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 …

I love craisins!! Otherwise know as dried cranberries there name is so cute as it implies dried cranberry raisins. I use them almost every day. I put them in my salads, I mix them in with nuts and other dried fruit for kids/hubby’s lunch snacks and I put some …

I have been reading a lot about the benefits of dark chocolate specifically that it can lower bad cholesterol and lower blood pressure and so I decided to make it a point that at least I can eat not more than 100 grams a day. I went to the …

I like to always keep some chewing gum or mints on me as I am a smoker and sometimes I need to try to disguise the fact that I have just had a sneaky one. Lately I have been into this Trebor Extra Strong Gum which really does …

I love Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn and it’s my most favorite brand of microwavable Popcorn. I have tried several other brands of popcorn but I have not been able to find any other with a better taste. Orville Redenbacher’s is sold in several different box sizes but I …

Trader Giotto’s Fusilli Pasta with Tomato Basil Sauce comes in a five point one ounce package for two dollars and fifty cents. This is not something that can just be removed from the package and tossed in the microwave. Before it can be heated, water as well as a …

The Cloverhill Bakery - Jumbo Chocolate Honey Bun is not something that I will be purchasing again. It really was not something that I found to be satisfying in any sense of the word. I much, much prefer the non-chocolate version of this honey bun because the chocolate variety …

We ususally buy another brand of chicken frankfurters since the other brand is cheaper, but this month my father decided to buy the Reggae Jammin chicken frankfurters instead. I’m not even sure how much it costs either, but after hearing much praises from my father about how good the …

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 …

I was in the mood for some apple juice this morning. Since I don’t have a way to refrigerate something like that at work, I had to buy juice boxes.
I hate buying most brands because they are always geared toward kids and you don’t get enough juice for your …

Kitiyama Restaurant is an upscale restaurant in Newport Beach, California. It is located on the border of Costa Mesa around the John Wayne airport area. The restaurant is traditional Japanese. Although is is considered upscale, I consider it dressy casual and very intimate once you are seated. As …

We got this when my husband went to Wal-Mart to get me pepper after work. All that I wanted was some ground black pepper for our dinner, but he came home with this McCormick Black Peppercorn Grinder because he knows that I like peppercorn grinders. It is very nice …

Branded as ‘New!’ at the top left of the package, this little bag of sweets called out to me. Being an avid lover of the Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme chocolate bars, I felt that anything with, well, cookies and cream, couldn’t go wrong. So I bought it.
On the package …

Del Monte has this product called the Instant Marinade. I have tried using the two varieties, barbecue and tapa and I can say that I am satisfied with these products. Del Monte is a world famous name in the food industry and you will not be disappointed with the …

Dieting to be in my fittest self is definitely not an easy thing to do, especially when temptations abound.
So, as a first step to a fitter me, I chose to gradually change my eating habits and tried to be more selective of what I’m eating. In line with this, …

I wanted to use my garden vegetables for a pizza last weekend and, as a result of that, ended up running to the local grocery store in search of some pizza crust.
Since my daughters don’t really like pizza with toppings, the plan was to buy two crusts, one for …

I purchased these steak fries once, but I won’t be coming back for seconds. The problems I had with these steak fries resulted in me not caring too much for them. For one thing, I had to be careful to either make all big fries or all small fries …

My daughter is three and a half years old and currently on Gain IQFormula milk for 3 year and above. I do always try to make her have a variety of healthy foods but ever since she started going to the Child Care her food habits have …

When we go to meet our friends and family we gift something to all of them. Lets don’t talk about adult gifts but when it comes to child first thing comes in mind to gift them is chocolates. From child to adults everyone loves chocolates. Well from childhood I …

Iv never been a big chocolate eater, although I do love chocolate and I like the occasional treat. I usually buy cadburys but just a while back when I was out shopping I decided to try a bar of Lindt Excellence milk.
It had always caught my eye while …

I have always been fond of anything dairy —“ from milk to cheese to ice cream. Every dairy food that I indulge on is euphoria for me. It gives me that blissful experience of munching on something that’s creamy, luscious and flavorful. However, this delightful pleasure had to …

One day I worked too hard on my shift that I forgot to eat my lunch. I was working in a busy unit and I barely noticed that it was already almost the end of my shift and I still have not eaten at all. I was so tired …

Use this Fairprice Vegetable Oil if you want a healthier cooking and that I find that by using this oil lately, my diet has been more healthier and truly awesome for me.
My mom decides to use this vegetable oil because everyone wants a more healthy living and to eat food …

I like adding applesauce to my lunch or dinner occasionally because it tastes good and it’s not what I consider to be a “heavy” side, like, for example, beans or even certain kinds of vegetables. Applesauce is light, yet it’s not light on flavor, and that’s what I enjoy …

Ever since I attended my first parade candy apples have been my must have treat. My grandma and I would sit along the parade route enjoying our sticky heaven of red sugar coated on a nice red apple. I have always wanted to make them at home, I just never …

The first time I actually tasted a Sorrel tea was when I bought a box of Caribbean Dreams Sorrel Tea some years ago before I bought their Honey Ginger tea. I was a little eager to taste it since I never even knew before that, that the sorrel plant …

Café Steamers is an ingenious line of frozen food products developed by Healthy Choice. It has a unique product design that steams the food so that certain ingredients stay moist while other ingredients don’t dry out. I’ve tried some of the Café Steamers and was pretty satisfied. …

Recently, I’ve become really interested in bacon. Yeah, I know, it’s not the healthiest food item in the world, but I find it so tasty. Because of this, I decided to see if there were any items on the nearby Jack in the Box menu that had bacon, such …

Wise Cheese Doodle - cheese puff snacks are a corn puff snack which is covered in powered cheese. Wise is only available in the Eastern United States so many be unaware of these chips but they are very similar to Cheedos which sell for $3.50 but these are …

Springtree: Maple All Natural Syrup is a syrup that is really very rich and delicious, more so even than the syrups made by Log Cabin and Mrs. Butterworth’s, two of my favorites, but unfortunately, I find this syrup to be ridiculously priced and for only, get this, eight point …

Crush Soda: Grape, Strawberry and Orange
These are all great treats. The strawberry is my favorite but I love all three flavors. I am fairly certain that I have an addiction to these drinks ha ha. They are even good when they are not ice cold. I pack em in …

5 sugar free gum, Elixir flavor is a very wonderfully flavoured gum! It is fruity and delicious. It is in the traditional stick form, unlike the more popular tiny sticks seen in other gums. The packaging is very nice too. Sleek black package with a …

I remember when I first saw Smucker’s Magic Shell. They had not yet have a Caramel flavour, but that was to soon change and I was so delighted when I saw Smucker’s Caramel Magic Shell Topping sitting there on the shelf. I immeadiately grabbed one, I love caramel!
Smucker’s Caramel …

Most people I ever discussed these “topix” with, liked —“ or, in some cases, disliked - the original Twix because of its gooey caramel and crumbling biscuit filling. It was —“ still is - achingly sweet and it felt like it would take a week to brush it off the …

I had bought Newman’s Own Organics Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cups a while back. Not sure how long, but it was at least 5 months because I had moved since then and misplaced them. I had never before tasted them; this was the first and only time I …

Green Tea To Go is a great way to get more water into your diet. For those of you who cannot stand the taste of plain water and just can’t seem to get enough into your day, I would highly recommend trying the Green Tea To Go. They come …

When I was a weight-obsessed teenager, I would often have an Options hot chocolate drink, taking a couple to work to have instead of coffee. I can see why because they are only 33 calories per drink which is nothing. The Options instant hot chocolate drinks are …

When I go to grocery to buy some snacks, my eye always wander to where Pringles is place. Pringles look pleasing in red tube with different sizes. Those tube with different colors are with different flavors.
My favorite amongst the flavors of Pringles is of course the Original Flavor. …

We had discovered Ranch dressing with bacon by accident: my father-in-law had mistakenly bought a bottle of it instead of regular Ranch and gave it to us to try. Our family loved the rich taste with a touch of bacon flavor, we now buy only this kind of Ranch. …

I thought that I would try something differentfor snacking the last time I went to Walgreens. I noticed the can of Blue Diamond Almonds Wasabi and Soy flavored and decided to pick some up for my snacking pleasure.
Almonds are very good at raising the LDL or good cholesterol in …

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. …

Honey Bunches of Oats by Post is another fine cereal that is produced and distributed under the Post name. In my opinion this a wonderful breakfast cereal. I’ve been eating Honey Bunches of Oats for probably 15 to 20 years now and have enjoyed it thoroughly. Honey …

If you ever tried anything from Amy’s Kitchen brand you probably love them, or at least like them. They now make cakes. Add Amy’s knowledge of how to make yummy food with my favorite thing, dessert and it is dangerous.
Anyway it took forever to find anyone who sold their …

I’m on a mission to lose weight. It’s hard work. It takes dedication and it takes lots and lots of willpower. I don’t believe in depriving myself of every delicious morsel or tall frosty glass of pleasure that may not fit into a structured diet. After all, forbidden fruits …

A year or two ago, Stouffer’s introduced a series of frozen foods under the name of Corner Bistro. Initially, the Corner Bistro foods were paninis, sandwiches that gave consumers the grilled taste of their favorite sandwiches, only microwaved.
Stouffer’s Panini - Smoked Turkey Club is my favorite in the …

I think these are fab little snack bars from Tesco’s own range. I have tried several of their own brand confectionary that are direct rip-offs of well-known brands of chocolate bars, like Mars bar for instance. This one is a carbon-copy of a Snickers bar, although they …

I drink a lot of coffee and it has to be of good quality, but at the same time I am on a budget so I try and find brands that taste good and are inexpensive too. This Douwe Egberts Filter Coffee is a brand I regularly buy, …

This is my favorite bread’s brand; at least this one is so popular in my country. Not only because the bread is so soft and fluff, the taste is really delicious and vary. I started to know about this brand since I moved to live in such a bigger …

In almost all of my cooking I’ve always included putting a little bit of corn starch on it to make the dish that I prepare to have a little bit of sauce and not so sticky. I found out that Foo lung ching kee wheat starch is the …