Recently, I was introduced to Trader Joe’s grocery store in an attempt to purchase healthier, great tasting items for my kitchen. I have always enjoyed pot stickers when I ordered them at a restaurant, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a healthier version with little sodium at …

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 …

G2 is the newest line of drinks from Gatorade. G2 is a low calorie sports drink. The 20-ounce bottle of fruit punch only contains 70 calories. Of course, it still has the benefits of electrolytes for athletes.
I decided to try it for the first time when I received a …

In my country at Easter time it is usually customary for many
people to buy what is called “Easter Bun” which is generally a
spiced bun with raisins ans sometimes currants. When they buy
the Easter Bun, many will also buy a tin of Tastee Cheese or
some other …

I rarely eat breakfast in the morning, but I love eating breakfast for dinner. I make breakfast foods for dinner at least one night a week, and I often serve waffles as the main course. I think having waffles for dinner is almost like having dessert for …

I tried a KFC Famous Bowl the other day, and I have to say they are not that great. I didn’t really like look of the KFC Famous Bowl. It did not look good at all, it looked kind of nasty in fact. And when I tasted the
KFC Famous …

I used to eat Mrs. Freshley’s Buddy Bars before I discovered the SnackAway Peanut Butter Wafer Bars. Sure, these bars do taste better than the SnackAway version, but these bars also contain more sugar and more calories. The SnackAway version features a dramatic reduction in sugar and calories with …

MTR is a great company, which is very well known, in south India. This company has been producing much kind of food products, which are very different and good in taste. Now I am going to talk about the MTR jamoon mix. The Jamoon is a …

Idahoan instant mashed potatoes come in a variety of flavors; the latest I we have tried is Loaded Baked, flavored with butter, sour cream, cheese, onion, and bacon. Sounds delicious, doesn’t it? Now that I have tried this dish, I can say that it tastes delicious as well.
Just like …

Sometimes when we are on the go and I need to prepare easy to cook meal or food, I do stock canned goods as well as noodles and soups in a cup. I have tasted different varieties of noodles in a cup and it was my first time to …

As a kid, I mostly liked sugary cereals, if given the option. But those aren’t very healthy. Mini Wheats are a good compromise cereal, because they are a little bit sweet but mostly wheat. So not the most healthy in the world, but a pretty good start to a …

Stouffer’s Easy Express Cheese Manicotti makes for a fairly tasty meal! Admittedly, this meal is more about flavor than it is about being filling, but in the case of this food, I am okay with that because the flavor comes from cheese! Lots and lots of cheese! Cheese is …

Healthy Choice Fresh Mixers Sweet and Sour Chicken is a meal that consists of all white meat chicken, white rice and a rich and thick sweet and sour sauce. The food and sauce comes in seven point ninety-five ounce package for around two dollars and seventy-five cents. The size …

This chocolate cereals, from the company Nestle, are known as cereals for kids, but I enjoy them too even if I’m an adult.
I like their taste a lot, as they have a strong chocolate taste. When eaten with cold milk they keep crispy for a while. However, when I …

I’ve eaten Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes since I was a little kid. My parents raised me on Kellogg’s cereal, and this one has always been my favorite. Whether Tony the Tiger had something to do with it, I don’t know, but the taste of the crunchy corn flakes …

Have you always wanted a quick snack that wasn’t fruity, but instead a combination of vanilla and chocolate features? If you said yes, Zebra Cakes might be right for you. Because Zebra Cakes aren’t extremely widely known, I will describe them a little bit. They are a tasty small …

Bremer Select Meat Lasagna is a full-sized frozen lasagna that I’ve only seen at ALDI Food Market stores. This lasagna is intended to feed a family of four and sells for eight dollars and ninety-nine cents. It’s a frozen food product, so no preparation is required. It cooks in …

Me and my husband are both coffee lovers. Our days are not complete without a sip of coffee. I like mine mellow and creamy with a little drop of sweetness. He like his plain black. We used to buy the coffee beans but in our fast paced lifestyles, I just …

As part of my household’s cutting-back budget, we have begun buying staples like shampoo from the dollar store and switching to generic and store brands of other things, especially foods.As such, we recently purchased our first tube of non-Toll House chocolate chip cookies and made the switch to Wal-Mart’s …

I recently went to Wendy’s the other day and I noticed that they had a sign that said. “Natural Cut Sea Salt Fries.” It also said that they were fresh cut with Russet potatoes. This had me believe that they were made with better ingredients and that of …

Whether you are a vegan, vegetarian or even a meat eater there is no way you wouldn’t love Health is Wealth vegan buffalo wings. I’m a vegan and I love them, but I was a meat eater at one time. So I know what it is like.
Sadly. Health is …

I wanted to start this review with a caveat - I am pretty particular about healthy eating and approach all food from the viewpoint of its nutritional value. I wanted to try the bread because I read (off of their website) that they milled the bread themselves. …

Every so often I run across a candy bar that I can’t find anywhere in the US normally. One such incident occurred recently when I found myself the proud recipient of the Cadbury Wunderbar. This bar is fairly popular in the UK and Germany as well as other parts …

Just about my all time favorite treat for decades has been from See’s Candies. It’s their peppermints, primarily the milk chocolate variety. They do have a dark chocolate, but I’ve never been a dark chocolate affectionado, for some reason.
The Milk Chocolate Peppermints really do satisfy me and …

There is not a week that past by that I don’t cook rice risotto at home every evening but at that time I was just using a different brand which was a bit too expensive when I finally discovered at last this Tesco Arborio risotto rice for an affordable …

As a craft beer drinker, I am always on the lookout for new or alternative beers to drink. So when a sampler of Du Claw went on sale for about $1 a bottle at my favorite store, and having heard about Du Claw from numerous reviewers, etc., I …

Hershey’s may be a time-honoured “institution” in the USA, but many chocolate lovers outside the USA know it only by name. And to be honest, their products are often thought to be less “sophisticated” than their European counterparts.
Recently, I had the pleasure of tasting a Hershey’s product for the …

I’ve been purchasing more Keebler products lately simply because they’ve been on sale. I just can’t believe how ridiculous cookie prices are these days. I just won’t buy them at regular pricing because they are more of a luxury to me. Thus, I’m experimenting a tad …

Monster Mojito is a limited edition offering from the people at Jones Soda. Every year they make a number of different sodas that people either love or hate with a passion. You don’t get a lot of middle ground when it comes to their flavors and that includes this …

Just a few weeks ago, I discovered that there are Wrigley’s Doublemint sugarfree mints in canisters available at the grocery store I frequent, Shopwise —“ Pasong Tamo corner Vito Cruz Streets, Makati City.
Each 8.4 oz. canister contains 35 mints and costs P 78.50. This is quite expensive for mints …

I’ve tried so many different instant coffee drinks lately because I’ve been testing them. I really like these instant coffee drinks because I usually take them instead of dessert, they smell gret and they aslo taste great. The other day my mother went shopping and she bought me Mokate …

These have got to be my favourite mixed chocolates of all time. When I was younger the only time we had Quality Streets was at Christmas when we would get a big tin in. I used to look forward to Christmas Eve when I would be allowed to open …

As you already know, I’m not really into Italian-pasta dishes because of the heavy alfredo used, but my mom thought I should give the Fettuccine alfredo pasta a try because she liked it. I reluctantly tried it.
The Michaelina’s Fettuccine alfredo pasta frozen meals cost the same as the Salisbury …

Stouffer’s Chicken Quesadilla Flatbread Melt is a something that I like to have for lunch now and then, but it is out for dinner time since I do not find it to be filling enough to last me for the remainder of the night and early morning. However, the …

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. …

Nothing beats the old traditional taste of Pet Ice Cream. Pet Ice cream is what I grew up on, in fact their Ice cream making tradition is so old, its what my motehr grew up on as well.
This is a really great tasting real milk ice cream that everyone …

I’m a big believer in homeopathic medicine, so the last time I was congested, I stopped by the local health food store and picked up this tea. It tastes absolutely awful, but it actually seems to loosen my congestion regardless of whether it’s warm or cold.
It’s really difficult …

I’m not a vegetarian but I do enjoy the odd vegetarian meal as a bit of variety. I’ve tried other kinds of veggie burgers and have been most impressed with the Kirkland Garden Burgers. These do not have tofu in them, which to me is one of …

The Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers is a product by Pepperidge Farm.
I know that sodas can eventually be added to dishes to spread out flavor but I didn’t know crackers can actually be a match to spice up the flavor on dishes. I was really surprised when my friend bought …

Along with my love for coffee, I have a very strong love for teas. There are so many brands and flavors out there that I enjoy trying all of them. Recently, I have tried Bentley’s Peach flavored tea and have fallen in love with its exquisitely delicious taste.
What I …

If you have never had corn on the cob before then I must rave about how good it tastes, but these particular cobs - the Supersweet ones from Tesco - are particularly good as they are lovely and sweet. Yesterday at the supermarket I actually picked up two …

My aunt arrived from abroad and one of the things she brought us were canned goods. It was interesting that at least there were some fruits and not just the typical morning breakfast stuffs. I really like peaches because of its luscious taste. In most of the brands that …

This is one of my comfort foods. It is so easy to prepare plus the fact that my family loves it and it was good for our health. It is not even difficult to find since most local stores, groceries and malls do sell Maggi products, be it noodles …

A large, 300-gram bag of Arnott’s Shapes was given to me by a friend recently. It was the first time I saw and tasted this product as it has never really been available in the grocery stores I frequent: Shopwise and Waltermart, both in Makati City.
Arnott’s Shapes is …

I’m a big fan of seasonal beers, but I’ve only ever got them on draft at bars. This was my first purchase of bottled pumpkin ale, and I was extremely pleased with what I got. It’s available for purchase at EarthFare grocery stores, and I believe I saw it …

I had been making or cooking spaghetti in so many occasions. Before i only used catchup to taste and color. I have some ways of my own to make my own variant of spaghetti. Until i discover that Del Monte Spaghetti sauce could just simplify all of it. I …

I like my coffee all year round. In the winter time I like it hot and in the summer I like it on ice. Nescafe Taster’s choice coffee comes in a 7 ounce canister, and it is easy to make. I make my instant coffee sort of like I …

Growing up, I loved corn bread. My family had it often, but it was always a chore to make it. There were so many ingredients and so much mixing to do. It was messy and time consuming. Over the years, some companies have come out …