I first had slim jims on a camping trip. What they are are essentially beef jerkey in a tube like form rather than little pieces of meat like traditional jerkey. They are extreamly thin, however also rather filling as a snack when your on the go.
These are particuarly …

This Pasta Side for one dollar and fifty cents didn’t please me very much. It certainly sounded good on the package, but once I had it in front of me, I wasn’t impressed with what it had to offer. First of all, the mushroom sauce left a lot to …

I have never really been a big fan of chocolate shakes, until I tried the Special K Chocolate Protein Shake that is used as a meal replacement for either lunch or dinner. Not only does this shake give the delicious flavor of chocolate, but it offers many nutritional values …

I have found these Little Debbie Chocolate Chip Snack Cakes to be a tasty treat to enjoy every now and then. While the flavor is not fantastically rich, the cakes do satisfy my desire for something sweet. The chocolate cake is relatively moist and soft, although the flavor could …

Unlike any other cereal I have ever tasted. I really like honey bunches of oats cereal. It has just the right amount of different ingredient. Not too much of something and not too little of something. Everything goes well together in the cereal. The clusters and the flakes, everything …

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 …

I am a coffee lover, or I should say fanatic, and cannot live without the stuff. My preferred brands are Folgers and Yuban, but sometimes I will buy the bargain brand if I’m low on money. On a recent shopping trip, I thought I had found a really great …

I just love eating Oishi Ridges. My whole family especially the kids love buying this product. Oishi Ridges has lots of different flavors but our favorites are cheese, cheese and garlic and plain salted. I am not a huge fan of the barbecue flavor though. I like the way …

I love to eat wafers as a light snack when I am feeling to munch on something but want it to be light like a feather. I went to the grocery store and I love peanut flavoured snacks. I saw Peanut Filled Wafers by Marilan. I never tried it …

The original boxed Kraft Original Macaroni and Cheese has been around for many years now, really, before most other boxed macaroni and cheeses were ever conceived. It is still one of the best, although I have had others that have surpassed the quality of this boxed mix. Not many, …

“Nuggles” is another brand of chocolate which was imported into my country from Trinidad. For years I managed to stay away from this product as well as others after learning about the impact buying their products has on our economy and the fact that they don’t buy ours, however, …

Because of frequent shopper points, we have an opportunity to get a Food Club frozen turkey at half price. It�s a great deal but I would much rather pay full price for a better brand.
We tried the Food Club Turkeys last year around Thanksgiving and I have to say …

Bislery is the brand name of the mineral water, which is very famous and very popular all over India. Even in abroad also this particular mineral water is very popular because I have seen many foreigners carrying the Bislery mineral water with them. Actually I like and …

I bought this delicious bread roll because I wanted something to serve for breakfast and in case I have immediate guests, I can serve this to them. I don’t mind if I don’t tend to keep cookies our something crunchy to munch. Most of my guests prefer something sweet …

New York Style - Panetini Three Cheese are small, tasty pieces of toast. The toast is pleasantly crispy and crunchy, and sort of reminds me of croutons. The toast is flavored with three different cheeses: Parmesan, Romano and cheddar cheeses. These three cheeses come together to create a rather …

Many Scotch whiskies have associations with historical characters. Grant’s is a case in point. Others celebrate the land itself with names that echo the unusual names in this small nation: Laphroaig, for instance, or Jura, an island to the west of the mainland of Scotland. The whisky I …

It is one of my favorite chocolate treats. Although I am moderating my intake of sweets for health reason, if there’s Hershey’s Kisses, I just can’t resist the temptation to indulge myself.
What I love …

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 …

When Dr Pepper first introduced the Cherry Vanilla variety, I bought a 20-ounce bottle without even thinking about what I was doing. There was no fear that this soft drink could taste bad or otherwise disappoint me. I grew up drinking Dr Pepper, so I’m fairly loyal to the …

I don’t usually drink wine because I don’t drink any alcohol often but sometimes I really like to take a glass of wine after lunch or in the evening, specially because they say that red wine is good for your hear and the blood.
I saw the commercial on TV …

I found a small 6 pack of this beer at my grocery store, and since I like wheat beers and watermelon, I figured I would give it a shot. While this isn’t my favorite brew, it’s definitely a refreshing twist on one wheat beer.
The first thing that drew me …

Cadbury Old Gold Dark Chocolate according to one promotion that I read in the internet is smooth, rich, dark chocolate that’s worth its weight in gold. Just the mere reading of that line made my mouth watery. So the next time I shop I made it a point …

When I was a kid I usually look forward to meals in the afternoon or what we call in the Philippines “merienda” because my mom made such good food. Sometimes I get to eat chocolate rice porridge or what we call “champorado” and I always liked it that I …

The Snickers Ice Cream Bar is most certainly an improvement over the regular Snickers candy bar. The Snickers Ice Cream bar brings the flavors of vanilla, chocolate, caramel and peanuts all together in the form of a frosty treat that is really scrumptious! All four flavors shine and all …

Fried Kway Teow is a local dish that can be found in many parts of Asia. It is normally sold in hawker centers and food stalls. You can even get the dish without spending so much money. In my country, I can buy a Fried Kway Teow …

I have tried Sunbulah springroll pastry to make spring rolls. Generally inorder to make spring rolls we need to prepare both curry and the flour paste to make rolls. It is definitely a tedious process. But these spring roll pastry reduced half of the actual task. Because Sunbulah …

I am a huge rice fan, and I have bought many rice products from the Dainty line in the past. When I found their newest one Dainty Rice, Brown Rice with Sundried Tomato on sale for just $1.39 at my local Supermarket I just had to buy it. This …

Ok, I’m not sure if it’s because the people working at our local pizza hut are a bunch of idiots or if the commercials lie about how great the new Panormis Pizza is. But, whichever the case, I’m seriously disappointed in it.
When my wife and I saw the commercials …

I’m a huge fan of Red Baron By the Slice Pepperoni Pizza, which I am buying with regularity so last week I decided to try a different variety of this easy to prepare meal and purchased Red Baron By the Slice 4-Cheese Pizza.
I was as impressed with this 4-Cheese …

I always tell people around me that I want to make my own ice cream but sadly, I never really did it. I have many excuses - I don’t have the time, I don’t have the know-how, I don’t have the machines…
So in the …

These are the most gorgeous cereal bars —“ possibly the best I have ever had. I think it is the addition of Belgian chocolate that helps a great deal as the milk chocolate coats one side of the bar is quite a generous layer. These are from …

I’m a Dorito fan. I always have been from way back in the day when all you had was the original red bag of Doritos. I moved onto the Cool Ranch in the 80’s and have loved them all since. I even purchase a small red …

My mom’s officemate sold us a box of Eriel’s Special Silvanas. Eriel’s is a pastry and bakeshop whose most famous product is really their silvanas. The box which had 25 pieces cost P250. Silvanas are pastries made of thick buttercream filling and covered with soft crumbs …

I have never tried Mini Wheats before today, nor did I ever think I would love them. Well they were lying on the counter, I was hungry so I went out and just tried them, they were the strawberry kind. The pink box on the counter stuck out to …

Chowking is one of the most popular Chinese fast food restaurants in the Philippines. They have a lot of branches already and they have been in the business for years now.
One day while shopping at the streets of Quiapo, I was so hungry that seeing Chowking in the corner …

This is one of my all-time favorites offered by Weight Watchers Smart Ones. I love shrimp, and I think you have to enjoy shrimp to like this one. It’s basically linguine tossed with small shrimp and a light tomato sauce. I love how tender the pasta is, and I …

I must admit that when it comes to cookies, my guilty pleasure are oatmeal raisin cookies. When they are made just right, and they are fresh and chewy they are the best edible treats in the world. When I noticed that super Wal-Mart carried the brand of cookies, I …

The Laughing Cow has a variety of cheese products from France. Do not ask me to read the French version of its brand, however, because I do not know how to pronounce it.
I discovered this brand on the imported section of our local supermarket. It costs more than the …

I’m a big lover of mint and everything mint-flavoured and luckily there’s enough minty things out there. Lindt is my favourite chocolate brand that doesn’t change its quality standards and keeps up with the job of making high quality Swiss chocolate, famous all around the world. They also happen to …

I have seen a motivating advertisement of Lipton. It is the advertisement of Lipton milk tea. I have always known lipton of making those variety of tea. And now, they are innovating it to something new and that is milk tea. It seemed good so I decided to try …

I was in the mood for a really great, fattening, indulgent pizza. When I found this bacon cheeseburger pizza, I knew it was just what I was craving.
I like pizzas that have lots of toppings and things on them, and I really like innovative kinds of pizzas. So bacon …

Although maybe not the best choice for a snack nutrition wise, I love these cookies, and my kids always ask for them when we are at the store.
Price wise they are a fairly good deal, and I can usually get them on sale for less than two dollars. The …

I went to the shop the other day and I saw that Granarolo yogurts were on discount, it was such a great discount that I just couldn’t resist it. All the Granarolo tastes were on the discount so I really don’t know what made me took Cereals one. Actually …

Quaker Oats Instant Oatmeal is a fast cooking oatmeal made by the Quaker Oats company. It comes in a variety of flavors and usually cooks in the microwave. The microwave preparation takes fromm 2 to 3 minutes depending on the power of your particular microwave. You can also make …

Who doesn’t love Chicken Marinara? That’s only if you’re not of this earth. Who doesn’t the combination of fried chicken breast with meaty spaghetti swimming in savory marinara sauce? It also seems like a travesty to “healthify” this satisfying dish but Healthy Choice has dared to …

Lean Cuisine fills a niche in the American life. I cannot tell you if they sell it anywhere else because when I am abroad I don’t go looking for frozen food. You eat a Lean Cuisine usually because you are watching your weight and are either too …

I have always been a big fan of orange juice and just lately I can’t seem to get enough of it. I do think there are differences in brands and types and can sometimes be quite picky about which ones I choose. Occasionally I even mix a little …

Whenever we dine at Pizza Hut we always ordered pan Pizza and soup. Our favorite is Cream Chicken Soup. Pizza Hut has a value meal for the price of $ 2.32. It includes a small size of pan Pizza with soup. The soup is serves first as an appetizer …

I have seem many people saying that they don’t like the tea and they would prefer to have a cup of hot coffee rather than having a cup of tea. Even I used to say that same before I taste the 3 roses dust tea. My husband …