I picked up the Richard Childress Seasoning Blend on a trip to Welcome, North Carolina. On our vacation we stopped by the Childress Vineyards to pick up some wine to take back to Ohio with us and I ended up grabbing a few other food products while we were …

Mama Cozzi’s Pizza Kitchen Tomato Basil Bruschetta comes two to a pack for two dollars and ninety-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. That comes out to costing roughly one dollar and fifty cents for each half. The bruschetta is long and I usually only manage half of one …

Recently I decided that one of the best ways of saving my money would be to bring lunch to school instead of buying lunch there. Therefore, I decided to go to the supermarket and get things to make sandwiches, and a tin of “American Pride Bacon Grill Luncheon Loaf” …

This is one of the most mild juices that I’ve tasted from the Florida’s Natural Premium juice product line, which isn’t surprising really considering apples don’t have as much flavor as say oranges or grapefruits or cranberries or mangos. Even still though, I don’t mind mild drinks or food …

I find these Little Debbie Fall Marshmallow Treats to be pretty tasty and even borderline addicting! The marshmallow flavor is quite rich and scrumptious, but because I like marshmallow, my opinion might be somewhat biased. The marshmallow flavor also tastes quite authentic in its flavor, and that is always …

Season’s Choice Super Sweet Whole Kernel Corn is a frozen, packaged corn that’s sold at ALDI Food Market stores for just sixty-five cents. For sixty-five cents, a person can purchase a sixteen ounce bag. That’s a very impressive value in my opinion and it beats what other stores sell …

When you make sauces, such as speghetti or any pasta type foods, do you find that it just is missing some zip? I mean it is just not ’special’? I make pasta all the time, and I make sure that I add salsa to it, for that special zippy …

Everyone’s been trying to be healthy nowadays, as much as we do want too, the things presented to us everyday are just junk foods, and anything close to what people can call food. Well, I am really happy seeing new stuffs come around the market, and the idea of …

Is it me, or is a Big Mac vastly over rated? It is always my burger or choice but only because of it’s size. When I go to a McDonalds I need something that is going to stand a chance of filling me up and at least a Big …

It must have been months since I have eaten a junk food. I know pizzas, and stuffs related to it are sort of a junk food themselves, no but I meant to say chips right out of a foil pack - that is what I meant with junk foods. …

Talenti is my favorite brand of gelato or ice cream, and despite the high price, I typically seek it out at the grocery store above all other ice creams. The Sicilian Pistachio flavor is my favorite for any time of the year because its sweet and nutty with a …

I purchased a package of Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon recently after a glowing recommendation about it from a coworker. I got it at a local discount grocery store for $2.54 for a 12 ounce package. Considering how expensive pork bacon has gotten over the last couple of years, I …

Wishing to try a new type of cereal, I browsed the shelves of our local supermarket, and this one jumped out at me because of its packaging. It’s in a nice, cream coloured box with a photo of a bowl of strawberry crisp cereal, and along the top …

I love this Alaska Yoghurt Drink. They are offered in different flavors and they really taste good. It brings a unique fruity and milky taste in one tetra pack. Indeed when I first tasted this I knew that even my little ones would love this. I’ve tasted different brands …

When it comes to dieting one of my favorite things to keep around the house is yogurt. I can eat it for a snack, for breakfast and for desert without feeling too guilty about the carbs and calories that it has. One of my favorite brands is …

Oligo Coco is a 5 in 1 chocolate malt drink mixed with oligofructose and DHA/EPA. It is also easy to prepare - just empty the sachet contents into a cup (each package contains 15 sachets), add in 200ml of hot water (around 85 celcius) and stir well. …

There are certain traditions which seem to have been around since the dawn of time, but when they’re examined, you find that they are, in fact, fairly recent. There’s the America’s Cup. Everyone gets very excited about it and commentators go way, way back to discuss who won it …

Christmas time is when my friends and family scattered around the world start sending me candy to share at the holidays. I have a lot of friends living in different parts of the US and since they know how much I love candy, they’re always trying to send me …

My wife recently bought a box of pecan rolls from the brand Great Value for $1. We weren’t really expecting too much from this product; mostly because of the price and because we don’t really trust our Walmart when it comes to food items, but, I have to admit, …

Since my husband started his diet to lose weight I always find ways to give him good tasting food, less carb, non-fat, low calories and the like. Most people on the battle to lose weight are always tempted to eat what they should not be eating because they …

These crisps aren’t bad, but they really don’t stand out in any significant way. Sure, they’re real crispy, but the crispiness of the Wheat Thins isn’t as important to me as the flavor is. These Wheat Thins are supposed to offer a blend of onions, red peppers, celery, tomatoes …

When a person is allergic to soy, there are very few snack foods or chips that is safe to eat, as the majority of them are cooked in soybean oil or else they have flavor added using soy. Fritos Original Corn Chips, however, is one of the safe ones …

I bought this Brioche Loaf without really knowing what Brioche bread was and when I got home and attempted to make cheese sandwiches out of it I really thought I had got it wrong! I did not think it went with the cheese at all and that the …

“Millville Honey Nut Crispy Oats Cereal” is a cereal that I purchased at Aldi as a cheaper alternative to “General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios”. At Aldi, for a 12.25 ounce box, I paid approximately $1.49. It’s a pretty good value compared to what the stores want for the national, …

Thanks to a new product I just found, I can now make tacos at home again, which is something that makes me very happy. For years, I have rarely purchased taco kits from the grocery store because I like hard tacos and my husband likes soft ones, so I …

I am a mother of two and I am very particular with my figure. After giving birth of my youngest daughter I gain so much weight and I am having a hard time loosing it again. So I meter my food to take every meal. To loose weight in …

I’ve mentioned before that one of my very favorite foods to purchase from any restaurant or fast food place are French fries. Give me a hot, tender fry that’s been well seasoned, and I am a happy snacker. That said, I’ve also eaten my share, and probably …

Campbell’s Chunky Soups are great. They are great for many reasons. To start off with they are absolutely delicious! The taste is exceptional over other soups that I have tried. They really put a lot of great ingredients in their soups, there are many big chunky pieces of …

Wendy’s - Grilled Chicken Go Wrap is a wrap that I tried once to see if perhaps I would like it enough to alternate between this wrap and the Homestyle Chicken Wrap, since this wrap is a little healthier than the Homestyle wrap, but I just did not care …

One thing that I noticed with Gardenia, is its being innovative when it comes to their products. The first time I saw Gardenia Ube Cheese Bread I am happy that I never thought that two of my favorite flavor could be combine in bread. Gardenia is great with this …

When it comes to sweets I always think of Moti Choor Laddu. I don’t have a sweet tooth but I do love a really good and well made laddu.
Even though it is my favorite sweet I have never tried to make it myself. I just think …

Had I not tried the all-natural vanilla and French vanilla flavors first, I think I would have considered this variety to be my favorite vanilla ice cream. Blue Bunny Premium Ice Cream Homemade Vanilla is a delicious ice cream, but unfortunately, is is neither as rich in vanilla flavor …

Heat & serve rice is the kind that comes in the plastic “bag” that you can rip the top, put it right in the microwave & 90 seconds later have hot, fluffy rice. I have used other brands in the past and loved them - they can be …

Tough economic times call for drastic measures when buying cigarettes. My usual brand are the rich and smooth Parliment Lights 100’s, but they are up to $45 a carton in the Los Angeles area. I was looking for some filler brands to stretch my cigarette budget, and stumbled upon …

I do not feel that there is anything particularly special about Mrs. Freshley’s Jumbo Honey Bun compared with the other honey buns made by other companies that can be found in the grocery store, but I nonetheless enjoyed what was likely my one and only purchase of a Mrs. …

I purchased the Oscar Mayer Ham & Turkey Sub Kit at Sam’s Club recently pretty much on a whim, but the price was so good compared to what I’d pay for the equivalent at a regular grocery story that I decided it was worth a try. Part of …

I have always been one for snacks, especially the exotic ones that catch my eye when I’m browsing in my neighborhood grocery store. With that being said, I decided to try Stacy’s Simply Naked Bagel chips. When first spotting them I thought, “Hey would you look at that? Bagel …

Springtree: Maple All Natural Syrup is a syrup that is really very rich and delicious, more so even than the syrups made by Log Cabin and Mrs. Butterworth’s, two of my favorites, but unfortunately, I find this syrup to be ridiculously priced and for only, get this, eight point …

Normally, I’m a soda drinker. In fact, my family tells me I drink too much soda.
However, whenever I get sick, I crave something different; lemonade.
I started buying Minute Maid Lemonade 12 packs simply for the convenience. I don�t need to mix anything. Even though it’s not real lemonade, it …

Jell-o Gelatin - Cherry is a delightful and enjoyable treat to have every now and then. The cherry flavor is quite rich and favorable, and the cherry flavor is quite authentic in flavor and I am very pleased with this. This treat would not be a treat if the …

An important part of any diet is fruit. One of the easiest fruits to grow in a small amount of space is Blueberries. I was in our local Wal-Mart the other day I grabbed two Blue crop Blueberry plants for $3.96 each to set out in …

7 eleven once again has offers of free juice drinks when you buy a sandwich product. They always have these things to attract more people to them to buy their products. Well, this time, I got a Minute Maid Pulpy orange for free when I bought a tuna sandwich. …

After years of searching, I think I have finally found a freeze dried apple fruit snack that I really love. I have been looking for a packaged dried fruit snack that tastes like the ones you get in the old fashioned barrels in the old country stores. …

Year round, there are a variety of different flavored bagels to choose from. Come the autumn season though, there is one flavor in particular that I keep an eye out for. I can enjoy the various other kinds of bagels throughout the rest of the year, but around autumn, …

Recently, I’ve been under so much pressure from work, school and other things that I realized that by the time the day ends and I get home, I barely have enough energy left to do anything else that I need to do. I found myself living on energy drinks …

Last time I went to Whole Foods, they were out of my favorite brand of Greek yogurt - Greek Gods plain - and I really wanted to get some for breakfast for the next week. I’ve tried several other brands at Whole Foods and not been impressed (including Oikos …

I love sweets and chocolate and the plain chocolate M&M’s are my favourite after the crispy ones (which I don’t see around anymore) I love the hard candied coating of the Plain Chocolate M&M’s. I sometimes like to just eat the candy coating off the plain chocolaty middle then …

Bread is always part of breakfast. Of course, when there is extraordinary bread for sure there is an amazing breakfast. It only happens when my mother serve Gardenia Wheat Bread. For five years, we are eating breakfast with Gardenia and it never fails to give us high quality bread …

There’s nothing better than a nice glass of iced tea, strong flavored and sweetened just right to perfection. Iced tea is always good, with lunch or whenever the urge hits me. Often times I can’t just take a pitcher of homemade tea with me so I look to teas …

My primary concern as a mother is the proper growth and development of my children. I see to it that they’re eating balanced diet and receiving the right nutrition for their day to day activities. But sometimes because kids are very hyper-active, I am not …