I normally buy spices at Publix or Kroger because I can get them cheaper, but out of convenience, I decided to pick up vanilla while getting the rest of my groceries at Whole Foods one day. They have a lot of expensive and (most likely) high quality spices and …

Altoids mints have always been a favorite of mine and I enjoy the various flavors so I was very excited when I saw a new one on the shelf. It’s new “cool honey” flavored mints, and comes in a cute little black and yellow bee-striped tin. I …

This cereal is good, but it’s just too pricey to purchase unless it’s on sale or there is a coupon for it. It only comes in a thirteen ounce box and Tom Thumb, the only place I’ve seen it, wants over three dollars and fifty cents for a box. …

I like every sweet thin that contains orange and chocolate because I like nice little sour but fresh taste of orange that mix nicely with sweet chocolate. But this stick I didn’t like very much. It has too sweet chocolate made with lots of butter. This butter makes chocolate …

Dillman Farm - All Natural Blueberry Butter Fruit Spread is a flavorful spread that I sometimes like to add to my toast or bagels. The spread has a real rich and real blueberry flavor that I can taste as I am eating my breakfast or toast and even after …

I do like sweet things and although I do have the odd Cake, it is more a Chocolate bar or something like that that I prefer. I do look at the Chiller bit in my local Shop and buy the odd Cake and treat like this.
I got a 2 …

I am a BIG fan of Naked juices. They are, by far, the best fruit juices on the market. I drink at least two a day and have tried every kind they have. They are all natural and contain no preservatives and, unlike many of the …

Lady’s Choice offers sandwich spreads with different varieties like ham, tuna, bacon and chicken. The problem I am having with these products is that I cannot find the meat in it. On their TV commercials they say more meaty and more tasty which I don’t get because there does …

I was cycling through the city trying to discover the little nooks and crannies in this little town of mine with so much history, when I discovered a seemingly popular bakeshop in this part of the world. I alighted from my bicycle and went over to investigate, and I …

Sargento Cheese Dips - Cheddar Dip & Zesty Ranch Bagel Chips make for a tasty and memorable snack. This snack consists of three “parts”: the bagel chips, the zesty ranch flavor that can be found already on the chips and the cup of cheddar dip. What I really like …

One of my favorite dishes to prepare is Italian spinach with garlic and parmesan cheese. I usually make this as a side dish once a week on spaghetti night. My husband insists that I use a name brand frozen spinach because he is accustomed to only buying …

Imagine walking into a taco shop late at night. You will smell the beef cooking, corn tortillas, fresh cut lettuce and salsa along with the ubiquitous spices that is unparallel from Mexican cooking. That is the sensation I experienced when I opened the bag of Doritos bag. …

I have probably bought more packets of Polos than any other mints because I like the way they are minty enough to freshen my breath and at the same time because they are sweet, they taste good. I also like the way the Polo mint has an iconic …

Although Milka Snowballs look as if they were intended for children I was really excited when I saw them at the store. They were not cheap, I paid three Euro for four chocolate balls but I just had to try them. They looked so appealing at the store that I …

The Yamasa Tempura Dipping Sauce we got came in a 330ml plastic bottle
for around PHP140, which is roughly as much as a can of soda. Nothing
really fancy about the packaging; there’s a picture of tempura shrimps
on the label which helps if you can’t read Japanese characters,
because there are a …

Multi Choice All Dressed Chips have a couple of good things going for it, but I really cannot say that it is superior to some of the other chips that are on the market right now. For one thing, while I am happy to note that these chips are …

It has been maybe over 10 years since I had last ate one of Xtra Foods Oreo Slice Cake (from their Grand Bazaar branch in Valsayn, Trinidad) and recently the Xtra Food branch in Chaguanas, Trinidad re-did their whole bakery section and while I was shopping I decided I …

I don’t usually drink green tea, either the bottled kind or the one that I would need to brew myself. It seems too bitter for my taste, and instead of quenching my thirst, leaves me wanting something else to drink. I had tasted a selection of bottled green teas, …

The holiday season is under way, and that means that my holiday baking has just begun. This year, I will be sending my family and friends gift boxes full of brownies, made from the Duncan Hines Family Style Brownies: Chewy Fudge Mix. These were a great deal, …

This is the dessert of all desserts. Imagine fluffy clouds of pink creamy Heaven with tiny grains of cotton candy whipped into it. The flavor is sublime. Most new creamy treats at Dairy Queen have that undeniable artificial taste. But this stuff …

We eat a lot of pizza in my house and it can definitely become expensive fast. We decided to try Totino’s Crisp Crust Party Pizza as a low cost alternative and we weren’t disappointed .much.
The price is great. I buy these pizzas at my local Kroger for …

Aunt Jemima Butter Rich Syrup has a distinctive flavor to it that separates it from the original syrup. The main difference is this syrup has a very real butter flavor integrated with the normal syrup flavor. The butter flavor is most certainly rich and real, however, that did not …

Twinings has the best line up for flavored green tea. It is my favorite brand of tea and surprisingly it has lots of flavors in their website as regards green tea variety. Sadly, only jasmine, mint, lemon and earl grey flavors are sold here. One of my favorite kind of …

I have got into the healthy habit of drinking a small glass of Sunsweet Prune Juice every morning with my breakfast and I have noticed a difference to my digestive system. I have to admit that I do not like prunes at all and since trying them as …

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 …

The Market Pantry Sparkling Water Pomegranate Cherry comes in a four pack and each bottle is point five liters. One of the reasons I like this flavored bottle water that’s sold exclusively at Target stores is because there aren’t any artificial sweeteners or artificial flavors added to the water. …

These small treats are pretty similar to raisins - small dried fruit. But they are made of cranberries, which makes them sweeter than, and sometimes more bitter than raisins. They are also a very healthy snack.
We buy them in big bags and use them for everything. They can be …

Here in my country there are many brands and varieties of preserved fruit and they all taste differently. At the malls here many of the candy stores stock a variety of packaged preserved fruits. After having lunch and seeing a movie I felt like having a snack and stopping …

I’ve tried one or two Banquet frozen dinners over the past couple of years, and I always thought they were just okay. Given that they’re usually less than $2.00 per single-serving box, and when they’re on sale they’re about a dollar, I figured you get what you pay for …

I was disappointed with the Little Debbie Dessert Cakes - Spice variety because the spice cake did not have a whole lot of flavor for me to enjoy, really. I have had deliciously rich and majorly moist spice cake in the past, and these dessert cakes simply do not …

Lambertz cookies come in a really nice box, it is thing and in a shape of a cube, on the front part on the pale yellow background you can see Exquisit Biscuit assortment written and under it there’s a picture of many cookies that look really delicious. On the …

This new kind of macaroni and cheese is great! If you are on the go constantly and need a quick yet filling meal this stuff is definently for you. They call it “easy mac” for a reason. Instead of having to deal with the hassle of boiling the water, …

Almost every month, I find time to cook spaghetti during the weekend. It is one of my favorite food. Now when it comes to spaghetti, I always use good quality pasta noodle, it makes my spaghetti more delicious. One brand that I always use is Knorr Royal Pasta Spaghetti. …

I haven’t bought Lindt chocolate in a long time, but I always really liked it. And I’ve been aware that they’re introducing new flavors for a while now. I remember that a few years ago mixing chili and chocolate was sort of a hot thing. They even had chili …

The Snack Factory - Everything Pretzel Crisps are quite simply delicious! This is not just your standard pretzel, minus a lot of the negative nutritional elements like fat and cholesterol. This pretzel is seasoned with a terrifically tasty blend of onions, salt, garlic, sesame seeds and poppy seeds! What …

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 …

The Pepsi drink called “Blue” was a carbonated beverage that was “invented” by the Pepsi company about five years ago. Prior to inventing the soda they had run ads asking the public to vote on which color of carbonated drink that they would buy and the winner was apparently …

Horlicks is another health drink, which is very nutritious and very good for the growing children. It has all the necessary calories, vitamins and minerals that are very much required for the growing children. My children are very busy all the day, in their schools, tuitions and …

I think this is a new product from Albert Heijn. They make yogurt for the children but it is not ins the small yogurt cup. This yogurt has a shape like sticks. That’s why they called it power stick yogurt.
And when you buy one package,there will be six power …

While shopping last week, I ran across a new Jimmy Dean product called Breakfast Entrees. The one I chose to sample was the scrambled eggs with bacon and cheese, plus diced apples, and seasoned hash browns. They have the exact same combination with sausage instead of bacon, …

Recently I did a review for Welch’s Strawberry Soda. I mentioned there that years ago there was a really delicious Strawberry Crush, that I rarely find now and I’m not even sure it’s still made. I had purchased the Welch’s to see how it compared. Honestly, …

You will never go wrong starting your day with a cup of freshly brewed coffee. Smelling its aroma just gives me the energy to keep me going the entire day. Ooh, how I love the feel of its bitter taste whenever I take my first sip.
That is how exactly …

Tofutti Cuties’ are totally terrible! What a horrid creation this is. I have no idea what the company used in place of vanilla and chocolate, but boy oh boy do the replacements totally not work at all! The stuff looks like chocolate and looks like vanilla, but the stuff …

Chocolate Fire is a chocolate shop from Melbourne, which had been brought to the Philippines. I have heard a lot of positive things about the place, so I decided to try it out with my two friends. Although it’s not located in a very visible place, it’s …

We made some Chinese food the other day and, because I wasn’t sure if what we purchased would be enough, I stopped off at the store and purchased a package of Ling Ling Potstickers to go with it.
I should have saved my money.
Normally, I like potstickers (basically a pasta …

I bought this at my local grocery store as I have never tried this particular brand before. It was about $2.50 plus tax and seemed to be great way to have a warm pasta dish for lunch. The italian inspired ingredients really sounded delicious so I bought it. i …

MN brand pickles are the favourite and the tastiest pickles which we have ever tasted. Actually the MN brand tender mango pickle is the weakness of my husband. My husband loves to eat the MN brand tender mango pickle with any thing, such as the bread, paratha, …

I have had a major craze lately on proper desserts and puddings every night instead of biscuits and snacks and I really am going to get fat if I do not watch it. My latest indulgence is this packet of 2 cheesecake slices from Tesco, the New York …

If you enjoy the blending of sweet and mildly hot flavors, this spice packet is definitely for you. With a sugary heat accented by finely chopped peanut pieces, this packet (containing 2 envelopes)can be used on any meat (and on fries), although it tastes especially good on chicken and …