Since shopping at our new Super-Wal-Mart I have been trying out their generic brand of products, called “Great Value”. I’ve found great grocery savings at Super-Wal-Mart, and if I can substitute a product I usually buy with one of their Great Value products, the savings is even greater. I …

Cream cheese is one of those things that can be used in a variety of different pastry recipes as well as serve as a simple topping spread. It’s very popular around the holidays because of how common an ingredient it is in recipes. I know that my family stocks …

On a recent trip to my local mega-store, I came upon Hot2Go Coffee Lattes, made by Copper Mountain. Priced at less than $1.50 each, I decided to grab a few.
The packaging is very convenient, allowing you to heat up a latte that you can take anywhere with you …

In the Philippines, it is a popular practice to bring home a souvenir to your family and friends whenever you leave home and travel locally called a pasalubong. The more popular pasalubong are foods that are made locally. Each region has a specialty and if you are ever in …

These little mallow teacakes make a nice sweet snack and for an incredibly cheap price. These are from the ‘Tesco Value’ range which can be a bit hit and miss when it comes to quality, but these tea cakes are a definite hit, and for only 39 pence …

Whenever I am caught in the middle of nowhere and have no water or any drinks with me, I would only have one thing in mind: buy a bottle of Absolute Distilled Drinking water. It is an honest testimony, I know there is other distilled water like the more …

When I first became a vegetarian I was slightly unsure as to what I really wanted to be eating, but I was recommended Morning Star products by various of my friends so I decided to try them out, and they turned out to work …

When it comes to takeaways, sometimes the old student comes out in me. Let’s be honest, there are some that you would rarely use unless you had not been out of the town or had a few drinks at home first.
There is one in Bedford that does appeal to …

I’ve always been a fan of Nabisco Fig Newtons cookies, so when I spotted a package of Nabisco Strawberry Newtons Fruit Chewy Cookies on the grocery store shelves, I knew I had to try them. I purchased a 12 oz package of Strawberry Newtons and took them home to …

Betty Crocker - Cookie Brownie Bars offer an interesting combination creation that I think works fairly well. What this combination creation is it is like a cookie and brownie all rolled into one. Like with a chocolate chip cookie, there is the chocolate, and then there is the dough. …

One late afternoon right after coming out of the office, I dropped by a nearby supermarket and scouted for food that my kids could bring to school. This task is one that I like doing because I get to choose good food for my little ones. It is also …

My coworker and I were trying to find a delicious sandwich restaurant for a lunch run. Another coworker mentioned that Jimmy Johns is a good place to eat, so we decided to try Jimmy Johns for lunch.
Jimmy Johns is a cute little sandwich …

We have started to buy malt o meal cereal because of the price of cereal. It is about $5.00 a box of cereal now and I for one am not going to pay that. All you get is a small box of cereal that last maybe a couple of …

These frozen shredded hash browns are pretty decent, although not truly delicious or anything like that. The bag is twenty-six ounces, so there’s quite a lot of shredded hash browns in a bag. Being made out of potatoes, hash browns really don’t have much flavor alone, regardless of whether …

Every so often, it’s nice to pop a tic tac into my mouth, either because I like the flavor of a refreshing mint or because there is a taste in my mouth that I want to do away with. With it being the Christmas season right now, there are …

I was a bit surprised by Werther’s Original Caramel Chocolate Milk, but I think that was probably my own fault. I was in a hurry when I saw a package of these on sale at the grocery store and just gave it a cursory look before tossing it …

Francisco Breads are another tasty option for great breads. It’s a product my family has enjoyed for a number of years. Like one of its biggest competitors, Colombo, it’s never let us down. It’s been fresh, delicious, and great tasting every single time.
What is unique about …

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 …

For quite a while now, Pizza Hut has made available a terrific deal which they call Tuscani Tuesdays. I’ve taken advantage of this deal a few times now, including the day on which I’m writing this review.
On Tuscani Tuesdays, customers can purchase two of their pastas for $10. …

I first tasted Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey Chipotle Barbecue sauce at my grandparents’ house. It was sent to my grandparents by my aunt from the United States. It tasted so good that I asked her to buy one for me too.
This sauce is one of …

Vitaminka Portokal is actually chocolate candies with orange kernel. I bought them the other day at a very cheap store called Getro. There you can find very cheap stuff but mostly it doesn’t taste very good so I prefer buying things I’ve already tried there but you have to …

When I was a kid I usually look forward to meals in the afternoon or what we call in the Philippines “merienda” because my mom made such good food. Sometimes I get to eat chocolate rice porridge or what we call “champorado” and I always liked it that I …

I love Post and it has always been a part of my daily routine to eat Post brand of cereals. I love the Post Honey Bunch of Oats with Strawberries! I bought a double-bag box for about Php 450. The caloric count is about 150 calories per serving with …

Ah cream cheese, without this delight of a product what would we or I..make homemade cheesecake from when I get in the mood for those fancy flavours I just never find in the supermarkets or bakeries. I like to have cream cheese in other forms as well and I …

Preparing food is not an easy job because it needs time and skill, for people on the go like me, I’m too busy to prepare foods so I try different instant foods that will satisfy me. I already tried cereals, oatmeal, bread and spread and instant noodles, and as …

This assortment pack is nice because it gives a variety of cereals like Raisin Bran Crunch, Froot Loops and Apple Jacks and a good helping of each, too! I am able to enjoy a wide variety of healthy and not so healthy cereal and I am able to find …

This rice cake is one of my favorite foods I love to take with me in my nappy bag for my toddler’s snack food which I am also grateful enough since he also loves eating it. One good thing about it is that my baby also loves so …

My favorite drink is tea and it is very popular in many countries of the world. There are several brands but the best one I found is Lipton tea. They have all kinds of tea : camille, green tea, lemon, fennol tea, camomile tea and many others.
I like green …

I used to think that no instant mashed potatoes can compare with the real, homemade stuff, time-consuming as it is to make it from scratch. My family thought so as well, and homemade mashed potatoes have always been a special and appreciated treat in our house. That was until …

I am not so fond of coffee but I drink at least twice in the morning to keep me awake. I usually bought instant coffee so I can prepare it quickly. I used milk and sugar for my coffee and sometimes putting all these is such a hassle specially …

I received a sample of Kashi cereal and I thought it was going be really good. Instead it was extremely crunchy and too hard. It was almost too hard to even eat and enjoy. I didn’t even eat the entire bowl of cereal and that is not like me. …

Weight Watchers SmartOnes Meals are microwavable products found in the frozen food section of popular grocery stores. Essentially, thanks to the name, any browser in the store can deduce that these products are meals– not snacks– meant for weight loss and weight management.
I give this product an 8 out …

Great stuff! I got my first regular Mint plant about a month and a half ago, bought it from Lowes garden center for around three bucks and fifty cents. I transplanted it immediately and it exploded with new growth the next day. Incredibly easy to grow and care for, …

Last night I ate a really good Nestle Crunch candy bar. I must say that the Crunch bat is pretty good. But I will tell you about the taste and quality of this candy bar now. The Nestle Crunch Candy Bar tastes pretty good yet it has kind of …

When I go the O’Charley’s, I normally gravitate towards getting one of their burgers, which is a good buy for about $6 to $8. However, on one particular visit, I decided to try something less-greasy. Under their sandwich menu, there is only item that seem somewhat like …

The best memory from my former employment at Taco Bell was eating the grilled steak soft tacos. Before working there, I had been the safe Taco Bell eater: Soft taco supremes and that’s it. Before I left Taco Bell, I decided to gamble with my stomach and try the …

My husband is a big fan of Priya pickles. There are many kind of pickles in priya pickles, such as it is made of raw mango, tender whole mango pickle, mixed vegetable pickle, lemon pickles and many more, it is not possible for me to mention all of …

If a person is looking for an easy way to incorporate more fiber into his or her diet, then the General Mills Fiber One Chewy Bars Oats and Chocolate may be worth looking into. One daily serving and a person will take in a whopping thirty-five percent of his …

I love to drink sprite because in my opinion it is one of the best drinks and it goes along side almost anything. I love Sprite and I have been drinking it for years. One of the main reasons that I love Sprite is because I know …

Growing up, all I knew was tap water. It stayed that way until just ten or fifteen years ago. I’m not sure why I suddenly decided to try water that I had to buy, but I’m sure there was a catalyst that I’ve forgotten.
After some experimenting, I …

I grew up in Texas, so I know how famous it is for its barbecue! I went to a friend’s house for a cookout a couple of weeks ago. I got some of this sauce on the way over there and my boyfriend had this great idea for a …

I like Rice Krispies cereal, but I love Frosted Rice Krispies cereal! I find this cereal to be positively delicious, but unfortunately, the reason this cereal is so good is also the reason why a person should avoid it, or at least, only have it once and awhile. This …

I just bought the new product of KFC at their Trinoma Branch, I have been eyeing on this for quite sometime already every since I saw this in a poster in ther Makati Branch. Well, This new product claims to be toasted, cheesy and of course delicious. I must …

I’ve always enjoyed Cheetos and whenever I have the case of the munchies, it never fails to satisfy me. I also have this thing for Jalapeno peppers and when I discovered Cheetos Cheddar Jalapeno at the local grocery, I couldn’t wait to try it out!
I’ve always loved Cheetos …

I usually eat margarine in the morning with toast or with marmalade and even with Nutella. I like the way it gives lighter taste to everything.
This margarine comes in 500g containers, the container is yellow with dark blue letters Margo nova on it, under that it is written wuth …

I once tried a box of tea bags to make my iced tea and I am here to tell you that there is definitely a big difference in the taste of different tea bags. I can often get away with getting the cheaper brands at the grocery store because …

I applied for an introductory sample of this Taylors Lazy Sunday Ground Coffee as I love trying new brands and, as I say in all my coffee reviews, I am a coffee fiend and cannot get enough of the stuff. They generously sent me enough for an eight-cup …

Drinking daily juice is one of my habits because it is a good source of vitamin C. Orange juice is the most common orange juice flavor and it has variations as well. Some are sourced from western oranges and some are from mandarin orange. Ponkana is from mandarin orange. It …

I tried this the other day and surprisingly it was really good. I didn’t expect it to be that good. You pour the cake mix into a bowl that they give you, then you put a little bit of water in it and you squeeze some of the fudge …