I have just recently discovered these really nice biscuits from the McVitie range, called Cafe Noir. These are flat, oblong biscuits about the size of malted milk biscuits and they consist of a hard, plain biscuit topped with a thick layer of hard, coffee flavoured icing. They …

While I was on vacation in Helen, Georgia, we went to the Nora Mill Granary located just south of Helen in the Sautee-Nacoochee Valley district. This is actually a historic stone grinding that opened in 1876. The mill is right on the Chattahoochee River and it is …

Kirkland green tea is only available, to my knowledge, at CostCo stores in Washington, USA. It is a blend of sencha and matcha tea, and comes in boxes of over 200 tea bags. I buy it every time I go to CostCo.
The package of the tea is very alluring, …

I’ve always loved the Cadbury brand of chocolate, so when I noticed Cadbury also made ice cream I was curious to see whether or not it was as good as their chocolate products. The Cadbury Ice Cream was labelled as “Creamy Vanilla” which I thought sounded very …

It used to be that buying and eating rice cakes was like buying and eating flaked up and pressed together cardboard, to be brutally honest. But now that there are new flavours and slightly better textures, it’s actually a convenient and edible snack. Okay, so it always was edible, …

Now may not be the best time for a peanut butter review. It seems like every day there’s yet another recall for some product made of peanut butter or peanut butter paste. That said, the big brands haven’t been involved with the recall, though I suspect their …

Good Flow Austin’s Own Good flow Honey Green Tea, by the brand Texas Tea, is a beverage I had the opportunity to try one busy afternoon. I was in the mood for something other than water and for something that wasn’t carbonated. So to say a bottle of tea …

During hot or summer season, almost all of us do crave for something cold. And the number one food when it comes to that is the ice creams. Magnolia has its own product of ice creams and popsicles. As for me, my favorite is none other that Twin popsies. …

I’ve only come across this brand of pudding at ALDI, but don’t feel too bad if you don’t have an ALDI near you and are unable to purchase this pudding because it’s a little below average as far as pre-made pudding snacks go. For just eighty-nine cents, these pudding …

I’ve always enjoyed a good refreshing orange soda, and Orange Crush is just that. Orange soda at its best. And I know this because I had the privilege of trying this soda when I first noticed it stocked in the soda machine at my work. I’m …

These mini pretzels aren’t bad really, but I have on a couple of occasions found myself with a stale bag even though the expiration date hasn’t yet arrived or is anywhere near to arriving. In those instances though I just return the pretzels to the Dollar Tree and they …

On a recent trip to Big Lots I purchased some Jones Sugar Free Green Apple Soda.It was priced at 3.00 for a twelve pack which is a very reasonable price for this soda which is kind of a gourmet brand. It is usually sold at World Market and Target.
This …

Krusteaz Bakery Style Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix is a cookie mix that I am really pretty pleased with. I have found that the chocolate chip cookies that originate from this mix come quite chewy and the flavor is really very scrumptious! The chocolate chunks literally are chunks and what …

Synopsis: A box of toaster pastries offered at select grocery store as a cheaper alternative to the more popular Pop Tart brand. I purchased a box of 8 pastries (four packages of 2) for $1.75.
What I liked about this brand: Well, you can’t argue with the price. When I …

Gano excel - the healthy coffee. I was suckered into this pyramid scheme a few years back. It start at over $300 to buy in now they have had a puppy pack almost as long for under $100. Either way it is no where near as successfull as …

The Blue Horizon Natural Red Pepper Pasta Twists comes in a thirty-two ounce bag for just under four dollars. It’s a slightly expensive pasta meal that’s sold in the refrigerated case at ALDI Food Market stores. It’s slightly expensive in my opinion because I can buy almost double the …

This product is a cheaper verson of Red Bull. I used to buy Red Bull all the time when it just came to the market but it was so expensive so I would actually but it for special occasions only. Now there are so many cheaper versions of it …

I really like peanuts as a savoury snack, and have done for a number of years now. They’re less messy than eating a pastry product such as a sausage roll, they don’t melt as many sweet snacks (such as chocolate bars) do and they’re very convenient to carry around. …

DIet pepsi max reminds me of pepsi edge it has that extra jolt. I stay up all night very often and love having a diet drink I actually like the taste of that can keep me up. I read today that the reason for the jolt is it has …

The Season’s Choice Parmesan, Garlic and Olive Oil Potato Wedges come in a sixteen ounce bag and retail for one dollar and forty-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. These potato wedges along with the Season’s Choice Rosemary, Garlic and Olive Oil Potato Wedges are quite enjoyable to have …

If you are not familiar with Hamburger Helper, it is basically a line of skillet dinner mixes produced by Betty Crocker. Recently, I have been trying a variety of Hamburger Helper flavors because I have been trying to keep my food expenses down …

As a barista, I am always out and about looking to expand my taste horizons when it comes to coffee and espresso in general. After all, how can I expect to recommend different products to customers if I haven’t sampled everything on the market? This product; however, fell into …

Cold Stone Creamery in my opinion beats Baskin Robbins or any store-bought variety of ice cream any day. I first discovered it six years ago when I heard people at my camp talking about it. When there was an outing to go see …

I’ve been watching my weight lately and so I’ve been trying a LOT of the different “diet dinners” in the frozen food section. One of the more tasty dinners I’ve found is the Lean Cuisine Alfredo Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli.
Getting a frozen alfredo type dish …

Roli’s Napoleones really is a wonderful pastry. This is a local pastry that was only available in Bacolod, a province in the Philippines. Napoleones is a small square-sized layered pull pastry that has a sugar glaze on top of it filled with a custard cream in its center. This …

Boulder Canyon All Natural Malt Vinegar & Sea Salt are really not healthy - but then again, we are talking about potato chips here, and even the “healthiest” potato chip is by no means healthy or recommended for consumption more than once or twice a week. The reason is …

Today my husband and I ordered out pizza online for dinner and had it delivered. We got a large pizza with hand tossed crust, pepperoni, ham, pineapple, banana peppers and mozzarella cheese.
To order online you must first go to Dominos.com, of course. On the top you will find …

Minute maid pulpy orange juice has been a comparatively new entry in a market already exploding with beverages, fruit juices, aerated drinks etc. I was looking for a refreshing drink which had no fizz in it; thats when I came across Pulpy Orange. It was featured in the new …

Everyone I know will tell you that I am a junk food junkie. If there is sugar in it I will eat it! I can tell you what cupcakes taste the best, icecream,candy etc…Even at the local supermarket bakery I can tell you which cake is the best. So …

Baileys is definitely my drink of choice and I love the majority of new flavours which are available now. I have recently however sampled the Biscotti flavour and must say I’m not completely impressed with it, the flavour seeming extremely harsh compared to other Baileys and spoiling the …

I recently purchased a bag of cheez-it crisps becuse I had a coupon. the whole bag cost me about $.80 rather than the usual $2, so I thought they would be worth a try. Whattheyare, are the taste of cheez-itcrackers in a much thinner chip like cracker. I actually …

I have always loved the Tempura chips by Regent Company; I have made a good review about those specific chips already. I am here to comment and make a review about a new “Tempura” flavored chips locally produced by the company that gave us the all famous kiddie milk …

Everyone these days is trying to save money any way they can. Our family is certainly no exception. We have found that we tend to stay in our grocery store budget more when we purchase off brand foods, also known as generic products. We have found that different lines …

Pillsbury Grands Frozen Biscuits are delicious and quite large, too! I have three with my dinner once a week and boy do they ever add the meal! I alternate between these three varieties: Buttermilk, Butter Tastin’ and Flaky Layers. The Buttermilk Grands are so soft and flavorful, the Butter …

Ice Cream is one of those indulgences that I could probably live on. Unfortunately I seriously doubt it would be a nutritionally sound idea. With that being said, when I saw the container of Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Fat Free Brownie Sundae ice cream in the freezer case …

I wanted to pick up something cheap for lunch today and, after looking around, decided to spend 80 cents on a can of beef ravioli from the brand Great Value.
Since it was a cheaper brand, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot in terms of quality. But, it ended up …

I don’t particularly care for mangos, but oddly enough, I do care for this mango sorbet. I guess it has to do with the sorbet being at a frosty temperature and the texture of the treat being really similar to sherbet and Italian Ice. The flavor of a mango …

I like chocolate very much but not too sweet ones. I prefer milk chocolate with wafer or with rice because they make chocolate less sweet. Tortica is little cake made of wafer and chocolate. I always ate it when I was a kid. I like Kras products very much. …

Sometimes the ice cream truck passes by, and when we see it we almost never buy ice cream either because we don’t have the money, or I’m on another one of my diets or trying to cut down on the amount of dairy I’m eating. Well, this evening my …

Oddly, as a child I really didn’t like Lays Barbecue Flavor Potato Chips. It wasn’t the Lays brand, but the barbecue taste didn’t appeal to me. We had it alot because my sister preferred it over the classic chips. However, as did some other foods, the …

I decided to try this “All Natural Asian Cuisine” Soup only partially because of the meal it provides. It came in its own microwave bowl, and I thought it might be reusable enough to microwave my customary bowl of morning oatmeal. When I spotted it in the grocery section …

Wendy’s - Grilled Chicken Go Wrap is a wrap that I tried once to see if perhaps I would like it enough to alternate between this wrap and the Homestyle Chicken Wrap, since this wrap is a little healthier than the Homestyle wrap, but I just did not care …

A friend gave me a couple of coupons for Hot Pockets’ newest addition to the frozen food family: Chicken Bruschetta Panini Hot Pockets. I was at first excited to try this newfound fare. But shortly after heating it in the microwaveable tray, I was …

This delicious satisfying dish is sadly only offered during the summer months. But when it’s available, I made a mad dash for the door. There are a number of things that’s appealing about this dish. First, the price is very affordable for what you get. …

This is a snack that doesn’t deliver essential vitamins or nutrients to the body, but it’s a snack that won’t do much damage at all to the body, either, since there’s no fat of any type and no cholesterol either. It’s also a simple snack. It’s both sweet as …

Leslie’s Products have been popular in the country now for quite sometime. I remember still enjoying a pack of clover chips at school, or even at home watching tv. Their flavor is unique and they even made smaller packs of chips sold only at one(1)peso per pack! Yes, this …

I was hungry while shopping today, and didn’t realise how hard it was going to be to find a lower fat and calorie lunch meal to sustain me until dinner. However, I remembered seeing an advertisement about McDonalds’ new Lean Beef Burger, which only has 8 grams of …

Stouffer’s Chicken Asiago is a pretty tasty sandwich that I enjoy having for lunch. What makes it tasty? Well, for one, the grilled chicken is quite enjoyable. It is very tender and it has a good flavor to it. Then, there are sun dried tomatoes on top of the …

When my daughter turned six months I started to give her solid foods which are appropriate for her age. One time I was in the supermarket searching for a good starter food for her one of my friends told me that she started with Cerelac Rice, Banana and Soya. …

I made a package of potato and onion pierogies from Kasia’s last night and was extremely disappointed by this product.
I had bought them expecting them to be convenient to make (they advertised themselves as heat and serve). Instead, I had to wait for them to thaw first. I was …