Food Reviews
Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Primavera Frozen Entree
This frozen entrée looks so colorful and healthy, and I couldn’t not buy it when I saw the picture on the box. It is a mixture of grilled chicken, broccoli, tomatoes and asparagus tossed with wheat vermicelli and garlic sauce. The bright colors of the asparagus and tomatoes make …
Hamburger Helper Cheesy Hashbrowns flavor
Made by Betty Crocker, Hamburger Helper is a skillet dinner mix. It is intended to supplement ground beef so as to produce a “home cooked” meal with a little help from this mix. Hamburger Helper comes in a variety of flavors and …
Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash Ravioli Frozen Entree
I think this is a wonderful and unique frozen entrée, first of all. I love the idea of using butternut squash as a ravioli filling. With this dish, these ravioli are mixed with walnuts, peas, carrots, and cream sauce. It seemed like a wonderful mixture of tastes and textures, …
Lean Cuisine Mushroom Pizza
One thing I like about Lean Cuisine is the brand’s gourmet pizza. I like the idea that I can eat one of these small pizzas and feel like I’m indulging without actually indulging too much!
Since mushrooms are some of my favorite ingredients to include on a pizza, I …
Lean Cuisine Deluxe Frozen Pizza
I like a lot of toppings on my pizza, so I was drawn to this pizza, which is labeled “Deluxe”, and contains lots of flavorful ingredients. These include meats like sausage and pepperoni, and vegetables like peppers, mushrooms, and onions. I think the sausage and pepperoni are delicious, the …
Lean Cuisine Philly-Style Steak and Cheese Panini
I couldn’t resist trying this frozen panini when I saw it in the supermarket. I’ve never had an actual Philly cheese steak, but I’ve always wanted to try one, and I thought this might be the closest I could come for a while.
This panini takes steak and combines …
Ferrero White Chocolate Coconut Chocolates
Who doesn’t love a good piece of chocolate? I haven’t met anyone yet who has rejected a piece of chocolate, especially the Ferrero brand, which everyone seems to love. One of the most delicious and addicting flavors of this brand are the White Chocolate Coconut flavor.
This flavor of …
Great Value Cornbread Stuffing Mix
We had pork ribs for dinner last night and, since they were a cheap brand that didn’t have much meat on them, we decided to make some extra side dishes to go with them just so we had a filling dinner.
One of the things we ended up making was …
Mango Bravo: Cake from Conti’s
The other special dessert that made a special appearance on our holiday table this year was the Mango Bravo from Conti’s Pastry Shop and Restaurant. Although this made it to the list of 25 best desserts in the country published by a major daily, its inclusion was not the …
San Marco Cake
One of my duties to my family during the preparation of the holiday meals is to make sure that we have a really special dessert. My family usually carefully reviews and rates the desserts served on the table, and when I choose a dessert that fails, it makes me …
Del Monte Fruit Naturals
If you like a combination of fruit blended with the taste of delicious fruit juice then I would recommend the Del Monte fruit Naturals cup. Del Monte is a really great fruit brand that I have trusted for over ten years they make all the best canned fruits,fruit cups,dried …
Weight Watchers Smart Ones Chicken Carbonara Frozen Dinner
I’d never had chicken carbonara before I tried this dish from Weight Watchers. I really loved it, though, and it quickly became one of my favorite meals offered by this brand.
This dinner basically combines linguine, chicken pieces and turkey bacon bits and a sauce made with Parmesan cheese. …
Nestle Bear Brand Busog Lusog Family Cereal Drink
Nestle Bear Brand launched its Busog Lusog Family Cereal Drink recently and I was given several packets of it. I have grown up with most of Nestle products, and Bear Brand is the milk that I grew up with, and so I thought that was an assurance of …
Weight Watchers Smart Ones Tuna Noodle Gratin Frozen Dinner
This is one of my favorite frozen dinners from Weight Watchers. I haven’t eaten a lot of tuna noodle casseroles, but if I had to pick one version of this dish, one of my favorites would be this frozen meal. It consists of linguine noodles, bits of albacore tuna, …
Weight Watchers Smart Ones Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Frozen Dinner
If there’s one thing I personally have a weakness for, it’s spaghetti with meat sauce. I’ve always loved this classic dish and I love trying new versions of it. In this frozen dinner, it’s paired with lots of flavorful ingredients including onions and flavorful, meaty mushrooms. I am a …
Weight Watchers Smart Ones Shrimp Marinara Frozen Dinner
This is one of my all-time favorites offered by Weight Watchers Smart Ones. I love shrimp, and I think you have to enjoy shrimp to like this one. It’s basically linguine tossed with small shrimp and a light tomato sauce. I love how tender the pasta is, and I …
Food Club American Cheese Singles
My daughter just woke up from her nap and, since she hasn’t eaten anything since breakfast (it’s now 2 in the afternoon), I went looking for something for her to eat.
She wasn’t really eating her lunch (she ate part of it but the cat kept distracting her), I decided …
Walgreen’s Starlight Mints
The other day, I was reading an article that mentioned peppermint as a natural stress reliever. Since my wife seems to be stressed out a lot lately from our kids (they can be quite the handful when I’m not home to help her), I decided to pick up a …
Bernie’s Bites Beer Battered Brat Bites
We decided to have pizza last night and, since I knew it wasn’t going to be something that would last us through our late night movie watching, I decided to pick up something to snack on.
The store I was at happened to have Bernie’s Bites Beer Battered Brat Bites …
Hereford Corned Beef
I have not tried Hereford Corned beef before. I was very impressed, satisfied and addicted with Hamper. I have tried Hereford sausage and it was very delicious but with its corned beef, I never had the chance to eat it. We have several boxes that arrived from Los Angeles and …
Fit & Active Light Sun Dried Tomato Reduced Fat Dressing
The Fit & Active Light Sun Dried Tomato Reduced Fat Dressing comes in a sixteen ounce bottle for one dollar and nineteen cents. Compared with the Kraft Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette Dressing & Marinade, which also comes in a sixteen ounce bottle for around three dollars, this reduced fat …
Southern Grove 100 Calorie Packs Cocoa Roasted Almonds
The Southern Grove 100 Calorie Packs Cocoa Roasted Almonds retails for one dollar and ninety-nine cents. In one package comes seven mini-packs of cocoa roasted almonds. Each mini pack amounts to a suggested serving. I have to say, I have trouble limiting myself to just one pack! I find …
L’Oven White Bread
I picked up bread the other day thinking we didn’t have any at home. But, as it turns out, my wife convinced my parents to pick up some groceries for us since they were at the store anyway and she didn’t want to go out in the cold with …
Florida’s Finest Chocolate Creamy Coconut Patties
Florida’s Finest box of Creamy Coconut patties are a delicious combination of coconut and chocolate in a delicate square patty that is packed with flavor and sold in Florida souvenir shops or even the clothing store Bells. This product sells for a varied price depending on where you purchase …
Dannon Activia Vanilla Dessert Yogurt
Activia is an amazingly delicious and healthy yogurt that I have come across, and now they have added dessert flavors to their list of many delicious yogurt flavors. The Vanilla Dessert flavor of Activia yogurt gives an amazing authentic flavor of vanilla like I would find in an ice …
Special K Chocolate Protein Shake
I have never really been a big fan of chocolate shakes, until I tried the Special K Chocolate Protein Shake that is used as a meal replacement for either lunch or dinner. Not only does this shake give the delicious flavor of chocolate, but it offers many nutritional values …
Special K Strawberry Protein Shake
Some protein shakes have left me feeling not only hungry after consuming them, but with a nasty taste in my mouth. I was very glad, and a little relieved, that the Special K Strawberry flavored protein shake did neither of those things. It has become the perfect breakfast shake …
Great Value Canned Corn
As I mentioned in another review, we decided to make a big dinner last night with lots of side dishes because the pork ribs we made were a bit lean when it came to meat. Since we needed a vegetable everyone in our family would eat (and I was …
Great Value Pasta Sauce
I came home last night once again expecting leftovers for dinner. However, my wife apparently had other plans (unlike me, she has no problem throwing out uneaten food every Sunday) and, instead, was making spaghetti and meatballs.
Whenever I make spaghetti, I prefer making my sauce rather than using sauce …
Great Value Fruit Spins Cereal
As I mentioned in another review, my wife and I decided to do some much needed grocery shopping recently and, because we needed to go there anyway, ended up at our local Walmart Super Center.
One of the items we needed was breakfast cereal because, once again, we seemed to …
Nescafe Gold Roast Coffee 3-in-1 Coffee
I like to drink coffee anytime of the day. The most important part of my breakfast and afternoon snacks would be drinking my daily dose of coffee. I have different instant coffee mixes and I have had the opportunity to try the Nescafe Gold Roast 3-in-1 coffee mix.
This …
Bonus Meats: House Brand of SM Supermarket
The start of the year was heralded by news of price increases – from fuels to transport fares. It has now become more necessary to tighten our belts every which way we can. Thus, I have taken price comparison to an art level and will absolutely refuse to part …
Aristocrat Boneless Chicken Barbecue with Rice
The Aristocrat is a good restaurant that has been in the business for years. When I want to enjoy good quality barbecue, than this is the go-to place I automatically have in mind.
Their Chicken Barbecue with Rice meal is the bestseller of this restaurant. I remember even when I …
Pik-Nik Shoestring Potatoes Hot Flavor
I like to eat potato chips for a snack, especially when watching TV. Going to the supermarket is like going to paradise, there are a lot of food snacks to choose from! I really could not help but indulge when I visit the snacks section because there are a …
Cupcakes by Sonja (Mocha Cupcake)
I am not a huge fan of cupcakes. The only time I like to eat them is for an afternoon snack paired with coffee. Well I would not go to great lengths just to be able to eat cupcakes and there are a lot of supermarket ready-packed cupcakes that …
Mrs. Feilds Cookie Chunk Chocolates
Mrs. Fields is a well-known brand of desserts that are loved by many individuals with a sweet tooth. I know I have always loved those products, and I especially loved the box of Cookie Chunk Chocolates from the Mrs. Fields line of sweets as well. They were not only …
Home Maker Premium Florida Squeeze Orange Juice
There are many squeezed orange juices I had tried. The most popular is Tropicana Minute Maid Pulp Orange juice. Despite being delicious, orange juice is healthy as long as it has no artificial ingredients. One time I visited the house of my former Supervisor at Quezon City Philippines and …
Minute Maid Premium Premium Lemon Juice
I am not a lemon person although I know that it is one of the good sources of vitamin C. I drink calamansi juice whenever I feel like getting sick and it works. However in my country, lemon is not always available typically. We rely more on calamansi (family …
Great Value Apple Juice
Just to make a difference, I purchased an apple drink one time when I shopped for food at SM Hypermarket, SM Makati Philippines. My family gets used to drinking soft drinks and Iced Tea; sometimes if there are fruit juices we drink it too. Sometimes we only drink cold …
Campbells Chicken Noodle Soup
When I was out shopping the other morning, I happened to notice the store I was at had Campbells Chicken Noodle Soup on sale; 3 for $1. Since I have been fighting a cold for the past couple of weeks and do enjoy soup on occasion (especially with a …
Our Family Enriched White Bread
Since I was picking up lunch meat last night (I found it on sale), I decided I probably should buy a loaf of bread too. We had some bread at home already. But, with sandwiches, we go through it too fast and I didn’t want to risk running out.
Since …
Hamburger Helper Potatoes Stroganoff flavor
If you are not familiar with Hamburger Helper, it is basically a line of skillet dinner mixes produced by Betty Crocker. Recently, I have been trying a variety of Hamburger Helper flavors because I have been trying to keep my food expenses down …
Special K French Vanilla Protein Shake
Special K products have been products that I rely on to satisfy my hunger as well as provide nutrition to last throughout my day. There was one product, the Special K French Vanilla shake, that I had heard good and bad things about, so I decided to try it …
White Pear Arbor Mist
I am not a big drinker, but when I do decide to indulge in something alcoholic, I look for something that is fruity and the taste of alcohol is very little. Arbor Mist has always been my go to drink for Sunday dinners with the family, or when I …
Cheese Mountain Sausage Pizza
I was in a bit of a rush this morning and, because I had to shovel the sidewalk before leaving for work, didn’t have an opportunity to eat anything for breakfast. As a result, I decided to stop off at Kwik Trip on my way to work and grab …
Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
It never ceases to amaze me every time I eat them – but, Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits have got to be the best biscuits I have ever woofed down.
If you have never been to Red Lobster or tasted their Cheddar Bay Biscuits, you are truly missing out a …
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