Food Reviews
Bailie Nicol Jarvie Whisky
Many Scotch whiskies have associations with historical characters. Grant’s is a case in point. Others celebrate the land itself with names that echo the unusual names in this small nation: Laphroaig, for instance, or Jura, an island to the west of the mainland of Scotland. The whisky I …
Banquet Frozen Lasagna
I love homemade lasagna but it is very expensive to make and it is very time consuming to prepare so we very rarely get to have lasagna it is a real treat at my house to eat it. I was in the grocery store and noticed that banquet brands …
Land yogurt drink multifruits
When I have a lot of lessons during one day I usually take with me at the university Land yogurt drink because it is very practical because it comes in a bottle which is long but not very large so it can fit in every bag and it doesn’t …
Kraft Velveeta Shells & Cheese Original
I bought a cup of this today at Price Smart. The packaging was cute, and who doesn’t love mac and cheese? Plus it also said ready in 3.5 minutes. I was sold.
I got home and opened the package, hungry and excited to try it out. …
Saara Chicken Vienna Sausage
I like sausages and sometimes hot dogs, but recently I have been having skin breakouts due to eating hot dogs so I have completely stopped eating them. This is when I resorted to looking for an alternative to eat because I sometimes like to use hot dogs in certain …
Oreo Cookie Club Package
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 …
Jeniper
Jeniper is a healthy drink which is very good for us to drink. It is made from Calamodine, sugar, and water. Now that it doesn’t contain chemical dye and preserving substance, we do not have to worry about our health. I really like drinking Jeniper. It will taste …
Burger King French Toast Flavored Snacks
I know what you guys are thinking, crunchy French toast sticks, yuck. Well thats what i thought at first too, until i tried these. They sound alot grosser then they actually are, these are my new favorite snack!The first time i had these was in a goody bag from …
Mackeral
Mackeral is one of my favorite types of fish to eat. Typically we mix it with a pack of crushed crackers and one egg. Then I form it into six patties and fry them in a frying pan with some cooking oil until they are golden brown on both …
Baskin and robbins ice creams
Baskin and Robbins is the name brand of the Ice creams. Actually I am the great fan of any kind if ice creams. I love to eat many kind of ice creams. There are many kind of ice creams which are good and are available outside …
Nature’s Promise Organic Almond Butter
After much deliberation about the hefty $ 9.99 price tag, I picked up a 16 ounce jar of this smooth, unsalted almond butter. The only ingredient listed is “organic dry roasted unblanched almonds”, which is very important to me. I had almond butter before (different brand), so …
Yoplait Light Lemon Meringue Thick and Creamy
I LOVE this stuff. This does have the taste of something like lemon bars or some yummy desert with lemons. There is no aftertaste to it, in my opinion. I love the texture of it; it is smooth and creamy. It has 100 calories and 5 grams of protein, …
Kraft Cheezels Biskitz, Classic Cheese Flavor
I had asked my husband to get some snacks along with the grocery shopping for the week. I wasn’t going out as I had things to do at home. When I mentioned snacks I wasn’t thinking of biscuits. The kinds of tidbits I like are roasted …
Kirkland Seasoning Salt
Kirkland Seasoning Salt is Costco’s brand of spice. It comes in an 18 oz size. It would be suitable for a home or a restaurant or some other large institution. I like this product and have used it quite extensively.
The Seasoning Salt is a blend of sea salt,onion,paprika …
Traverse Bay Fruit Co. Dried Cherries
Traverse Bay Fruit Co. Dried Cherries come in a four pound box for twenty five dollars. That’s a lot of money for just four pounds of cherries! If however one can get past the sky high price, he or she is very likely to find these dried cherries to …
Blue Bunny Doubles Ice Cream Bar Smores
It is a real shame. These Blue Bunny Doubles Ice Cream Bar Smores could have been a pretty tasty treat, but unfortunately, the ball was dropped by Blue Bunny here. The main complaint that I have is the marshmallow flavor is really not that strong. It is actually on …
Aunt Jemima French Toast and Sausage
Aunt Jemima French Toast and Sausage is a relatively decent breakfast that most certainly could have been tastier, but as it is, I did not feel as if my money had gone to waste. This breakfast consists of French Toast and sausage, nothing more. When I prepared it, I …
Happy Farms Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread
Cream cheese is one of those things that can be used in a variety of different pastry recipes as well as serve as a simple topping spread. It’s very popular around the holidays because of how common an ingredient it is in recipes. I know that my family stocks …
Milo Energy Drink
Ever since I was a kid, I always loved drinking Milo chocolate drink. I find its sweetness just right, unlike other brands that are too sweet or too bland. I prefer my Milo with milk, sometimes I enjoy it with sugar. I like to drink it hot early in …
V8 V-fusion Peach Mango Juice
I’m no stranger to the V8 V-fusion beverage line. I’ve fallen hard for these products and haven’t looked back ever since. They are easy to enjoy because they taste so darn amazing. They make getting your fruits and vegetables extremely easy. Without all the extra nonsense.
What I like …
Knorr Bean soup with pasta
My mother never used to make bean soups when I was little so I never had the opportunity to eat nor to get used to it. Actually she was preparing something like minestrone with beans but never a bean soup so when my friend offered me to try Knorr …
Raley’s Fresh Deli Homestyle Meatloaf
For Christmas this year, we went an easier, more simplified route, prompted actually by trying to buy turkey a little too late in the week. Live and learn! Anyway, we ended up purchasing the ‘Homestyle Meatloaf’, a pre-packaged product under the ‘Fresh Deli’ label of Raley’s. The …
Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked Hickory Smoked Bacon Slices
I’ve said for a while that the Jimmy Dean brand is one of my favorites. I don’t love everything, but the majority of the products I’ve used are tasty and up to the standards that I expect from the company. Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked Hickory Smoked Bacon …
Now Foods Better Stevia Liquid Sweetener
For the past few decades major food companies have been coming up with the new calorie-free sugar substitutes. Thanks to them, now we are all familiar with such words as erythritol,maltodextrin, dextrose, saccharin, aspartame and Sucralose. However, certain studies have linked these long scary names to the development of cancerous …
Heluva Good Dips
If you’re looking for a dip with a big, bold flavor then I highly recommend Heluva Good!® Sour Cream Dips. They come in several varieties ranging from the traditional French Onion, Buttermilk Ranch and Garlic Parmesan flavors to the more daring Jalapeno Cheddar, Fiesta Salsa, the curiously named …
Trader Joes Ice Cream Bon Bons
A few months ago, my husband picked these Trader Joes Ice Cream Bonbons up for me because he knew I liked ice cream and chocolate. I thought it was a sweet idea, but didn’t think too much of it and just put them in the freezer for later.
Now …
Food Club Green Beans
My wife made an early Thanksgiving dinner last night (she wanted to have one at home before we had the real one at my parents) and one of the things she made to go with it was frozen green beans from the brand Food Club.
They were OK but not …
Nandini ghee
Nandini ghee is the new product, which my aunty brought to my home recently. Actually I had seen this ghee many a times in the departmental stores but it is for the first time that I am using it. After using this ghee I must say that …
Minute Maid White Grape with Aloe Vera Pulp
It was one of those unusual days when I arrived way ahead of time at work. So I decided to go to the convenience store just outside our office. As I walked in the store, I really don’t have any idea of what to buy. I checked out the …
Nature’s Pride Yellow Split Peas
Nature’s Pride Yellow Split Peas are a packaged dry type of pea which can be used in soups or to make regular split peas to go over rice with another dish such as stewed chicken to add extra flavour and nutrition to a meal.
The problem with some split peas …
American garden creamy peanut butter
The peanuts are very good for the health especially for the growing kids, as they need a lot of nutrition values for their body. And if the peanuts come in the form of butter or creamy butter, which is very tasty and also easy to use, then it …
Morrisons Milk Chocolate Ovals
These Milk Chocolate Ovals from Morrisons own brand can be described as a downmarket version of that confectionary I have not had for ages called, I think, Minstrels. If I have got the name right, Minstrels are those flattish milk chocolate buttons covered in a shiny, hard candy …
Glutino Gluten Free Multigrain Crackers
I find it difficult at times to choose gluten free foods that I haven’t tried before because sometimes you never really know what you are going to get. Since the price is a bit higher for these specialty items, I don’t want to buy something that isn’t edible. I …
Sargento - Deli Style Sliced Swiss Cheese
Sargento - Deli Style Sliced Swiss Cheese is a Swiss cheese that I used to purchase quite often, along with the baby Swiss cheese. The reason I used to purchase it is because I liked how pretty much unlike every other cheese out there, the Swiss cheese would bring …
Stouffer’s Grilled Herb Chicken
Stouffer’s Grilled Herb Chicken is a meal that I was unfortunately disappointed in. When I decided to give this frozen dinner a try, I had hopes that the herbs added to the grilled chicken would result in a positively delightful taste sensation that was unlike any other grilled chicken …
L’oven Fresh Center Split White Deli Rolls
The L’oven Fresh Center Split White Deli Rolls can be purchased from ALDI Food Market stores. In one package comes six deli rolls for one dollar and forty-nine cents. I have purchased these deli rolls a handful of times now and I’ve been as pleased with them as a …
Little Debbie Christmas Tree Brownies
There really is not a whole lot of difference between these Little Debbie Christmas Tree Brownies and the Little Debbie fudge brownies or the cosmic brownies. Yes, these brownies do have green food coloring to simulate the color of a Christmas tree and yes, there are colored candies to …
Arrowhead bottled Water
The best bottled water you can drink! Literally. This water is one of the best and purified bottled waters in the US. Its popularity shows this. The bottle design is economical, (even conserving plastic resources in the process), saving you a lot of space in the long run. Buying …
Selecta Choco Almond Fudge Ice Cream
Selecta has done it again. With this new flavor, they have created another “supreme”.
Chocolate ice cream and almonds is already a good combination. The texture produced by the nuts makes eating more enjoyable. They are also of the right bite-size so you won’t miss it. With the fudge added, …
MTR Jamoon mix (sweet dish mix)
MTR is a name of a company, which produces varieties of ready to prepare kind of recipe mixes, which are very easy to prepare. I have tried many such products of MTR Company and I have liked most of them and today I want to review one of …
Kellogg’s Special K20 Pink Lemonade Protein Water Mix
I know, the name really does not sound all that appealing, does it? This drink is actually pretty good and refreshing, but the real reason that I drink it regularly is because it provides me with a good source of protein and fiber. I am able to get both …
Great Value Asiago Cheese and Roasted Vegetable Snack Crackers
I enjoy snacking on these crackers because they combine two things that I like to put in my mouth: cheese and peppers. The crackers themselves have a roasted pepper flavor to them that’s scrumptious and the crackers are coated with asiago cheese, giving the exterior of the cracker a …
Doral Ultra Lights
I have written previously on the Doral Light cigarette, and how much I enjoyed them. I decided that I would try one better and check out the Doral Ultra Lights. This turned out to be a mistake. while the Doral Light is still a tasty cigarette, …
Reef Sandals With Bottle Opener
With perhaps the best addition to a sandal since the sole, Reef has now added beer bottle openers to the bottoms of their sandals. I have come to expect high quality from Reef sandals, which feel more like a shoe than a sandle. Typically, sandals start to feel like …
Morrisons Brittany Butter with Sea Salt Crystals
I do not add a lot of salt to my diet, except for chips and baked potatoes mostly, and I do not usually buy salted butter, but I tried this butter from Morrisons own brand for a change, called Brittany Butter with Sea Salt Crystals. I was brought …
Sugar Free Solid Dark Belgian Chocolate Discs
Here is a nice gift for those who love dark chocolate and have to watch their sugar: Sugar Free Solid Dark Belgian Chocolate Discs. This chocolate comes in a round, transparent plastic box tied with a lovely purple bow. The chocolate pieces are shaped as discs, nothing too fancy. …
Kellogg’s All-Bran Apple Cinnamon Streusel Fiber Bar
I purchase these fiber bars once and awhile. I would purchase them more often, but honestly, the apple and cinnamon flavor is not all that terrific or incredible. I mean, both flavors are noticeable and what flavor that is there is quite good, but there just is not enough …
Celestial Seasonings Caffeine Free Peppermint Herbal Tea
I love peppermint herbal tea and one of my favorites is Stash Premium Peppermint Herbal Tea. However, the day I went to the grocery store to pick up another box they were all out and I was so bummed because I love sipping on a cup of the tea …
Walkers crisps promotional packs - dutch edam cheese flavour
I had the pleasure of trying Walkers crisps dutch edam cheese flavour the other day. They have been released as part of a promotional competition where people choose their favourite flavour from a range different types. The promotional packs link into the forthcoming football world cup. You can …
Chocolate Mint Trufflesf
1 ¾ cups milk chocolate morsels (11 ½ ounce package)
1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
¾ cup heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon peppermint extract
1 ½ cups finely chopped walnut, toasted, or baking cocoa
You will need to first line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Then place the milk chocolate …
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