Food Reviews
Cupcakes
Who doesn’t like cupcakes? They are the best treat for any occasion. You can make 24 delicious cupcakes for roughly two dollars. That may not sound right but it is. You can buy a box cake mix and frosting for around a dollar each from just about any grocery …
Mrs. Freshley’s Cherry Pie
Like the berry pie, Mrs. Freshley’s Cherry Pie is quite delicious on the inside but pretty poor when it comes to the bland and dry crust. The cherry filling is really very satisfying and rich, plus it has an authentic taste to it, which is something that is certainly …
Carl Jr.’s Grilled Cheese Bacon Six Dollar Burger
I’ve found a new fast food item to love, and I have Carl Jr.’s to thank for it. The product is called the Grilled Cheese Bacon Six Dollar Burger. I’ve purchased this food item a few times since it appeared on their menu earlier this year, and …
McDonald Hot Fudge Sundae
McDonald Hot Fudge Sundae is one of the Sundaes that I really like to buy. My boyfriend also wants McDonald Hot Fudge Sundae. In fact, every time we are in the mall and there is a McDonald Branch there, we buy McDonald Hot Fudge Sundae because we like the …
Grimway Farms Cut & peeled Baby Carrots
Grimway Farms Cut & peeled Baby Carrots are little snack size carrots, that come prepackaged in plastic bags. They sell them in larg bags medium bags and even small almost individual type bags.
When I go to buy carrots now I always look for Grimway Farms Cut & peeled Baby …
Marlboro Smooth 100s
Since they decided to discontinue my favorite brand of cigarettes, I’ve been on a hunt to find something to replace them. Recently a woman at my local gas station recommend I try the Marlboro Smooth 100’s. She said that she started smoking them years ago before switching to Camel, …
Ham and Cheese Sandwich from Target’s Lunch Counter
The other day I stopped off at Target’s in-store lunch counter while running errands in the area. I had skipped breakfast that day so I was pretty hungry. In the past they had some decent sandwiches and on occasion I would buy one from them. Alas, those days are …
Perk chocolates
Hm.perk chocolates are my weakness. I just love the chocolates and in that perk chocolates are my favourite. The chocolates are very lite to eat because it has a fine crispy wafer in it and outside the thick chocolate is covered. Whenever I am outside and …
Nestle Fruit Selection Yogurt - Berry Mix Medley
I am truly in the yogurt craze right now! I know that yogurt is good for my body because of its live microorganisms that are good bacteria, making sure that my colon is kept healthy from cancer causing cells. Also I know that yogurt is great because of its …
Rombauer Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
I don’t consider myself a professional when it comes to evaluating wine. However, I do live in California and I have I think been exposed wine tastings and enjoyed different wines over the last ten years. I do think my palette has developed in that time.
My boyfriend brought this …
Spice Club Sea Salt Grinder
This review is for a coarse sea salt seasoning in a container with a grinder from the company, Spice Club. This item is actually just like a regular container of seasoning, but it has a grinder on the end of it instead of just holes to shake it out …
Drumstick Original Vanilla Ice Cream Cones
When it comes to eating ice cream cones, going to a fancy ice cream shop is never as good as buying the Nestle Drumstick original vanilla ice cream cones. You get the nice toppings with no mess or the fuss.
The box I of Drumstick’s ice cream I purchased had …
Kurkure (Indian ready to eat snack)
Kureure is an Indian ready to eat snack which is very light to eat and very tasty. It is very spicy. Kurkure comes in many flavours, some of them are very spicy and some of them are normal, buy all the flavours are good. I just …
Nestle Nesvita Cereal Milk Drink
I am always in a hurry and most often than not cannot afford to have a decent breakfast. So I always rely on Nestle Nesvita Cereal Milk Drink. It has Original, Sweet Corn and Choco Malt flavors.
What I love with Nestle Nesvita Cereal Milk Drink is that it is …
Best Choice Canned French Style Green Beans
My family and I are always trying to find ways to save money on groceries because it is an easy way to shave money off of our budget. We have tried many generic brands, and one of our favorites is Best Choice. We recently tried the Best Choice Canned …
Fit & Active Reduced Sugar Fruits of the Forest Spread
I like this spread because it offers a blend of fruits, not just one. It’s not that easy surprisingly to find a spread that contains multiple fruits, but this one does, and I’m happy with it. In it, there’s supposed to be raspberries, cherries, black raspberries and red berries. …
Kikoman Tempura and Noodle Sauce
I actually love to cook and experiment on new foods. It excites me so much whenever I find a new ingredient I could use for my recipe. One day, while were eating out at a Japanese restaurant, the mixed tempura we ordered was really fine but what caught my …
Selecta Vanilla Almond Ice Cream
My partner and I had a recent fight and to appease my anger, he bought me ice cream. I thought it was the new flavor that I have been telling him, but to my dismay it is not. Though the package was labeled Gold, still I wasn’t much impressed.
The …
Best Choice Plain Yogurt
Our family often purchases plain yogurt for use in smoothies or to use as a topper on certain desserts. I recently decided to try a cheaper version of plain yogurt because we are trying very hard to lower our grocery bill. I bought the Best Choice Plain …
Kroger - Blueberry Pie
The blueberry pies sold at and only at Kroger in the bakery section are most definitely delicious in a number of wonderful ways! I do not have a single complaint about this pie, aside from the minor complaint regarding the size of the pie and the accompanying not so …
Dole Cavendish Bananas
Everyone’s been trying to be healthy nowadays, as much as we do want too, the things presented to us everyday are just junk foods, and anything close to what people can call food. Well, I am really happy seeing new stuffs come around the market, and the idea of …
Isola Gourmet Orange Preserves
Isola Gourmet Orange Preserves is such a delectable, yummy way to satisfy a sweet tooth craving…you have got to try them! This is one product that once you try it, you will never be able to eat orange preserves any other way or by any other brand. My family …
Special K cereal
The other day me and my mom went to the grocery store to grab some food for the house. My mom found a buy one get one free on kellogs brand cereals. We decided to go with something new called special k. Special k is a cereal with …
Harvey’s Bristol Cream Sherry
The Spanish have a thriving wine industry which produces some of the better-known brands in the world. The Cava brand could be argued to be the —˜poor man’s champagne’ by some, but it must be said that many of the Spanish Cavas are actually nicer than the Champagne they …
Elvan Maestro Hazelnut Chocolate Bar
Elvan chocolate is new to my taste buds. It is a compound chocolate with Hazelnut Cream. It is an Arabian chocolate and I have nothing against the manufacturer but I can really say that Hershey’s are far better based on my previous review.
To start with, Elvan chocolate is composed …
Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Seasoned Crinkles
Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Seasoned Crinkles are delicious frozen french fries that I just never grow tired of. They are so crispy and tasty that they are superior to most of the fries sold in restaurants and fast foods, in my opinion. And the seasoning on these fries! Wow! Who …
Freybe Turkey and Chicken Sausage Sundried Tomato
My experience with most low fat or low calorie alternatives to the full-fat item is that the taste is just not worth the health benefits-I would rather enjoy the taste, and just try to workout longer the next day. I enjoy food, and I would rather not eat at all …
Caribou Coffee Peach Black Signature Iced Tea
I think the ripe fruity flavor of peaches is great when combined with rich black tea. I tried this tea at my local Caribou Coffee out of a desire to find out how well they would mix these flavors together.
I think really well-made, simple black tea is a wonderful …
Maggie noodles and soup
I often make maggie noodles at home. It just takes few minutes to prepare the dish. They also provide tastemaker along with the noodles. This is very handy for all moms and most of the children would love to eat maggie noodles. All we need to do is boil …
Brown Brothers 2007 Dolcetto & Syrah
This is a lovely red wine, it is full of summer berry flavours and is quite a sweet wine. I first tasted this wine at room temperature but was told that it was also nice chilled. The second time I tasted it was chilled and it …
Denny’s Country-Fried Steak & Eggs
When my boyfriend and I were in Los Angeles to view an art exhibit, we decided to stop at Denny’s for a cheap breakfast. We decided to share the Country-Fried Steak & Eggs because it sounded like too much food for one person —“ two steaks with gravy, …
KC Candy Dinner Mint
When I first saw the KC Candy Dinner Mint, I had mistaken it for a particular mint my aunt used to bring from abroad when I was little, that had chocolate in the middle. At the time I hated mints with a passion, and the one with chocolate inside …
Nestle Nesvita Cereal Milk Drink
I have always subscribed to the health advice that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I always make sure that I eat enough and get the right kind of nutrients I need to get through the day. I can feel the effects of skipping breakfast by …
Blue Bunny Cookies ‘N Cream Ice Cream Sandwich
Blue Bunny Cookies ‘N Cream Ice Cream Sandwich turned out to be quite a disappointing ice cream sandwich. What made the sandwich so disappointing? Well, there seemed to be very little flavor to enjoy here. For example, neither the vanilla nor the chocolate flavors did very much for my …
Payless Pancit Shanghai (Oriental Chicken Flavor)
I’ve been looking for some other alternative to the instant noodle packs I’m used to buying for emergency food. What used to cost Php5 per pack of instant noodles is now more than Php8. It’s not that much really but if you’re trying to live on a budget, …
Sun Maid Mediterranean Apricots
These apricot bites are really tasty to have either as a snack in say the afternoon or as a way to add some sweet and tangy taste to a salad. They are indeed both sweet and tangy, a scrumptious combination that offers a richness that can never be ignored …
Count Chocula Energy Drink
Fans of Generation pop culture and trivia will get a huge kick out of the inclusion of the Count Chocula brand into the world of energy drinks. Yes, it was only a short time ago that the great Count (along with Boo Berry and Franken Berry) was a …
Swiss Miss Cocoa (no sugar added)
Before I go to work and jump right to business for the day, I normally go to Starbucks to have my regular caffeine boost to pump me with much needed energy for a very demanding workload.
Today, though, I tried something quite different. Instead of my usual routine, I …
Selecta Buco Salad Ice Cream Stick
After an afternoon lunch in a local restaurant, I found my self wanting and eager to taste Selecta Buco Salad Ice Cream on a Stick. I feel like nourishing the child within me as I feel like a kid again excited to eat ice cream or licking a lollipop.
I …
Batchelors Super Noodles
I have enjoyed Batchelors Super Noodles since I was a kid, although I am convinced there is probably not much nutritional value to them. The other thing about them is that they are not very filling and I am sure to be hungry again an hour after having …
Best Choice Minced Garlic Cloves
Since my husband unfortunately lost his job last year, our family was forced to seriously reconsider how much we spend each week at the grocery store. One area where we found it was easy to save money was buying purchasing generic products in place of higher priced name brand …
Eatons Original Jamaican Jerk Tomato Ketchup
When I saw the unopened bottle of Eaton’s Original Jamaican Jerk Tomato Ketchup in the pantry at home, I was very eager to try it since I had never tried jerk tomato ketchup, and the ketchup sounded like it would have an interesting taste. Well, sad to say when …
Coburn Farms Instant Chocolate Drink Mix
Our daughter, like most children, has discovered she loves chocolate milk. And, even though we do try to keep it limited, we have no problem giving this to her if it means she’s getting the calcium she needs to grow.
After buying expensive brand names for a few months, we …
Hormel Homestyle Turkey Meat Loaf and Tomato Sauce
I love turkey, but when I say that, I usually mean Butterball turkey or deli turkey slices. I don’t like turkey hot dogs or turkey anything else as a rule. On a whim, though, I saw Hormel Homestyle Turkey Meat Loaf and Tomato Sauce at the store …
Ferrero Rocher chocolate
I’m sure a lot of people have seen the Ferrero Rocher commercials, you know the one where the gods drop their precious chocolates down to Earth, yeah that one. Before that commercial I had already been a big fan of Ferrero Rocher. I had never tried any of their …
Drinking Aalborg Akvavit
Most of the spirits that people consume in the leading countries of the west are mixers of one sort or another. I’m thinking of the likes of gin (& tonic), vodka (& anything) and all that sort of thing. Drinks that are designed to be mixed with soft drinks …
Del Monte Quality Fresh Cut Whole Kernel Corn
When I bought this brand of tinned corn, I was actually thinking of adding it to the dinner so the food could be more plentiful, but in the end I ended up using it at a later date. When I used it I remember being fairly satisfied with the …
Del Monte Red Grapefruit
As the name indicates, this is canned red grapefruit and nothing else. I bought it after trying (and liking) Del Monte’s Citrus Salad, where red grapefruit was one of three citrus ingredients. I enjoyed it there, so I bought this variety. Since I already knew what to expect, there …
M.Y San Sky Flakes
Since I was a kid, my mom is telling me to always eat on time. She never miss to bring me my packed lunch from my first day in school, when I was working in the city and now that I am already a full time self-employed individual. Mom …
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