Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight knows how hard that task can be. Between the constant parade of pizza office parties and the gleaming, delectable donuts in the break room, it’s hard for most people to resist “cheating” on their healthy diet. It’s even harder if you’re …

I came across this yogurt by chance when I was looking for some yogurt that I could take to classes with me. Usually yogurts come plastic glasses and they are not very practical to carry around. So a few days ago I came across Yoglu ACE Altecime probiotic yogurt, …

I am not a huge fan of pre-packaged pizza mixes, but in a hurry one night I decided to try Kraft Pizza Crust Mix with Cheese, Herbs and Tomato Sauce to make a pizza for guests and myself.
This small 450gram orange box cost only $2.99CDN, which I thought, was …

I love the Dutch Mill line of Yoghurt Drinks because they are my quick fix whenever I crave for frozen yoghurt but can’t get any. It’s also a healthier alternative to other drinks. I’ve tried the original flavor, the strawberry and the blueberry and love them all …

Hamburger Helper is a line of skillet dinner mixes from the Betty Crocker company. Hamburger Helper comes in a number of different flavors, all of which are based on the idea that you add the contents of the mix to a pound of …

I LOVE tea. I drink tea everyday. My whole family enjoys tea also. They mostly enjoy ice tea. I like hot or ice tea. I have tried many, many different types of tea. I have tried the generic, or store name brands. I have tried the expensive specialty tea. …

I bought this product because I wanted to taste a ready to serve salad dressing which I can carry on my luggage since it was on a handy sachet. It was my first time to try this type of salad dressing and I was very delighted.
It was Asian Dressing …

It’s well known that Olive Oil is a better oil to use as it’s heart healthy but good extra virgin olive oil can be very expensive.
My sister had us over for a lovely italian meal and told me that she uses PurOliva.
I decided to give it a whirl.
It’s a …

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 …

When it comes to buying bacon, I am very particular about the type and brand I buy. I am used to buying Smithfield thick cut bacon from either Wal-Mart or Publix, but neither were having a sale at the time I wanted bacon; therefore, I ended up going to …

The Cloverhill Bakery Cherry Cheese Danish is a danish that at first, I did not care for too much, but after my first one, the taste began to grow on me. While I cannot say that I am not positively crazy about this danish variety, I can say that …

I love eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. For sandwiches, and just peanut butter in general i always like to buy JIF. i think their creamy peanut butter has a much more creamy taste to it than the otehr compearble peanut butters. this is a really great tasting peanut …

I have already tasted two different Leader mixed drinks and I must admit that this is the worst one, the other two are made of rum plus lime or orange. I usually prefer vodka to rum, but this combination of vodka with lemon is really not my favourite one. …

I just love using UFC Banana Ketchup! Where else can you find banana ketchup in the world? Only in the Philippines, I guess which makes me lucky to be born here. UFC Banana Ketchup is great on my hit recipes like spaghetti. My sandwiches are surefire hits when blended …

The hamburger from McDonalds is one of my favorite snacks when I’m out and I get hungry. For example, if I’m walking to the grocery store I often stop in and get two hamburgers to go. Then I can eat them on the way to the store and they …

Peppridge farm rye bread may be the most expensive however, taste and quality is what you want when it comes to rye bread, and this certainly is the best you will ever try. You can freeze it and wehn it defrost it taste even better, does not get …

When it comes to ice cream I am very picky. I guess that’s because I got used to Italian ice creams and rarely the aren’t of an excellent quality. I like creamy ice creams that don’t taste like water, where you can’t feel small pieces of ice. For that reason …

As a college student, especially a freshman, I feel that I can confirm that we all love going out to eat. If we’re not going out to a restaurant, then we settle for second best, which is ordering food. What do we love to order, you may ask? Chinese …

Blue Bunny, Lite 85, is my favorite yogurt brand.
It’s Fat Free with no sugar, made with Splenda. And although it’s name says Lite 85, it has only a cool 80 calories! For those who aren’t aware, most women are sensitive to aspartame, the usual sweetener used in …

Great Value Mini Cheeseburgers from Walmart. Not bad right? Wrong! I just wanted a simple dinner that I could have while my husband and my son were camping and I was home alone. I wanted something simple and quick to cook. I have used Great Value products from Walmart …

Cadbury’s Star Bar is one of my favourite chocolate bars. Before writing this review, I nipped onto Wikipedia to remind myself when they first came out as I have been buying these regularly since the 1980s. Interestingly, it pointed out that this Star Bar only exists because …

I started drinking Almond Breeze by Blue Diamond, it’s milk made from Almonds and tastes different from soy milk and also doesn’t have the added estrogen which I thought would be ideal for my husband.
They currently offer Plain, Vanilla and chocolate. I love them all quite honestly. I rotate …

After trying soymilk for the first time, I am hooked! The taste is so smooth and delicate that I can’t seem to get enough of it. There are a few different brands out there, Silk and 8th Continent to name a couple. I have tried …

I had never encountered the brand name of cookies called Brent & Sam’s until my mother who came on vacation recently bought a couple of boxes of these cookies with her. She brought a box of Brent & Sam’s Chocolate Chip Gourmet Cookies and a box of Brent & …

Count Chocula energy drink is an energy drink based on the hugely popular Count Chocula cereal. It is a chocolate energy drink and is quite similar in taste to the Mars energy drinks, or a regular chocolate milk shake. I decided to try one the other day, as the …

One of my toughest challenges as a parent is getting my daughter to eat healthy. She’s not necessary opposed to eating something that isn’t sweet but does have issues with eating new things.
Since one of the things she won’t eat is fresh fruit, I’m glad I was able …

One night I was in a hurry to make dinner, so I picked up a box of Village Oven Roasted Honey and Garlic Chicken Wings at my local supermarket. I had often seen Village brand chicken wings and kept meaning to give them a try. Being on sale for …

Now while I love Betty Crocker cake mixes and baking supplies I am not a big fan of prepared meals and this Helper Complete Meals Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo really failed to impress me! I got this box of chicken, noodles and sauce as part of a Christmas hamper gift …

Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Sandwich is a delicious ice cream sandwich that is simply incredibly tasty. I love vanilla. It is one of my favorite flavors. This ice cream sandwich delivers about some of the richest and most authentic vanilla flavor that I have ever had - …

Jell-o Instant Pudding - Chocolate Fudge is not quite as sensational as the chocolate variety, in my opinion. The chocolate fudge has a more subdued flavor to it that I feel detracts from the flavor of the pudding. I prefer pudding that has an incredibly rich and delicious flavor …

I don’t like food like yogurt with taste of the strawberry because they are little too sour to me, like they miss little of sugar. I had to eat this soft fruit cheese that my sister bought this evening for the dinner as I had to clean my fridge …

Hot chocolate is one of the few things that makes the harsh, bitter cold of winter almost bearable. Snuggling up on the couch with a great big mug of hot chocolate is enough to put a smile on anyone’s face.
Carnation instant hot chocolate is my personal hot chocolate …

I have tried Great Value Mandarin Oranges for the first time, and I am surprised at how good they are. I expected an okay dessert, but these are simply delicious. The whole segments of mandarin oranges, nicely peeled, taste almost like fresh ones, only they are more tender. None …

Drinking coffee is actually a part of our every day life. We drink a cup of it in the morning, and sometimes, even in the afternoon. Nescafe 3in1 is the brand we often buy.
Manufactured by Nestle Philippines,Inc., Nescafe 3in1 comes in a box …

I gave this new kind of snack a try one day, when my sister urged me to try it. She told me they were the off brand version of Cheetos, which ultimately caused me to laugh. In my experience anything that isn’t the actual original Cheetos are either too …

My kids are the fans and they always insist me to prepare the noodles for them. I have tried many brands of noodles and they have liked almost all of them. But now I am going to write about the topraman noodles, which I tried. Actually …

I quite liked this energy drink from Nature’s Nectar. I didn’t like it as much as the raspberry and cranberry blend that is also made by the same company, but as a pure cranberry drink, this drink satisfied me. I liked how this energy drink actually reminded me of …

Before I go to school something that I must have in the morning is my fresh pot of coffee. I usuallly go with the Folgers brand because it has a very rich flavor. A couple months ago I was drinking my coffee with the coffeemate creamer with just …

I bought a bag of Cheetos Flaming Hot Crunchy chips the other day,and I must say these are very good. I think the cool bag they pack them in is very cool and very stylish. In fact I am going to sell the bag once I am done with …

These new granola bars are much tastier than most granola bars. The layer of yogourt on the bottom adds a nice smooth taste to the granola.
It is also a nice portable snack - I like to grab one on my way out of the house to eat in the …

On a spring trip to Sichuan, China, me and my family had the opportunity to try one of the famous local dishes: Dan Dan Mian or spicy noodles. We sat down at the table in the restaurant, and a big bowl of red noodles was put on the …

in Chocolate caught my eye. I was tired of traditional chocolate puddings, and thought this mousse might make an interesting desert for my family. It retailed for $2.99CDN.
Kenton�s packaging was quite ritzy, all red and gold and I was surprised to find I only needed to add a cup …

In the midst of price increases, we are bound to find ways on how can we make the most out of our hard-earned money. And it is in this time of crisis that my girlfriend and I came to know McDonald’s Crispy Chicken Fillet.
We have been hearing about it …

This yummy traditional cookie is one of my favorites, and always has been. These cookies are shortbread with chocolate on the bottom and fuge stripes across the top. It is just the right combination of chocolate and shortbreak to make a fantastic cookie.
I really like getting the ful size …

On my way to find instant noodles in the supermarket alley, i saw one smal red yellow packaging with Richeese logo on it (Indonesian people known Richeese as the cheese snacks specialist). I think it is another cheese snacks from Richeese, but this one is different. Bio is Richeese …

There are a lot of bag orange juice and fruit juice brands around the island, and even more brands of just plain bag drink. Therefore, I was not surprised on one Saturday when I ordered a bag orange juice and found out that it was a brand I had …

I find Entenmann’s Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Buns to be a fairly delightful treat to have, especially when the buns have been warmed up in the microwave and are nice and warm. Yum! That is the way to maximize flavor, in my opinion. The raisin flavor is quite prominent and …

I am a huge fan of cereal, and always try and pick a healthy one that tastes great. Sometimes this is a challenge, and I have to choose health over flavour, then I discovered Count Chocula by General Mills.
I nearly passed on by Count Chocula at the Supermarket. I …

One dish that me and my son both love is a pasta bake and when I am making one of these I look no further than an Uncle Bens jar. I am sure there are plenty of others that can make the sauce from scratch, but at the moment …