Food Reviews
Werther’s Originals
I remember the commercials so well. A young boy and his father entering a candy store, and the boy being rewarded with one of Werther’s Originals. It was portrayed as something very special, almost a rite of passage and a bond between parent and child. Yet, …
Shoppers value pepperoni pizza
Usually I like almost any brand of pizza. I bought this type just to try it and because it was so cheap. The other day I tried some and I didn’t like it at all. The crust of the pizza would not get done and the top of the …
Mrs. Freshley’s Fig Fruit & Grain Cereal Bar
Mrs. Freshley’s Fig Fruit & Grain Cereal Bar, while not offering much of an improvement over the apple cinnamon variety, is nonetheless an improvement. I find the fig flavor to be a little more intense than the apple-cinnamon flavor variety, and the fig flavor is certainly authentic. I also …
Recheks Food Pride Deli Chicken
A couple nights ago, my wife and I realized neither of us was in the mood to make dinner. So, on my way home, I stopped by Recheks Food Pride here in Beaver Dam, WI and picked up some roasted chicken from their deli.
While not as good as KFC …
Meadowfresh Houmous (aka Hummus) from Lidl
I tried a 300g tub of this Houmous from Lidl for only 99p. This Meadowfresh brand seems to be Lidl’s own brand judging from the label. This is a good price for such a large tub and I was looking forward to getting home and dunking some …
Kashi Trail Mix Chewy Granola Bar
I love the brand Kashi and their wholesome goodness they deliver without all the hassle. This why I decided to try their trail mix chewy granola bar. I’ve eaten some of their other different snack bars in the past and liked them pretty well. I figured that this Trail …
The Laughing Cow cheese
The Laughing Cow has a variety of cheese products from France. Do not ask me to read the French version of its brand, however, because I do not know how to pronounce it.
I discovered this brand on the imported section of our local supermarket. It costs more than the …
Fiber One Chewy Bars: Chocolate Peanut Butter snacks
General Mills created a delectable treat called Fiber One Chewy Bars: Chocolate Peanut Butter. This is a 90 calorie bar which contains 20 percent of the fiber individuals on regular 2,000 calorie diets need on a daily basis. While the topic is generally scorned in polite society, the individual’s …
Turkey Meal by Banquet (frozen dinner)
I use frozen dinners to same me time and money while I put myself through school. With three kids I need to keep a large selection of frozen dinners around that they like. I wish I could cook more for them but frozen dinners will do for now. I …
Weight Watchers SmartOnes Instant Meals
Weight Watchers SmartOnes Meals are microwavable products found in the frozen food section of popular grocery stores. Essentially, thanks to the name, any browser in the store can deduce that these products are meals– not snacks– meant for weight loss and weight management.
I give this product an 8 out …
Big Event Root Beer Float Bars
We were at the store yesterday buying something for dinner. Since we really didn’t have a whole lot in our house for dessert, we decided to pick up something for that too.
We ended up with Big Event Root Beer Float Bars.
The Big Event brand is one of the cheapest …
Minute Maid’s Pulpy Orange
Minute Maid’s Pulpy Orange is an orange drink with a new twist. The name says it all. It contains natural orange pulp that sets it apart from regular commercialized orange juices. It just took me one sip to know that this drink would be a regular in our fridge. …
Kroger Apple Cinnamon Toasted Oats
Kroger Apple Cinnamon Toasted Oats is a cereal that I only purchased once and I likely will not purchase again. The reason that this was a one time purchase for me was I was disappointed in the apple cinnamon flavor. Maybe I was expecting too much from this cereal, …
White King Champ O Rado
If you are a busy mom with a busy schedule, try this Champ O Rado from White King. (for those who do not know, chocolate flavored porridge is called champorado in the Philippines) It comes in a box with two ready-to-cook pouches or in a box with …
Milo Chocolate Energy Powder Drink
I’ve been drinking Milo Chocolate Energy drink since I was a child. This is very well known because it is rich with vitamins and minerals. My parents always telling me before that when I take this Milo Energy drink I will get taller and stronger that’s why until now …
Helados Mexico Premium Fruit Bar Guayava (Guava) Flavor
99 cents, 80 calories, free of corn syrup, and delicious! —“ what could be better for a cold treat on a hot summer day for health-conscious adults and their children?
If you’ve never tried guava before, give it a try and see if you like the flavor! I would describe …
So Nice Vanilla Chai Soy Beverage
Like many people I suffer from some mild lactose intolerance so I bought the brand So Nice Vanilla Chai Soy Beverage as a substitute for a milk drink. I had bought other So Nice soy products in the past but never a Chai one so I was eager to …
Captain’s Bakery Twist Donuts
I can’t honestly say that I’m a fan of most of the pastries that come from the different branches of Captain’s Bakery, but for some reason when my mother bought a twist donut from the bakery for me to eat for lunch, I expected more. It wasn’t that the …
Canada Olympic Games 2010 Cookies
Wow, these Olympic Games companies are milking it for all they are worth, aren’t they? I’ve seen T shirts, sweat shirts, jackets, sweat pants, track suits, and now cookies? Really, how are cookies even related to the Games? I got this as a Christmas gift from my boss this …
Amul fresh creme
Wow now I am going to talk about my favourite Amul fresh creme. Hm-Amul has been my favourite brand name and I love most of the Amul milk products. The Amul fresh creme is really very fresh and very tasty. I buy this creme because I …
Watermelon Kiwi Kool-Aid Invisible
Kool-Aid has eliminated the purple mustache. Invisible Kool-Aid though often in limited supply at the grocery store, is a great invention.
Invisible Kool-Aid is available year round in basic flavors such as grape, cherry and lemonade, but also in raspberry and watermelon- kiwi. It is the same price as …
Parry’s refined pure sugar
I am a workingwomen and I also cook the food for my family every day. To prepare the food or sweet or any kind of dessert I only use the Parry’s refined pure sugar. The reason for me to choose this particular brand of sugar is, this …
Tang Juices and Iced Teas
Tang no has a new taste. They used to only offer powdered fruit drinks. Now they have more than juices, they also have iced teas, and flavored iced teas like strawberry or apple iced teas or the red iced tea. They are not the original to have flavored ice …
Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring water
I’ve never been a big believer that there were many differences between brands of bottled drinking water, with a few exceptions- but I found one last week that impressed me- not with its water, but the design of its packaging.
I was doing my usual supplemental shopping at …
Carolina Gold Parboiled Rice
When my father’s friend and his family came back from abroad a few days ago, they brought a few products with them. One of those products was a very large bag of rice, which I late found out was a bag of Carolina Gold Parboiled Rice. As weird as …
Goodday biscuits
Wow the tastiest biscuits, which I have ever found in my life, are the Good day biscuits. I have tasted much kind of biscuits, some of them are very costly and contains dry fruits and many more such things but the taste of good day biscuits are just …
Durian: The Fruit of the Gods
Durian is an exotic fruit grown mostly in Asia, mostly in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. Here in my country the Philippines, durian is grown mostly in the Southern part of the country, largely in Davao, although the surrounding towns have also successfully grown this only in the past …
Fenta Soft Drink
I don’t have many soft drinks now, but yes I have tried all of them ! I like the orange colored ones more than the black ones ! And fenta is my favorite.
Its got nice orange flavor. The soda thing to is moderate in it, I can taste …
Jell-o Gelatin - Orange
Jell-o Gelatin - Orange variety is one of my favorite gelatin fruit flavors to have. The orange flavor is quite tasty and it tastes authentic, too. The company did a pretty good job transferring the scrumptious orange flavor to the gelatin and every spoonful of gelatin is followed by …
Lowfat Chocolate Milk
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 …
Meijer Cream of Mushroom Soup
Since I’m picky about my cream soups, I’ve realized they can either be great or awful. Some of them have sugar or corn syrup in them, which I hate, and some of them don’t have the right kind of seasoning. With the right seasoning, I think a cream soup …
Lipton Japanese Green Tea
I love bottled Iced Tea Drinks. I have tried almost every iced tea, plain or with flavors that was introduced in the market. Most of the time, i would be disappointed because some are just too sweet, some are too coarse and others seemed to taste like medicines and …
Cafe Nova Cafe latte
I first tasted Cafe Nova during the recent Singapore Asia Pacific food festival. I liked it upon tasting and we decided to get one pack. It has a large number of sachets and there are varities with and without sugar. This coffee uses freeze dried Arabica …
Tropicana Orange Juice
There might be a lot of people that believe that the Tropicana brand is one of the most expensive juices in the world, but the truth is that it is worth its price in gold. One of the many reasons is that the new advertising gimmick is that …
Vindija Vanilla Milk pudding 125g
I usually prefer chocolate puddings to vanilla ones so I really don’t know why I even bought this vanilla pudding at the first place but I am actually glad I did because it taste fine. I bought one chocolate one from another brand and this Vindija vanilla milk pudding …
Hills Bros Double Mocha Cappuccino
I tried Hills Bros Double Mocha Cappuccino earlier this summer while on vacation. I started each morning with a cup before every day of my trip. Since returning to work, Hills Bros Cappuccino has become a regular part of my morning. As with other instant …
Count Chocula Cereal
Count Chocula is by far my favorite breakfast cereal… Make that lunch or dinner cereal too! Heck make it my midnight snack cereal while you’re at it! Count Chocula is mainly marketed toward children, but as an adult, I still love and crave the chocolaty tastes of Count …
Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon
I purchased a package of Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon recently after a glowing recommendation about it from a coworker. I got it at a local discount grocery store for $2.54 for a 12 ounce package. Considering how expensive pork bacon has gotten over the last couple of years, I …
Zingo Sweet and Spicy Sauce
This is the new product that I have tasted from Del Monte which is also the maker of my favorite banana ketchup. We went for a grocery this week and I have bought this delicious sauce to taste since most of the dishes I prepare were fried so the …
Safeway Orange Cream Clear Sparkling Water
I am on a mission to find the world’s best flavored water, and this is not it. With that, I must add that this is certainly not the worst I have sampled lately. Read my other reviews for a critique of some of the worst tasting brands …
Spectrum Naturals Organic Refined Coconut Oil
In my household, we use coconut oil a lot. We use it too make stir fry dishes, to sauté vegetables, to make baked goods and even for oral care and natural beauty care purposes. The coconut oil we love and use the most is the Spectrum Naturals Organic Refined …
Nesquik Strawberry Flavored Powder
Nesquik Strawberry flavored powder is a delicious way to get milkl in a person’s diet. While it does have some sugar in it compared to other starwberry flavorings the Nesquik Strawberry mix contains 25% less sugar. The product contains vitamin C, vitamin B6, Biotin, zinc, copper and manganese. The …
Dr. Pepper
This is my favorite drink. I don’t think it taste like any other soda. I love the taste of it. I also think that it is the best tasting soda their is. Lately they have came out with the dr. pepper 23 flavors and I don’t really care for …
Taco Bell Fresco Ranchero Chicken Taco
As a perpetual dieter and a fast food fan, I was immediately curious about the Taco Bell “Drive-thru diet” when I heard about it on TV. I had tried the famous “Subway diet” years previous and quite enjoyed it and found it effective. Looking further into Taco …
Tontino’s Pizza Rolls
Totino’s Pizza Rolls from Pillsbury are a fantastic way to snack. And they’re pretty filling just by themselves. I love the pepperoni in them, it reminds me of those odd shaped pizzas you’d get in the school lunch room.
I’m a fan of anything in the freeze aisle at the …
Milo Energy Drink
Whenever we go to grocery stores, there are actually two things that I would want to see. One, a super sale promo, and secondly, a free taste booth. This is not just because I wanted to taste something for free but because I wanted to have a ‘preview’ of …
Soyace Soya Tofu
I bought a tofu at Hypercity grocery because I wanted to make some Palak Paneer for our supper. I bought Soyace because it looks fresh and clean and it was in good packaging. I really enjoy eating tofu or cottage cheese as I include it into so many dishes …
Snickers Ice Cream Bar
Inside the brittle chocolate coating is a mouth-watering, sweet, softy and creamy ice cream with caramel toppings. Wow! This is really what I can call a perfect chocolate treat and what I am talking about is the Snickers Ice Cream Bar.
I am not fan of consuming imported goods but …
Kraft Tarter Sauce
When it comes to condiments, nothing is better than tartar sauce. I started eating it in elementary on the “fish” days for lunch, and I have continued to eat tartar sauce throughout the years. I’m not really sure how long Kraft has been making tartar sauce, but I just …
Red and White Complete Pancake Mix
If you ever run across this brand of pancake mix in your local discount grocery, don’t be afraid to buy it. It’s great!! The pancakes come out light and fluffy and there are just so many ways you can change them up to keep from having the …
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