I bought Trader Joe’s O’s as an alternative to Cheerios the last time I was at Trader Joes. The taste and texture of the O’s is as good as Cheerios, and there is no aftertaste, unlike some othe immitations. However, there are far too many O’s that …

My spouse purchased Nestle’s Nesquik Chocolate Milk Mix at the grocery store last week and I wasn’t too pleased because I really didn’t want to give our children any further excuse to have extra sugar in their diets.
I was surprised to see a ‘vitamin enriched, same great taste’ banner …

These new cookies are from Nabisco and are peanut butter sandwich cookies covered with pure milk chocolate.
They remind me of a Crispy Crunch chocolate bar and are quite tasty although they don’t have the crunchy toffee in the Crispy Crunch chocolate bar, they are a delicious, creamy peanut …

I’m a huge cereal lover and generally try to eat a healthy one. A couple of weeks ago I bought a box of Alpha Bits (it was on clearance sale at the supermarket) and boy was I glad I did.
This cereal is supposed to be for kids, who try …

I am a huge fruit flavoured yoghurt fan. I do find however; that yoghurts can be quite high in fact and calories, and as I dislike the low fat ones sweetened with asparatine, I only buy them as a treat.
Not any more! I have found a great low fat …

This is a fantastic deodorizing soap as long as you are not scent sensitive. These 90g boxed soap’s usually come in a pack of three and retail for about $2.49CDN.
Irish Spring soap is good value for money, I’ve noticed they do lather up nicely in the shower but they …

Iv never been a big chocolate eater, although I do love chocolate and I like the occasional treat. I usually buy cadburys but just a while back when I was out shopping I decided to try a bar of Lindt Excellence milk.
It had always caught my eye while …

If you like mint and you like chocolate and your trying to lose weight then try this drink by Options. Options mint madness instant hot chocolate drink. Only 40 calories a cup.
This is drink is absolute heaven.
Its so soothing and the taste of mint just brings your …

I’m not a huge hamburger helper meal lover. I’ve tried the no name hamburger helper meals and decided in the future I would pass. This one the Family Size Lasanga Hamburger Helper by Betty Crocker was actually pretty good.
It comes in a 335g box that includes egg noodles and …

Campbell’s Gardennay Autumn Carrot Soup is absolutely wonderful!
It tastes like it is homemade or from a very nice restaurant.
It comes in a tetra pak and tastes so fresh it’s as if it was just made.
It has a rich flavour and is very nutritious.
It is a bit more expensive than …

A box of these cookies was given to me to try from someone who had obtained several of them.
I was excited.
The thought of Peanut Butter inside one of my favourite cookies was something that really appealed to me.
I love both peanut butter and who can resist an Oreo cookie?
I …

I have discovered a new candy dish filler: Strawberries & Creme Creme Savers. If you like the taste of strawberry, you’ll love this hard candy. I bought a bag for my husband who is a strawberry fan, and we both liked it. The 6 oz bag costs a little …

Dearlea garlic spray is cold pressed from fresh garlic and is similar to a cooking spray. It contains soya oil and 8 spritzs of the bottle equal 1 clove of garlice.
I love this stuff!
It is tasty and stops food from sticking and was’n’t expensive to buy.
From a nutrition perspective …

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 …

The popular dish Dim Sum means ‘to touch your heart’ in Cantonese. It consists of a wide variety of dumplings, steamed dishes and other goodies. It has a combination of meat, vegetables, seafood and fruit. Classic dim sum includes bau, dumplings and rice rolls. They are usually served with …

If you enjoy the blending of sweet and mildly hot flavors, this spice packet is definitely for you. With a sugary heat accented by finely chopped peanut pieces, this packet (containing 2 envelopes)can be used on any meat (and on fries), although it tastes especially good on chicken and …

I am very aware of the differences between pure juices and juices that have additives, colorings, preservatives, etc.. I truly enjoy drinking the pure juices, as they are so much healthier to drink, and so much more cost effective, as I am not paying for ‘junk’ I don’t want …

Many people associate Pillsbury with biscuits, and this is exactly why you should. This new way of packaging their Big Buttermilk Biscuits is a great idea. 10 buttermilk biscuits come packeed in a small cardboard box and wrapped in pairs in plastic that you easily peel apart starting at …

Rice Krispies Treats have become an American tradition, and considering the current need to simplify life and save time, these individually wrapped treats will surely follow suit. Gone are the days of sweating over a hot stovetop while you muscle a thick glue of marshmallow, butter and cereal into …

Almost addictive, these amazingly tiny dried blueberries pack tremendous flavor and are supposedly a fat free source of antioxidants. In a blue and clear 4 ounce plastic bag with a handy recloseable seal, they retain a little softness (not leathery like some dried fruits). They work well as a …

For hot cocoa lovers, Nestle Mini Marshmallows Hot Cocoa Mix with Rich Chocolate Flavor is a winner. Boasting it contains “Natural Antioxidents” (of which I can’t personally attest), perhaps more importantly it has a nice and smooth flavor with miniature marshmallows sprinkled generously throughout. It is 99.9% caffeine free …

The Freschetta Brick Oven Roasted Portabella Mushrooms and Spinach Pizza is a great buy. For just under $5 you can get a wonderfully tasty “white sauce” pizza that goes from freezer to table in just under 20 minutes.
A square pizza with a white cream sauce, little sliced portabella mushrooms, …

By just stirring in 2 cups of water and bringing this powdered mix to a boil, you can have a tasty gravy to put on fried chicken or biscuits. A little heavier on the black pepper than I might have originally wanted, still it’s an easy and relatively quick …

I picked up a DiGiorno Microwave pizza from my local market when I realized I’d left my lunch at home. I wanted something that I could pop into our company’s microwave with little fuss. And I knew that I didn’t want some watery frozen entree. …

I have bought Old El Paso taco shells and salsa for years. Finding I needed a quick dinner, I bought the Old El Paso Soft Taco Bake Dinner Kit at my local Sobeys. It was on sale for $2.99Cdn down from $4.99, so I figured I got a deal.
I …

African Shea Butter is the best of the natural vegetable butters, including Cocoa Butter. It is great for rejuvenating and moisturizing the skin. It contains the essential vitamins needed to make the skin look and feel smooth, soft, and healthy. The fatty acid it contains helps protect the skin …

I recently purchased the South Beach Diet High Protein Cereal bars. These bars are made from soy nuggets. They taste very good, even to kids. My kids gobbled them up like candy bars. I feel good that they got some soy where they normally wouldn’t have. I originally bought …

I just bought this wonderful cereal. I suffer from irritable bowel syndrome so I need a high fibre cereal. This Fibre 1 Honey Clusters cereal is made by General Mills. It is a whole grain cereal and contains 44 percent of my daily fibre requirements.
Fibre 1 is sweetened with …

I bought the fixed handle Swiffer Dusters Kit for about $9.99Cdn. This kit consists of a blue plastic handle and three dusters. The dusters are made of some fiber material, that makes me think of J-cloths. They look like the old fashioned feather dusters that people use to dust …

I have long been a Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese lover. I have bought many different flavours of dips and cheeses from them over the years, but this was the first time I had bought the Smoked Salmon cream cheese.
This product tastes incredible. It does taste of smoked salmon (and …

Usually I opt for Mayfield’s Iced Tea, since I’ve grown accustomed to the flavor. But one day I decided to try the store brand iced tea, just to see how “disgusting” it was-so that I’d have a reason to go back to buying the Mayfield brand. …

I’m the type of iced tea lover who’s extremely picky about the teas I drink. When in restaurants, I hate when the waitress refills my iced-tea glass without asking-completely disturbing my perfect tea/sugar ratio. With that being said, I discovered Mayfield’s Iced Tea in the gallon …

Not really a popcorn lover, I do occasionally enjoy a bag of it, when I’m not in the mood for a heavier snack. And even more infrequently do I eat it during the movies. But if I AM going to have it, I prefer anything that …

I am most certainly a popsicle addict. But I like popsicle flavors that are a little “outside the box”, not your traditional Cherry, Grape, and Orange. So, when I perused the frozen food aisles at my local Kroger several years ago, and found banana popsicles, …

This is the first and last time I will buy Dempsters Flax Bread. The packaging boasts that this bread is 100 percent whole grain;a source of omega-3 and also has the health check from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. None of those qualities can redeem this bread.
I had …

I bought this Cap’n Crunch cereal on sale. This 350gram box of cereal boasts that it contains ‘O trans fat’, which I thought was a redeeming quality. The other thing I like was that this cereal contains no white flour, they make it with corn flour and oat flour.
There’s …

I am a bacon lover. But as I get older, I am constantly looking for ways to enjoy meals with less fat and calories. Butterball Turkey bacon has been a staple in my house for the past three years. It has the same smoky-hickory flavor as …

I typically love mint teas, and decided to try Bigelow’s Plantation Mint tea. It smells great while hot, and the first few sips are very pleasant. I usually add about two teaspoons of sugar, which brings out the mint flavor a bit more. And although the …

I wanted a glass of wine to relax on a Saturday afternoon, and decided to pick up a bottle of FoxHorn Chardonnay. Upon opening the bottle, I was surprised to find that I did not need a corkscrew (nice.) But after I poured myself a glass and …

If you want to re-create the experience of buying hot, doughy, decadent Cinnabon rolls that you enjoy at shopping malls–then look no further than your dairy section at the supermarket. Pillsbury is right on the money with their latest culinary creation: Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls. With only …

Most chewing gums are either way too sweet, get “old” too fast, or taste very artificial. Wrigley’s has found a way to conquer all three of these chewing caveats by producing a line of gum called Orbit. The packs are small, cost in the neighborhood of a …

Dole 100% Pineapple Orange Juice is one of our family’s favorite juices. It is a frozen concentrate - actually a blend of two concentrates, orange and pineapple - that comes in a 12 fl. oz. can and needs to be kept in the freezer until you are ready to …

I recently purchased a bag of cheez-it crisps becuse I had a coupon. the whole bag cost me about $.80 rather than the usual $2, so I thought they would be worth a try. Whattheyare, are the taste of cheez-itcrackers in a much thinner chip like cracker. I actually …

I started eating Rice a Roni a few years ago while I was in college. I recently found the whole grain version at the store and purchased a box. The whole grain version is really great tasting, and makes a nice side item with any meal. I have been …

When you make sauces, such as speghetti or any pasta type foods, do you find that it just is missing some zip? I mean it is just not ’special’? I make pasta all the time, and I make sure that I add salsa to it, for that special zippy …

Here is a nice gift for those who love dark chocolate and have to watch their sugar: Sugar Free Solid Dark Belgian Chocolate Discs. This chocolate comes in a round, transparent plastic box tied with a lovely purple bow. The chocolate pieces are shaped as discs, nothing too fancy. …

What a great idea for Easter - two dark chocolate eggs (2″ tall) filled with colorful jelly beans. These eggs are available from Chocolate.com for $18. They come in a white box that looks somewhat like those carryout boxes at Chinese restaurants; when you open the box, the eggs …

I love cake and brownies, but I live alone so it’s often a bad idea to cok a whole pan of browniess. I either can’t eat them all, or I try to eat them all which is a slo a horrible idea. Betty Crocker has just come out with …

I really like eating pasta, and my favorite is this barilla farfalle. the Barilla farfallle is in the shape of bow ties, which makes it really good for when you are just going to eat pasta out right without mixing in vegetables or meatballs. The farfalle always stay …

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 …