I’ve always loved barbecue food. There’s something about that extra zest on the meat that appeals to me. Traditionally, too, when eating something like hamburgers, I’ve used catsup. However, lately I’ve started to use barbecue sauce no matter how my meat is prepared, and it’s really …

While we’re living out of a motel these days, much of our diet, unfortunately consists of items off the various fast food menus that surround us in the way of Burger King, Taco Bell, and yes, McDonald’s. The other night, my husband went to pick us up some …

The Fit & Active Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches come six to a pack for two dollars and ninety-nine cents each at ALDI Food Market stores. They are a low calorie and low fat alternative to another ice cream sandwich product also carried at ALDI Food Market stores, namely the …

I like to keep my family healthy and I try to give them stuff that helps them. Now everyone knows that drinking too much caffiene is not good for you and heaven help me my family goes through soda like there is no tomorrow. So I started …

The first time I heard of the product CHipster’s potato chips was a little after I gratuated from high school or maybe I was about to graduate. I heard it advertising on the radio a lot and judged by the accents of people used to advertise them that the …

Wendy’s - Jr. Cheeseburger Deluxe is a relatively small yet flavorful burger that is ideal for those days when I simply need something to keep me going and not something that is going to put me to sleep in the afternoon. The burger patty is smaller than the normal …

Jell-o Instant Pudding - French Vanilla is most definitely one of my favorite pudding varieties! I really enjoy the flavor of vanilla, and this pudding most definitely has a terrific vanilla flavor! The fact that it is french vanilla only helps to make this an even tastier treat! The …

I bought this product from Kroger on sale for $2.35 this past October hanging in the refrigerated cheese section and I thought it would be an easy way to switch up the chicken that I was going to make for dinner that night. It comes with all the bread …

I have known about Crystal Lite for years but it wasn’t until a few months ago that I began to purchase it. I buy the tube which contains 6 individual small tubs, each of which make two quarts each. I just make up a pitcher of it & put …

Toblerone Dark chocolate is one of the chocolate that I want to frequently buy and eat it. It is a popular chocolate and I know that it has a great taste and can probably compete with the other chocolate brand because it has a unique taste and unique style. …

I would never have considered putting the flavors of horseradish, bacon, and sour cream together. Luckily for me the makers of Heluva Good dips combined these three tastes to create the Heluva Good Bacon Horseradish Sour Cream Dip.
I have been buying Heluva Good dips for some time now but …

During the autumn season, pumpkin has a way of making its way into a variety of foods and drinks. If you are like me and enjoy the scent and taste of pumpkin, then you may also be like me in the sense that I try to be careful and …

I like Noodles and I don’t mind even just eating a bowl of Noodles. I’m not the most fanciest eater anyway but am happy with Noodles, Pasta or Rice dishes. The other good thing is that they are quite cheap as well, so can be a filling snack for …

I purchased this frozen dinner, what would have been called a “tv dinner” when I was a kid out of a fit of nostalgia. My husband was out of town and I wanted to relive a taste from my youth. The brand I remember from childhood did …

Juice in big gallon containers from Costco. That’s what this is. Surely you who go to Costco now know that anything “Kirkland Signature” means COSTCO and ginormous amounts of whatever it is, and in this case it is juice. I bought this for our housewarming party. …

“The Original” is the name of the flavor of the Klondike bar that consists of nothing more than vanilla and chocolate. For me, this flavor remains of my favorites, despite there being so many different Klondike bars available for purchase nowadays. I’m more partial to this flavor because I’m …

As someone who is very particular about what kind of water I put into my body, I didn’t find Aquafina very impressive. It’s a cheaper brand, so I suppose you will get what you pay for (and maybe even a little less), but I still must say that I …

Product Description: A frozen Digiorno brand pizza that comes with 7 barbecue flavored boneless wings. They might be available at other stores too, but I found them at our Walmart Super Center.
What I liked about this product: Not too long ago (actually, about three days before I discovered this …

I just purchased a box of Chung’s Pork Egg Rolls and they are excellent. There are 4 egg rolls in a box, each egg roll is about the size of the ones you would get in a Chinese restaurant. They can be prepared in the microwave or in the …

Dole 100% Pineapple Orange Juice is one of our family’s favorite juices. It is a frozen concentrate - actually a blend of two concentrates, orange and pineapple - that comes in a 12 fl. oz. can and needs to be kept in the freezer until you are ready to …

Life has really gotten quite easier since instant spaghetti sauces started coming out. Gone are the days of having to sample the taste time and again while cooking, since we can now buy ready-mixed spaghetti sauces. This is especially …

I found Nature’s Path: Frosted Cherry Pomegran Toaster Pastries to be tasty, although sweeter than I expected. The sweetness comes from the frosting that covers the pastry. I do not feel that the frosting needed to be as sweet as it was made, but it really is not that …

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 sunpure sunflower oil is very good oil, which I have been using since 6 years in my daily cooking. Actually since I am using this oil the dishes, which I prepare, are becoming very tasty and also light. Because the sunflower oil does not contain much …

Absinthe is an alcoholic drink made from a mix of mainly wormwood, fennel and anise, amongst other plants. There are many different brands of this drink, but I’m going to talk about the one from Lehmann.
The first thing that called my attention about absinthe is its particular green colour. …

The Apple Streusel pie offered only at Kroger and found in the bakery section, is, unfortunately, not quite as good as I had hoped that it would be. The reason I was disappointed with this pie is because it lacked a rich and delicious cinnamon flavor that I could …

Boulder Canyon All Natural Malt Vinegar & Sea Salt are really not healthy - but then again, we are talking about potato chips here, and even the “healthiest” potato chip is by no means healthy or recommended for consumption more than once or twice a week. The reason is …

Starbucks christmas blend is one of my favorite coffees that the company puts out. they generally only havethe coffe from november through december so when it hits the shelves i usually like to try and stock up to some extent. This is a really great slightly spicy …

Taco Bell has recently started selling something called the mango and strawberry fruit swirl. The one in my local area just got them in, but I think they may have been in other areas before. They are a little expensive, which I didn’t like that much because I think …

I am always on the lookout for new healthy snacks for my family and recently, I found one —“ Annie’s Delightfully Different Classic Kettle Corn!
It was the pretty, yellow package that originally caught my eye. Then, I flipped the package over and discovered that Annie’s Classic Kettle Corn …

I think Mrs. Freshley’s Iced Honey Bun is my favorite of the honey bun variety line, although admittedly, it is a pretty sweet variety due to the sweet iced glaze that covers the honey bun. The iced glaze is quite rich and tasty though! The honey bun itself is …

After trying out Kopoki Kopiccino, Nescafe released their own instant version of Cappuccino. After green tea, I am always delighted to see varieties of coffees in the supermarket. I love tasting different flavors from mocha, caramel, cappuccino and chocolate latte. It is very exciting to have a different flavors …

I love eating crackers as a snack, but I think the majority of the crackers sold at my local grocery store are outrageously priced. The median price seems to be $3.00, and I can’t justify paying $3.00 for a box of crackers. So I usually end up …

If you are looking for something a little bit new and different to marinade your steaks in then you should try A1 Chicago Steakhouse Marinade. When we decided to grill out the other night I decided to look for something different. We usually us a dry season and just …

A lot of hot chocolate mixes actually don’t mix well, and then you get either lumps of powder that float to the top, or a big gloppy mess on the bottom. But this mix mixes right in, and I find it very easy to use - you just stir …

The Great Value Golden Creme Cakes are modeled after the Hostess Twinkies. Ten come in a package for around two dollars and twenty cents. The Great Value brand is a Walmart brand, so these cakes can only be found at Walmart stores. Just by looking at one of these …

I came across Tabasco-flavored Slim Jims in a gas station one day. I love Slim Jims and I always get one or two long sticks of original when I can. I had never tried their Tabasco-flavored model before, and I was actually looking forward to seeing how it tasted. …

While at the liquor store in my neighborhood with the intention of picking up more Skinnygirl margarita I noticed that they had started to carry a few more varieties of premixed cocktails that were also low calorie and carb. The new products were also stocked right next to those …

While these cookies are relatively tasty, I’m not really that wild about them. Oatmeal cookies are not my favorite kind of cookie, and so I don’t snack on oatmeal cookies as often as say peanut butter or chocolate, but there are times when I’ll be ready for something a …

I went and bought a 12-pack of Shasta Creme Soda yesterday, pretty much on compulsion as I saw it in the store and thought, hey, I haven’t had creme soda for quite a while. As I brought it home I noticed my 12-pack was dripping; I opened it and …

Casa Mamita Mexican Style Lasagna is a frozen lasagna carried at ALDI Food Market stores. It costs seven dollars and ninety-nine cents and is big enough to feed four people. I was intrigued by this frozen lasagna when I came across it in the refrigerated case because I had …

Halloween is almost here again. Well, to be honest, it’s more than a month away at the time of this article’s writing, but already I’m craving my favorite Halloween treats. Usually I’m perfectly satisfied with generic and store brands, but Great Value candy corn was a disappointment.
In …

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 …

Every Saturday night for years and years, my family enjoyed spaghetti. As a rule, we made a simple version with a basic tomato sauce to which we added spaghetti sauce seasoning, or maybe some other spices of choice. Our preferred product was actually Del Monte Tomato Sauce. …

Too be honest Jolly Rancher candy sucks and is horrible and the candy sucks, plain and simple the candy is horrible. I don’t like how hard this garbage is because it feels as if it is meant to be impossible to bite and chew this candy which is annoying …

I one of those people who love cooking from scratch because it allows me to discover new recipes and ingredients, but I have my moments when I either don’t have time or I’m just too tired and I resort to buying prepackaged meals. I was in Publix doing some fill …

When I used to be a server for this family/breakfast restaurant, I would always order scrambles at the end of my shifts. My favorite one was the ham, eggs, and cheese. I would be presented with a metal skillet that was covered in potato squares, a couple of scrambled …

I enjoy the vegetable Butternut Squash. I was first introduced butternut squash when visiting with my Aunt, whose a complete health nut. Its a vegetable that isn’t all that common year round and can only be found in organic markets in my area and during the holidays when …

Bake House Halloween Sugar Cookie Dough is found in the refrigeration case in stores that specialize in generic brands such as ALDI Food Market stores. The dough comes in two different designs: orange pumpkins or brown and white ghosts. These are nothing but sugar cookies, so they are somewhat …