Everyone has been raving about the goodness that Acai berries have. People have been saying that Acai berries have greater antioxidants than other fruits. It is difficult to find Acai berries here in the Philippines so when there was an opportunity for my aunt to send us a huge …

I liked to sometimes eat candy glazed popcorn. I have had the Archer Farms version of this product before. For those of you not familiar, Archer Farms is the brand that is sold by Target. Target has a wide variety of it’s Archer Farms products. I think these popcorn …

With the hot weather, Filipinos love to eat and enjoy iced drinks or treats. Well, worry no more because Jollibee offers a new set of “Ice Craze” treats. They are a combination of crushed ice, milk, sundae ice cream, and tropical fruits, and rice crispies. Their flavors include Ube …

Hershey’s - Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzels are mildly tasty, although really, they are no better than the Flipz Milk Chocolated Covered Pretzels or the Nabisco brand, but they also are no worse. Just like the other brands, these pretzels are covered in a mildly present milk chocolate layer that …

I was very pleasantly surprised with the the quality of these low priced waffles. Breakfast Best Homestyle Waffles are carried by ALDI Food Market stores for one dollar and twenty nine cents. For that price, ten waffles come in a box. That’s really quite a value, and what makes …

Sainsbury’s Eric & Friends Fruit Gums are basically kids’ sweets, but that doesn’t stop me from eating them sometimes! That goes double as they are really very inexpensive - a 75 gram pack costs just 39 pence, and the supermarket usually offers a “buy three for a pound” deal …

I love frozen yogurt and I need my fix at least once a week. I went to a trip to Hong Kong and surprisingly, yogurt isn’t everywhere unlike in Manila. When I saw the Yo Mama shop in Windsor House, Causeway Bay, I of course tried it …

I have recently discovered a delicious, healthy, and very quickly and easily cooked meal. It is called Green Giant Teriyaki Stir-Fry. For $3.12, you get a bag of frozen vegetable mix (broccoli, sweet snap peas, red peppers and water chestnuts) with a packet of teriyaki sauce inside. You will …

I wanted a Chinese meal, but was too tired to cook, so I bought Stouffers Thai Ginger Beef dinner in a 250gram box. As always I looked for the Heart & Stroke Health Check sign, and it was right there on the box! I always try and watch what …

I love to cook desserts. I like to create desserts even when it’s not the holidays. You will be surprised at how many good recipes call for vanilla extract. I’ve tried several brands of vanilla extract but none compare to McCormick Vanilla Extract.
When I take the …

My baby loves Pureen Baby Biscuits. Every time she sees me carrying the container of biscuits, she wails and I know she wants some.
Pureen Baby Biscuits are long and thin which makes it easy for babies to hold on to. My baby can’t eat herself yet, so I …

Today I decided to wait until after all my classes ended so I could have lunch at the fast food restaurant Tastee’s. This is because I have found eating lunch there to be much less expensive than buying lunch at the university.
At first, I decided that I could buy …

When I went to Nepal a few years back, I came to like their national drink of milk tea. I asked a tour guide how it was prepared, and after I was treated to a lengthy discussion, I concluded that I had no chance on making this one from …

I tried Campbell’s soup at hand, the tomato soup flavour, this evening for a dinner snack, as I was at work. I found it very easy to use, although the fact that you cannot microwave it with the little plastic lid is a bit annoying, as I was worried …

I have tried several OnCor frozen food products, and our family likes them all: Lasagna, Salisbury steaks, and now these “barbeque ribs.” They are not real ribs, of course, which is clearly stated on the box: they are pork patties, shaped in the form of ribs, but they taste …

The Top Raman noodles are the kind of noodles, which come with the tastemaker. I had seen the Top Raman noodles in my cousin’s house one day. She prepared the noodles of this brand once and served it to my husband and me. My husband and …

I love to have snacks on hand for when I am feeling munchy and one day I was introduced to Devon Oaties by a friend. i was reluctant to try it cause I like more chocolaty snacks or cookies/biscuits.
I still had one at it was definitely different but …

Updating an emergency kit is a bit fun, since I get to finally try out my near outdated emergency food stores. I opened up a package of Datex last night, and I seriously had pictures of the old 1940’s naval food rations, dry and tasteless. But I was so …

My wife and I were hungry for tacos this past weekend and decided to pick up a taco dinner kit when we were at the store.
We had quite a few brands to choose from so we ended up just picking the cheapest one. That happened to be a taco …

I picked up Pepperidge Farms Vegetables in Pastry Broccoli in Cheese Sauce, by chance at my local supermarket.
I was looking for something different and healthy to have for supper, and these two pastry-pockets seemed to fit the bill.
We don’t get a lot of Pepperidge Farm products in my small …

Although I find this Jell-o No Bake Desserts - Pumpkin variety to be enjoyable, much like the cheesecake no bake line, I prefer a fresh, homemade pumpkin pie because it is so much richer and more moist! This no bake dessert is alight, but it is a little on …

After being satisfied with Real Leaf’s Apple flavor, I became curious about their other varieties. This brand has only three flavors yet—-apple, lemon and lychee. They are limited compared to C2. They also do not have unflavored green tea which C2 has. This product is neatly packed and I appreciate …

Spaghetti and meatballs are one of my favourite foods but I have always had trouble settling on a favourite store-bought spaghetti sauce and have never attempted to make my own after seeing how long it needs to simmer when making from scratch. It is unfortunate that I don’t get …

Ever since I saw a television commercial for this spicy mayonnaise sauce I have been fantasizing about getting some and now I have tried it, it really is fantastic —“ it is so, so tasty. In the advert, they squirt it onto a tortilla wrap, add chicken pieces …

If you are looking for a tasty barbecue flavored potato chip, then you most definitely will not want to purchase the Kroger brand barbecue potato chips! These potato chips are certainly crispy, but they are definitely not flavorful. There is but a hint of barbecue flavor and when I …

I really like chocolate creams with bread and I usually buy Nutella but the problem is that Nutella is quite expensive so I avoid buying it. Today I went shopping and I saw a new milk and cocoa cream and the price was really great, just 1,09 Euro. There …

I tried this roll, bought from Tesco’s instore bakery section, and it is absolutely beautiful. I could never give up carbs as I love bread too much and I like trying out different kinds. In the instore bakery at Tesco you can just buy rolls individually so …

For a while, Aunt Jemima Scrambled Eggs and Sausage Breakfast was my favorite frozen breakfast meal, but then Jimmy Dean came along with some great morning frozen foods, and I have to give the nod to them.
Still, I continue to purchase some of the Aunt Jemima products off and …

I am not usually a big fan of puto (Filipino rice cake). However I have tried a lot of puto snacks from different bakeshops. Yes, I would eat them but it has certainly not become my favorite. One day when my husband craved for some rice cake, he insisted …

Whenever my family goes to the province they always bring back lots of snacks like mango tarts, sans rivals, egg tarts, and caramel tarts. My favorite provincial caramel tarts are the ones from Virgie’s from Bacolod City and they are very tasty and very affordable. They come in a …

In my home popcorn has always been a preferred snack. I love orville Redenbacher’s but wanted to try something different. I purchased the Pop Weaver brand popcorn with butter. I don’t know if the quality of this popcorn is just not up to par, or if it sat on …

The other day while I was shopping at the Dollar General, I walked down one of their grocery aisles and saw they had only two bags of egg noodles on their shelf. Thinking they must be good if all of the other bags were sold out, I put the …

I have tried many kinds of French fries from fast food joints, and I don’t think any can really compare to Checkers Bacon Cheddar Ranch French Fries. They are so tasty and cooked fresh right when ordered so that I can enjoy freshly cooked fries fully loaded with a …

I was wondering why my nieces have been quite crazy with Jack & Jill Magic Chips. At first I thought it was corn or potato chips like other Jack n Jill snacks. But I was wrong this Magic Chips snack is a biscuit cracker. As I tasted a …

My mom was in Life Grocery and spotted a bag of shirataki noodles and knew I would love these noodles. I am always enjoying new foods and ways to cook. I tried the noodles the same day my mom gave me the bag, and I instantly fell …

If you like Snickers and you like flapjacks, you will probably love this combination of the two as I do. There are five of these small, individually wrapped Snickers Flapjacks in a packet which costs about £1 and they are widely available in supermarkets and convenience stores. …

Taking a bite of the Marie Callender’s Chicken Pot Pie is like diving into a pool of culinary delights! The first time I tried this amazing concoction I couldn’t believe my taste buds. The creamy chicken based broth is sublime perfection, so smooth and rich while the …

The Market Pantry Fudge Brownie Mix is a store brand product carried exclusively at Target stores. One box of this brownie mix produces approximately twenty brownies and costs one dollar and fifty cents. Since it’s a store brand, the brownie mix costs less money than the Pillsbury, Duncan Hines, …

As a child, Trix cereal was one of my favorites. I loved it, probably as my second favorite as I think back on it now. It was a fun cereal to eat, and I loved all the flavors and colors. It was tasty and satisfying.
For several …

An awesome dessert that is in my love book of food favorites would be Millefeuille. This is a French dessert and the meaning in English is something like ‘A Thousand Leaves’ or something.
And if you go to any restaurants that are having some form of credibility to …

There comes a time when I have a craving for something crunchy and flavorful. I am self-professed crunchy snack fanatic and usually have something on hand that is satisfying and crunchy. In this case, I was able to grab a bag of Lays Cheesy Garlic Bread Flavored Potato Chips.
I …

Creamfields Sunflower Light Spread is not only cheap, but it is low in fat and calories and it also tastes pretty good considering it is not real butter. I would always prefer to have real butter for certain things, such as melted on a baked potato, but I …

This is the most awesome chocolate candy! We received a package of Guylian Twists Belgian Chocolate for Christmas, and the entire family’s enjoyed trying this marvelous candy. True to Belgian chocolate standards, decadent milk, dark and white chocolate swirls around a creamy hazelnut, praline filling. Guylian offers several flavors …

Royal Castle is a local fast food chain which sells the typical fries and fried chicken along with a variety of other dishes that usually accompany fried chicken. They even have rotisserie chicken there! Well, it has been the longest while since I last visited a Royal Castle outlet …

I am always looking for quick meals, as by the time I get done with work for the day it is already time to start dinner. So my theory is the quicker the preparation, the better. I decided to try these TGI Friday Skillets because you can make a …

I purchase this product regularly and my family enjoys it but several weeks ago we found something wrong with the quality control of an envelope of Maple & Brown Sugar instant Oatmeal (a piece of paper or something like a peanut skin inside the package) and I wrote to …

For the first time ever, I recently tried Nathan Dinner Beef Franks. I’ve seen them for years, but this was the first time I’d purchased them. These are definitely big franks, being one-quarter pound each. There’s only four in the regular package as a result, and …

I have recently started purchasing the packaged foods in the meat department. This one was pre cooked and I have been short on time at dinner so it looked like a good thing to try. This was on sale for $4.99 per package and I believe it …