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 …

Recently, I tried Hormel Compleats Spaghetti with meat sauce. I’ve always enjoyed Hormel products and feel it is a quality brand with a taste I enjoy. Since spaghetti is my all-time favorite food, and this promised a meal in 90 seconds, I just had to try it.
The …

When it comes to brand name mashed potatoes I stick to Betty Crocker, but I liked the fact that the loaded potatoes had bacon and chives in it.
I purchased the Country Crock loaded mashed potatoes because I didn’t really feel like cooking one night, and I decided to take …

I would say that Pizza is 1 of my most favourite meals although it is normally Meat Pizza that I have, I do like the odd Cheese Pizza. Just a nice change and although I used to think it was a bit plain tasting I think it’s ok.
This …

Quaker Popped Cheddar Cheese Rice Snacks Is product I grabbed at my neighborhood Kroger, when they were running a two for three sale on them. Given that it was a snack from Quaker, I wasn’t hesitate to give it a try. Quaker is one of those brands that …

Stouffer’s Chicken Parmigiana is a good meal, although not one that I purchase too regularly because quite simply, it is not as good as some of the frozen meals that I have tried. The chicken is breaded and tasty, although it did seem somewhat on the tough side. I …

The Pillsbury Pumpkin Shape Cookies are kept in a refrigerated section in grocery stores and must be refrigerated at home. When ready to be baked, the cookies are already separated, so it’s just a matter of placing them on a baking pan and sticking them in the oven. There …

My wife and I decided to make a box of Great Value Scalloped potatoes last night to go with the dinner we were making. I had found this at our local Super Walmart about a week ago and, since it was significantly cheaper than the other brands that were …

Cooper’s Cheesy Breadsticks sell for two dollars and nineteen cents at ALDI Food Market stores. Five cheesy breadsticks come in a box. Breadsticks that are filled with cheese aren’t cheap, regardless of what store I go to, but the Cooper’s brand found at ALDI Food Markets is about the …

Lays chips which is made of good quality potatoes is very interesting and crispy, and delicious to eat. The chips a re very crispy as it comes in air tight and very attractive packing. The lays chips come in different varieties and in different flavours. All …

When it comes to steak, I am the queen of it. I love steak and usually buy a large box of them when I do my monthly shopping. Even though I can easily enjoy a steak as is, I sometimes like to eat it with steak sauce. I have …

There was once a time when I absolutely hated Triscuit crackers. I always saw them on the commercials and they looked so good. But when I was younger, I tried them and was so disappointed by how much “texture” they had. Ironically, it is …

Campbell’s recently changed its Healthy Request Tomato Soup. The older version had reduced salt and reduced sugar. The newer version is advertised as 98% fat free and 30% less sodium. Either variety is quite tasty. I usually cannot stand canned soup of any variety. Campbell’s Health Request Tomato Soup …

With water borne diseases creating havoc on the human body, it is unsafe to drink water without boiling. But it is practically impossible to boil water every time you are thirsty. Then you have also to cool the boiled water, that takes time and till then it is difficult …

I decided to try a package of Angel Parboiled Rice because the brand I usually buy was out of stock. Parboiled rice is a type of rice which is steamed to help retain vitamins in the rice grains so i had no problem trying a different brand of rice.
Angel …

Country Bob makes the most delicious all purpose sauce for steaks, burgers, chicken and french fries. I tried Country Bob’s sauce initially because I received a coupon to try a bottle free. I had never heard of this sauce before, and I can’t believe that more people are not onto …

I love making pasta salad in the summer time along with my own ranch and Caesar dressings. However, I find myself going through a lot of mayonnaise often, which is why I always purchase my store brand mayonnaise, which is My Essentials Real Mayonnaise. The mayonnaise comes in a …

I got myself a Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker when I went down to my local Wal-Mart in search of an Iced Tea Maker. Surprise surprise, this was the only model they had, so I didn’t have much choice in the matter. I figured that with a …

Betty Crocker is a brand name that I know and trust, but they really dropped the ball with their Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes.
First, they are very high in sodium and they contain MSG (monosodium glutamate, which has been connected to migraine headaches and other health problems). …

Campbell’s: Cream of Broccoli Soup At Hand is superior to the Chicken & Stars flavor because this particular flavor has a great deal more taste! I enjoy broccoli and this soup certainly does it justice! Plus, it’s so quick and easy to make - I just have to stick …

My kids are the fans and they always insist me to prepare the noodles for them. I have tried many brands of noodles and they have liked almost all of them. But now I am going to write about the topraman noodles, which I tried. Actually …

40% lower fat? Jeez, I’d hate to see how fatty the regular Smithfield bacon is! I was really disappointed in this bacon. I had recently watched a “Good Eats” episode on the food network in which Alton Brown went over the different types of bacon and how to cook …

Hillshire Farm Naturals Hardwood smoked Turkey Breast is a lunch meat product I picked up from my neighborhood Kroger one afternoon. I had been looking for a new lunch meat to try since I was growing tired of my usual. So to say, Hillshire Farm Naturals Hardwood smoked Turkey …

Orville Redenbacher’s Poppycock Cashew Lovers Gourmet Popcorn comes in an eight point five ounce bag for three dollars and fifty cents. This snack item consists of popcorn and cashews. Oddly enough, although the cashews are mentioned specifically in the name of the product, the popcorn seems be far more …

Campbell is that brand with the red and white label,that automatically catches my eye whenever I am browsing though the grocery store. There’s so many different ones to choose from that sometimes find myself conflicted on what to get. Usually what like to get is the condensed soups like …

I will start this review by pointing out that Bisto Gravy Granules do not actually contain meat and so are suitable for vegetarians like me. I deprived myself of gravy with my (vegetarian) bangers and mash for years and years because I assumed that Bisto contained some kind …

When Lyndsey and I have put our two young children to bed we often open a bottle of wine to drink whilst relaxing after a busy day. This is our time together with what we want on television instead of watching Kurt and Josh’s favourite programme such as Mickey …

For me, the joy of holidays sometimes mean treating myself to seasonal candies I wouldn’t normally buy, especially if they are on sale. Recently, I took a chance on Elmer Candy: You’re a Purr-fect Valentine box of candies.
The box is heart shaped and features an adorable kitty cat …

I had gone shopping at Morrisons with just cash on me and no cards, so when I found myself with a bit left over I thought I would pick up this extremely cheap, big box of cornflakes. This 500g box cost me only 31p. I am not …

Stouffer’s Cheese Ravioli is a very tasty meal that I enjoy having along with a salad and some bread. I have the salad and bread not only because I enjoy both, but also, because I need the salad and bread to help fill me up since the ravioli meal …

Fairprice’s Sardines in Tomato Sauce (155gm) is the house brand of Fairprice supermarket. I bought a few tins of Fairprice’s Sardines in Tomato Sauce, the 155gm tins, when there was a promotion.
I like a good bargain. In term of pricing, Fairprice’s Sardines in Tomato Sauce is a …

Metromint - Cherrymint Water is quite a tasty variety of flavored water that I reach for once, sometimes twice, a week because it is a drink that I find to be pleasant in taste and refreshing in quality. The fact that this is a water-based drink already makes it …

The smells of autumn food in November are equal to pumpkin pie, pecan pie, apple pie, and other pleasing fragrances. Having no taste developed for apple butter, it has caused me to shy away from that aisle in the grocery store. When I had peanut butter on my list, …

Amy’s Spinach Rice Crust Pizza is a vegan pizza made with a vegan non-diary cheese and it is also gluten-free and made with a rice crust. I normally buy Amy’s Roasted vegetable pizza. It is the only other vegan pizza they have. When they came out with this pizza, …

I sometimes forget to eat at lunchtime but never do I skip my breakfast. For some this is odd but for me this is actually just fine. I can’t be as enthusiastic as I should be to do my daily activities without eating my breakfast. One hot noodles, bread …

This is a flavor that takes a little getting used to, believe me! Bacon and ranch is an interesting combination of flavors, to say the very least! Now, I would say that the zesty ranch taste sort of overrides the bacon flavor, but both flavors are clearly present and you …

Jollibee foods, a Philippine famous food chain store, has just launched a new item in their menu. It is a 1/3 pound sandwich, called Jollibee Champ. There used to be a Jollibee Champ burger before, but they bring it back and this time, it is heavier, meatier, and …

I am not a great cook so when it comes to deciding what to have for dinner after a long day at work, my favorite thing to do is to stop at a restaurant and bring dinner home in a bag. However, I’ve …

I know that Pizza Pops are horrible for me. But, they’re also delicious. Delicious and expensive. I usually buy them once every few months because I’m craving the pizza-y goodness that only they can deliver. This month, however, I was on a budget and I happened to be visiting …

This is a great tasting water that was made in Canada. I live in Canada so I can say with pride that this brand is far better than some of the bigger company brands such as Nestle, Dasani, and Aberfoyle. Firstly, REAL CANADIAN sells its water for a lower …

Sometimes your throat feels dry. You know what it means - you will fall sick soon. It could be fever, or sore throat, or flu, but you don’t want to see the doctor, because you are afraid of medicine.
What can you do, then?
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There are times were I can appreciate store bought frozen meals. Not all of them are horrid, and can be quite tasty. I usually take advantage and buy a fair share whenever my neighborhood grocery store is having a sale on a few of my favorite brands.
Michelinas is …

Chick-fil-A Sausage Breakfast Burrito is exactly like the chicken version, except that instead of the chicken, there is sausage. Everything else about the burrito is unchanged. Aside from the sausage, if you were to take a bite into this burrito, you would find scrambled eggs, onions, peppers and two …

The Kirkwood Garlic Parmesan Chicken Bites come in a twenty-five point five ounce bag and sell for a little under six dollars. Although I found this product to be halfway decent, I wasn’t impressed with it enough to consider buying another bag after I finished my first bag. One …

Last week I took our boy scout troop camping in the gorge close to my home for a few days. My sister saved me some of the new style MRE’s to use as lunch on our camping trip however the new one’s are called TOTM. It stands for Tailored …

Mother’s Iced Lemonade Cookies are sold at gas stations and convenience stores across the United States. I think you can also get them from some stores, but I usually see them at the gas station in smaller bags perfect for snacking on. Each bag is white, with some bright …

My family always bought margerine by the sticks. I got used to the fact that with a new stick, you need to give it several hours to defrost if you want to have any hope of spreading it successfully.
When I moved out, we used the Country Crock tubs …

Our oldest daughter was over at her grandparents playing yesterday afternoon and our youngest was sleeping so my wife and I decided to watch a movie. Since it was lunchtime, we decided we wanted a pizza to go with it so we made the Borbello’s frozen pizza that was …

Cad buries is the name of the company which produces many kind of chocolates. I have tasted all the chocolates of this company and all are good, for example, Cadburys dairy milk, Cadburys gems and Cadburys 5 star chocolates. They contain very good quality and very good …