Food Reviews
Kinder Chocolate 4 bars
Kinder had always been my favourite chocolate I think that I actually really like the milk taste of it. That’s why I also adored Kinder eggs. My sister was crazy about the toys you would get in them while I was looking forward to the chocolate itself. You can …
Hillside self heating coffee
Hillside self heating coffee is about $2 a cup at our local Walmart. For me it seemed a empting idea since it is abot on par with McDonald’s coffee atleast cost wise and being it came in flavors like mocha or vanilla late it sounded a little more interestng …
Del Monte Fruit Chillers Sorbet Frosty Peach
The Del Monte Fruit Chillers product line is a favorite of mine during the summer time. When summer arrives at my front doorstep, I start buying Del Monte Fruit Chillers because ice cold frozen fruit treats really taste unbelievably good and refreshing on a steaming summer day. Take this …
Yoplait Whips Chocolate Mousse Yogurt
Yoplait Whips Yogurt has been a favorite of mine since I first found the product in the super market isle one day. Among their variety of flavors is the chocolate mousse. I have to occasionally remind myself that this yogurt is low fat and not something I can’t afford …
Ben and Jerry’s NY Super Fudge Chunk
Last weekend I went to S&R Supermarket to buy grocery items. So in cruising the frozen items, I saw the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream in NY Fudge. There are other flavours and brands in the ice cream department but I chose to purchase this instead. This comes in …
Caribou Coffee Mint Lime White Signature Iced Tea
Caribou Coffee has a reputation for providing a variety of delicious and innovative coffee and tea beverages. I like going there and trying something new every time. This past summer they introduced signature flavored iced teas, and I finally decided to try them. I opted for their Mint Lime …
Pepperidge Farm Geneva Cookies
There is no doubt about it, cookies are definitely a favorite treat in my household. My husband loves Oreo’s, the kids love chocolate chip (any brand) and I’m really into Pepperidge Farm. Their cookies always taste fresh and incredibly good. Pepperidge Farm Geneva Cookies is one of my favorites.
Pepperidge …
Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water - 32/16.9 oz
This review is for Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water that comes in the expanded 32 pack of 16.9 oz bottles. When I last purchased this, I paid just $3.49 for each package purchased.
In my opinion, Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water is clean tasting. Now I’m not sure we, the …
Bernatello Half Pounder Pizzas
The other day I was shopping in our local freezer section and saw Bernatello Half Pounder frozen pizzas on sale 3 for $9.99. Because they sounded like a pizza that would offer a lot in terms of toppings and would be a filling dinner, I decided to give them …
Power Root Per’l Cafe Instant Coffeemix
A couple of months back, I used to drink coffee with ginseng to enhance vitality, especially when you feel lethargic. But I stopped drinking them because I was trying to cut down on grocery expenses. And these packeted coffeemix can be quite expensive.
However, I had a chance to pop …
Samurai Takoyaki Balls
Samurai is another type of restaurant or food stall that has been around the country for years now. I remember buying the famous Takoyaki balls they offer and I loving it when I was a kid. I really did enjoy the fried Squid flavored balls topped with sweet and …
Girnar Instant Tea Premix with Masala (Indian Spiced Tea)
On a rainy day there is nothing like sipping on a hot cup of Masala Chai (Indian Spiced Tea) with some savory snacks like Samosas (Vegetable stuffed fried snack) or Pakoras (spicy fritters). It is the most awesome feeling.
Making a Masala Chai from scratch requires the right amount …
International Delight Iced Coffee: Caramel Macchiato
International delight has another iced coffee flavor I decided to try this time around. This flavor was Caramel Macchiato. Now I had previously tried the Mocha version of this Iced coffee, and liked it very well. I figured that I would like this one too.
What I like about …
How to distinguish fresh pork or not?
As a quarantine inspector, I was often asked about how to judge the fresh degree of pork. Here is some of my experience about that.
There are five ways to inspect it. Firstly, you need to watch the color on the surface of pork. The color should be well-distributed, pink …
Priano Cheese Tortellini Soup with Chicken
Priano Cheese Tortellini Soup with Chicken is a canned soup sold at ALDI Food Market stores that comes in a nineteen ounce can for one dollar and thirty nine cents. The soup sounded pretty tasty and filling too, with there being cheese and chicken as well as some vegetables …
Goldhill Instant Mashed Potato
I really love mashed potato. Once upon a time my favourite was KFC’s mashed potato, but back at that time I was just a kid and the only place I knew which offers mashed potato was KFC. I love the gravy so much.
Later on …
Total 100% Whole Grain Cereal
At first, I was skeptical of Total 100% Whole Grain Cereal but I saw it on a television commercial and was impressed with the claim of providing 100% daily value of 12 vitamins and minerals. I found it on sale at my local Kroger for $2.89 and …
Michael Angelos Meat Lasagna
Michael Angelos Meat Lasagna is a product I began purchasing about two years ago and overall, I’m pleased with it.
The product is preservative free and is prepared with ground beef that is sauted with fresh garlic and onions. It also includes tomatoes and a blend of Italian spices. …
Blue Horizon Four Cheese Fettuccine Pasta
The Blue Horizon Four Cheese Fettuccine Pasta is a frozen pasta that I have only noticed in ALDI Food Market stores. That’s actually an okay thing since I wouldn’t buy this frozen pasta again even if it was easily found in other stores. I simply didn’t enjoy this pasta …
Kroger 100% Grated Parmesan Romano Cheese
This grated cheese sold at Kroger is every bit as flavorful as the grated Parmesan and Romano cheeses put out by name brand companies like Kraft and it comes at a cheaper price of around two dollars and fifty cents. When I add this cheese to a pasta meal, …
Golden Fiesta Cooking Oil
Golden Fiesta Cooking Oil is my favorite cooking oil brand. You can definitely use this oil several times and it can still make your fried foods look golden as the name suggests. Golden Fiesta is reasonably priced and it is very easy to find. This product is available almost …
Sanjeev Kapoor’s Khazana Hot Mango Pickle
I love pickles. Many Indians would agree that no matter how tasty a dish is there is nothing like a bit of pickle to enhance the flavors and give the taste buds a tingling sensation. Not to mention it can rev up a bland and dull dish too.
Well, …
Kashi Caramelized Onion All Natural Hummus Crips
Snacking is a guilty pleasure of mine. I try to kick the habit, but I find myself right back where I started. Usually munching on things that are satisfying to the tastes buds, but aren’t the healthiest. Often times it’s potato chips, or some other snack chip. Crunchy and …
Jimmy Dean Breakfast Entrees - Ham and Cheese Croissant
Previously, I’ve reviewed other varieties of the new Jimmy Dean Breakfast Entrees, and today I’m adding a new one to the list — the Ham and Cheese Croissant. When Jimmy Dean gets a product right, it’s usually dead on right and so yummy. When they get it …
Yoplait Whips Key Lime Pie
I have never been a huge fan of yogurt. I find it to have a bad after taste and something about thinking about eating live cultures grosses me out. I have tried time and time again to eat it because it is so good for you. …
Contessa Stir Fry
Stir Fry is one of my favorite main dishes. I have found a quick way to prepare one of my very favorites in a small amount of time. Contessa has come out with a frozen Beef stir fry. I prepared this meal in around ten minutes and it was …
Cherry Coke Zero
We were visiting my cousin recently and the only sugar free drink she had was cherry coke zero. I didn’t particularly like the regular coke zero, but thought I’d give the cherry one a try.
Much to my surprise I liked it! I haven’t had cherry flavored coke in …
Special K raspberry cereal bars
I received a coupon in the mail for a buy one get one free special k product. So I bought a cereal and these cereal bars. Overall they were pretty good, they could have been better though. I liked the chocolate and the cereal part together. I think it …
Magnum Double Caramel Ice Cream Bars
Product Description: Vanilla Ice Cream covered in caramel and milk chocolate on a stick. I found a box of 3 at Walgreen’s this past weekend for $3.50 a box and my wife and I had them for dessert last night.
What I liked about this product: Well, as far as …
Eskimo Pie
I stopped at my parents to borrow a couple things I needed for chili last night and, because they weren’t eating them and knew we would, they sent home part of a box of Eskimo Pies with me.
I got a chance to try them and I have to confess, …
Banquet Broccoli and Chicken pot pies
I bought a Banquet Chicken pot pie with broccoli out of curiosity. I have always loved pot pies, ever since I was a kid. Banquet is a brand my grandmother usually fed me. Although they are probably not the healthiest food choice out there, I enjoy them as a …
Best Choice Black Bean, Tomato and Corn Mexican Salsa
We have seriously been trying, as a family, to save money at the grocery store. The main way we have managed to accomplish this is by buying generic products. This was a new step for us because we have always purchased name brand products in the past. However, we …
Tostitos Creamy Spinach Dip
During one of our house parties my mom and I really had a hard time deciding what to serve our guests. The guests were mostly in their 20s and they wanted to drink alcohol after eating dinner. We served them some fried chicken, pasta and some pizza but we …
Stouffer’s Southwest-Style Chicken Panini
Stouffer’s Southwest-Style Chicken Panini is a variation on the Grilled Chicken Italian Panini with a few differences. I really like both sandwiches, actually, and I feel that each one offers up a very enjoyable eating experience that I look forward to at lunch time. As for this particular sandwich, …
Yoglu ACE Altecime probiotic yogurt
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, …
Little Debbie 100 Calorie Lemon Cakes
I did not care very much for these Little Debbie 100 Calorie Lemon Cakes. Although I am not crazy about lemon flavor, I do enjoy it from time to time. I am afraid to say that these lemon cakes do not seem to have a very strong or delicious …
Kellogg’s Special K Protein Plus
If you are in search of something that will provide you with an incredible amount of protein, this cereal is for you! This cereal has more protein in it than most other cereals in the grocery store, and in addition to the hearty amount of protein, there are also …
McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese Value Meal
I have been to numerous McDonald’s branches, from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and many more but I could not find anything close to our homegrown choices. I had tried eating at Singapore when I happen to stop by a mall and the nearest fast food was McDonald’s. It is …
Chilean Food : calzones de rotos
I’ve been living in Chile for almost 7 Months, and I have tried almost the typical food of Chilean. One of the most famous is Calzones de Rotos, which means torn pants. It’s a funny name, yes. Why is it called that way? because of if shape like a …
Chowking’s Haw Fan Meal with Lumpiang Shanghai Rolls
Chowking is one of the most popular Chinese fast food restaurants in the Philippines. They have a lot of branches already and they have been in the business for years now.
One day while shopping at the streets of Quiapo, I was so hungry that seeing Chowking in the corner …
Best Choice Whipped Pineapple Flavored Cream Cheese
Who doesn’t need to save money in this economy? With food prices at an all time high, I have been spending more money than ever at the grocery store. But, I have started to buy generic products that has greatly decreased my grocery bill. Now, I have a plethora …
Roast beef sandwich from Safeway
Safeway stores has another in its selection of very good sandwiches. The sandwich is roast beef with crumbles of bleu cheese with lettuce and tomatos on focaccio bread. It is delicious. Bleu cheese isn’t a cheese I’d normally expect with roast beast, but it’s delicious.
I had this sandwich recently …
Mrs. Freshley’s Jelly Swirl Honey Bun
I think I prefer Mrs. Freshley’s Jelly Swirl Honey Bun to the plain honey bun variety because I like that there are more flavors to be tasted and enjoyed than with a typical honey bun. Unfortunately, this version of the honey bun also happens to be even sweeter, so …
Take 5 Candy Bar
Take 5 is a recent new candy bar from the makers of Hershey. It contains chocolate, peanuts, peanut butter, caramel and salty pretzel all wrapped up in a blanket of chocolate. My first reaction was it wouldn’t be good. Five different things all mixed in was a little overwhelming. …
Earth’s Pride All Natural Orchard Blend
I love snacking on my snacks, but they have to be very healthy because I cannot just eat anything due to my autoimmune disease and food allergies. One of the snacks I recently purchased and have been snacking on a lot in between meals to help keep my tummy …
Oishi Sponge Crunch
The Oishi has a new product in the market and I should say I am like a kid always excited to have a bite of this snack every once in a while. When it comes to snacks and other sort of junk foods, I am always in the know …
Mrs. Freshley’s Lemon Pie
I am really very pleased with Mrs. Freshley’s Lemon Pie, with the exception of the crust, but the crust is bad regardless of which flavor variety I purchase, quite unfortunately. What pleases me about this lemon pie is the lemon filling. Boy is it ever delicious! The lemon filling …
Stern’s Miracle-Gro Houseplant Food
Stern’s Miracle-Gro Houseplant food with chelated iron is bringing my plants to life.
I put a few drops in the water before watering the plans and a few extra in a small dish if I’m trying to root a house plant and I see a big difference in the health …
Dairy Queen Mango Cheesecake Blizzard
Dairy Queen has always been my favorite stop whenever I crave for ice cream. There are lots of Dairy Queen shops all over the metro and in my case I get to pass by a Dairy Queen store every after each working day. Yes, I get to see a …
Dandelion Leaf Tea
About two years ago, I was given a prescription for high blood pressure that basically worked by getting rid of excess water. I had such a bad reaction to it that I almost ended up in the hospital. Needless to say, the remaining pills went in the …
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