I used to think that no instant mashed potatoes can compare with the real, homemade stuff, time-consuming as it is to make it from scratch. My family thought so as well, and homemade mashed potatoes have always been a special and appreciated treat in our house. That was until …

The garden ready to eat banana chips is another interesting recipe or the food by the Garden Company. These are the lite and crispy chips made using very tender bananas. These bananas are sprinkled with some salt and some tastemaker and these chips give very good taste …

When I was little I adored white chocolate but with years it became kind a too sweet. I don’t know if they started producing different white chocolate or I just don’t like that sweet stuff any more but I rarely buy white chocolate now. Today my sister went to …

Wonder Natural Foods Better’n Peanut Butter is not something that I want to spend money on or taste ever again. Sure, it’s better for the body than regular peanut butter because there’s not as much fat, but it’s not better for the taste buds. I recall when I first …

I buy these cookies nearly every week. They’re not only crispy delicious, they’re fun to eat too, as each one is really shaped like a butterfly.
I also love the box packaging, as what you see in the picture is what you get inside. The cookies are also …

Totino’s Pizza Rolls from Pillsbury are a fantastic way to snack. And they’re pretty filling just by themselves. I love the pepperoni in them, it reminds me of those odd shaped pizzas you’d get in the school lunch room.
I’m a fan of anything in the freeze aisle at the …

Before my mother bought this last weekend I never heard of it. She had gotten it for a very cheap price in a supermarket near where I live. She only got one sweet though, and it was in a bright orange wrapper with a picture of an orange on …

I decided to give a new product from the Silk brand a try , called Silk Vanilla Ice Latte . A iced latte that is made from soy milk instead of traditional cows milk. As a fan of Silk I wasn’t purely hesitant since I know that silk delivers …

I tried the Knorr 30 Minute Marinades Yesterday.
I have a package of four flavours but the first one I tried was the Sesame Ginger with Mandarin Orange Juice and I was quite impressed.
I know that typically the longer you marinade a cheaper cut of beef, the more tender and …

I am a big fan of ramen noodle soups, and Maruchan is my favorite brand of these soup products. I have tasted and enjoyed many flavors of Maruchan ramen noodle soups, such as picante chicken, beef, oriental, and others. However, until last week I had never seen the …

I drink quite a bit of hot chocolate, especially in the winter. I probably have a mug or two of it each day because I don’t really drink coffee. So because of this, I have tried lots of different kinds of hot chocolate.
I find that I prefer Nestle Carnation …

This is definitely a better pasta sauce then many I have tried. I especially like it better than the Ragu pasta sauce.
I find the Ragu sauce to be very watery and it tastes just like mushed up tomatoes, with little in the way of spice and flavor, while the …

Continuing on with my holiday-season-stealing of my folks store-bought cookie arsenal (see my previous post on Spaans Lemon Chiffon cookies for more context) next up, Spaans Ginger Bars Sugar Free Cookies.
On the plus side once again, as apparently customary with Spaans’ packaging, you get a whole 10 oz tub …

I’ve tried this Tesco Pure Apple, Mango and Lime juice when one time I bought something as part of the preparation for my sons’ birthday party. Although I’ve got some other drinks like fizzy drinks but I thought that maybe there are some guest who are a bit …

I have always been a big fan of orange juice and just lately I can’t seem to get enough of it. I do think there are differences in brands and types and can sometimes be quite picky about which ones I choose. Occasionally I even mix a little …

Most people prefer Dasani or Aquafina water, or another type that is not generic. I, however, enjoy drinking Sam’s Choice Purified Drinking Water. This is the brand that is sold as Wal-mart, and I’d imagine it’s also sold at Sam’s Club. It sells for quite a …

If you like Milka chocolate as much as I do than I must recommend you to try Milka Mini Snow Balls because they are just delicious. I adore seasonal products because they always come in nice looking bags and wrappings plus as they are seasonal they are expensive at the …

This grated cheese sold at Kroger is every bit as flavorful as the grated Parmesan and Romano cheeses put out by name brand companies like Kraft and it comes at a cheaper price of around two dollars and fifty cents. When I add this cheese to a pasta meal, …

Cheese Nips are a small cheese cracker that my children love to eat as a snack. These crackers are also great for packing in school lunches. I personally had never eaten one until a few days ago. I do not snack that often, and I usually prefer to eat …

Today I am going to be reviewing the Orignal Mustard Dog from Wienerschnitzel. It’s a pretty good hot dog, but it’s kind of plain. But if you are a fan of mustard then you will love this hot dog. I think the hot dog tastes pretty good and it’s …

As you already know, I’m not really into Italian-pasta dishes because of the heavy alfredo used, but my mom thought I should give the Fettuccine alfredo pasta a try because she liked it. I reluctantly tried it.
The Michaelina’s Fettuccine alfredo pasta frozen meals cost the same as the Salisbury …

Cinnamon Rolls, these are great bread that smells very nice too. For some reason, I am not a fan of this kind of pastry because I think the smell is just too strong. There are a lot of bakeshops offering cinnamons and anything close to that like cinnamon sticks …

For decades, I’ve used various versions of Ore-Ida potatoes. I think my first love was their crinkle fries. Now, though, I’ve tried out another variety, and it’s become my favorite thus far. Ore-Ida Steak Fries are thick cut potatoes. The package describes them as being …

I happened to buy the curry Puff in IKEA Malaysia. This is the curry puff that I like most and there is no other places curry puff can beat it. The size is a bit bigger than the regular one, it has chicken meat, potato, onion, curry …

Aah Five Roses tea…. The very flavor of home and comfort. I have been drinking this tea since I was a wee young thing, running around the house with my tea bottle hanging from my lips - 3 parts milk to 1 part tea. Morning, noon, …

Entenmens Softees are the perfect breakfast treat. The bag comes with twenty small doughnuts that can be enjoyed as a brekfast food , or later in the day as a delightful snack.
I really like this particular brand of doughnuts. They alway are soft when I open them, and stay …

Product Description: Can of mushroom pieces and stems. I found this product at my local grocery store for 89 cents per can and used them a couple nights ago when I was making spaghetti for dinner.
What I liked about this product: I usually avoid spending more money on products …

The Harvest Hill Ultra Moist Yellow Cake Mix can be used to make either a full-sized cake or several cupcakes. This yellow cake mix is sold at Dollar Tree stores for one dollar. There’s a reason I like this cake mix more than what can be found in grocery …

Dieting has come a long way in recent years in offering great tasting foods with few calories. One fad that has been catching on and gaining momentum is the portion controlled way of dieting. Basically, you’re eating real food that tastes great but you’re just limiting yourself to regular …

Sugar free natura is a low calorie sugar substitute, which comes in the form of very small tablets. These sugar free substitutes are used for cooking instead of using the sugar to avoid the extra calories. It is an ideal product for the diabetic patients. This …

Great Value Steak Fries are made by Walmart, so they can only be found at Walmart. When you do go to purchase them, you will notice that they are pretty reasonably priced: just two dollars and twelve cents for a twenty-eight ounce bag! That is a better deal than …

The Pepsi drink called “Blue” was a carbonated beverage that was “invented” by the Pepsi company about five years ago. Prior to inventing the soda they had run ads asking the public to vote on which color of carbonated drink that they would buy and the winner was apparently …

Walmart’s generic brand of sodas is called Sam’s Choice. I have tried their flavored beverages, and I still have yet to find one that really closely resembles a major name brand soda. While I can not say that the Sam’s Choice beverages taste bad in any way, …

Pringles has just invented new flavours for its potato crisps collection. There are no flavours such as seaweed and grilled shrimp. There is also a blueberry flavour. Our family has not indulged in potato crisps in a long time. I thought that would continue since I know that it …

I bought this delicious chili garlic sauce at the Landmark Mall in Makati City because I wanted to take it along with me in India because there is nothing like this there even if India is the land of great chilies.
What I like in Donardos Chili garlic sauce is …

Jell-o Instant Pudding - Pumpkin Spice is a simply scrumptious seasonal treat that I take great delight in purchasing and enjoying. The pumpkin flavor is so very rich and delicious and the texture is remarkably creamy and smooth. It makes for an ideal autumn and Thanksgiving treat be it …

I went to Getro and there I saw these Grandi Rum chocolate bars. Grandi is a Getro brand and I really don’t like shop brands because they are often of a very lousy quality. I’ve tried a bunch of Grandi stuff and I can’t really say that I liked …

Boursin Gournay Cheese in a 5.2 ounce package is $5.99 at the local Publix, ($4.99 after the $1 off peelie was removed). On a recent trip with my four year old to see if I really could save money shopping at Publix I passed a sample table with this …

As soon as I heated one of these and took the first few bites, I knew that I had to warn other people. Whatever you do, do not buy this product! The entire can had only 3 chunks of meat in it and the bulk of the vegetables were …

Sara Lee Soft and Smooth Wheat Bread was tried by me for taking a break from usual white breads that I buy and also because of health conscious decision to get some whole grains in the diet. As the name suggest, the bread was soft and smooth. To my …

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 …

Recently, I decided to splurge a bit and instead of using just packets of taco sauce for my homemade tacos, I tried out Newman’s Own All Natural Chunky Salsa - Mild. As a fan of actor Paul Newman, I have long applauded what his charity organization has done. …

Aro is the new brand, which is released in the market. Still I did not find any popularity for the Aro products. But I have tasted the Aro mixed fruit jam and I found it very good. And for this time I thought of buying the …

As a product of Jamaica, the company label Honey Bun which produces the ‘microwave me’ Cinnamon Roll did a very good job, but to me, it was a little too late as I discovered the microwave method long before they have placed it on their label. LOL. But as …

It’s not always easy to find time to eat during the day. Some, more than others, find themselves rushing about day in and day out, and just need something quick to eat in between going from one point to the next. Hormel has a line of simple wraps designed …

I love drinking Orange Juice. I have been a fan of the S&R Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice in a bottle but it can be quite expensive. S&R is also far from my home so when I need fresh orange juice I usually would just go to the nearest local …

I have always been a yougurt fan, and have recently discovered Emmi Yogurt. This yogurt is just like all the other “bigger named” yogurts, except it is often much cheaper in price. I can usually get a 6oz container of this yogurt for around $1 which is dea when …

I really like the Mini Nips of JacknJill (Milk choco) Candy coated chocolate. It gives a good taste for me.
I eat Mini Nips of JacknJill (Milk Choco) Candy coated chocolate when I am using my computer. It is good for me if I want something to put inside my …

If you have never been to Panera Bread, there is one item worth stopping for. Actually, there are several amazing treats and sandwiches available at Panera, and I have always been more than satisfied. The bagels are always fresh as is all of the bread and produce. …