When I first came to America, first thing I noticed in the grocery store was the number of different types of reduced calorie foods. Also most of them used natural sugar substitutes, creating healthier versions of popular junk foods. Low calorie ice-cream seems to be the most popular choice and …

I have always been a fan of 3 Musketeers (the candy bar, not the sword wielding trio). And when I saw them mixing with my favorite flavor ‘mint’ I was excited to say the least. They’ve changed to a dark chocolate to better accommodate the mint making …

I am a major chocolate lover, so it is no surprise that when I see a new chocolate on the market, I just have to try it! Well, one chocolate that has been around for a while that I only recently got around to trying is Nestle’s Aero. A …

I know that I should really try to hold back from eating snacks such as bars of chocolate and packets of crisps, especially between meals, but when they are as tasty and satisfying as KP’s Hula Hoops range this can prove somewhat difficult! Although the three basic varieties of …

I have to admit that I don’t like cherry flavored things, and I really don’t like dark chocolate, especially cheap dark chocolate. Cheap dark chocolate tends to taste really bitter and kind of off, as if it is spoiled. I decided that I wanted to try these candy bars …

Most of the kids love to eat the corn flakes. The taste of the corn flakes is naturally very good and when it is properly processed and made tastier and more interesting to eat by adding some good flavour, It becomes more interesting and tasty to eat such …

Vanilla extract is something I always try to keep on hand. Although I don’t do much baking, I love to put a drop or two into my coffee to give it a little added flavor. I don’t like bland-tasting coffee, so I love to always have this …

Since I love Buffalo Wild Wings’ wings I decided to try their ribs because the picture of them on the menu looked delicious. However, I have to admit I was dissapointed. The ribs were too small and really didn’t taste like real ribs. Since I’m a sauce person, there …

Glory Foods Seasoned New Orleans Style Red Beans and Rice is a cheap and easy way to make a quick dinner. I first bought it on a whim because I am trying to learn how to cook for a vegetarian. The problem I have had is that cooking for …

We love a good bowl of soup, especially in the winter time. But there are sometimes that we need a quick meal that I can throw in the slow cooker and be done when I need it. This is a yummy meal that our family has made in so …

My sister likes instant drinks a lot, so we always have some instant drink at home. Actually, she likes only a few instant drinks and she doesn’t like cheap variations, so I was rather surprised when last week she came home with Lero Vita orange instant drink. She paid …

The Caesar Cool Wrap from Chick-fil-A is a menu item that I will not be ordering again for a reason that is really pretty simple: I did not enjoy the wrap very much because I found it to be inferior to the other wraps served at the fast food …

Product Description: A box of 6 frozen buttermilk waffles available in select grocery stores’ breakfast sections.
What I liked about this product: My purchase of this product came down to one thing, the price. I found a box of these for about $1. This is roughly $2 less than most …

I am always on a quest to find better bottled drinking water that is affordable for me to drink. I have found another great drink that is bottled by the Northwest Bottling Company, and I am delighted to report that it is really affordable by the case.
I bought a …

Great Value Crescent Rolls are one of my favorite snacks to go with a cup of coffee or tea. The rolls are incredibly soft and tasty, and they are very easy to make. The rolls come in a can that has ready-to-bake dough for 8 rolls. The directions on …

I just love these. I remember my Grandmother serving them to us kids because she was afraid we would choke on regular popcorn. We loved it then too. This delicious salty and buttery snack is the alternative for getting popcorn kernels and their skins stuck in your teeth, tastes …

I love Chicken! I love them grilled, barbequed, fried, and cooked with sauce. Here in the country, we love lechon manok. It is similar to roasted chicken meals abroad and people always set aside money to buy roasted chicken whenever there are occasions. Chicken Roasters have become popular with …

Life is too short to cook from scratch, and with great products available like On the Go Bistro Macaroni & Cheese, you don’t have to!
I was on the hunt for a macaroni and cheese that rivaled Stouffer’s. I had only one requirement…no boiling water! …

The brightly coloured packaging of this range of ground coffees from Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference brand caught my eye and on closer inspection I saw that there was a choice of coffees with different flavours. I cannot remember the whole range, but they each have a different bright …

One of my favourite carbonated beverages these days is a beverage by the name of “Old Jamaican Ginger Beer”. When I first tried the drink, I hated it because I thought the ginger and the carbonated soda together made the drink very harsh on my thirst especially. However, after …

When this cereal first appeared, it’s major advertising gimmick was that you were essentially eating peanut butter cups for breakfast. There’s some truth to this. The cereal is made with two kinds of puffs, some are made with Reese’s peanut butter and the others are made with Hershey’s …

Both my husband and I like canned fruit cocktails, and one of our favorite brands to buy is Del Monte Very Cherry Mixed Fruit. It contains grapes, pieces of peach, pear, and red cherry. The fruit pieces are in light syrup, also cherry flavored. The can is easy to …

I love skinless “longganisa” that is how we call sausage in my country. I know how to prepare this however it takes time to do it. The choices of sausages in the market is often too limited. I only see canned variety or those in frozen packs. Hormel Foods …

It’s almost Christmas time here folks. You know how I can tell? Oh yeah, you do start to see all the decorations for the season going up in stores, and the relentless Black Friday ads begin blaring on TV and radio, sure that’s a given. But there’s another way …

If a person is looking for an easy way to incorporate more fiber into his or her diet, then the General Mills Fiber One Chewy Bars Oats and Chocolate may be worth looking into. One daily serving and a person will take in a whopping thirty-five percent of his …

I first bought Lays Popchips while I was shopping for lunch supplies at Target. They weren’t very expensive for a specialty chip, but they were expensive as compared to regular chips at about $4.98 per bag. I really wasn’t looking for a new kind of chip but when I …

Wow I just love to eat Carl’s Jr. Criss Cut Fries. The Criss Cut Fries are some of the best I have ever tasted in my life, and they really make me want to eat more. I really love the unique shape and taste of these great fries. I also …

One of my favorite items on the dollar menu at McDonald’s is the McDonald’s Double Cheese Burger. This is a great burger that tastes really good and is very cheap. I only spend 1 dollar and I get pretty full with one of these burgers. I really like the tastes …

It was my mother who first bought the “National Premium Quality Healthy Start Raisin, Oats and Cinnamon Bread” some time after it was put on the market, after she tasted a single slice at my grandmother’s house. She loved the taste so much that she decided to buy a …

Two of my favourite foods are ice cream and chocolate, and even though I’m not a fan of the Snickers chocolate bar, I was still curious to find out what the “Snickers Ice Cream Bar” would taste like when I saw it selling recently in a store.
While I …

The Wal-Mart bag of wild Salmon fillets is a bag of cut up and filleted salmon; they are individually packaged and come four to five in a bag. I had only had Salmon once in my life, but based on my previous experience with the Wal-Mart bag of Tilapia …

Burger King should do themselves a favor and take this burger off their menu! This is by far the worst burger I have ever eaten! First of all, I am not sure what type of meat they used, but it had such a horrible taste to it. …

We purchased a double pak of party sized Molinaro’s pepperoni pizza today for dinner for a small group and thought it was a great deal at only $10 for 2 big rectangular pizzas.
They take 6-8 minutes in a 425 degree oven and are cooked frozen.
Normally, a frozen pizza half …

Product Description: Frozen vegetable side dishes that come in a microwaveable steaming box. My wife found these at one of our local grocery stores for a little over $1.
What I liked about this product: She bought a couple different varieties (tuscan vegetables and corn on the cob) and I …

If you are trying to be a more conscientious consumer than buying organic is great. Where to start? Is it necessary to replace everything in your cupboard? Not really it depends how far you want to go and how much you want to spend. I spend close to a …

This firehouse recipe was handed down to me from a dear friend of mine who used to be a fire chief on the mainland before he passed away. I feel so fortunate to have been able to get this cherished recipe from him before he left us. …

I’ve always loved pork. Breakfast is one of my favorite meals because there’s pork sausage, pancakes and scrambled eggs to be eaten. That’s definitely one of my favorite meals.
The big problem is that I don’t like making breakfast. This takes time, which I don’t always have. If it’s …

I hate to admit this (especially during these “go green” times) that I like to drink bottled water. In fact, you can find me drinking anything from Smart water to Aquafina to grocery store brand water.
Over the summer I worked outside and was constantly drinking water. The water I …

I love Hamburger helper and their many varieties of dinner kits. There’s nothing more convenient than having an easy one skillet meal to whip up in under an hour. Hamburger helper is one of those dinner kits that you can never go wrong with. Especially if all you …

This sauvignon blanc is a great little wine to try. I have a particular fondness for summery sauvignon blancs as I like the natural floral citrus flavor. It is a crisp wine that leaves a zesty lime taste in your mouth. It complements a wide variety of foods spicy …

This ice cream is very good. The ice cream has a very good minty taste and the mint isn’t too strong. There are a lot of chocolate chips in the ice cream and they blend in nicely and provide a great chocolaty taste. They are great …

When one of my coworkers was selling Joe Corbi products recently for a fund raiser for their son’s youth football team I decided to make a purchase to support the team. I expected the Joe Corbi pizza to be the highlight but Grandma Corbi’s Cinnamon Raisin Pretzel was instead. …

Indulging in food is not bad for as long as you know the right proportions of food to eat and what kind of food to eat. I am the type of person who eats everything but singles out the right amount. But there is always downside and choosing the …

Nature’s Path: Frosted Brown Sugar Maple Cinnamon Toaster Pastries make a delicious addition to breakfast or a tasty snack during the day! These toaster pastries have a simply scrumptious maple cinnamon that is positively incredible! This really wakes me up in the morning - through my taste buds! These …

This is really the only juice product put out by the Florida’s Natural company that I didn’t care for very much. The reason I was somewhat disappointed with this fruit juice is because I simply couldn’t taste hardly any mango in the juice. It was almost like I was …

I tried this ‘Greek Style Salad Cheese’ by the Milbona brand because it was the closest thing to Feta cheese that Lidl had at the time. I have been craving one of my favourite vegetarian tortilla wraps which contains feta, so I tried this rather than travel to …

I just recently tried the Nesquick syrup in strawberry flavor. It is great on top of ice cream, mixed with milk, or in a milkshake. It has excellent sweet strawberry flavor, and at $2.49/16oz is a good value for it’s size. The syrup is thick- with a consistency thicker …

I am not a sweet tooth kind of girl, but I do get a craving for chocolates from time to time. One of my personal favorites is Junior Mints. I have loved Junior Mints since my childhood when my mother would get them for me every Christmas and we …

In a world where everything is constantly changing, right now we have instant for everything–instant coffee, instant noodles and this time instant snacks. I was looking for something that I can immediately eat which also has higher carbohydrates. When you are in a high-rise building working for long hours, …