Hey gentle reader folk, guess what time it is?
It’s blatantly fake lunch pail time again!
Once more, I’m working on my fitness and diet to “pre-treat” the bad holiday habits with soup. On the docket today is Campbell’s Chunky Manhattan Clam Chowder. Is it a good product? Is it a …

I am not sure what Girl Scouts did with one of my favorite cookies! Last year I loved samoas (last year known as carmel delites) Well this year they just taste bad, they look different and I think this year they made them out of dark chocolate and a …

We bought a box of toaster pastries from the brand Family Pantry the other day and have been having them for breakfast the past two days. I have to say, they are some of the crappiest toaster pastries we have ever had.
These, of course, are a generic version of …

Schwans Raspberry Rumble Premium Ice Cream is absolutely wonderful! This ice cream is so rich and creamy and loaded with goodies! The vanilla ice cream is smooth and tasty. It is swirled with a declicious raspberry swirl that tastes like freshly picked raspberries. There are …

I walked into a liquor store back in May and for my job was to pick up a bunch of candy for a party pinata. I picked up a package of this limited edition edition of Skittles entitled “Carnival Skittles”. I decided to treat myself to package too and …

Wow talk about waking up to a terrific smell. I really like the smell of Maxwell House dark roast coffee when it is brewing in the coffee pot. The entire house fills up with the wonderful aroma of Maxwell House dark roast coffee. I also like …

Before I moved to the Midwest from the West coast, I had never heard of O’Charley’s Restaurant. From the outside, it looks like an Irish pub and grill where social people gather to drink mugs of beer and eat fried food made from a small kitchen. As …

This is an entirely different kind of pretzel! It’s a pretzel with peanut butter on the inside. I never gave much thought to how pretzels and peanut butter would taste together. I was familiar with pretzels and cheese, but pretzels and peanut butter? I had to give them a …

Fruit Pastilles, these were one of my favourite sweets when I was younger, they were so moorish that I could eat a pack in minutes, but I hadn’t had them in ages before a few days ago. To be fair as well, maybe it’s because they are not chocolate, …

I bought a bottle of Kikkoman Soy Sauce because that’s the sauce they have in my favorite Chinese restaurant. The bottle looked exactly the same, but the product turned out to be totally different. It did not have the strong, salty taste I expected. I don’t know whether the …

My parents use only one brand of tea and they never want to change the tea, which they have been drinking since 12 years. The brand name of that tea is The Taj mahal tea. Which is very famous and popular all over India. I don�t …

Baked lays are a wonderful alternative to fried greasy potato chips. Instead of being fried, and covered in grease, baked layes are baked (obviosuly) the result is a much less fattening, great tasting chip.
The first time I had the regular version of these potato chips they reminded me of …

My daughter recently got a can of chocolate covered cashews from the brand Eillien’s. They were supposed to be her treat as long as she shared a few of them. But, as much as it makes me seem like a bad person, I have to admit I have eaten …

I am craving for sweet and I want to eat cup cake so I decided to visit a nearby convenient store to check it. I saw one Fudgee and I remember I have not tasted it in a long time. I bought one pack of Fudgee Bar for PHP …

Skittles is the bite sized candies that a majority of us love to eat, share and even play with. I have personally loved these candies for as long as I can remember. There are so many different flavors of skittles that it’s sometimes hard to choose. I’ve had …

A couple nights ago, my wife and I realized neither of us was in the mood to make dinner. So, on my way home, I stopped by Recheks Food Pride here in Beaver Dam, WI and picked up some roasted chicken from their deli.
While not as good as KFC …

Clancy’s Zesty Bites Sharp Ranch & Fiery Cajun is a snack food that comes in a nine point five ounce bag at ALDI Food Market stores for one dollar and nineteen cents. The bag contains a mixture of little popcorn-like pieces and the pieces are divided up fairly evenly …

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 really love chocolate flavored drinks. It doesn’t matter if it’s hot or cold, as long as it’s chocolate I’ll surely like it. Among the many chocolate powdered drinks, it’s Milo energy drink that I like. It’s inexpensive and it tastes great even if it’s ice cold or hot. …

I first came accross these seeds at a local Valero Gas station in Porter, Tx and decided to give them a try seeing how the label boasted its jumbo sized sunflower seeds that had caffeine, ginseng, taurine and lysine. I first tried the Original flavor and made my way …

I buy a lot of items at Aldi’s grocery stores. Most are pretty good and, save me money. However, they have a frozen pizza line called Mama Cozzi that is really disappointing. In my 6 year old daughter’s opinion (which I value highly), the final verdict is “Eweeyuck!” I …

Finest New Zealand Clover honey is one of my favorite sandwich spread and there are times in which I usually use it over on top of my toasted bread with a little bit of butter on it and I have to admit that this honey is the best honey …

When I heard the TV ad proclaiming Sonic was now using hand dipped ice cream for their milkshakes, I had to check it out. I’ve always loved their shakes, especially the banana shake, which uses real fruit.
I ordered a small caramel shake (and was lucky enough to get it …

I’m not much of a cook. As a matter of fact I don’t even know how to cook rice or how to fry. I often stay away from the kitchen. It’s quite ironic because I love watching cooking shows especially those in Discovery Travel and Living. But there are …

Despite the price, Haagen Daz is the favourite ice cream for most people. Now, Haagen Daz come up with a new product that makes me like them even more.
Haagen Daz Ice Cream Mooncake.
Lately, people try to make all kind of flavors for …

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. …

Michelina’s Sausage, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Snackers certainly had the potential to a quality breakfast food, but unfortunately the Snackers, as they’re called, suffer from poorly flavored and mushy sausage that just isn’t appetizing. I’ve had Michelina’s Gravy and Sausage Breakfast Snackers in the past, and with that breakfast …

Great Value Ripple Cut potato chips are specifically designed for dipping, and they work great. The rippled surface holds more dip than regular chips, which enhances the taste. Even the runny types of dip stay on pretty well. The chips are thick, so they do not easily break or …

I was a bit leery about trying this particular meal, as I’d never had Chicken ala King before. I’ve been told that it’s very similar to the filling that is found in chicken pot pies. But the picture on the cover of the box didn’t …

This is one cookie that I wish I would have stayed away from! I thought this would be a fun puzzle game because Nintendo generally invests a good amount of time and effort into their video games - especially Mario games. Boy was I ever disappointed! This is a …

Supreme pakode is a snack, which is very popular in India. It is a very well known recipe and is very tasty to eat. This ready to eat snack from the company supreme is good and tasty. It is an ideal snack for evenings and even …

Nutella is one of the most famous chocolate cream in the world. It is produced in Italy by Ferrero company. I don’t like sweets very much but sometimes I feel like I want to eat something sweet and then if I have Nutella at home it is usually my …

These are delicious, high quality chocolate croissants from the Brioche Pasquier brand and I bought these from Tesco at £1.50. For that you get six croissants in a packet and you can find them amongst the other packeted bread goods in Tesco. Each croissant is oblong shaped …

There are so many instant coffees out there on the market to choose from. My favorite is General Foods International French Vanilla Café. It cost roughly from $2.99 to $3.29 per 9 oz can. The can may last you 2 weeks if you drink only 1 cup a day. …

This is a simple Pasta Side that combines two favorites of mine: pasta and cheese. The pasta is fettuccine and the cheeses are Parmesan and Romano. What I like about this Pasta Side is that the cheeses help to make this a creamy pasta dish that offers a rich …

Truly, besides coffee, tea also makes my day. When I am having headache, or stomach pains, I drink tea and will fade after a while. I rely on Lipton when it comes to tea. It is one of the best tasting teas in the market. It has been ten …

Pop-Pan biscuits are a brand of Chinese style biscuits that are sold in many Western and Asian supermarkets found across America. They are quite popular with us Chinese-Canadians, although I am not quite sure of their popularity with the Westerners. The biscuits come in many, many different flavors, although …

Now while I love Betty Crocker cake mixes and baking supplies I am not a big fan of prepared meals and this Helper Complete Meals Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo really failed to impress me! I got this box of chicken, noodles and sauce as part of a Christmas hamper gift …

Usually our family buys the inexpensive, store brand bottles of water, so it was a treat when we splurged and got a case of Nestle Pure Life Natural Spring water. For $4.99, we got a case of 24 bottles. A little steep compared to other brands, but well …

Teavana is the place to go if you’re just getting in to loose leaf teas. Most of their teas are between $4-$6 for two ounces of leaves, but the rarer stuff can get pricey. They have hot and cold samples of some of their teas in the store …

Looking for a cheap, palatable method to cure that nasty morning breath? BreathSavers mints are a cheap and relatively effective way to improve those social skills. Sugar free, with only five calories each, the little mints are mild enough in flavor for the sensitive mouth, but strong …

Stouffer’s Swedish Meatballs are really quite good really! I have tried Swedis meatballs before, and I have never really been all that impressed. However, these Swedish meatballs have quite a strong bite to them and the flavor is very much unhidden. I was really very surprised by just how …

Coming from the Jolly Time Company, America’s Best Butter Flavor Microwave Popcorn is a product that is grown without chemical pesticides. That’s the draw of this fairly new ‘green’ product. Per the packaging, it’s 94 percent fat free and it contains Better-Life Grains. There are no artificial …

We were at the store yesterday buying something for dinner. Since we really didn’t have a whole lot in our house for dessert, we decided to pick up something for that too.
We ended up with Big Event Root Beer Float Bars.
The Big Event brand is one of the cheapest …

The Great Value Flour Tortillas Fajita Size come sixteen to a package. This is a product sold exclusively at Walmart stores as it’s a Walmart store brand item. I generally save about fifty cents when I go with this store brand flour tortilla over the name brand flour tortillas. …

The food doctor is an essential seed and nutritious seeds which consist of natural seeds like the sunflower seeds, pumpkin, dried soya beans and pine nuts which are all mix together in one plastic bottle which is known to be a healthy alternative snack food. I usually get …

Coffee is like my everyday energy drink. I like it creamy and a bit sweet. At home, I always make sure that I have my Coffee-mate in french vanilla flavor. It’s aromatic and very tasteful. I can have any coffee-mate brands, as long as I have Nestle Coffee-mate.
When …

Stouffer’s Beef Stroganoff is a meal that I enjoy really very much. The reason I enjoy it quite a lot is because the beef is quite tender and has a good flavor to it that I enjoy savoring. I am not too crazy about mushrooms, but I nonetheless ate …

I was pleasantly surprised by the flavor and texture of Michelina’s Shrimp Egg Rolls. I didn’t think these egg rolls would be that good, but I was willing to give them a try since this frozen meal was on special for just one dollar. For one dollar, I felt …

I recently acquired a coupon for the new toasted chips by Ritz and thought I would give them a try. The chips are essentially very thin crackers that have been toasted and then put in a bag. They are very tasty and are not as fattening as other chip …