eat them by themselves, with …

I love going to Dairy Queen and getting a treat once in a while. This weekend I decided to try the French Silk Pie blizzard and I am so glad that I did. It was delicious.
I ordered the medium size one, and it filled me up. …

One of my toughest challenges as a parent is getting my daughter to eat healthy. She’s not necessary opposed to eating something that isn’t sweet but does have issues with eating new things.
Since one of the things she won’t eat is fresh fruit, I’m glad I was able …

I have recently switched to Great Value Cream Cheese from a more expensive brand name (actually the price was twice that much) to use for my cherry cheese cake dessert, and I am quite happy with the result. The 8 oz brick of cream cheese comes in a neat, …

Whenever we go to Whole Foods in Ann Arbor, Michigan my kids beg for EnviroKidz Organic Amazon frosted Flakes cereal. We first tried it when we were assessing whether we had gluten intolerance or Celiac issues with my oldest son. Since EnviroKidz Organic Amazon Frosted Flakes cereal is gluten …

Breyers Chocolate Chip is one that I found to be disappointing. The reason I found it to be disappointing is because there really was not a whole lot of chocolate chips decorating the vanilla ice cream. I was hoping that the ice cream would be loaded with rich chocolate …

My brother got me hooked on meatball subs years ago when we went to a deli called Dibella’s. I tried it once, and never looked back. While there aren’t any Dibella’s in my area (either Annapolis or Wichita) I have been able to continue to enjoy meatball …

I did not actually buy this myself, but received it along with other toffees which someone gave me recently. I was planning to give them away at first since I am not as big a fan of most toffees since I find them too sweet for my liking. However, …

If you are a home maker like me, you would also like the idea of preparing food fast and easy and for me the soup is the most affordable and yet tasty and delicious thing I can offer whatever time of the day as my hubby don’t mind it …

I buy many things in the bulk section of my grocery store-pasta, seeds, baking supplies, rice, candy (particularly gummy bears), raisins, nuts, dried fruit and berries, and sometimes even granola and dried cereal. I find that the quality is generally almost as good, with most stores and items anyway, …

Hormel Compleats continue to bring out new varieties that lure me to try them. The more success I have, the more I am willing to try something new with them. The latest one I decided to taste was their Chicken Marinara.
What I enjoy about Hormel Compleats is …

Lucky Me Baked Mac of Monde Nissin is the newest product of this very proactive company. I bought 2 packs of this product to try it out during my last weekly grocery shopping.
The pack contains about half a cup of twist pasta noodles and a pack containing the sauce. …

Just yesterday I went and bought me some food from a local Chinese Restuarant named Wai Loong, which is very close to my workplace. It has been a while since I ate food there and I ordered, vegetable fried rice, vegetable lo mien, chow mien and of course …

I rarely eat corned beef because they have a taste that is not appealing to me, sometimes I try this canned beef but I end up losing my appetite because most of canned beef in the market today are coarse and dry. I like canned tuna more than corned …

I love Hillshire Farms Lit’l Smokies Smoked Sausage. They’re so cute and fun to eat, and you can enjoy them in a variety of ways, making them a versatile food.
This product is fully cooked, meaning we just have to heat and serve. I love convenience like that. …

Stouffer’s Grilled Chicken Italian Panini is something that is quite unique as I never do see anything real similar to it in the frozen food sections of the grocery stores that I frequent. It is actually quite a delicious sandwich too, and I hope that Stouffer’s does not discontinue …

I love these Hawaiian Punch Singles! I wouldn’t say they’re the same as the regular hawaiian punch, but the flavor is close enough. To be precise, these are the fruit punch, but Hawaiian Punch has these in several other varieties as well. They come …

Although I tend to personally prefer the L’oven Fresh Hamburger Buns for hamburgers, roast beef, chicken patties and so on, there are others in my family that like the Great Value 8 Enriched Jumbo Hamburger Buns because of how big they are. I don’t care for big buns myself …

I first came to taste Magic Creams Combo Choco Cream Choco Crackers when my mom offered me some. It’s really just like regular crackers but it’s chocolate. It also has chocolate cream in between the crackers so it’s like a sandwich. I did not appreciate at first. I did …

During Max Fried Chicken’s recent 65th anniversary promo, everyone went crazy lining up to avail the promo. The promo entitled entitles a person to unlimited Max Fried Chicken everyday from 6-10PM until July 17, 2010 for the price of P165. The amount billed to you is exactly …

So it seems like nowadays more brands are getting on what I like to call the band wagon of Macaroni and cheese. There’s so many variations out there that sometimes it can get a little overwhelming. Many of us are big fans of Kraft, and know nothing else. I’m …

I was at our local grocery store a few days ago and, as I often do, I took a few minutes to check out the specials in the meat department. As it turns out, they had bags of Johnsonville Classic Italian-Style Meatballs on sale for $5.99.
We use frozen meatballs …

I often have no much time to cook or even go out to eat, so I’ ve tried a lot of pre-cooked products. Stouffer’s is by far the best. Seriously, no exaggeration! The best thing about them that I love is they do not taste like they are …

I am really not impressed with these Options Instant Hot Chocolate drinks as they all seem to be a bit sickly. If you find one you like, these little sachets of instant hot drink are handy to take to work to make yourself a treat throughout the day, …

I am not a big fan of using coconut for cooking nor do I like to eat raw coconut as a snack but I love sweets made with toasted dry coconut shreds or bits.
There is just something amazing about the aroma of toasted coconut and the chewy texture and …

If you like German chocolate, I think you will like these Little Debbie German Chocolate Cookie Rings because these cookie rings have a fairly authentic German chocolate flavor. I say fairly authentic because the flavor is not quite a perfect replica, but it is close enough, I think. Here …

Most of the kids love to eat the corn flakes. The taste of the corn flakes is naturally very good and when it is properly processed and made tastier and more interesting to eat by adding some good flavour, It becomes more interesting and tasty to eat such …

Peeps Halloween Pumpkin Treats are pretty bland. Although I do like marshmallow, these marshmallow treats did not appeal to my taste buds the first time I purchased them. The marshmallow flavor seemed to be duller than the Easter themed Peeps and thus the sweetness just was not there. I …

Growing up, I was a chocolate junkie. I still love chocolate, but I think I’m more finicky these days and I like a bit of variety with the chocolate. For example, instead of chocolate on chocolate, I prefer a white cake with chocolate frosting, or a chocolate …

I like to always keep some chewing gum or mints on me as I am a smoker and sometimes I need to try to disguise the fact that I have just had a sneaky one. Lately I have been into this Trebor Extra Strong Gum which really does …

Chronic fatigue is a condition I suffer from daily and one of the herbal teas I use in the morning to help wake me up and keep me energized so fatigue feelings do not drag me down is the Celestial Seasonings Honey Lemon Ginseng Green Tea. I like this …

I was looking for an affordable sweet snack when I found Heavenly Rewards Fudge Covered Cookies With Peanut Butter in my local Family Dollar store. There wasn’t anything outstanding about the box that caught my eye, but I think I was drawn to them because the combination of …

Lindor are chocolate truffles made by Lindt. This producer really has excellent chocolates although they are pretty expenive. Rarely would you find a Lindt chocolate for less that 1,50 euros.
Lindor is a series of truffles in 7 different types of chocolate. I haven’t tasted all of them because when …

Kashi often makes good and healthy cereals and snacks. When I bought this product, I was looking for something that would taste indulgent and still be healthful.
I like the fact that this bar uses a lot of whole grains and whole grain flours as ingredients, including oat flour, …

One of my favorite thing to drink is real fruit juice. I love orange, apple, and grape. I also love fresh squeezed lemonade. I saw Simply Made Lemonade in the store. I liked the sleek bottle and the label. The lemonade looked fresh because of the color. I decided …

I treated myself to this Mississippi Mud Pie today and it tasted really good. It is probably helped greatly by the fact that it contains Belgian chocolate —“ is there such a thing as bad Belgian chocolate? I did not expect too much from this dessert as …

Walkers Quavers are delicious and they have been around for as long as I can remember. If I see anyone eating Quavers it always makes me fancy a packet and if you are a fan of cheese like me you should like them too. Quavers are technically …

The Fox’s name is one that I find I can usually rely on to give me biscuits that are both tasty and decent value, and the same is true of the Golden Crunch variety. These are not the cheapest biscuits around, weighing in at around 89p for a 200 …

Two weeks back I purchased Green farm basmathi rice. But I am not satisfied with this product. Because it is not good as that of other basmathi rices. The rice is little bit short and thick. I am also not impressed with its price. It is costlier than other …

I started drinking mineral water last year and, quite honestly, it didn’t grab me. I tried a few brands but I never understood the appeal. Then, I found this brand.
Chrystal Geyser is a fine mineral water product that has the added benefit of being flavored. Flavors I’ve tried have …

The Slim-Fast Optima which is different than the original Slim-Fast drinks, is wonderful! Not only does it have fewer calories (180)compared to the original, but, it also controls hunger longer! The flavor of the Cappuccino Delight is yummy. You feel like you are cheating while you are drinking it. …

Goya is a local chocolate brand here in the Philippines. As a child it was one of the brands my mom gave me. I think it’s less popular to the kids of the new generation though. In its effort to reintroduce the brand they produced new variety to …

For all you chocolate lovers out there. You must give Ferroro Rocher a try, unless you don’t like nuts in your chocolate. Well, even though I am not the biggest fan of nuts in my chocolate I do eat it occasionally and this definitely is a chocolate that fits …

I bought two boxes of this mix recently as I thought they were a great deal price wise, each costing around a dollar. Now, however, I’m not too sure. Generally I like cake mixes for the ease and because they are much cheaper than buying already baked cakes. I …

Both my husband and I like canned fruit cocktails, and one of our favorite brands to buy is Del Monte Very Cherry Mixed Fruit. It contains grapes, pieces of peach, pear, and red cherry. The fruit pieces are in light syrup, also cherry flavored. The can is easy to …

Great Value: French Vanilla Instant Pudding is just as good as the name brand Jell-o or other pudding products that I have tried. Plus, it is cheaper, too! Cheaper is usually a good thing, and in the case of this pudding, it is. The pudding is also simple to …

I saw these last year and loved them and was happy to see them again this year. What I’m talking about are M&M’s Minis in a Tube. I adore regular M&M’s, but these minis are tiny little things that continue the milk chocolate goodness of regular size …