I had seen many advertisements on tv for the Smith’s Popped Chips and after spotting them in my local grocery store two weeks ago, I decided to try them out and see what they were like. The Smith’s Popped Chips were AU$3.80 per 100g and were available …

Trader Giotto’s Fusilli Pasta with Tomato Basil Sauce comes in a five point one ounce package for two dollars and fifty cents. This is not something that can just be removed from the package and tossed in the microwave. Before it can be heated, water as well as a …

I just found Hershey’s Cocoa Special Dark in the grocery store. I needed to restock cocoa, and had no idea that Hershey now made a Special Dark brand. I made my special cocoa the other evening, and my family agrees that Hershey’s Cocoa Special Dark is delicious! Hershey makes …

I have always had a hard time finding a gum that was long lasting enough and had a great flavor. I always knew about Extra but I had never really been drawn to it before because of all the new gums constantly coming out on the market claiming to …

With Halloween coming up soon, we figured it was time to have some popcorn balls around the house. As kids, my wife and I both remembered how good they were as a light treat and we figured our daughter would get the same enjoyment.
After searching the town for some, …

I am always on the look out for new and exciting lunch meals that I can enjoy on the go and quickly in order to fit in to my schedule. While strolling through the frozen foods section at the local Wal-Mart, I came across a card board container that …

Who doesn’t love Hershey’s chcolates? And by “Hershey’s” I mean all the Kit Kats, all the kisses and all the Reese’s. I don’t know, probably there’re peope like that, but I’m not one of them. I have to admit that I used to be a big fan of those and …

I purchased these stuffed pizza slices because I thought they would be like the stuffed pizza slices you get at a pizzaria. Sure, they were frozen and out of a box, so they may not be as good as fresh ones. But still, I though from the picture …

I love eating fish because it does not have fats and it has health benefits. Salmon can prevent wrinkles and takes care of the heart like no other. But in cooking it, avoid deep frying any food. This would save you from absorbing oil in your system. I usually …

My family loves to eat pancakes. We usually get a box or two during our grocery run for breakfast or sometimes as a snack. Most pancakes (or hotcakes as we call it here) are made from white flour. There have been a lot of studies that show that it …

For a while I have wondered what the two great snack foods of chocolate and caramel popcorn would taste like. I have a sweet tooth and a fondness for both of these sweet treats.
I saw a package of Gold Cup’s Chocolate Covered Caramel Popcorn in my local discount store …

It’s no secret that microwavable popcorn is just not as good as the popcorn that’s served at theaters. It doesn’t matter whether or not a microwavable popcorn claims to offer the same flavor as theater popcorn because it simply doesn’t. I don’t think it does, anyway. This popcorn from …

For the past years, Marks & Spencer has been coming up with cakes and pastries that just seem to lure you when you look at their displays. I finally decided to try out the Cappuccino Chocolate Sponge Roll. It cost Php215 per box.
It came in a sturdy, …

Great Value Tomato Juice is a good and inexpensive product. It is not made from concentrate and contains 100% juice, high on Vitamin C. The taste is no different from brand names, nice and rich taste of tomato. The juice comes in a 46 fl. oz. metal can that …

Nissin Cup Noodles have been famous now especially with people who have to work all day, those who do not have time to go out and buy food in fast food chains with long lines. Cup noodles really do come in handy. You just need to pour in hot …

I was wondering why my nieces have been quite crazy with Jack & Jill Magic Chips. At first I thought it was corn or potato chips like other Jack n Jill snacks. But I was wrong this Magic Chips snack is a biscuit cracker. As I tasted a …

I prefer to use tomato sauce every time I eat fried foods. I like the sweet and sour taste that a tomato sauce can give. When it comes to a good quality tomato sauce, Del Monte Tomato Sauce Original Style is just the best product for me. This is …

I remember always drinking Hawaiian Punch as child. My favorite flavor was lemon berry squeeze and I loved the taste and the fruitiness. I always drunk it when I was thirsty, but as an adult now, I don’t favor it much as I used to. Hawaiian Punch is very …

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 am something of a chocoholic - I love all things chocolatey, from cakes to bars and everything in between. Yet my concerns about a fair trade for developing world producers (where most cocoa is grown) and worries about forced child labour has led me to try to focus …

I bought a packet of FairPrice Marie Biscuits a few days ago. I decided to buy FairPrice Marie Biscuits because it was the cheapest brand of Marie biscuits on the shelf.
FairPrice Marie Biscuits is actually the house brand of FairPrice Supermarket. A packet cost of FairPrice Marie …

Hungry Man meals are advertised as a pound of delicious, filling food in a convenient TV-dinner form that is ideal for, as the name would suggest, a hungry man. A large portion of the available dishes are fried, such as country-fried chicken, fried buffalo-style chicken, and fried popcorn …

Aside from seafood my favorite food would have to be roast beef, and that is mainly one reason why I like eating at Arby’s. I can go there and expect to eat quality roast beef sandwiches for a very reasonable price. The horse radish sauce they include with the …

Coca-cola is one of the most famous brands in the world, thanks to mass-advertising. Just about anywhere in the world you go, you can find something Coca-cola related. However, just because it’s famous, is Coca-cola really the best cola brand in the world?
My answer is no. The price already …

I’ve been using Great Value Beef Patties for my homemade burgers, and I am very satisfied with them. 12 frozen, ready-to-cook patties come in a re-sealable plastic bag. Unlike some other brands, the patties are not tightly frozen together, so you don’t have to struggle trying to break them …

I’ve enjoyed eating Oreo cookies for a few years now on occasion. Oreos cookies are made out of a delicious chocolate flavoured biscuit that has a creamy white centre which is super tasty. The cream part in the middle is definitely what makes the cookie, so when …

I generally am extremely skeptical of generic or store brand salad dressings. But when Kroger put their store brand salad dressing on sale for only one dollar, I figured that I really didn’t have a lot to lose. This is a line of the best salad dressings …

Kashi is one of those brands that I have come to love in recent years. They have almost always managed to impress me with their quality products. In this case I decided to try their cereal from their organic line called Simply Maize.
Simply Maize is what I would …

Amul Sugar Free Ice cream is the India’s first low fat diabetic delight. The icecream is a good news for all the diabetics. Tell me who does not like to have icecream, whether it is little children or elderly people. During parties or any function, I …

I just recently started using All Natural Butter Buds Sprinkles instead of butter. I was looking at the grocery store for something healthier with a butter flavor. I bought some and tried it. It was really good. It tasted just like butter. I sprinkled …

One of my favorite cereals is Cheerios. It comes in a cheerful yellow box, and the boxes can come in varying sizes. Cheerios are small, round o-shaped peices of cereal. They are made of grains and oats. There are different types, like multi-grain, honey nut, …

Campbell’s Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup is my personal favorite of all the variety of Campbell soups. I like it as soup, and usually only use it as such. For cooking other dishes, like stroganoff or tuna casserole, I use the Great Value brand, which is just as good …

Full cream milk is advisable for children to enhance their growth potential and make their bones stronger. For older persons, low-fat milk is preferred because they are avoiding accumulation of fats. As they become more conscious of their figure especially women, they tend to be picky on what they …

A snowball is a snowball, and that, unfortunately, is the case with Mrs. Freshley’s Pink Snowballs. Do not let the unusual pink color of these snowballs catch your eye - there is nothing different about these snowballs from other snowballs sold in the grocery stores. The pink is nothing …

Complan is another health drink, which is also good in quality and in standard. It is said that the complan is the complete planned food. If your kids skip their meals very often then the parents do not need to worry a lot if they are feeding …

I’m not sure if this is available everywhere (but I’m pretty sure yes), but the ones I’ve been to in Ontario offer this. Just for one dollar, there’s a cup of coffee, sausages, croissant, fries, and scarmbled eggs. The food is not at all greasy/oily, and actually covers many …

This flatbed turkey club is a compact sandwich melt that you place into the microwave for just two minutes and when it heats you can cut it and your ready to eat it. The size is pretty big and the package comes with four at just $5 which is …

There are a lot of different kinds of breakfast sandwiches to choose from down the frozen breakfast aisle. Kellogg’s Eggo Breakfast Sausage, Egg and Cheese Sandwiches really do stand out though, not so much in taste or quality, but in appearance. Waffle-shaped bread is pretty much unique to this …

Great Value Hot Cocoa Mix comes in a 20 oz can with a plastic lead; when you first open it you will need to remove the foil seal, like in a coffee jar. The hot cocoa has a pleasant, not overly sweet taste and is very easy to make. …

I much prefer the Mrs. Freshley’s SnackAway Chocolate Cupcakes as opposed to the originals. The reason I do not care for these cupcakes is because there is a lot more sugar and calories and other bad things to be found within these cupcakes, and while the SnackAway version of …

The Market Pantry Party Mix Zesty is a nut mix that’s sold only at Target stores as it’s a Target brand product. It comes in a forty-eight ounce container that retails for just under four dollars. I only bought this mix once, but I was pretty satisfied with its …

When it comes to chocolate chip cookie dough, I am completely obsessed with it. If it wasn’t for the FDA or the CDC saying eating raw cookie dough can put you at risk for E. coli, I’d probably consume it on a regular. So, imagine the joy on my …

I’ve bought my first Sun Pat smooth peanut butter from Tesco supermarket when one time I was preparing for some Thai dish at home. I know that this one is quite expensive as the usual peanut butter that I buy from Tesco supermarket but I was a bit …

After bacon, corned beef is my all time favorite for breakfast. I always crave for the juicy type of corned beef. I have tried American brands and some have satisfied me but some were generic in terms of taste. One of the reasons why I like corned beef is …

I frequently buy the original houmous (or hummus) in the Meadowfresh range but I thought I would try this lemon and coriander version. I wanted to experiment by using avocado in a tortilla wrap so I thought a houmous with lemon in would be ideal as I would …

I want to eat healthy but I do not want the food to taste healthy. I know that seems odd but I like to be able to have joy and satisfaction out of my meals with out them adding to my waist line. The best thing about this meal …

Lean Cuisine fills a niche in the American life. I cannot tell you if they sell it anywhere else because when I am abroad I don’t go looking for frozen food. You eat a Lean Cuisine usually because you are watching your weight and are either too …

Krusteaz Pecan Bar Mix results in a tasty treat that offers up a pretty potent pecan flavor that makes for a delightful dessert item or even as something to go along with breakfast to bring some powerful pecan flavor to my breakfast meal. The pecan flavor is rich and …

Pepsi recently came out with a new Throw Back variety for both Pepsi and Mountain Dew. The drinks are made the way they used to be; with real sugar.
I had the Mountain Dew version of the drink several weeks ago and was left unimpressed with it. But, since my …

A simple meal preparation - the instructions given for this product are very simple and to the point. The preparation time, in my opinion should be changed. While the recommended cooking time ensures that the pasta contained in the dish is fully cooked, the overall appearance and consistency could …