I was in the office when one co-officemate gave me a bar of Milky Way Midnight Bar. She said it gives her strength and it keeps her awake. Maybe she saw me little sleepy and lonesome on my space that is why she gave me one. Well, I appreciate …

After I was introduced to the regular Swiss Miss Hot Milk Chocolate mix, I had started to look on the grocery store shelves for other varieties of this mix. Believe it or not, even though I am a hot chocolate lover, I guess I am a bit of a …

Luna Fiber Chocolate Raspberry bars is a product that I decided to breakout when a strong hunger panged in my stomach. They were the only thing I had left out of my other assortments of snacks and lunch wasn’t for another two hours. So to say I …

Campbell’s: Chicken & Stars Soup At Hand is a decent soup that I turn to when I’m in a hurry and lack time to sit down and have something for lunch. I really like the idea of a soup in a container that does not require a bowl and …

Progresso soups are a great way for the hungry, health conscious consumer to enjoy a quick meal. One of my favorite Progresso products is their lentil soup. The taste is exquisit with an abundance of lentils, happily swimming in a delicious, thick vegetable stock.
Lentils are loaded …

I seem to like Green Giant’s frozen vegetable products more and more. The most recent one our family has tried is Green Giant Garden Vegetable Medley. This frozen vegetable mix contains sugar snap peas, red peppers, and roasted potatoes. It comes with garden herb seasoning, already added into the …

It tastes heavenly as I may describe it. Lotte Choco Pie is something that I really like to have in my snack. It is a chocolate covered sandwich cream that is with a soft marshmallow in between.
It is with wheat flour and yummy chocolate covering the biscuit type of …

On my recent trip to the UK I was introduced to Ribena by my British partner.
When I had told her that I loved black currant flavored teas, her eyes lit up and she said, “You are going to love Ribena then!” Ribena is what they call a “cordial” …

When there are days that I find myself having bits of constipation or unable to break wind, I would opt for Ginger Tea. This is one of the best solutions ever and do not ever take for granted the best usage of Ginger Tea.
Yes, the taste is not …

I love this pre-made mixture of spices for lumpia (Filipino spring rolls). It makes making lumpia recipe a breeze. Usually, I make lumpia from scratch and season the meat and veggies from scratch as well. But using this seasoning mix saves the time. I just get a pound of …

Every few months, KFC introduce a new product to their menu. Since they tend to advertise these quite heavily, and suggest you order them when you’re at the counter, I usually buy the new sandwich (or drink) and check if it’s edible. Sadly, with KFC’s latest product, the so-called …

You get 950g of this delicious ice-cream for less than 5 euros. This ice cream comes in transparent box and there are different 4 tastes in each box,zuppa inglese-strawberry-vanilla-cherry, chocolate-stracciatella-white chocolate-cocoa/hazelnut, pistachio nut-hazelnut-vanilla- butter cookie. I like all of them but now I will do a review on zuppa …

Fans of Generation pop culture and trivia will get a huge kick out of the inclusion of the Count Chocula brand into the world of energy drinks. Yes, it was only a short time ago that the great Count (along with Boo Berry and Franken Berry) was a …

It is difficult to find a great tasting gluten free white bread. I was very happy to discover this one. I had been eating a different one for a long time but it was a cheese bread, not the regular white bread. I put off trying Udi’s bread because …

I purchased a sixteen ounce bag of rigatoni under the Priano Specialty Pasta brand for one dollar and twenty-five cents because I was out of pasta and I wasn’t going to be near a Walmart that day. This brand of pasta is carried by ALDI Food Center stores and …

Jell-o Gelatin - Strawberry Daquiri is part of a failed line - in my opinion - of gelatin desserts that try to take a popular adult beverage and transform that beverage into a gelatin treat that retains the flavor of the drink while making it acceptable for all ages. …

As soon as I heated one of these and took the first few bites, I knew that I had to warn other people. Whatever you do, do not buy this product! The entire can had only 3 chunks of meat in it and the bulk of the vegetables were …

I often will find my friends drinking energy drinks, primarily Monster Energy drinks. I remember the one bad experience I had drinking an energy drink a few years ago, and that was enough for me. I am a small girl, I’m 5’3’’ and weight only 98 lbs, so that …

Ice cream is really hard to resist and it is the craving of almost everyone. The main ingredient, milk, makes the magic in the ice cream. Though it is proven that milk intake has health benefits, so much ice cream is not good. People who are in strict diet …

I am writing this review as I munch away on the finished results of this product. Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix is absolutely fantastic, and oh so easy to prepare. For US $1.50 you can make 3 dozen peanut butter cookies. You can’t make home made cookies for …

I bought a box of Old El Paso Jumbo Taco Kit from my local Coles supermarket. It was intended for my husbands birthday dinner, and I was planning to use it the next night. That night I opened the box and took all the contents out which included hard …

If you don’t know by now, Trix is a children’s cereal that is made up of different pieces in the shape of various fruits like strawberries and bananas. These pieces come together to form a cereal that taste a lot like fruit and when you actually taste the cereal …

I went to the store about a month ago and I saw Zuegg jams were on a discount, 1,50 Euro for 700g of jam. I immediately took 3 different flavours, apricot, strawberry and cherry. Today I will write a review about the cherry one.
I must say that I was …

I’m sure everyone has heard of and tried jelly bellies. They’re tiny jelly beans that comes in over 30 different flavors. Some examples being strawberry cake or coffee or something weird like pepper. It is yummy and delicious, but I love them because it is fun to eat! You …

By just stirring in 2 cups of water and bringing this powdered mix to a boil, you can have a tasty gravy to put on fried chicken or biscuits. A little heavier on the black pepper than I might have originally wanted, still it’s an easy and relatively quick …

Frozen food is a great way to get a meal without having to deal with a lot of hassle. One of the big names in frozen food is “Hot Pockets”. They’re basically mini-sandwich wraps that you microwave for a little over three minutes.
There are a wide variety …

Sometimes the ice cream truck passes by, and when we see it we almost never buy ice cream either because we don’t have the money, or I’m on another one of my diets or trying to cut down on the amount of dairy I’m eating. Well, this evening my …

Nescafe which is a subsidy of Nestle has recently came up with several varieties from using brown sugar, sweet and mild, to the strong and rich variety. The latter is one of the variations that I really need. With my busy schedule and oftentimes extended hours at night, I needed …

Although it’s more expensive than regular milk, I like to enjoy a glass of Silk All Natural Soymilk Chocolate now and then. I like to drink soymilk because of its health benefits. It’s loaded with vitamins like vitamin D and C as well as other nutrients and it doesn’t …

My parents started buying Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix when I was a teenager. It was a quicker way of making corn bread, and it was easier to prepare as well. Not only that, but it was cheaper.
While my parents liked this product, I hated it. The …

Aside from coffee, I also love taking Milo every morning. The whole family actually can drink a glass of it anytime whenever they want to specially my kids. It is a healthy drink and is very affordable at the same time.
Nestle Milo comes …

As with many of my grocery store adventures, I stumbled across Cascadian Farm Organic Dark Chocolate Almond Granola, when browsing in the healthy section of my neighborhood Krogers. The thought of dark chocolate almond, instantly made my mouth water. Not only was the cereal granola, it included some …

I really like ginger root. I always ad it to my food and also to the teas that I am making but ginger root can be very expensive and it does not last for a long time. Sometimes I buy it when it is not discount and it just goes …

Around the holidays, and sometimes just plain in general, it’s not always easy to maintain one’s weight. A higher than usual calorie intake without sufficient supplemental exercise, it can be far too easy to add on extra pounds without realizing it right away. That’s why it’s important to offset …

Pringles Baked Wheat Stix - Honey Butter flavoured taste a bit odd, to be honest. Like crackers with butter and honey on them I guess. (Although they are sticks, obviously). There’s a satisfying crunch to them and enough in the package to share with another person and still feel …

I only purchased this cereal once from Tom Thumb and that’s because it proved to be a disappointment. The box was only about fifteen ounces and the price was over three dollars and fifty cents, but I recall purchasing it because it sounded pretty good. This cereal was supposed …

Cereals are always a good option in the mornings, as they’re good for the body and have a lot of fiber.
When I bought Kellog’s Special K yogurt cereals, they came in a 300 grams box.
These cereals are low in calories. When I hear that, I think immediately that the …

I love Mexican food and eat it at least two to three times a week. I love to make different kinds of burritos and tacos, so I usually try to keep some sort of tortillas in the house at all time. I usually buy the Wal-Mart brand Great Value. …

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 …

I really love tea. I love the way it tastes, I love the way it feels to sit with a cup of tea and just relax or the way that having it to go allows me to bring some comfort of home into the outside world. I’m sure you …

“ A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke,” wrote Rudyard Kipling. Clearly, he knew his cigars, though one wonders about whether he knew women! However, this does raise the question of what constitutes a good cigar. The archetype, of course, is the Cuban …

Recently, I was introduced to Trader Joe’s grocery store in an attempt to purchase healthier, great tasting items for my kitchen. I have always enjoyed pot stickers when I ordered them at a restaurant, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a healthier version with little sodium at …

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 …

Kissan shakthi Atta bread is the bread, which is available in all over India. As we all know that the Kissan is a very big and famous company, which produces many kind of food products. The Shakthi atta bread is another product of the Kissan Company. …

The Grandessa Signature Chocolate Chunk Gourmet Cookies Soft & Chewy come in an eight point five ounce package at ALDI Food Market stores for two dollars and nineteen cents. Chocolate chip cookies taste best when they’re made from a packaged mix of refrigerated dough at home in the oven …

A few months ago I bought some Jarrow Formulas Organic Coconut Oil and oh man does this stuff have so many purposes. I use it for cooking, as a healthy supplement, and for beauty purposes. It is wonderful stuff and I will be always keeping this coconut oil on …

Here is yet another rather uninspired and copied snack treat from the Little Debbie Stars & Stripes Marshmallow Puffs Independence Day line. Little Debbie sure likes to take treats that they already have and sell, re-package and re-decorate them while modifying some very small element and then selling them …

You should be aware of those cookies, because they are really addictive. I can finish the whole box in just one day. Self discipline is useless when it comes to those cookies. And the interesting thing about it, is that those cookies are taste and look much better than …

I came upon this bread about a month ago. I’d purchased Aldi branded breads in the past, including their 12-grain bread, but hadn’t seen the whole grain white before. I have to tell you, it’s really quite good.
You can’t beat Aldi’s prices on bread, first of all. …

Nagaraya is the original Cracker nuts introduced here in the Philippines. It is manufactured and distributed by the Food Industries Inc in manila. This cracker nut is really tasty and flavorful. It is crunchy with fresh peanuts in it. The peanuts sometimes do have a bad nut, but then …