I never really liked whole-wheat bread despite its nutritional benefits. I don’t like its quite bitter taste and its coarse fibers. It also smells quite off. Well indeed white bread which is made of refined flour tastes and smells better but the problem is it is not at …

Steak ‘n Shake has been a pretty popular casual dining destination for decades now in various areas of the country. Indeed, while famous for steak burgers, there is plenty of other stuff to order off of the menu, and recently, Steak ‘n Shake has followed in the footsteps of …

I haven’t been a big fan of McDonald’s for many years. It’s not really because of the chain itself, but of a local owner of two nearby McDonald’s and who in my opinion had some unfair business practices. I guess you could say I’ve had a private …

I love Chicken! I love them grilled, barbequed, fried, and cooked with sauce. Here in the country, we love lechon manok. It is similar to roasted chicken meals abroad and people always set aside money to buy roasted chicken whenever there are occasions. Chicken Roasters have become popular with …

Jell-o Gelatin - Cherry/Black Cherry is a deliciously rich treat to have and I am very pleased with the flavor of this fruit gelatin. Both the cherry and the black cherry taste precisely as I expected and so the flavor is really very authentic and natural. The texture of …

I love Breeks Cafe very much indeed. In fact, it is my new found love. I was introduced to this food restaurant in the year 2007, and I think the outlets were first introduced perhaps during that year. It was my friend’s birthday bash, and I was …

I do not care for these Hostess Mini Muffins Banana Walnut variety because the flavor that is supposed to be present just is not. At least, it is not represented too well in the actual mini muffin. Neither the banana nor the walnut flavor can be detected with relative …

We go through a lot of American Cheese slices in our house. They are one of the few things our daughter will eat and we use them for everything from sandwiches to scrambled eggs.
Normally, we try to buy the cheaper brands of cheese in an effort to save money. …

The Maggie rice mania is another kind of noodles, which is introduced in the market recently. Actually unlike the normal Maggie, or the atta Maggie, the Maggie rice mania is made using the rice flour. Those who like the rice dishes or many kind of recipes made …

Dark Chocolate is my favorite snack. Everytime I see a new brand of dark chocolate, I immediately buy 1 bar to try it. Trying each new brand of dark chocolate is always an adventure for me. I’m always on the lookout for great tasting dark chocolate …

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 …

You might think that lowfat milk is nasty. I actually like it. Especially the chocolate milk. The lowfat chocolate milk is really good. It is thick and filling. It is also kind of sweet. If you like thick creamy chocolaty drinks you will like this. I can’t believe how …

DIet pepsi max reminds me of pepsi edge it has that extra jolt. I stay up all night very often and love having a diet drink I actually like the taste of that can keep me up. I read today that the reason for the jolt is it has …

Lean Cuisine fills a niche in the American life. I cannot tell you if they sell it anywhere else because when I am abroad I don’t go looking for frozen food. You eat a Lean Cuisine usually because you are watching your weight and are either too …

Turn overs at Starbucks is one of my most favorite piece to match my coffee whenever I am taking breakfast there. They usually have Tuna Turnover but I was looking for more variations aside from that. Pepperidge Farm has amazing products with their ready-to-cook different turnovers. I have …

Eckrich Smoked Turkey Sausage is a delightful alternative to regular pork or beef sausage. The “lite” variety has a bit less sodium than other sausages. But if you’re on a strict sodium diet, you may not want to indulge in too much of this. The sodium …

Here’s one way to freshen up during a very hot weather. I live in a tropical country and I love coffee. Making some research to suit my want for coffee and need for refreshment, I ran over to this recipe from a friend (Thanks, Jeff!). It’s quite simple to …

Finally Eden Cheese is available again. It went out of stock in all our nearby groceries. We bought another brand. But it was not the same. We really missed Eden Cheese. In fact, my son missed so much that he ate almost the whole 200 grams of cheese …

While at Walmart the other day, something colorful caught my eye down the snack cakes aisle. It was a pink, white and brown cake pictured on a blue and white box that read: New! Tastykake Snowballs. I read the description on the box and thought how good, although admittedly …

What first caught my attention to try Luna Bars was the packaging, a cute little blue box with a dusky moon and starry sky. Luna Bars are formulated for women in general but men can eat them too. They have added folic acid calcium, and iron plus antioxidants and …

My family and I lead busy lives. As a result, I often need to find something quick and healthy for supper, that has low preparation time.
Lean cusine dinners were on sale recently at my Supermarket so I decided to pick up a few and try them.
The Lean Cuisine Chicken …

I have long been a fan of Betty Crocker products, and have tried a variety of her hamburger helper meals over the years, but I had never tried the Chili Macaroni flavour until now. What really made me buy it at my local supermarket was the picture of the …

Moong Dal or familiarly known as split beans is a good snack in India. I bought it during our grocery shopping at Spencers in Mumbai and it was really affordable yet tasty and a healthy snack.
I never knew this product before until one time when we travelled going to …

I picked up this packet of milk chocolate caramels, not noticing that it was Thorntons chocolate, from a wide choice at Morrisons supermarket. The packet is red and did not look particularly special, apart from the Thorntons logo showing that it is made by those chocolate specialists I …

ACT is one of the leading manufacturers of microwave popcorn and I think they might be the biggest. I always ate their butter popcorn, but I had never even heard of kettle corn until a former roommate of mine introduced me to it. Since that day I’ve stuck with …

I don’t usually write reviews, but sometimes a product is so good or so bad, I feel I have to share my experience with others. Freschetta Naturally Rising Canadian Style Bacon & Pineapple pizza is one that took me by surprise as to how good it was!
I was at …

If you ask me there’s nothing better than an ice coffee drink, specially if it is from a bag and instant one because that means that it is quite easy to prepare it. I started drinking these instant coffee drinks about a month ago when I got one gratis …

To save money, we try to eat at home whenever we can. But, even dining at home can be expensive lately. That’s why we depend on Great Value products.
Great Value is Wal-mart’s store brand. And, even though it is a generic brand, the quality isn’t much different than that …

Truly, besides coffee, tea also makes my day. When I am having headache, or stomach pains, I drink tea and will fade after a while. I rely on Lipton when it comes to tea. It is one of the best tasting teas in the market. It has been ten …

Have you visited the frozen section of your local grocery store lately? If you have then you may have noticed a vast variety of exotic cuisine popping up. Last night I decided to give Healthy Choice Cafe Steamer General Tso’s Chicken a
try. Here are my thoughts:
Now I am not …

ALDI Food Market stores stopped carrying Clancy’s Pretzel Sticks a couple of months back and replaced them with Clancy’s Pretzel Rings. Now I liked the sticks because they were always fresh and salty, and I figured that although these pretzels were a different shape, they were still sold under …

I find these Entenmann’s Glazed Chocolate Pop’ems to be pretty tasty! These are most certainly more flavorful than the plain chocolate pop’ems or really any of the other flavored pop’ems. The combination of chocolate and glazed icing is really something special and it is something that the other pop’ems …

I don’t usually stray from Taco Bell’s main menu. I’ve been eating the same 4 or 5 value meals since I was in fifth grade (save for minor changes to the menu.) Well, I ended up trying a 1/2 pound cheesy potato burrito and loved it, but I didn’t …

Great Value Mandarin Oranges are sold in a 15 oz metal can that needs to be open with a can-opener (no convenient ring-opener attached to the lid). Segments of mandarin oranges come in light syrup; they are medium sweet, not very different from the taste of a fresh, ripe …

There are several variations of Kombucha tea, but this review is for the kind you brew at home rather than the kind you purchase at health food stores. Kombucha tea has been around for centuries, but is gaining more and more popularity for its health benefits. The …

I have always seen Mountain Dew advertisements on the television with it’s catch slogan “Do the Dew” I never thought much of it or even thought about trying it, till recently.
My dad bought a bottle of what he and his friends fondly call “Dragon Blood” because of it’s green …

7 up is a cool drink which is which has no colors and it is transparent. This drink is also cool and tasty but it only suits the elders and not the kids because this drink has some strong gases and also contains some chemicals. But the …

Heat & serve rice is the kind that comes in the plastic “bag” that you can rip the top, put it right in the microwave & 90 seconds later have hot, fluffy rice. I have used other brands in the past and loved them - they can be …

For some reason, I gambled on buying Michelina’s Swedish Meatballs the other day. The price is right for Michelina’s frozen foods, even though they are Weight Watchers, which I know I don’t like. The thing is that I had one really good one of these and so …

One of the fields the Dutch have had a lead in for centuries is in tobacco products. I went to a school founded on the fortune made by a man who went to Holland to work in that business and who invested his riches in a school he founded …

I purchased a sixteen ounce bag of rigatoni under the Priano Specialty Pasta brand for one dollar and twenty-five cents because I was out of pasta and I wasn’t going to be near a Walmart that day. This brand of pasta is carried by ALDI Food Center stores and …

I applied for an introductory sample of this Taylors Lazy Sunday Ground Coffee as I love trying new brands and, as I say in all my coffee reviews, I am a coffee fiend and cannot get enough of the stuff. They generously sent me enough for an eight-cup …

Three different kinds of popsicles come in this package: strawberry, cotton candy and lemonade-flavored popsicles. The one flavor that interested me the most was the lemonade-flavored popsicle because ice cold lemonade is truly a refreshing thing to have when the world is roasting outside. I figured that a lemonade-flavored …

Ever since I was a small child I have always enjoyed Lance Cheese on Wheat crackers. The crackers are only sold packaged in packs of six; you can find them sometimes in vending machines. These are by far my favorite packaged cracker simply because of how different they are …

hint offers a variety of flavored waters and I think I can easily say that the Hibiscus Vanilla is just about my favorite variety that they currently offer, although some other flavors definitely do come close. What I really like about this drink is the vanilla flavor that is …

Grapefruit is a fruit that’s delicious sweet and very nutritious, and grapefruit is also something that can be eaten when on a diet, so it’s good for weight-control too. I have to say though, I haven’t touched another actual grapefruit since I tried this grapefruit juice from Florida’s Natural …

This is a newly released flavor from Selecta Ice Cream. As a chocolate person and a person who has sweet tooth, I love tasting different flavors of ice cream. Selecta recently re-launched “The Hersheys Collection”. Right after, there were several new flavors. One of those which captured me is Coffee …

Yoplait Light Fat Free Yogurt is always a huge hit in my household. There is rarely a trip to the grocery store where I come home without it.
Most impressive to me is the huge variety of flavors that are available. There are the traditional fruity kinds like …

Vegan ice-cream is a big thing right now, as a lot of people choose to follow that cruelty-free lifestyle and a lot of people also have a lactose-intolerance or a milk allergy, so the market of dairy-free ice-cream is growing with every day. I’ve tried a lot of vegan ice-cream …