Trop50 is gross. Advertised as a juice product with 50% less sugar, trop50 is not even really orange juice. It is “vitamin enriched juice drink.” I expected that it would taste like regular orange juice, just a little bit less sweet. I was wrong. …

Lately, as the weather has gotten warm again, I have found myself craving Iced Tea.
I’m a bit too lazy to make it myself so I always settle for the canned varieties that are out there. But, that gets expensive so I look for the best tasting at the cheapest …

It’s to find a good seafood restaurant that offers fish and shrimp that hasn’t been battered and deep-fried. I’ve been to Red Lobster but some of the seafood dishes can be pretty pricey when your budget is a little tight. Captain D’s was having a sale on …

Great Value Chocolate Milk Mix has left me a bit disappointed. I used to make chocolate milk with chocolate syrup before, and have recently decided to try the powdered mix. Like all Great Value products, this mix is reasonably priced: $ 1.97 for a 1 lb can. You can …

As I mentioned in another review, the Reese’s company (part of Hershey) had such success with their yummy peanut butter cups that they’ve begun to spread their wings quite a bit. One of the first variations of their famous candy treat that they came up with is Reese’s …

Microwave popcorn is the perfect snack. My husband makes a bag of microwave popcorn every night before bed. I don’t always eat some but it is his favorite. It’s such an easy and good snack. Just a couple of minutes in the microwave and you have fresh hot buttery …

One afternoon I was walking near the beach, one of those lengthy and crowded promenades of varied backgrounds, when I got thirsty and entered into a shop of those who have everything and got close to the coolers to get a bottle of water but I found a can …

Jack in the Box is constantly reinventing their menu with new and interesting food products. This year they’ve added some grilled sandwiches to the lineup, and some of them I’ve tried and enjoyed greatly. One of these is their Grilled Breakfast Sandwich.
Basically, the Grilled Breakfast Sandwich consists …

Starbucks christmas blend is one of my favorite coffees that the company puts out. they generally only havethe coffe from november through december so when it hits the shelves i usually like to try and stock up to some extent. This is a really great slightly spicy …

One evening I went to the mall with my grandparents and while at the food court they decided they wanted Chinese food, so I went along with the “crowd” if you want to call it that and decided I would get Chinese food too. Besides, my grandad was sponsoring! …

Living in Belgium has a huge advantage to compensate the high taxes: BEER. There are over 600 types of trappist beers in Belgium but I will talk only about one of them which very fast became my favorite. I have documented a bit about it’s history, and I have …

Taste the rainbow? More like taste sweet pain. Sour Skittles are basically just Original SKittles except for one addition. They are overwhelming coated in that sour powder stuff that you see on candy ever now and then.
At first I was very eager to try Sour Skittles out, I mean …

I like Sunbeam sultanas and I just had to try the latest Raspberry flavored Sultana Bursts. You get 6 30g packs of Sultana Bursts fro $2.30 AUS. This is slightly dearer than other sultana packs on the market but I like Sunbeam Sultanas so I thought I’d try the …

We got our Yamasa Zaru Soba dipping sauce at the local grocery (Robinson’s Metro East mall) for around Php 140. I’ve also seen some available at the grocery at Megamall and UniMart Greenhills. It is packaged in a 330ml bottle which has a sticker that says “Yamasa Zaru Soba …

The Great Value Twist and Shout Vanilla Sandwich Cookies will look really familiar to anyone that has ever had a vanilla Oreo cookie before. The two different brands of cookies not only look remarkably alike, but also, I can’t much make out any significant difference in taste. The Nabisco …

Maine Goodies Humpty Dumpty All Dressed Ripples Potato Chips are a mess in more than just one sense of the word! Not only are they messy because of the grease factor that is inexcusable in this day and age where it is not only entire possible but highly preferable …

We have cornflakes on alternate days in our breakfast. I used to have kellog’s cornflakes, primarily because of the fact, that I was not aware of any other brand, and the only ad on TV that I ever saw was of it and only it. Nut I always felt …

I must admit that where pizza is concerned, I’m basically a sausage and pepperoni type. I have flings from time to time with Canadian Bacon or something, but when I buy it, I tend to stick with what is tried and true. I’ve already reviewed DiGiorno For …

I first bought these cookies after seeing an advertisement on TV for them. I’m not generally swayed at all by adverts, but these cookies really did look absolutely delicious: a normal chocolate chip cookie, with a smooth chocolatey filling inside? Yes, definitely something I’d love.
So I went to my …

Roti Jala or also known as Lacy Pancakes are very thin-like pancakes and they are also pretty lacy, and hence the name of lacy is given. ‘Jala’ means fishing net, and if you look closely, you will see the designs of something like a fishing net.
This is a very …

Cadburys gems are a solid flavour coated chocolates of small sizes, which comes in different colors and different flavours. It is my child’s favourite chocolate. Which is not very costly but very tasty and delicious to eat. It is another good product from the company cadbarie’s. …

I love spoon size Frosted Shredded Wheat, but I don’t love the fact that they use gelatin in their cereal. It seems very unnecessary to me. For that reason alone I stopped eating it all together. It wasn’t until my friend introduced me to Post brand Lightly Frosted Shredded …

I first saw Lindt Lindor Dark Chocolate Truffles when I had went on vacation to the USA, in one of the grocery stores my grandparents like to shop at. I had first seen the milk chocolate vairety of these truffles because of the package colour.
Lindt Lindor Dark Chocolate …

I mentioned in another review that my wife decided to make a pancake breakfast on Saturday. To go with the pancakes, we decided to make some sausage links and ended up cooking Honey and Maple Sausage from the brand Farmland.
They were OK but not great.
First, they tasted nothing like …

Two years ago I had constipation problems that made me try many kinds of local as well as imported brands of tea to help digestion and ease constipation. Some worked for me while others were not so effective. There were times that I’d crash on vegetables and fruits just …

Once upon a time, whenever we packed our daughter’s school lunch, we made sure to have only the healthiest foods inside it. However, we learned she would rarely eat the entire lunch and I came to the realization I would rather have her eating something rather than making sure …

I’ve written a review in the past for Marie Callender’s Cornbread and it is yummy, but I saw this one recently and decided to give it a try. Overall, I have to give Betty Crocker Authentic Cornbread & Muffin Mix a good review. One of the reasons …

I have two children so I am constantly looking for great buys that are cost efficient. Of course, my children have to like it too, or what’s the point. I finally tried Jif Creamy Peanut Butter; it was a two for one special.
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter is also …

While doing window shopping on a store I saw this noodles and just bought a packet for trying it.These noodles are available in different flavors and i bought the spicy vegetable flavor.It has been sold in a 3oz packwhich will be sufficient for one person for breakfast.They …

It says on the package: “Delicious bread crisps seasoned with onion”. And I have to agree with that statement. “Bake Rolls” is indeed delicious.
In my quest to limit my intake of chips, I switched to “Bake Rolls”. One package has approximately 90 grams of baked bread crisps. The onion …

Given that I have decided to give Starbucks instant coffee a chance, I recently tried their Cinnamon Spice variety. This is just basically instant coffee with cinnamon powder, ginger, molasses and cinnamon. In order to make it, all I had to do is boil some water and then add …

Popcorn is our all time favorite finger food. We choose it as our companion when we watch movie or simply when we watch TV. I myself love this food. I bought popcorn from a famous brand in the United States. It is a caramel-flavored popcorn. It is contained in a …

I came across Appy Fizz during the last summer and since then I have become a sort of regular. Almost daily I drink a can of Appy Fizz. It is a drink which is made of pure apple.
Though there are many products in the market which claims to be …

In a simplified Christmas meal, I enjoyed one of the products from Reser’s Fine Foods, their ‘Creamy Mashed Potatoes’, which is one of their ‘Sensational Sides’ foods.
The 24oz tub serves four and takes about four minutes to prepare total, so the package says. The serving size is perfect …

Jell-o Gelatin - Margarita is one of the select few gelatin flavors that I simply do not find enjoyable. Everything that a margarita drink is, this gelatin really is not, simply because it cannot be. Unlike many of the other gelatin flavors, which are derived or based off of …

Pringles has just invented new flavours for its potato crisps collection. There are no flavours such as seaweed and grilled shrimp. There is also a blueberry flavour. Our family has not indulged in potato crisps in a long time. I thought that would continue since I know that it …

I have said a lot about the MN brand mango pickles. And now I am going to talk about the MN brand mango pickle. The very good quality tender mangoes are cut in to cubes and these cubes are used to make the pickle. The spices …

I had bought a pint for only about $5 of Ben & Jerry’s Pistachio / Pistachio Ice Cream and this was a new flavour in our supermarket and I was very eager to try it out! I do love their flavours and there isn’t really a flavour that I …

When our local daily newspaper came out with a list of 25 of the best desserts in the Philippines, we kept it aside for the holidays. Traditionally, dessert is our family’s highlight and we wanted to serve the best we could buy to make our celebration a little bit …

These were always my favourite bombons. I used to love them when I was little girl and then for a few years I couldn’t find the anywhere so when they came back to shops I was really happy and I started buying them again. Now I don’t buy any …

I had no plans to buy ice cream when I first entered Tesco, but this Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream caught my eye because of the vibrant packaging and the fact Ben & Jerry’s is a famous name in ice cream. I had picked up the one with …

There is a Moe’s near by where I work, so I will often stop by and pick up a quick lunch or grab dinner on my way home. Moe’s specializes in burrito’s, but I often find that the burritos are much too large for me to be able to …

I know this will seem like an odd review but I had heard flat iron steak was a tender piece of cheaper meat. Well it isn’t really that much cheaper it is usually within a dollar a ound of ribeye steak, but it is way more tender and has …

Once in awhile I do not sleep well at nighttime and in the morning I really wake up sleepy and sluggish, which is not good because I have to be on my game at work. One of the ways I help boost my energy levels naturally is with the …

A coffee is not a coffe if it’s not Nescafe!!!!!
Who doesn’t love the addicting aroma of hot steaming coffe every morning? Of course everyone loves it; so do I.
They said that coffee is bad for one’s health but it doesn’t bother me at all. I love its …

Piattos Roadhouse Barbecuq is a new flavor of the “Piattos” potato chips. I have always enjoyed eating Piattos as a child and I have never outgrown enjoying this snack even if there are quite a lot of competitors around selling snacks much cheaper than that of Piattos. Piattos is …

What a delicious and nutritious snack these strawberry bars make! The strawberry flavor is incredibly rich and the flavor never fails to excite my taste buds! These bars are perfect for a midday snack - or anytime of the day really! I sometimes will even have a bar with …

Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls: Sausage is comprised of eggs, potatoes, sausage and cheddar cheese. It’s presented in a bowl in which you microwave the product. This means that in just minutes, you can have a nice, hot meal.
Now as a rule, I love Jimmy Dean products, and …

I just found the perfect competition of Nutella, it’s Nugatti which I just bought for $1. I thought the packaging looked like Nutella, so I bought it. The price is about the same, although Nutella has a lot more content at 13 ounces. This is a …

Digiorno pizzas really are as good as or better than delivery. They are definitely a cut above other pizzas that you buy frozen and take home and cook yourself. They come out of the oven hot and tasty and the rising crust really makes all of the difference. …