We had pork ribs for dinner last night and, since they were a cheap brand that didn’t have much meat on them, we decided to make some extra side dishes to go with them just so we had a filling dinner.
One of the things we ended up making was …

I made a promise to myself to cut down my intake of carbonated drinks and make it a habit instead of drinking more water. But sometimes it is really very tempting specially after a heavy meal or during a tired day or when you have to fight the urge …

Although I enjoy chocolate, I did not find anything particularly memorable or incredible about Mrs. Freshley’s Chocolate Pie. The chocolate filling was satisfactory, although it most certainly was not the richest or most delicious chocolate I had ever had, however, I certainly have had blander chocolate. The chocolate was …

Corona beer is unique in the taste and other great thing is the smoothness of the beer. I normally drink five to six bottles of Corona beer at a stretch easily. However the liquor content of six percentages makes it well a light beer compared with many other brands. …

Tanqueray is the classic gin and as far as I know it is everybody’s favorite; it’s certainly mine. It is a real classic but it is expensive. Normally I dock products for being too expensive, but in this case I won’t for one major reason: cheap gin …

It was my mother’s birthday a few days ago and she invited a few of her friends for a dinner. One of them brought her a box of Ferrero Rondnoir. Everyone in my family like Ferrero Rocher but we’ve never tried this new Ferrero Rondnoir.
Ferrero Rondnoir comes in a …

I recently visited John’s Incredible Pizza Co. in San Diego, CA. I had never heard of such a place and I knew it had just opened its doors to San Diego county residents a couple of months ago.
First off, this is an all-you-can-eat buffet style restaurant. …

My wife and I ended up staying home for New Years Eve once again and, since we were stuck at home watching movies, we picked up some snacks to have.
We had been grocery shopping earlier in the day and came across Snapp’s products on sale. After some discussion, we …

My hubby and I bought this ready to fry Chicken and Cheese sausage at the grocery store in Malad where we do our weekly grocery. I often do include in my list to buy food stuff which are easy to prepare especially if I don’t have enough time to …

I really like the taste of the EAS low carb shakes. I have one almost every morning for breakfast. They only have 4 carbs total, which makes it the perfect thing for me.
The shakes are totally different from the slim fast kind. The slim fast ones …

The L’oven Fresh Shortbread Cookie Party Tray contains two different kinds of Christmas cookies in a party tray that weighs twenty ounces and sells for four dollars and fifty-nine cents. Quite a few cookies come in the Christmas party tray and although I didn’t actually count them for I …

Aside from eating fruits in the morning, one of the most important things to drink is yogurt to aid better digestion. Although my best advice is to go with fresh fruits such as pineapple, papaya or watermelon, there are times when we want to divert common practice. I alternate eating …

Clancy’s Mini Bagel Chips Roasted Garlic retail for one dollar and twenty-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. The bagel chips come in a six ounce bag. The number of chips that come in a bag isn’t impressive, but the flavor of the chips certainly is! If these bagel …

I really love this choco cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies. It is creamier, thicker and really chocolatey. I always prefer this chocolate flavor compared to vanilla. I like munching this cookies during break time and coffee or milk goes with it perfectly. I dunk it to my cup of coffee …

Ever sense I started a new years resolution with my church last year, I was limited in the foods I was allowed to eat. Nuts and vegetables was basically all I could eat. I went to Wal-mart and found Dietary Snack Mix as the perfect choice for …

Now that I am older, eating better has become a priority. As my metabolism begins to slow, I have tried to alter my eating habits to more whole grains so that I can eat less but stay full longer. One way that I have done this is by introducing …

Hershey’s chocolate is well known around the world. It is a rare person who doesn’t love a classic hershey bar, Herrshey’s kisses or maybe a Mr. Goodbar. In 2006 Hershey celebrated a milestone, their 100th anniversary. I personally received a few tokens of affection in the form of Hershey’s …

When I saw the new Pizza Hut Sicilian Lasagna Pizza on television, I told myself that it was definitely something I would have to try. After having it, however, I found myself extremely disappointed.
I’ll start out by saying the pizza wasn’t extremely horrible. It did taste OK. And, it …

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 …

These are lovely Hot Cross Buns from The Co-operative’s own brand and I only paid 30 pence for them as they had been reduced as they were nearing their sell by date. That is one of the good things about the Co-op and you should always look out …

Our family is trying extremely hard to cut our grocery budget by sampling inexpensive versions of the usual name brand products that we buy. One of my children’s favorite breakfast items is oatmeal, particularly flavored instant oatmeal. We usually buy expensive versions like Quaker’s. However, I …

My partner and I had a recent fight and to appease my anger, he bought me ice cream. I thought it was the new flavor that I have been telling him, but to my dismay it is not. Though the package was labeled Gold, still I wasn’t much impressed.
The …

When it comes to peanut butter, I am very particular about what I choose. I have eaten Skippy brand peanut butter since I can remember. I guess I just took my mother’s lead with it and very rarely tried other brands of Peanut Butter simply because I was used …

The first time I actually tasted a Sorrel tea was when I bought a box of Caribbean Dreams Sorrel Tea some years ago before I bought their Honey Ginger tea. I was a little eager to taste it since I never even knew before that, that the sorrel plant …

Late nights are tough when your stomach is growling and you realize that you inadvertently skipped dinner. To avoid a grocery store trip, I settled on Burger King. There was a McDonald’s nearby as well. But I had a taste for “real” beef, charbroiled taste—something …

I have always loved Curry and spicy foods, but find due to a demanding job I don’t have time to make a good Curry from scratch. I’ve tried various ready made Curry’s and haven’t usually found one I like enough to buy again. That all changed when I bought …

Wafers are one of my favourite snacks to have and I always like to try new brands and flavours of wafers. Even when I find one I like I still tend to stray from it sometimes and this has proven to be a good thing because I would have …

This lemonade is compareable to many of the big lemonade brands such as Homeade and Minute Maid. It is actually a lot better in my opinion. My mom did not buy Minute Maid because it was too expensive, so she went with these cans of Big K pink lemonade. …

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 …

I purchased a box of Nature’s Path Organic Coconut Chia Granola Cereal from my neighborhood Aldis for $2.79. As a lover of all things crunchy and granola, I was excited to give this granola a try.
The idea of getting whole grains, AlA Omega 3’s, and fiber all in one …

Popcorn is a snack that is well known to many people. For me, I enjoy popcorn because it is healthy, easy to eat if I am on the go, and gives me that satisfying crunch that I am looking for while enjoying a snack. One of the most convenient …

As I have already said that the Garden is a very big company which produces many kind of snacks. The Onion pakoda is another snack, which is produced by the Garden Company. Whenever I invite the guests I definitely bring this Garden onion pakoda to my home …

Little Debbie Texas Cinnamon Rolls are really quite delicious and enjoyable! This pastry is really packed with lots of tasty cinnamon and that is one of my most favorite flavors. There is also quite a lot of sugar sprinkled and baked into this cinnamon role and a sweet sugar …

All my friends and family know that I like chocolate so I got Duc d’O finest Belgian chocolatier for my birthday from a friend.
These chocolates come in a very nice aluminum box, which is with with pictures of the chocolatier on it. The box is great because it can …

The Lawler’s cheesecake miniature variety box is a brand of cheesecake that I’m not familiar with. Purchasing the Lawler’s cheesecake miniatures variety was a complete impulse buy, but thing that truly caught my eyes were the raspberry and turtle cheesecakes–I never tasted them before. The best thing about the …

It’s been a few years since I’ve had McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets but, because they were cheaper than their Chicken Select Strips, I figured I would give them a try yesterday. They are much better than I remember them.
I believe a lot of the reason for that is McDonalds seems …

When I was venturing into making Mickey Mouse cookies for my son’s second birthday I knew I needed an icing that would dry hard to decorate with. I looked into several options and decided on this one. While this icing gave me WONDERFUL results, there are definitely …

Roddenberry’s Northwoods: Original Syrup is a syrup that I have only been able to find at one or two grocery stores. It is definitely a syrup that is not so easy to find! The reason I wanted to find it was because I had a pretty good coupon that …

When the soft drinks from Radical Fruit Company appeared the first time, they all had funny names that made you feel embarrased when asking for them in a bar. How do you ask the bartender for a wild seduction without laughing? However, as I found the names funny, of …

Red Baron’s Singles Deep Dish Pizza is what I crave on almost a daily basis. I first tried it a couple of months ago and has been hook on it every since. It has a different taste than other pizzas and it doesn’t take long at all to cook …

I’ve always enjoyed Sorrento’s many fine cheese products both in cooking and simply as a healthy and quick snack. Recently I tried their “Sticksters” cheese for kids (although grown ups can eat it too!). It is along the same idea as the stringsters type of cheese but the sticksters …

Last weekend I went to S&R Supermarket to buy grocery items. So in cruising the frozen items, I saw the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream in NY Fudge. There are other flavours and brands in the ice cream department but I chose to purchase this instead. This comes in …

As a youngster, I loved making Rick Krispies treats. It was always a gooey, sticky affair, mixing in Rice Krispies cereal with a bunch of melted marshmallows, but boy howdy, it made for a delicious treat.
Nowadays, Kelloggs brings us already made Rice Krispy treats. Along with the …

If you live with a diabetic like I do you know that sugar and carbs are difficult to stay away from. These juices are sweetened with Splenda therefore they contain 75% less sugar and what sugars they do have is from the fruit itself. These juices also all under …

Coke is one of my favorite drinks. It has a unique taste that’s good and satisfying. It’s one of the pioneer beverage companies that offers the most original taste. Coke is one of the drinks that people of all ages love. It’s even popular with little children. I like …

This is the lemon juice that comes in the little lemon shaped containers. There is also lime juice concentrate which comes in green lime shaped containers.
I buy this in the large 945ml containers, 3 at a time. You can get them in a pack. Obviously, we …

As my kid is underweight and hence our Physician recommended to give this nutritional drink to her.It served the purpose and she has gained 1 pound in 15 days.Keep in mind that it is recommended only for kids of age 1 and above.It is available in more …

My 9 month old old daughter’s pediatrician recommended Wilkins Distilled Drinking Water. Since my baby’s birth, we have been using Wilkins in feeding my baby, whether she drinks plain water or mixed with her formula milk. I realized this product must be very good for our doctor to recommend …

I was interested in trying this Healthy Choice Pasta entrée because I love the combination of mushroom and spinach. It would have been better if it was broccoli, but you pick and choose from the choices you’ve been given. Also, this entrée was under 300 calories, had …

Before I was diagnosed as a lactose intolerant, I used to always enjoy drinking egg nog around the holidays. This year Silk put out a soy egg nog, which I purchased and decided to give it a try.
I have to say that although this did have the traditional egg …