Product Description: Box of 6 fillets covered in a crispy breaded crust. My wife found these for around $6 at one of our local grocery stores a few days ago and we finally got around to having them for dinner last night.
What I liked about this product: I have …

Route 1 Candy Peanut Choklets come in a twelve point six ounce bag for one dollar and ninety-nine cent at ALDI Food Market stores. This is a candy that combines chocolate and peanuts, a combination that isn’t exactly new, but it doesn’t do it at all remarkably. While the …

Every time I venture into Target, I discover a new kind of cookie or candy that I had never previously encountered anywhere else. Being a huge cookie aficionado, this thrills me to no end. My most recent trip had me discover a new kind of Milano cookie that I …

In one package of Belmont Glazed Donuts comes twelve donuts for one dollar and ninety-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. Glazed donuts are among the cheapest donuts that a person can buy, but the Belmont brand sells at a particularly low price compared with what other stores want …

Breakfast Best Scrambled Eggs, Hash Browns & Sausage is a frozen breakfast combo that’s sold at ALDI Food Market stores for one dollar and nineteen cents. For one dollar and nineteen cents, a generous amount of food comes in a package, I think. The eggs come already scrambled, but …

I’m always looking for low priced groceries that my family will actually eat. I also look for convenience items to keep on hand because of our busy schedules during the day. So I thought we’d try cereal bars to prevent being late for appointments or just a quick snack. …

Product Description: Frozen Red Baron brand pizza with beefsteak meat, white sauce, mozzarella cheese, onions and peppers on a thin crust.
What I liked about this pizza: Well, for one thing, this is definitely something that is different from most other frozen pizzas out there. The white cheese sauce gives …

I have been working my way through a fair number of different flavors of Hamburger Helper because I find Hamburger Helper generally to be reasonably priced, easy to prepare, and tasty. In terms of taste, I was not immediately attracted to the Crunchy …

Product Description: A pack of four sausage griddles from Jimmy D (Jimmy Dean) that I found on sale for around $4 on Saturday. The griddles consist of a turkey sausage patty in between two maple flavored pancakes.
What I liked about this product: My wife and I will occasionally buy …

The Fit & Active Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches come six to a pack for two dollars and ninety-nine cents each at ALDI Food Market stores. They are a low calorie and low fat alternative to another ice cream sandwich product also carried at ALDI Food Market stores, namely the …

Taclings is one food product that has been gracing food fairs and bazaars recently. I was able to taste it the other night for the first time upon the recommendation of my cousin. The premise of Taclings is to offer small bite sized tacos that won’t be …

Midnight mercato is a midnight food market located at the Fort Bonifacio area, near the Home Depot which opens on weekend nights from around 9pm to 3am. It is composed of an air conditioned tent which has a lot of tables and chairs, as well as a few …

Millville Honey Puffs is a cereal sold at ALDI Food Market stores for one dollar and ninety-nine cents. Fourteen point five ounces of cereal comes in a box. That’s a generous amount of cereal for that kind of money, especially these days. with the prices of cereals on the …

The Lunch Buddies Strawberry Applesauce Cups come in a six pack and the cups themselves are four ounces. ALDI Food Market stores carry this product for one dollar and twenty-nine cents. The blending of strawberry and apple flavoring works, in my opinion, because neither flavor completely dominates the other. …

The Great Value Taco Shells come twelve to a pack for one dollar at Walmart. They are yellow corn taco shells and I think they taste as good and fresh as the taco shells sold under the name brands. On a couple of occasions, I’ve purchased these taco shells …

Product Description: Can of baked beans from the brand B & M, which I believe is a product from B&G Foods. I found it this morning while shopping at our local Piggly Wiggly and bought it for $1.79.
What I liked about this product: I normally buy Bush’s Baked Beans …

I had bought a pack of the “Keebler Original Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies” for my brother but was very delighted when he decided to share them with me since I have always found Keebler cookies to be delicious. Well, this particular one did not disappoint me at all, …

While the General Mills Cinnamon Burst Cheerios cereal may be bursting with cinnamon flavor, the box that the cereal comes in certainly isn’t bursting with cereal. Ten ounces of this cereal will cost an individual around two dollars and fifty cents, depending on where the cereal is purchased. That’s …

Fit & Active Yellow Cling Sliced Peaches comes in a twenty-nine ounce can for one dollar and twenty-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. They’re cheaper than the canned peaches sold in larger retail stores, even when compared to the store brand canned peaches. One major difference is these …

The Fit & Active Strawberry Lemonade Beverage comes in a one liter bottle for sixty-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. Just as the name suggests, this beverage is a sweet mixture of strawberry and lemon flavors. What’s most impressive about the combination of strawberry and lemon flavoring is …

Product Description: Box of microwaveable mini-bags of popcorn. I found this last night at our local Walgreen’s Pharmacy for $1.79/box (or 2 boxes for $3).
What I liked about this product: I’ve been pretty disappointed with microwaveable popcorn lately and, as a result, I shy away from spending too much …

Fit & Active Light Mayonnaise comes in a thirty-two ounce jar for one dollar and eighty-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. Light mayonnaise is an option for those that enjoy the flavor of the condiment but dislike the fat and calories. I myself don’t think that this light …

Product Description: Red Baron frozen pizza sold in single-serve slices that can be microwaved. My wife bought this for around $3.50 yesterday.
What I liked about this product: Well, I like Red Baron pizza but making one in the oven is pretty much out of the question when it comes …

Product Description: Box of Penne Pasta available at Aldi for around $1.
What I liked about this product: Well, obviously, if I do any shopping at Aldi, I am there because I am looking to save some money. And, this was no exception to that. The pasta was considerably cheaper …

Product Description: Similar to Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese, this product is a thick creme that can be melted to make a variety of dishes. We paid a little over $2 for it at one of our stores (thanks to a coupon) and used it instead of pasta sauce when …

Product description: A frozen meal for two consisting of two pieces of mahi mahi fish, a packet of salsa, rice and pea pods. This cost us around $6 at Walmart.
What I liked about this product: I loved the convenience. Everything was made in our microwave and there were very …

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 …

Product Description: Pack of 9 bratwurst from the Cher Make Sausage Company out of Manitowoc, WI. I found this at our local Piggly Wiggly store last night for about $6.50.
What I liked about this product: First of all, the price was actually pretty reasonable for this brand. In comparison, …

Mama Cozzi’s Pizza Kitchen Cheesesticks looked extremely appetizing on the box that they came in. They looked so good that I overlooked what I considered to be a somewhat unreasonable price for five cheesesticks. Two dollars and nineteen cents is cheaper than what other stores want for cheesesticks, although …

Season’s Choice Diced Onion Rings is a frozen food product carried at ALDI Food Market stores. The onion rings may be available at other stores that specialize in off brands, but I don’t know of any others that do. A sixteen ounce bag retails for one dollar and nineteen …

After seeing some commercials on tv, I decided upon taking a bit of a risk. Rather than frequenting my normal chicken wing place, I decided to take up the Domino’s offer for the supposedly new chicken. I took their 2 for 5.99 apiece offer, and I selected …

Although I tend to personally prefer the L’oven Fresh Hamburger Buns for hamburgers, roast beef, chicken patties and so on, there are others in my family that like the Great Value 8 Enriched Jumbo Hamburger Buns because of how big they are. I don’t care for big buns myself …

Mom’s Best Naturals Raisin Bran is a cereal that’s comparable to Kellogg’s Raisin Bran cereal. The only difference between the two cereals that I can make out is the price. The Kellogg’s cereal is about thirty cents more in price compared to the Mom’s Best Naturals cereal, which retails …

Mom’s Best Naturals Honey Nut Toasty O’s is a cereal that looks and tastes very much like General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios. I personally think that the cereal has a better, more satisfying, flavor to it than the Honey Nut Cheerios cereal. The honey and almond flavors seem more …

It was one of those unusual days when I arrived way ahead of time at work. So I decided to go to the convenience store just outside our office. As I walked in the store, I really don’t have any idea of what to buy. I checked out the …

One late afternoon right after coming out of the office, I dropped by a nearby supermarket and scouted for food that my kids could bring to school. This task is one that I like doing because I get to choose good food for my little ones. It is also …

Normally, I am not a fan of mint shakes really. So after going through the McDonalds drive through and ordering a Shamrock Shake, I was confused as to why I thought I would like the shake at all. It is green in color, an unappealing color for shakes in …

When I gave birth I was so determined to loose all the baby weights I gained during my pregnancy. One thing I did was to cut down on rice and to cut down on meat as well. As an alternative I tried to eat tuna. Since fresh tuna is …

Synopsis: A box of toaster pastries offered at select grocery store as a cheaper alternative to the more popular Pop Tart brand. I purchased a box of 8 pastries (four packages of 2) for $1.75.
What I liked about this brand: Well, you can’t argue with the price. When I …

Product Description: A delicious and refreshing dairy substitute drink.
I really love a tall cold glass of milk with cookies or graham crackers; takes me back to when I was a kid. But for me as an adult the fat content, lactose intolerance issues and sugars in milk …

The first time that I heard of the Reggae Jammin Fish Sticks product was when I heard it being advertised on the radio several years ago, but I mostly ignored the advertisement since I am not much of a fish person, and generally do not eat most fish products. …

As of recently, my family has bought only “Freeflo Fluoridated and Iodized Salt” not just because it is cheap and is manufactured locally, but we have also bought it because we think that it is a little better than some of the other cheaper brands of salt.
There are …

I drink quite a bit of hot chocolate, especially in the winter. I probably have a mug or two of it each day because I don’t really drink coffee. So because of this, I have tried lots of different kinds of hot chocolate.
I find that I prefer Nestle Carnation …

It was my mother who first bought the “National Premium Quality Healthy Start Raisin, Oats and Cinnamon Bread” some time after it was put on the market, after she tasted a single slice at my grandmother’s house. She loved the taste so much that she decided to buy a …

Product Description: Bag of 24 pre-cooked frozen sausage links. Available at one of our local grocery stores (I’m guessing it is only available at select stores) for about $3.50.
What I liked about this product: I have found, as far as breakfast goes at least, you can’t go wrong with …

If ever you are in the mood for a crunchy, salty, yet healthy snack that is jammed packed with flavor and yumminess to satisfy your hunger. Then you should look no further than the Tomato Garlic Basil Chips from Lays. Not only is this snack guaranteed to satisfy that …

In one package of Lunch Buddies Chocolate Pudding comes four three point five ounce cups of chocolate pudding for eighty-nine cents. It’s the cheapest pudding I’ve found, and it’s sold at ALDI Food Market stores. Pudding mixes are cheaper, but this pudding is already made and packaged, so it’s …

Product Description: A crispy flavorful snack cracker that is low in fat
I have a new favorite snack to enjoy in front of the TV or as a sandwich go along with. Created by Ritz, it is a delicious toasted cracker, not fried. Fittingly called Ritz Toasted Chips, …

Remembering Remembering mom making hot chicken soup for me when I was sick made me long for some homemade hot chicken soup. When I hit the soup aisle in my local market, I scanned all of the possible choices. As I was sick with a sinus infection, nothing really …

The Breakfast Best Pancakes & Sausage Breakfast is a three pancake and two sausage link meal that comes in a box for ninety-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. It’s a microwavable breakfast that is ready in minutes, so it’s convenient, and if you aren’t a morning person like …