There are times when baking a cake at home is an option and there are times when, well, there simply isn’t the time to make a cake from scratch or from a box mix. Baking a cake from one’s kitchen certainly has its upsides as such cakes typically taste …

Wye Rivers Crabbers Crackers are one of those things that I saw and couldn’t believe it. I’ve seen potato chips with a similar flavor, but never crackers. They don’t look all that bad and they actually appear kind of cute, until you read the ingredients and the fine print. …

Little Debbie 100 Calorie Snacks Snow Puffs quite unfortunately suffer from the same problems that a majority of low fat or fat free products do: a considerable reduction in flavor and a significant increase in overall blandness. These soft snow puffs almost taste like nothing really as both the …

The other day at Lidl shop I saw FirstNice Peanut Chocolate; I like Snickers, which is also made of chocolate and peanuts so I wanted to try this chocolate too. It didn’t cost much, about 50 Euro cents so I decided to buy it, you get 100g of chocolate …

I got this tea selection for my birthday, and as tea is one of my favourite things, I loved this present! The teas are presented in a lovely big, green cardboard box, with a beautiful eastern, flowery design.
There are 160 teabags in there, so it should …

Recently, Mountain Dew introduced three new flavors of its popular brand of soft drink. Each has the classic citrus taste and is infused with ginseng. “Voltage” is blue but has a raspberry flavor. “Revolution” is also blue-colored but a lighter, translucent shade, and has a …

My parents surprised us the other day by buying a bunch of meat from Recheks Food Pride here in town and giving us half of it (money has been a bit tight after having the baby and they wanted to make sure we had something in our freezer).
One of …

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 …

Tang is a powder based fruit juice mix that can really be rather refreshing, especially after working out. I have found that it seems to raise my bloodsugar just enough to replenish my energy levels after a brisk walk, but not it does not have so much sugar …

Sunday we had my son’s birthday party with a lot of family and friends. My son is not very fond of cake, but he loves ice cream so every year he gets his cakes from Dairy Queen. He prefers the Reese Peanut Butter Cup cake.
So Saturday morning I …

The last time I commented on the same kind of product but of different brand, I had to be really mean because I have nothing good to say about the product except that it was cheap. Well, computing and thinking about it, this product is also cheap because it …

When they say “light”, they mean light! I don’t think though I’ll ever be able to get used to a lightly buttered popcorn, especially when the popcorn is as bland as this one. It has almost no flavor at all. Oddly enough, the buttery aroma was stronger than the …

I’ve had this ice cream a few times, and I really do like it. Before I purchased it I didn’t really know much about it, though a co-worker of mine recommended it and said it was really great.
I like that the ice cream has a really festive appearance, with …

I love making Chinese food at home, so when I found Chef Woo’s 160gram Szechuan Stir Fry Kit on sale for $1 I bought it immediately. Chef Woo is a respected name in packaged do-it-yourself Chinese food kits so I had high hopes for this package.
The Szechuan Stir Fry …

I have replaced sugar in our home with Splenda. I found that this product contains the same sweetness that sugar did, but it is healthier for you. Splenda comes in small packages that are pre measured. I add it to my tea in the morning …

I must say, compared to the double chocolate and Oreo varieties, this Jell-o No Bake Desserts - Peanut Butter Cup really turned out to be quite the disappointment, even more so than the no-bake cheesecake varieties. The reason I found this product to be disappointing is because there was …

Fuze Beverage, LLC’s Full Throttle energy drinks are exactly what they advertise: refreshment, flavor, and a no choke formula.
Full Throttle holds its crisp icy flavor long after it has been opened. This is one of the only …

Wendy’s - Jr. Cheeseburger Deluxe is a relatively small yet flavorful burger that is ideal for those days when I simply need something to keep me going and not something that is going to put me to sleep in the afternoon. The burger patty is smaller than the normal …

Recently I went to Mini Stop a famous convenience store here in the Philippines because I wanted to buy some beverages and cellphone load. After doing so, I saw the sign that they are selling Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Sundae for only 15 pesos which in dollars is just $0.31 …

I love brown bread and obviously it has more fibre and health vitamins than white bread, but some brown rolls can taste a little bland and are a chore to eat. These on the other hand, are delicious and every bit as nice as a white continental bread …

I have tried the chicken quesadilla at every popular sit-in American restaurant. All of them had the same components: flour tortilla, chicken, cheese, and pico de gallo. They may give you lettuce or tomato. There are two things that vary vastly from restaurant to restaurant. …

Although grilled chicken is not my favorite kind of chicken, the Chick-fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Club Sandwich is a sandwich that I found to have a decent amount of flavor and one that I would not mind having again. The chargrilled chicken slice was a good size and helped to …

This cream liquour is made of fresh milk and an exotic fruit called marula. This fruit, that I didn’t know beforehand, seems to have a lot of vitamine c. More important than that, mixed with milk makes an unique mix with a soft and delicious taste.
This drink has a …

Are you someone that loves to eat sushi and Japanese food? If you do then you are probably someone that likes to search for new restaurants to explore. One of the myths about eating sushi is the notion that you need to spend a lot of money to enjoy …

Alaska Evaporated Milk I should honestly say is the best tasting evaporated milk of all. All the other local brands are unable to match its excellent taste. Globalization has brought in a lot of other brands of evaporated milk from other countries but so far Alaska Evaporated milk remains …

Nature Valley Protein Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate Granola is product I picked up from my neighborhood Walmart one day when spotting for the first time. I am no stranger of Nature Valley, and I wasn’t at all hesitant to give this product a try. It’s cost …

The other day I purchased some Tazo tea and I thought that it would be worthy of a review. Now I’m a big tea snob, and won’t settle for just any kind of tea. I purchased Tazo’s Passion tea and I was expecting it to be like some other …

My first experience with Finlandia vodka took place during a wild party in my usually rather not-crazy student years. As far as alcohol goes, I’m fairly non-adventurous, but that time, I took a risk and I enjoyed myself immensely. Since then, I’ve sampled most of the vodka flavours Finlandia …

I came home for lunch today and was surprised my wife made a pizza for the two of us. I was thrilled about this, of course, until I actually tried it.
I have had Roma pizzas in the past and was looking forward to the 3-meat one we had in …

This is a Croatian version of Toblerone, it is good and cheaper than toblerone, but it is not that good as toblerone. It is in a red triangular wrapping with white letters Kolumbo on it. It comes in 100g wrapping and in 200g ones.
The taste of the chocolate is …

It is a frozen pizza and can be cooked whenever you want.It has different varieties.I bought a Classical vegetable type one.There are also meat,Spinach and mushroom,fried vegetables toppings.This classical vegetable pizza has toppings made of brocolli,Tomato suace,Black pepper,onions and a cream of cheese layer.It is a somewhat larger …

Log Cabin: Original Syrup is one of my absolute flavor syrups to use. The reason it is a real favorite of mine is because the syrup is very rich and it is one of the thicker syrups on the market. It is syrup that greatly enhances my enjoyment of …

McDonalds is known for their greasy, unhealthy food, and their trademark double cheeseburger is no different. It is made with two hamburger patties, two slices of American cheese, a few pickles, some diced onion, and ketchup, between two standard buns. It sounds like any other American cheeseburger, but it’s …

I must admit I’m a peanut butter fanatic. I’ll eat it on toast, in sandwiches with jam and in quite a few other variations. My favorite brand was Sunkist, and I say WAS because for some reason it began to lose its special taste and texture that I …

Over the years when I’ve gone to Arby’s, one of the things I’ve purchased more often than not is the Arby’s Jr. Ham and Cheddar Melt which is often on their value menu. I’ve always liked that combination so feel safe that if I order this sandwich, I’ll …

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 …

Edward’s Key lime pie is the best I have had since I left Florida. Key lime pie has always been my favorite, but since leaving Florida I have had many bad experiences with places using limes, instead of key limes and there is a big difference. Edward’s is sold …

I like to eat waffles in the morning. I have experimented with a variety of different syrup options and think the best so far is log Cabin butter lite. I chose the light because I didn?t want all the extra calories. This syrup does a good job of being …

Peeps Halloween Pumpkin Treats are pretty bland. Although I do like marshmallow, these marshmallow treats did not appeal to my taste buds the first time I purchased them. The marshmallow flavor seemed to be duller than the Easter themed Peeps and thus the sweetness just was not there. I …

Great Value White Sandwich Bread is the Wal-Mart brand. It’s from 99 cents to $1.10 per loaf for a twenty-four ounce loaf. Being on a budget I always attempt to buy generics and the brands that are on sale. Well, sometimes I have to spend a little bit more …

There are times when I want to pig out and I usually take my husband with me. One day when we were walking around the mall we saw the nearest Wendy’s restaurant and so we decided to grab a bite of their famous Baconator. The Baconator costs around $4 …

I love cheese and almost all the dairy products, I grow up in farm and we always drink milk and eat bread with home made cheese. This time when I buy stuffs to grocery stores I make sure to buy cheese and milk so my kids can eat them …

The Pills berry atta is the wheat flour. It is the wheat flour, which is ready to use. Actually the wheat, which is used to make the flour, is of very good quality and in this flour and that is why the flour is very good in …

I have loved Banquet Chicken Pot Pies since I was a child — at least 45 years I would say. If you have never eaten a Banquet Pot Pie, it is small, just a few inches across, and frozen so it is convenient …

Just a couple of months ago, I learned about Star Pops from a commercial. I do buy Pizza most of the time as a treat for my family whenever I received my paycheck. It is always a party at home whenever I bring home Pizza. I do bring two …

No other company that manufactures and sells Texas Toast in my area carries anything similar to this flavor of Texas Toast made by Pepperidge Farm. I tried this Texas Toast once and I was real impressed with the flavor of it. This Texas Toast has a parmesan topping that …

The Millville Shredded Wheat Bite Size Whole Grain Wheat Cereal comes in a sixteen point four box for one dollar and eighty-nine cents. This is pure shredded wheat cereal as there is no frosted side. As one can imagine, the cereal doesn’t
taste like much of anything. It’s definitely not …

Lipton Pasta Sides are a quick and easy to make. They are also cheap. Eveyone in our family enjoys them. I especially like to stock up on them, when they are on sale at Price Chopper. They have a 10/$10 sale, so thats a dollar a bag. They have …

Lets stop for a minute and think about pretzels. Usually, they’re pretty healthy, right? Auntie Anne’s Pretzels by far, are the best tasting pretzels I have eaten, but there is a reason for that. Unless you specially request that they be made without butter and salt, …