Food Reviews
Annie’s Homegrown Organic Cheesy Raviolis
I love eating a dish of raviolis for dinner and especially the Chef Boyardee ones, but recently I have discovered that after eating them I sufferer from allergic reactions and asthma attacks. I found out the reason was that they contained a lot of unnatural ingredients and sodium. These …
Kirkland Signature Cranberry Juice Cocktail 2.84 L
I’m really not into cranberry juice in the past. I only drink it for health purposes. In fact, I did not really drink cranberry juice everyday as what my mom told me I should do. But now, I learned to love this drink. Among all of the cranberry juice …
National Naturals Wheat Bran Crackers
I actually discovered this type of crackers by accident since when I was in the “National” section in an aisle in the supermarket I saw this and for some reason thought it was their oat bran crackers. However, when I finally got a chance to eat it at home, …
Oscar Mayer Classic Bun-Length Beef Franks
I’ve always loved hot dogs, and I grew up hearing the jingle about Oscar Mayer wieners. We ate a bunch of them before my parents switched brands. I had no part of that; I was a kid. It’s only been in the last couple of years …
Imperial Spread
Imperial Spread that is used as an alternative to butter. I’ve become accustom to using it over the years instead of butter for baking and cooking eggs. I still use butter but when I’m trying to cut corners and save a few pennies I buy a couple …
Quorn Beef Style Burgers
Truth is, I only buy them because they are one pound for two burgers. Thats 22 grams of protein for one pound, cheaper than a couple of cans of tuna. I microwave them in two minutes and serve wedged in a pitta burger.
Quorn is microprotein, made of a type …
Madagascar Pure Vanilla Extract
Let’s discuss vanilla extract. When baking cookies recently, I ran out of vanilla extract, and went to the grocery store. I was in an immediate rut. My cookie dough was still in the bowl requiring vanilla.
Some of the prices of grocery store pure vanillas are outragous, and I …
Pizza Hut’s $10 Pizza Deal
Now here is a good deal for pizza lovers. For a limited time, Pizza Hut is offering pizza for $10. Here’s the amazing part. You can pick whatever size and crust you want. I love pan, so I bought a pan pizza. I also …
Marketside Bagged Salad
My wife and I decided to have salad last night to go with our dinner. Since we already used up the lettuce that came from our garden, I ran to the grocery store up the street to pick up a bagged salad.
I originally intended on buying our normal brand. …
Pan De Manila
Breakfast is not complete without bread in the table. I like eating breads specially when I have a hot chocolate to sip. Here in the Philippines, the most famous bread product is Pan De Sal. And speaking of Pan De Sal, I discovered one bakery inside a mall that …
Cafe Breton’s Strawberry Short Dessert Crepe
Today I just made a review about the gourmet crepe that I loved. I will continue it with another good dish from the same restaurant café Breton. Café Breton serves both gourmet and dessert crepes so I was lucky enough to try one of each type. For the dessert …
Albertsons’ Crab Cakes
For as long as I can remember I’ve been buying Albertsons’ crab cakes since they started putting them out. I like their crab cakes because they are not manufactured or prepackaged, but because they are freshly hand made daily and precooked.
What first attracted me to Albertsons’ crab cakes was …
TGI Fridays frozen honey barbecue wings
I didn�t get a chance to try any TGI Fridays frozen entrees until very recently; when I got a coupon for a free box of them. Since we were having Dominoes Pizza for dinner, I figured I would pick up a box of their honey barbecue wings to go …
Healthy Choice Chicken Parmigiana Frozen Dinner
This Healthy Choice Chicken Parmigiana Frozen Dinner is one of the best I have tried so far for many reasons. This frozen dinner only has 350 calories, 9 grams of fat and 48 carbohydrates, and really does a fine job of making you feel full and satisfied. …
Rankin Irish Potato Farls
I spotted these potato —˜farls’ in Tesco at a reduced price of only 20p, reduced from the usual price of 81p. I have never eaten a farl before but I like trying new food and these sounded tempting as on the wrapper it says they are great toasted …
Bornvita Health drink
Bornvita is a health drink, which is full of nutrition. Just last week I saw the advertisement of this product in the television and I thought of giving it to my children, as I wanted to change the brand of the health drink, which I give my children. …
Mentos Gum in Red Fruit - Lime
As an almost-constant gum chewer, I am always on a quest for new experiences. A local convenience store recently had this Mentos Gum on sale, so I opted to give it a try. Of the three flavors, I selected the Red Fruit - Lime.
The little plastic container is both …
St Ivel Utterly Butterly Spreadable Butter
The taste of pure butter is lovely but these —˜spread straight from the fridge’ buttery spreads are very useful to have. For example, if I am in a rush making my lunch for work I don’t want to be messing around with hard butter ripping the bread to …
Munchini Choco Sticks
My grandmother loves to shop for bargain stuff in the barter. She loves to buy Apollo wafer sticks and just recently she bought this Munchy’s Munchini Choco Wafer Sticks. It comes in a huge plastic bin with a red handle. For 480 grams of chocolate cream wafer sticks, this …
Sargento Classic Cheddar Jack - Fancy Shredded
Back before the holidays I was looking in the supermarket for shredded cheese. As it happened, this one was on sale and so I bought it. I’m glad I did, as this is a very excellent cheese indeed.
I like how easy this cheese is to use in all of …
Lipton Green Tea Jasmine Passionfruit with Citrus
Lately I cannot drink any kind of beverage with caffeine in it because caffeine just makes my heart race. My new favorite decaffeinated beverage to sip on hot or cold is the Lipton Green Tea Jasmine Passionfruit with Citrus Tea. It comes in a box with twenty individually wrapped …
KFC Famous Bowl
I tried a KFC Famous Bowl the other day, and I have to say they are not that great. I didn’t really like look of the KFC Famous Bowl. It did not look good at all, it looked kind of nasty in fact. And when I tasted the
KFC Famous …
Hilo Value Chinese Soy Sauce
One thing that I like about the brand Hilo is that they have released a few good quality products and sold them at a price that is lower than any other brand at most Hilo supermarkets I have visited islandwide. However, there are still one or two Hilo …
Eggo: Strawberry Bake Shop Twists
Eggo: Strawberry Bake Shop Twists are, admittedly, a little better than the apple variety, although the improvement is not so great that I feel that I will be purchasing these again. Many of the problems that plague the apple twists re-surface here. For example, there is not a whole …
Maruchan Yakisoba Noodles Spicy Chicken Flavor
I have been a fan of ramen noodles for some time now, but I had not tried Yakisoba noodles before. Although I am not sure what the difference is between ramen noodles and Yakisoba noodles (even after trying them both they seem very similar), I could not resist trying …
Spice Island East and West Indian Groceries
Whenever I spend any time in a new city, we immediately start sourcing ethnic markets and groceries because my husband cooks many styles of food; we are always needing exotic and non-traditional ingredients not readily found in traditional grocery stores. In Edmonton, Alberta, we found Italian, Asian and …
Knorr Chicken Cubes
I’ve been using Knorr Chicken Cubes for years. My sister told me to add this into my vegetable dish and see for myself how my dish would come out. As I did it I noted it really made a peculiar difference. It gave the food additional savor. Since …
National Golden Cheese Sandwiches
I’m usually very skeptical about trying cheese sandwiches biscuits, epecially some of those local ones, since pretty much all of the locals ones I had tasted, tasted a bit odd to me and I disliked them. However, when I saw a small pack of National Golden Cheese Sandwiches last …
TGIF potato skins
I really enjoy the rare occasions when my husband get to have a date night and go to dinner without the children. We usually go downtown to eat and one of our favorite dining establishments is TGIF’s. For the appitizer we always get the potato skins which If I …
Rich’s Ice Cream Vanilla Sandwich Low Fat
Rich’s Ice Cream Vanilla Sandwich Low Fat is not that bad really. For a low fat product, this ice cream sandwich really retains a whole lot of flavor, quite surprisingly. The vanilla is fairly rich and creamy and even though the vanilla flavor is slightly subdued due to the …
Pringles Potato Crisps - Cheddar Cheese
This variety of Pringles is absolutely terrific if you are a cheddar cheese type of person! I was really surprised by the amount of rich cheddar baked into these crunchy and oil free potato chips! This potato chip will really set one’s taste buds ablaze! I was surprised that …
Flavarite Vanilla Cherry Ice Cream
I love ice cream, it is probably my favourite treat or dessert out there and our main local ice cream manufacturer is a company named Flavarite. Flavarite has a variety of flavours available in their ice cream and one of the flavours offered is Vanilla Cherry.
Flavarite’s Vanilla Cherry …
Diet Sobe
As many other self-conscious females, I worry excessively about my weight and therefore do my best to drink only water or the occasional diet beverage. So I was more than a little thrilled when I discovered a bottle of Sobe that was DIET, just up my alley. …
GoGo Squeez Organic Applesauce On the Go
My daughter came home raving about a snack she’d had at school —“ GoGo Squeez Organic Applesauce on the Go by Materne. Of course, she insisted I go out and buy a package right away. So, I did. I was pretty curious to try this applesauce …
Idahoan Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
If you’ve got a pack of Idahoan Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes in your kitchen, you can make a yummy side dish only in a couple of minutes. All you need is some hot water and a measuring cup - that’s it! Mix one cup of the potato flakes with …
Milo by Nestle
Milo is the tonic food drink my kids are enjoying everyday. Because of their being actively involved in sports and other extra-curricular activites, they need an energy drink to sustain them to finish their tasks. I have been trying many products in the market but …
The Better Chip Jalapeno and Sea Salt Tortilla Chips 2 oz snack size
I recently noticed the cafeteria where I work had started to offer more healthy options as side items. Specifically, I found The Better Chip Jalapeno and Sea Salt Tortilla Chips. I love jalapeno flavored chips but until now all that was offered were full fat potato chips. These are …
My Fruit Rollups
Okay, I may have found a snack that I just don’t understand. I’m too old, I’m sure. That has to be the reason. They say two year olds are often smarter than adults in handling technology. It’s like second nature to them. Well, maybe …
Beano’s Original Submarine Dressing
For those that are accustomed to making submarine sandwiches at home or like to go to sub shops like Subway or Firehouse Subs, you know that there are a few different ways to mix things up a bit when making a sub sandwich so that you’re not always eating …
DiGiorno Deep Dish Supreme Pizza
I bought this pizza, because it was the same price as the other DiGiorno pizzas, but it came with its very own pan. thers ssomething that can be said for not having to wash your pizza pan after you cook, so i decided to give it a try.
A huge …
Carte D’Or La gelateria, ice cream by Algida 1kg
I went to the store today looking for something sweet and what caught my eye was ice cream fridge, and discounts, of course. I saw this big 1kg ice cream by Algida was on an almost 50% discount so I bought it. There were four different flavors in the container …
Sundae Shoppe Sundae Nut Cones Chocolate Core
The Sundae Shoppe Sundae Nut Cones Chocolate Core suffer from the same problems that the Sundae Shoppe Sundae Nut Cones Caramel Core exhibit, and those problems are very little core flavor and a cone that just doesn’t taste like very much. First though, the main problem I have with …
Black and Gold Lasagna
Black and Gold Lasagna is a moderately priced Lasagna, available from Independent Grocers Association stores in Australia.
Cooking Time: You need to cook it for 8 minutes, high power in a microwave.
Taste: Being a home brand, you would expect it’s taste to be sub-standard, but actually, the pasta is …
Happy Harvest Kidney Beans
I made chili last night and realized I was out of kidney beans. Since my parents were actually closer than the store was, I figured I would just stop by their house and borrow a couple cans.
They had the brand Happy Harvest; a cheaper brand I know they buy …
Butterfinger Candy Bar by Nestle
I am a chocolate addict but there is one chocolate that I simply could not enjoy. This is Nestle’s Butterfinger Candy Bar. It is does not have the creaminess and lusciousness of my favorite chocolate bars. I hate the flaky orange colored center which is so messy on my …
Chicago Town Deep Dish Pizza
I have only tried the Four Cheese version of this pizza as I am a vegetarian but they do meat versions too. These are microwaveable pizzas that are actually pretty tasty and I will buy this pizza especially if I want to make something quick and easy for …
Lambertz Exquisit Biscuits, Wafer
I like to eat wafers very much because most of them are not too sweet. The cream is sweet but the wafer is not so the combination of these two is great. Some wafers are too sweet but just the ones that have too much cream. I don’t buy …
Good day biscuits
The good day biscuits available in India are very tasty and delicious, they are full of cashew nuts and it just easily melts in your mouth when u eat them. They are high in calories but very tasty and good to eat whenever u are hungry as a …
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