Our family often purchases plain yogurt for use in smoothies or to use as a topper on certain desserts. I recently decided to try a cheaper version of plain yogurt because we are trying very hard to lower our grocery bill. I bought the Best Choice Plain …

Okay so lately I haven’t had the money to buy named brand root beer so I ended up getting the store brand kind and I must say I like it a lot. The store brand root beer I have been drinking is Hannaford Root Beer. It has a creamy …

I have recently started the Nutrisystem Advance program for women. One of the foods I had was the BBQ Sauce over Beef, Beans, and Rice. It is 270 calories.
I cooked it in the microwave. It really smelled good. I am usually hungry come …

The last time I was shopping I decided to buy some fruit juices and so I bought several varieties made by Welch’s. I tend to drink a lot of soda and I thought fruit juice would be a nice change. I had heard of the Welch’s brand before and …

Who doesn’t love Chicken Marinara? That’s only if you’re not of this earth. Who doesn’t the combination of fried chicken breast with meaty spaghetti swimming in savory marinara sauce? It also seems like a travesty to “healthify” this satisfying dish but Healthy Choice has dared to …

For Christmas this year my drink of choice was Baileys, as it is every year. This time however I decided to opt for their Coffee flavour to ring the changes. Baileys, for those of you who don’t know, is a cream liqueur which is usually drunk alone …

Blue Bunny Double Strawberry Sedona Frozen Yogurt Granola Sandwiches are not quite as good as the Double Strawberry Aspenâ„¢ Frozen Yogurt Granola Bars. What makes me prefer the latter to the former? For one, these sandwiches do not have any vanilla where as the bars have a vanilla coating. …

I drink coffee. About twice daily or less, not much compared to those coffee lovers. I can only drink them when they’re cold and iced, can’t have them if they’re hot or warm or in between, they must be cold and iced. Okay, enough about my …

Who doesn’t love bacon? Everyone I know loves bacon and has eaten bacon at some point in their lives. In my case, I always find myself craving for bacon and I usually pair it with rice or pancakes. And when it comes to bacon brands, I only go for …

Sometimes there really is an advantage to buying at a club store or some place where they sell big packages of items. I love Oreo cookies. The cheapest I can get these now is on sale for $2.50 for an 18 ounce package. However, those $2.50 …

I can’t stop raving about the lemon squares that I had last night from our Christmas party. The lemon squares were the dessert offering of Global Grub Catering. We were initially asked to choose among banoffee pie, leche flan, or lemon squares and majority went for the …

Mama Cozzi’s Pizza Kitchen Chicken Rising Crust Spinach & Garlic Pizza is a twelve-inch frozen pizza that sells for three dollars and ninety-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. I haven’t come across this brand of pizza anywhere else, but other stores that specialize in off-brands nay carry the …

The monster taco from Jack-n-the-box is like a bigger version of their regular taco. At least that’s what I would assume given that it costs the same amount as two of their regular tacos. When I was down south recently I had the chance to try a couple of …

Every so often, you find that something comes along which is perceived as being just a standard product and no one thinks anything of it. Only when it is about to disappear do people start to realize just how lucky they were. That is the case with this whisky. …

This is what I like to call the universal drink as I have never somebody who does not drink tea and it is very convenient when posing as a cold beverage as well.
I fell in love with Lipton Ice Tea from the first time I tasted it, particularly the …

When it’s raining outside, there is nothing better than a good pot of stew. It was raining cats and dogs last time I had visited my mother and she had taken out my favorite brisket in the world: Murphy and David corned beef brisket. There is something about that …

I really like nuts and specially Cashew nuts . I like nuts even more when they are roasted and salted. I tried many brands of cashew nuts but I found the Tesco brand one of the best. The Tesco brand Cashew nuts are better Roasted and salted. The …

Starbucks has a yearly Christmas promo wherein they give you a card, and if you are able to complete all the drinks, then you get a free planner. Half of the drinks that you need to complete are from their special Christmas drinks, one of which is the …

For me, the joy of holidays sometimes mean treating myself to seasonal candies I wouldn’t normally buy, especially if they are on sale. Recently, I took a chance on Elmer Candy: You’re a Purr-fect Valentine box of candies.
The box is heart shaped and features an adorable kitty cat …

There is something about a Girl Scout cookie that I find highly addictive. In all honesty, their cookies are probably one of the few cookies that I will allow myself to indulge in on a yearly basis. Perhaps it is the fact that I can only purchase …

I never buy this type of snacks because I prefer healthier ones like muesli bars and things like that.
When I was Little my grandfather used to buy me Tortica wafers and I liked them a lot they were small, maybe 5cm x 5cm and they are coated with chocolate. …

Doritos are those brand of flavor tortilla chips that are a favorite among many people. There are many different varieties out there that can go almost every occasion. Every blue moon I go and browse the chip selection and see if Doritos has come out with any different flavors …

Since I was little I have always liked Snickers chocolate bars. Obviously I liek salty and sweet taste together. MY parents and my sister don’t like Snickers becaus ethey think that salty peanuts and chocolate just don’t go together so when I was little they woul never buy me …

Gemini is the brand name of the sunflower cooking which we use in our house. Actually my father in law used to bring the ground nut refined oil before we use this Gemini sunflower oil, but since our doctor has prescribed all of us to stop using the …

I decided to try Crush Orange Soda one day after seeing a bottle of it on sale in Alberston for a $1.69. I’m not the biggest fan of orange soda, but every once and a while I give in when I have the taste for it. In this instance …

The Wal-Mart Great Value teriyaki beef jerky is Wal-Mart’s brand of beef jerky. I didn’t start eating jerky until my mom and I would take road trips together, and we would need something to snack on until we either stopped at a fast food restaurant or arrived at our …

The El Monterey Beef & Bean Red Chili Burritos suffer from the same problem that plagues the El Monterey Beef & Bean Green Chili Burritos. Just as the latter lacks a sufficient number of green chili pieces to set the burritos apart from the El Monterey Beef & Bean …

The Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers is a product by Pepperidge Farm.
I know that sodas can eventually be added to dishes to spread out flavor but I didn’t know crackers can actually be a match to spice up the flavor on dishes. I was really surprised when my friend bought …

Ever since I was a little girl, I have always loved mashed potatoes. They are one of my favorite comfort foods. However, my daughter does not share my passion for them. Therefore, I decided to try Simply Potatoes Garlic Mashed Potatoes, which can be found in …

Another guilty pleasure of mine is buying “Charles Peanut Gems” whenever I can find them. These are chocolate covered peanuts that have a candy coating. In a sense they remind me of a cheaper, more Caribbean brand of M&Ms since it have blue, yellow, green brown and red chocolate …

This is the most gorgeous breakfast cereal from Marks & Spencers. The only problem is that it is so nice I tend to nibble at it straight out of the box with my fingers. You can buy a 500g box of Deliciously Nutty Crunch for £2.19. …

Roasted Garlic and Shrimp, a new flavor of pizza we tried at Yellow Cab this day. Well of course it is Sunday and it is a special pizza or restaurant day. My family and I have finally tried eating more healthy food, slowly eating more veggies, and seafood than …

Whenever I have this craving for chinese noodles or locally known as pancit canton, I just grab a couple of packs of Lucky Me Instant Pancit Canton. This certainly satisfies my craving instantly.
Why would I bother to cook pancit canton the regular way, when I can have almost the …

Stouffer’s Cheesy Spaghetti Bake disappointed me because I really enjoy cheese, and I expected this dinner to be quite cheesy and offer a rich cheese flavor. Unfortunately, this meal did not live up to my expectations. While I could certainly taste both the Parmesan and mozzarella cheese, I did …

I like marshmallow but not particularly so I never buy them but my sister likes them a lot and so we usually have them at home so in the lack of something sweet I eat them.
Bulgari marshmallows come in blue bag with a transparent part where you can see …

There are a couple of companies that sell frozen cinnamon French Toast sticks, like Farm Rich and Aunt Jemima, but with those companies, I am paying for the name as well as the advertising and design that went into promoting the French Toast. With Walmart’s Great Value brand, I …

Most Asians love to eat Sliced Fish Noodle Soup. Including myself. I love the noodles especially, instead of eating this Sliced Fish Soup with the replacement of rice.
And for the noodle option, I love the yellow ‘E-Mee’ or just a normal yellowish noodle-type. Really delicious …

The best sweet based on my impartial judgment is chocolate; and what is the best way to have it? Chocolate given for free is really is a sweet gift to receive. Brookside Milk Chocolate Covered Almonds were given by a relative, who came home from overseas, after many years …

Nescafe Green Blend is a new instant coffee which has the benefit of high levels of naturally occurring polyphenol antioxidants. Regular coffee contains some antioxidants anyway. I knew that antioxidants were supposed to be good for you but, on looking it up, they are essentially vitamins and …

I have always known that Virgin Coconut Oil has a lot of health benefits but I simply was unable to find a brand that could give me real good tasting one. Most of those I tasted gave me rancid taste that I could not take. One time though, …

I tend to go for ‘healthy’ foods that I think will be good for me based on the packaging. However, it always helps to look at the package carefully and make sure that it is not just saying it is healthy. Aldi food stores offers a line …

Breyers French Vanilla ice cream is not bad, although I also really cannot say it is fabulous or even decent. It is sort of just alright or average. For an ice cream that is supposed to be of the French Vanilla variety, I really am disappointed. The ice cream …

Jell-o Gelatin - Cherry is a delightful and enjoyable treat to have every now and then. The cherry flavor is quite rich and favorable, and the cherry flavor is quite authentic in flavor and I am very pleased with this. This treat would not be a treat if the …

Hereford luncheon meat is another great emergency food. I take it with me when I don’t have time to cook my lunch for work. It’s also great for camping.
It’s a little bit pricier than its competition, Holiday luncheon meat, but Hereford definitely has a taste advantage. …

When you make sauces, such as speghetti or any pasta type foods, do you find that it just is missing some zip? I mean it is just not ’special’? I make pasta all the time, and I make sure that I add salsa to it, for that special zippy …

Royal Castle is a local fast food chain which sells the typical fries and fried chicken along with a variety of other dishes that usually accompany fried chicken. They even have rotisserie chicken there! Well, it has been the longest while since I last visited a Royal Castle outlet …

While I was out today I got hungry and decided to stop in Hi-Lo’s Bakery because I wanted something small to hold me over till lunch time. Hi-Lo’s Bakery offers a wide variety of cakes, sweet and savoury pastries and even sandwiches. I stood there for a few minutes …

If you like your crisps with a lot of heat, then you will love these Nandos Hot Peri-Peri flavoured crisps. For me they are a little too hot and I would prefer the spicy flavour of Sensations Sweet Chilli or whatever they are called. But I think …

Product Description: Packet of seasoning that comes with a recipe for making chili in your frying pan (just add meat, beans and tomatoes). Available at a couple of our local stores for under $1.
What I liked about this product: I don’t get a lot of time with the family …

Bagel-Fuls: Cinnamon Bagels proved to be a disappointment for me. The main reason I was drawn to this product is because it had the word “cinnamon” written on the box. Well, let me just say that there is just enough cinnamon to be found in these little loaf like …