I always thought that Tropicana was simply peerless, until I came across this one. I never knew that Canada makes one hundred percent pure orange juice like this. I’ll start with the taste. It is truly superb, it has just the right tanginess and the wholesome taste …

Just the mention of Curry gets my mouth watering. The aromatic blend of spices and ingredients bursting with flavor cooked to perfection and served with Rice or Indian flat bread, there is nothing comparable.
The key to making a delicious Chicken Curry lies not only in the preparation method but …

I recently purchased a 12 pack of root beer from our local Save-a-Lot store. It was their store brand Tubz Root Beer.
I purchased this brand because it had a cheap price. But, I wasn’t really expecting a whole lot from it. However, after trying it, I have to say …

Jack-n-the-box fries are pretty disappointing because I expected them to taste a lot better. Jack-n-the-box has a lot of really great offerings, which is why I stop by the fast food place whenever I get the chance, which isn’t that often. I love a lot of their different foods, …

V8 is one of those lovely brands that I grew up with as a younger girl. Initially, it was mostly known for it’s vegetable juice, but as the years passed they have come along with fruit juices and energy drinks, and some in between. I personally enjoy their products, …

This is an extremely handy dandy snack for work and school. It’s cheap, it’s delicious, and it’s easy to share. First of all, just like the rice krispies, I buy this in a really big box at Costcos. It’s only $10 for like 40 pieces and they would have …

I’ve always been a curious soul, who loves trying all things new. Actually, trying new things is one of my biggest passions, whether that’s new activities, new places, new makeup or new foods. New foods and new food concepts are my ultimate weakness. I’m not a vegan, but I get …

Reeses Peanut Butter Whoppers are a new treat that Reeses has come out with in the past few months. I bought it at Walmart Super Center the last time I ws there. These treats are using the malted milk balls we are all familiar with, they …

Here I’m talking about good old in the box boil it and make it Kraft Mac and Cheese. There really isn’t any other kind — don’t even talk to me about the microwaveable kind, which is really a bit nasty if you ask me. This original macaroni and …

I go to my local publix store and any time my family isn’t in the mood for cooking, we usually buy a rotisserie chicken. this chicken comes in a variety of flavors such as BBQ,Lemon Pepper,and original. It’s a good value because it is very filling and feeds …

I like my coffee all year round. In the winter time I like it hot and in the summer I like it on ice. Nescafe Taster’s choice coffee comes in a 7 ounce canister, and it is easy to make. I make my instant coffee sort of like I …

Do you like fish? Tofu? You will love batagor. Batagor is a local food from Indonesia, originated from Bandung. They are fish, tofu and some other ingredients, mashed into a dumpling. You can eat them deep fried, or steamed like siew may.
The one brand …

I love having an afternoon snacks. Usually I eat croissant or cheese bread but I want to slash the calorie intake that I have that is why I need to eat something healthy. I came across Welch’s Fruit Snacks and I thought this was good and healthy given that …

For my Valentine’s Day, my friend and I decided to make chocolate covered strawberries for dessert, so I went out to get the chocolate that we would use as the hard shell. My sister always makes chocolate covered strawberries and warned me that there is a brand of the …

For Christmas this year, we went an easier, more simplified route, prompted actually by trying to buy turkey a little too late in the week. Live and learn! Anyway, we ended up purchasing the ‘Homestyle Meatloaf’, a pre-packaged product under the ‘Fresh Deli’ label of Raley’s. The …

These chips from the Dollar Tree are really no deal. Although they only cost a dollar, the bag size is just six ounces. I can get twelve ounce bags from Walmart for under two dollars when I purchase the Great Value brand and for even less at ALDI if …

I love buying these little six ounce cans of tomato paste from my local Pick N Save. They are almost always in stock and I know it is a brand I can rely on. With this soy allergy I have, I have to be extremely careful what I buy. …

These little bits of Chocolate haven’t been out all that long. I can’t say how long they have been out, perhaps 6 months or so. I tried them when they first came out and they are really nice.
I like the Cadbury’s brand and like Cadbury’s Caramel. It is quite …

I like keep myself in, what we kiwis like to describe as, pretty good nick. I run, watch what I eat, all that good girl stuff. But at the end of a long hard day of “being good” sometimes you just feel like a beer. Everyone …

When it comes to cookouts, for me, there is nothing better than a good bottle of Kraft honey barbeque sauce somewhere close to me. Even though it’s probably intended for cooking (but not limited to), I prefer to use it as a dipping sauce and for cooking.
The design of …

Durian is a native produce of Davao, Philippines. Although most Southeast Asian countries have some edible species of Durian, Davao is one of primary exporters of this fruit. To those who are familiar with this exotic fruit, then you all know how it smells. And it does smell like …

I am truly in the yogurt craze right now! I know that yogurt is good for my body because of its live microorganisms that are good bacteria, making sure that my colon is kept healthy from cancer causing cells. Also I know that yogurt is great because of its …

I usually do all of my seafood shopping at my local Albertson’s grocery store. They usually have good sales and quality seafood, unlike other stores near my area. One day I was there to purchase my lobster tail for the month when I cam across some advertised crab cakes. …

I know macaroni pie sounds odd, so let me give you a brief rundown of what it is supposed to be. Macaroni pie is simply macaroni (like elbow macaroni) which is boiled al dente, then mixed together with evaporated milk, eggs, grated cheese(lots of it) and black pepper and …

This is a wonderful healthy juice drink packed with 200% of Vitamin C and I must say this is for real. I learned about this juice drink while I was looking for an orange juice to drink because I had a really and bad cold. What caught my …

Nescafe currently had a campaign to encourage people to drink coffee at night even before you head to bed for a good night slumber. The challenge though is to erase the preconceived notion that coffee, being rich in caffeine will keep you awake. Thus they manufactured a different mix, this …

I’m very in to buying turkey in place of other meats whenever I can. I don’t eat pork and turkey is much healthier than beef too. I do love a good sausage with my morning breakfast sandwich though and so it was only natural for me to …

We made some Chinese food the other day and, because I wasn’t sure if what we purchased would be enough, I stopped off at the store and purchased a package of Ling Ling Potstickers to go with it.
I should have saved my money.
Normally, I like potstickers (basically a pasta …

It has been years since I have gone to Tropical Hut Hamburger Restaurant. Maybe it has been ten years.Before,Tropical Hut Hamburger only offered hamburger sandwiches, mango juice, soft drinks and ordinary spagghetti.Now, it has variety of offers, the latest is the chicken macaroni soup. Two nights ago, I dropped …

The Wal-Mart bag of wild Salmon fillets is a bag of cut up and filleted salmon; they are individually packaged and come four to five in a bag. I had only had Salmon once in my life, but based on my previous experience with the Wal-Mart bag of Tilapia …

After walking around looking for a working ATM in Riverbanks Mall, I was suddenly seized by a craving for a little carbohydrates. I saw the bakeshop of Save More Supermarket right beside the entrance to the mall, and made a beeline for it. I love roti prata, that Indian/Singaporean …

As someone who downs at least two energy drinks a day, I would consider myself something of an expert on the various brands of caffeinated canned beverages. Mountain Dew’s Kickstart is a refreshing change of pace from the energy drinks we’ve all become accustomed to. Say goodbye to …

Growing up, I was a chocolate junkie. I still love chocolate, but I think I’m more finicky these days and I like a bit of variety with the chocolate. For example, instead of chocolate on chocolate, I prefer a white cake with chocolate frosting, or a chocolate …

Frito Lay hands down makes the best sun flower seeds. Their brand of barbeque flavor is simply amazing. Most sunflower seed companies use mostly a salt flavor for barbeque. Not this brand, of course they use salt as a main ingredient, but the flavor is a sweet barbeque. …

I purchased this syrup at the store on a whim. It is a small bottle and they were able to fit it into a little display next to the ice cream freezer. I had not seen any advertisement for it nor had I heard much about it before …

I am not a big fan of white chocolate, I mean, I have different periods actually, until a few years ago I used to adore white chocolate while I didn’t like the milk with hazelnuts one while now I find all white chocolates just little bit too sweet while …

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 …

Marie Callender’s Country Fried Chicken & Gravy is another product I tried recently for the first time. While this variety isn’t a new one for Marie Callender’s, it was on sale, and I noticed that the gravy was provided in a pouch instead of mixed in.
I am not …

For as long as I can remember I’ve been buying Albertsons’ crab cakes since they started putting them out. I like their crab cakes because they are not manufactured or prepackaged, but because they are freshly hand made daily and precooked.
What first attracted me to Albertsons’ crab cakes was …

I am always looking for new healthy cereals to help me start my day. On my recent trip to the grocery store, I decided to shy away from my normal cereal choices and try Kashi’s Healthy Heart Honey flavored cereal. Kashi is known for providing consumers with healthy choices …

So we finally picked up our girl scout cookies for 2011! I was pretty excited, because well, we only get them once a year! But I was really dissapointed this year at the cookies, they changed a lot of them, like cut back and made them smaller, therefore less …

I buy one of these gorgeous golden delicious apples from The Co-operative convenience store frequently as a snack and I pay 35 pence each. This is from the fresh fruit section of the store and you can obviously have as many as you want, they are loose and …

Rice is the staple food in the Philippines. And what goes perfectly with rice? I’d say adobo. It’s a native Filipino dish which is basically just meat (chicken or pork) cooked to simmer in a mixture of soy sauce and vinegar as well as some seasoning. Preparing it is …

I’ve eaten similar products to Jimmy Dean Croissant Sandwiches, but not this exact one until now. Specifically, this is the ‘Meal Size’ version, which contains four croissant sandwiches to a box. These croissants are a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich.
The ‘meal size’ sandwiches are, indeed, larger than …

I first came accross these seeds at a local Valero Gas station in Porter, Tx and decided to give them a try seeing how the label boasted its jumbo sized sunflower seeds that had caffeine, ginseng, taurine and lysine. I first tried the Original flavor and made my way …

I love eating while writing, reading or watching a movie but I prefer to eat potato chips because its salty, irresistible and easy to eat. I have tried a lot of potato chips in the market and my personal favorite is Original flavor. They brags that once you pop …

I was passing through my friend’s shop the other day and decided to have a shopping-spree rest. It was my pay day and I wanted to shop for some clothes, but not having the luck yet. And I chit-chatted awhile with her, whilst she was at the same …

I have a Goldstar Television in my room. Although slightly lesser known than the branded and heavily advertised counterparts, Goldstar to its credit has been silently making high quality products that really do endure the test of time. I’ve had mine since 1999 when my sister wed and got …