I had tried aloe vera shots when a friend of mine brought me to health/smoothie place that he frequented, and I was surprised with how much I liked it. I was also so impressed with the benefits of aloe, that I sought out to find an aloe drink to …

I was just getting over the flu and looking for some sort of ginger drink to ease my stomach when I came across this drink. It sounded like an interesting combination of flavors (I love lemongrass,) so I decided to give it a try. I’d never had kombucha before, …

I got this at Walgreens for the sale price of .99cents. That’s a bargain because normally this type of gum with its fancy packaging is over 1.50. I always prefer gums that have wrappers so that I can place my gum in them when I’m done. And, I like …

Pizza Hut has started a new trend and it’s growing. Other pizza chains are doing this as well now, and that’s serving up pasta orders for delivery as well as inside the restaurants. I’ve been very hesitant to try these pastas, but a recent promotion was good …

I have always been a huge fan of pate, but due to the fat content and cost, I rarely buy it until I found Healthy Selection brand in Bell Pepper flavour. This pate is amazing especially for only $2 for a 150gram package at my local Meat Market.
Healthy Selection …

When I was a kid, my parents used to eat asparagus all the time and I ended up hating it. And, as an adult, I never bought it.
However, a few months ago, my wife and I went out to dinner at a new restaurant and, as an appetizer, they …

I bought these ‘Rowan Hill Bakery’ muffins from one of my favourite bargain stores, good old Lidl. They had an offer on of 30% off the price so I only paid about 30 pence I believe. For that you get six muffins in a packet. These …

Betty Crocker - Homestyle Chicken Pasta is a side dish that I like to have on occasion to go with my meal. The pasta and chicken combination works quite well and yields a definitely degree of flavor. The chicken is all white meat and grilled, resulting in something that …

Growing up, my mother drank a cup of General Foods Instant coffee everyday. I use to love to sneak a drink when she was not looking. How that coffee always tasted so good to me. So when my sister gave me Dark Mayan Chocolate coffee …

Who doesn’t love fresh strawberries? Unfortunately for most of us, we are only able to obtain these fresh berries during certain times. In our part of the country, we can buy fresh strawberries year round, but often at a premium price. That is why I absolutely …

I’m a person who likes different things, and who likes trying different things. In this case I decided to give Doritos Dinamita: Chile Limon chips a try. Now these chips came out not too long ago, but not recently. Here where I live, I began seeing them first in …

The reason that I like to have Hearty Breast of Chicken Soup at Chick-fil-A is because unlike with the canned soups and some restaurants, there is actually quite a bit of chicken, noodles and vegetables to be found in this soup and not so much broth. It seems to …

This particular McDonald’s restaurant is almost always busy, probably because of its location on a university campus. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, it’s still a fairly clean location. (I’ve been in some McDonald’s restaurants that were not). So it’s your standard bright and cheerful McDonald’s (although it …

Powerade: Sour Melon is one of the newer flavors of the powerade family. I purchased this beverage at the family dollar store for a $1.08. I got the entire thirty-two ounce ounce size chilled. The liquid itself is a neon green, not glow in the dark but a bit …

I really like chocolate creams with bread and I usually buy Nutella but the problem is that Nutella is quite expensive so I avoid buying it. Today I went shopping and I saw a new milk and cocoa cream and the price was really great, just 1,09 Euro. There …

My sister really hates when I buy cheap mayonnaise because they usually don’t taste good but when I go to Lidl I just can’t resist their stuff so I bought one of those cheap mayonnaise. Mikado mayonnaise comes in a pale yellow plastic bottle and it contains 400g of …

My family made lasagna the other night and our friend told us to try Classico sauce. So we did. It was really good. We are going to always buy this sauce anytime we make lasagna or any other type of food that we need that sauce for. I would …

I love coffee although I hate preparing it. I have taken to experimenting with the different 3-in-1 coffee in the market, and recently prepared iced coffee. I tried Coffee House Iced Coffee in Hazelnut. I have taken to taking cold coffee with my omelet because I usually take my …

I just bought this wonderful cereal. I suffer from irritable bowel syndrome so I need a high fibre cereal. This Fibre 1 Honey Clusters cereal is made by General Mills. It is a whole grain cereal and contains 44 percent of my daily fibre requirements.
Fibre 1 is sweetened with …

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 …

I love natural juice sourced from all types of fruits–guava, mango, pomegranate, apple..the list goes on. I like drinking juice in morning, it is a good way to cleanse your body and a good source of vitamins and minerals. One of the products that is hitting the stores …

Blue Bunny Double Strawberry Aspen Frozen Yogurt Granola Bars are quite enjoyable and even somewhat nutritious as well! What makes these bars a somewhat healthy alternative to other frozen delights? Well, there is heavy emphasis on yogurt and granola in this frozen treat. However, you do not need to …

Midnight mercato is a midnight food market located at the Fort Bonifacio area, near the Home Depot which opens on weekend nights from around 9pm to 3am. It is composed of an air conditioned tent which has a lot of tables and chairs, as well as a few …

Energy drinks have been around for a long time know. In my opinion, I think they were pretty much all the same. There was a sugar crash that came with them. I have heard several people talk about this very issue. Though, they liked the drinks, they knew what …

Now I’m going to be honest I don’t like Sweet N Low Sugar. I really don’t think it’s that good. But it’s good for older people who can’t have high sugar. For instance I buy this to give to my grandma so she can enjoy some really good sugar …

This is the best peanut butter I have ever tasted. Many people say that you can’t tell the difference between different kinds of peanut butter but that is not true. Different companies use specific ingredients to make their product taste unique. That is what the Peter Pan brand does. …

Nescafe Clasico Instant Coffee
Everyone who knows me knows that I love coffee and I am very choosey about it. I was never a fan of instant coffee but I am a fan of a good bargain.
I signed up for a free sample of Nescafe and a coupon thinking …

The Priano Alfredo Sauce is a product that I’ve only seen at ALDI Food Market stores. At ALDI Food Market stores, one jar costs one dollar and eighty-nine cents. There were two different varieties of this sauce on display, a “Four Cheese” variety and a “Roasted Garlic” variety. Upon …

As a kid one of my favorite ‘junk foods’ is Jack and Jill Cheese Curls. And mind you that was decades ago. Back then I just loved the cheesy flavor of Cheese Curls. Now I already have my own son and he just loves it. He discovered it when …

I like the Quality street chocolates Assortment pack by Nestle and my children just crazy about the quality street. The good thing about the whole pack is there are verities of chocolate in a single assortment pack. The pack can be a very good gift on all occasions. The …

I am always thirsty. I drink quality drinks that give my body a boost in the health department, and I don’t spend a fortune doing it.
This week, I discovered, for the first time, the great taste of mixed berry Diet Green Tea made by the Lipton Tea Company! It …

Jollibee has again put to market their another famous burger brand called the Amazing Aloha. It is a burger with a slice of round pineapple and a few bacon strips with lettuce and cheese and mayo. If that is not good enough, you can even order a double Patty …

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 …

It seems that every time you turn around these days there is a new limited edition package of Oreo cookies tempting you at your favorite grocery store. There are a lot of flavors out there and some are worse than others.
I’m happy to report that the Key Lime Pie …

I eat a lot of pasta and we really enjoy fresh pasta. For the price and quality we usually buy buitoni brand pasta in the refrigerated section of our store. 99% of their products are excellent. They would be the brand if I walked into a …

I’ve been a coffee lover since I started working straight out of college. Since I’m not used to offices where the air cons are adjusted too low for me to tolerate, one of the things I do to warm myself up is by drinking mugs of coffee. We own …

Finally, I found a decent bagel in Washington, DC. Having grown up in NY and also being a big fan of a good bagel, living in Washington, DC for the most part means I have been deprived of one of my favorite treats.
So imagine my delight when …

Central Market Apple & Gorgonzola Wood Fired Pizza is an all natural pizza with chunks of apple and a blend of cheeses. The box is very attractive with a picture of the Apple & Gorgonzola pizza cooked and ready to eat. I bought this pizza thinking that it was …

The Filipinos have this very unique custom that whenever somebody comes home from somewhere, especially another country, the one coming home brings gifts to his friends and family, usually something indigenous to the place he just came from. So this Christmas, when our OFW relatives came home, they brought …

The only time when I drink Coca cola is when I eat pizza, I don’t know why but those two just go perfectly together if you ask me. I just don’t know how can people eat pizza and drink beer. When I was younger I used to experiment and …

Out of all the dessert cake varieties, I think that I like the Little Debbie Dessert Cakes - Yellow variety the most. Even still, I will not be purchasing these dessert cakes on a very regular basis because they are still not outstanding. The yellow cake is moist and …

Cadburys do make the most delicious chocolate and this is one of my favourites. It comes in a lovely yellow wrapper but you must be careful when you open it. Due to the fact that the chocolate is very brittle and flaky where its name comes from it is …

This boxed brownie mix has chocolate chips in the mix. The chocolate chips that end up being baked right into the brownies provide “pockets” of richer, stronger chocolate flavor amidst the more subdued but nonetheless good brownie cake, hence the “double chocolate” name on the box. Although I wouldn’t …

Filipinos loved pandesal for breakfasts; they can eat a pandesal or two in the morning paired with a hot cup of coffee or chocolate and we will all be ready for the day. I got really thrilled seeing how this Filipino bread pandesal is innovated and stuffed to make …

Kashi is one of those brands, that’s catches your eye when you’re on a health kick or are looking for a better alternative to your usual sugary selections. Let me tell you, I was opened to a new kind of goodness, called Kashi Go Lean Crunch: Honey Almond Flax. …

Kashi Granola Bars are an excellent source of Fiber (4g) and Protein (5g). A box of 8 bars will set you back about $3.29 and they are available with the other granola and cereal bars at a grocery store near you.
The best thing about the Kashi Granola bars …

Dillman Farm - All Natural Blueberry Butter Fruit Spread is a flavorful spread that I sometimes like to add to my toast or bagels. The spread has a real rich and real blueberry flavor that I can taste as I am eating my breakfast or toast and even after …

I have been eating yogurt since I was a kid. My mom would stock the fridge with them and I would help eat up the many flavors. She would eat them in exchange of some high calorie breakfast while I would eat them just for the flavors. Now I …

The Meat Lovers Pizza that arrived from Dominoes wasn’t exactly what I was expecting. I think that I was hoping for a lot more meat, and they just didn’t deliver on that promise. The pizza itself arrived hot and smelling strongly of pizza sauce, but there were not enough …

I saw this new dish from Panda Express and decided to check it out. The combination of nuts and shrimp seemed a weird combination but Honey Walnut shrimp is not bad combination. My first feel was that out of shrimp dishes in Panda Express Honey Walnut shrimp is the …