Special K is a great cereal when you are looking for something simple and healthy. This flaky cereal is much better than traditional corn flakes while keeping teh same simplicity. Great with milk, the fat free cereal gives you 11 of your vitamins and minerals. A good way to …

I dehydrate so easily, that I need to have water with me most of the time. I drink it in the bottled water one buys at the store, as most of we bottled water drinkers do. I have discovered that by buying Select Bottled Water, Safeway’s own brand, I …

Leona’s is a locally owned bakeshop popular in Cebu City. When my mom wanted to bring me there to buy some locally made pastries and bread, I wasn’t too excited. But when we got there, I understood why she wanted to go.
I bought Leona’s Apple Walnut cake slice. For …

Doles Pineapple fruit bowls. I have found in our local grocery store that Dole’s and other producers are now putting my favorite fruit snacks into small plastic containers that are so very easy to use and to transport.
I like the Pineapple fruit bowls, they come in a six …

Tropicana real fruit juice is a kind of juice which is made of real fruits. That is true it is made of real orange fruit juice. It contains no artificial preservatives and no added chemicals. It is completely pure. It is available in many big …

I did not really care all that much for these Pringles Select Potato Crisps Sun Dried Tomato. They are most certainly quite crunchy and thick, more so than regular potato chips. The main problem is, there is not a whole lot of delicious flavor to be enjoyed here. There …

I like cheesecake. It has always been a creamy sweet dessert that I can really enjoy. The only problem is that I personally don’t know how to make cheesecake. Also, I don’t like buying ready made cheesecake at the store because it is extremely expensive compared to the other …

I use to eat chocolate filled crackers even before this Voice Combo Sandwich was first introduced in the market. I consider biscuits as one of my easy to grab and eat snacks. Though they’re light, they are a big help easing my hunger during exams and long …

Two of my favourite foods are ice cream and chocolate, and even though I’m not a fan of the Snickers chocolate bar, I was still curious to find out what the “Snickers Ice Cream Bar” would taste like when I saw it selling recently in a store.
While I …

Durian is an exotic fruit grown mostly in Asia, mostly in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. Here in my country the Philippines, durian is grown mostly in the Southern part of the country, largely in Davao, although the surrounding towns have also successfully grown this only in the past …

Today there is such a variety of cereals in the supermarkets that is difficult to choose.Usually I didn’t eat cereals because most of them are corn flacks and I don’t like them very much.But I started to buy Kellogg’s Special K because they are rice and wheat flakes.I liked …

How I got interested in Sweetarts was that when I was little, on Christmas day at my cousin’s house, there used to be a large red sock hanging on the bottom of the stairs filled with candy. Some of that candy was a brand of candy I loved that …

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 …

Oh yes, Charles Bobby…one of my favourite chocolates since I was just a kid, growing up and through high school I used to buy these by the dozen and keep them in the candy jar to snack on later in the night after dinner while doing my homework. Till …

Popsicles are a stable of every child’s life. I grew up with them, in various varieties. My favorite, though, was definitely the Popsicle Fudgsicle Ice Cream Bar. How can you beat chocolate ice cream? For a kid like me, you couldn’t.
Popsicle Fudgsicle Ice Cream Bars …

This item was available in Hong Kong branches of McDonalds. I often had this item during my stay in Hong Kong - it definitely quenches thirst and it’s a refreshing change from the same old drinks here in North America.
The coconut pineapple mcfloat has pineapple soda with icecream on …

I have tried Skippy, Lilly’s and Goober, but this peanut butter is the best one yet!
I have bought this at the local grocery store for Php 250 ($5).This says it’s low fat or uses reduced fat. Comes in 16 OZ. It has 110 calories from FAT and a total …

Tony Chachere makes several box dinners and Creole Roasted Chicken Flavored Dinner Mix is good. I prefer to make dishes as fresh as possible, including rice dishes, but when you are busy or your family wants a quick snack, this product comes in handy. Creole Roasted Chicken Dinner Mix …

Okay so I just got a different flavor fruit snacks and I totally love them. This time I got Welch’s Fruit Snacks in Fruit Punch. They taste just like fruit punch it is amazing. They come in fruit shapes and a bright red color. They also contain a few …

I am over weight. I am always on the look for something to help me loose weight. I also look for convenience. I particularly like something easy to use for breakfast. I am not normally hungry in the morning so, it is hard for me …

Today I decided to order and try the new Tuscani lasagna by pizza hut which I had seen the ad for a few days. I don’t get to order food often, most of my meals are home cooked so I thought I’d give it a try. It looked delicious …

Horlicks lite is the energy drink or it is a drink, which is very good and tasty for those who are calorie conscious. This drink has very low or zero fat content, which is safe, and also gives a lot of good taste for diet conscious people. …

When I was little I adored white chocolate but with years it became kind a too sweet. I don’t know if they started producing different white chocolate or I just don’t like that sweet stuff any more but I rarely buy white chocolate now. Today my sister went to …

I’ll be honest. I only got these because they were free, after applying a pretty decent coupon to a store sale. But Pillsbury Scrambles are really pretty decent breakfast food.
The Scrambles consist of scrambled eggs and something else — I’ve had the bacon and the sausage ones so far …

Many years ago, on a hot summer day, I had discovered the refreshing power of iced coffee. I make it regularly ever since. My favorite recipe includes vanilla ice cream. Both instant and brewed coffee works well for it. For instant, you can even use cold water, to speed …

There is no doubt for me that one of the highlights of going to MacDonalds is their fries. I have always loved them and wish they could be readily available at home. I understand that this would probably turn me into a very overweight being, but they are lovely.
It …

Every now and then, I get a craving for chocolate and ice cream, and Wendy’s frostys are a refreshing solution. Recently they’ve been advertising their new blended frostys, supposedly more like milk shakes.
Turns out those are kind of ridiculous. You pay more money for something that tastes exactly the …

One of my favorite things on the menu at Jack n the Box is their strawberry milkshake. The first time I had one was a few months ago and since then I’ve made it a treat to get one every time I stop by the fast food restaurant. In …

Being an ice cream cake lover, it was no surprise that I found myself drawn to the Red Velvet ice cream by Blue Bunny. Everything about this ice cream called to my sweet tooth. The creamy vanilla base, with a mix of cream cheese and the delicate red velvet …

Bel Air’s Capitol Sandwich had some good and bad points to it. This is one of the chain’s products that is available in their deli department, and I was looking forward to because of the ingredients.
However, right off the bat, I was really turned off because the bun …

In this recession, there have been very few companies posting profits. Among those few profitable companies, Domino’s has been thriving. I think I may have stumbled across one of the reasons why, and it comes in a little cardboard box.
Currently in my area (Fredericksburg, VA), Domino’s is …

While I like many products in the Clover Valley family, this one is simply horrible! There is something seriously wrong with this flour; although I can’t say exactly what it is the cause - perhaps because it is “bleached”? That does seem to be the main difference between this …

There is a new kiosk that is very famous to office employees and others alike. The Hong Kong Style Noodles have simply made a remarkable “appearance” and have yet again revolutionized noodle meals. For only Php26.00 or half a dollar, you can already enjoy 2 pieces siomai or dumplings …

Taco Bell’s beefy five layer burrito is nothing short of amazing. Personally, I have eaten hundreds of these since they hit the locations. The burritos are only 89 cents, but taste a great deal better than a plain bean burrito of similar cost. They are great for anyone who …

My family and I have made an effort to reduce how much we spend at the grocery store. With a family of five, this can be very challenging. However, we have managed to do it by buying more generic products. One of our favorite generic brands is Best Choice. …

I like to do a lot of hiking in the summertime. While I go hiking it is my habit to chew gum in order to keep my saliva going. I had been trying for quite a while to find a gum that does not have aspartame in it. Then …

I have a new obsession - Marty’s Cracklin’ Vegetarian Chicharon (Cracklings) Plain Salted Flavor under the brand name of Oishi. This is manufactured by Liwayway Marketing in the Philippines. It comes in 26g snack size pack and 90g party size pack. This is packaged in foil …

I had a feeling that these would be nice chocolates from Werther’s as the TV advert has been making me dribble with anticipation and indeed they are good. The chocolate is the most melt in the mouth chocolate I have ever tasted. To describe them, they are …

I tried the ‘Low Fat Strawberry Yoghurt’ from Tesco’s Value range for the first time. I am open-minded about their ‘Value’ range as some products are not so bad. I would not expect this to be on a par to more expensive yoghurts as it is a …

This is a very good value. This cereal pack contains the following: Mini Wheats, Corn Pops, Rice Krispies, Cornflakes, Apple Jacks, Froot loops, Raisin Bran and Frosted Flakes. That is a decent balance of healthy and not so healthy cereals. What I usually do is mix two cereals together: …

I like keep myself in, what we kiwis like to describe as, pretty good nick. I run, watch what I eat, all that good girl stuff. But at the end of a long hard day of “being good” sometimes you just feel like a beer. Everyone …

TV has a way of alluring people, such as myself with wonderful commercials showing new products, mainly food or dessert. In this instance I watched a commercial about Fiber One Ninety Calorie chocolate fudge Brownies. I wasn’t craving brownies until I watched this commercial a handful of …

How does one take a cinnamon roll and give it a Halloween twist? By throwing on some chocolate frosting, of course. Apparently, that’s how Bake House, the company behind these Halloween-themed cinnamon rolls, thinks, because the Bake House Halloween Cinnamon Rolls are no different from the cinnamon rolls that …

My husband and I used to buy an assortment of snacks because l favor snacking on Jack n’ Jill Piattos, a brand of flavored potato crisps while my husband likes Jack n’ Jill Nova, which is a multigrain snack. Good thing we found out about Jack n’ Jill …

I am the only member of my family who eats pork and I am not much of a cook. I have noticed an increase prepared foods in my local Publix supermarket so I spent some time on a recent shopping trip to look more closely in the refrigerator …

One thing that I like about the brand Hilo is that they have released a few good quality products and sold them at a price that is lower than any other brand at most Hilo supermarkets I have visited islandwide. However, there are still one or two Hilo …

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 …

This is a great milk drink for pregnant women or expectant mothers because of its very healthy ingredients needed by pregnant women. It is a very high folate milk drink. What I like about it is that it tastes delicious or yummy even when I was very …

I wanted a lasagna dinner for supper on Friday but was on a tight budget. So, rather than buying a more expensive brand, I picked up another meat lasagna from On-Cor.
I have purchased this particular brand of lasagna in the past and have been happy with it. Not only …