While shopping last week, I ran across a new Jimmy Dean product called Breakfast Entrees. The one I chose to sample was the scrambled eggs with bacon and cheese, plus diced apples, and seasoned hash browns. They have the exact same combination with sausage instead of bacon, …

Today I tried DiGiorno For One - Pepperoni Pizza for the first time. I’ve been wanting to try some for a while since the commercials make it the brand sound so wonderful.
One thing I’m noticing now in the microwave trays that food is cooked on is that some …

McDonald’s chicken nuggets are one of the best chicken nuggets that I have ever had. I like that now they make them from white meat chicken. I have tried to recreate them at my home, but I have never succeeded. They are perfectly formed and breaded.
I …

The Taco Bell Home Originals Hard & Soft Taco Dinner is a great product to buy. If you enjoy eating Tacos, this product can help to make your life so much easier. Cooking tacos at home can taste as good as going out to eat at the Taco Bell …

If you live with a diabetic like I do you know that sugar and carbs are difficult to stay away from. These juices are sweetened with Splenda therefore they contain 75% less sugar and what sugars they do have is from the fruit itself. These juices also all under …

Ready Brek has been one of my favourite cereals since I was a child, especially in Winter. The TV advert would show people with glowing tummies keeping them warm because of the warm Ready Brek inside them and that always appealed to me. This is an oat …

Roli’s Napoleones really is a wonderful pastry. This is a local pastry that was only available in Bacolod, a province in the Philippines. Napoleones is a small square-sized layered pull pastry that has a sugar glaze on top of it filled with a custard cream in its center. This …

I like Betty Crocker mashed potatoes box mix, but I also have a love and hate relationship with it because even though the finished potatoes are good, I often find myself have to fix the mashed potatoes which has become part of the cooking process at this point.

Betty Crocker has …

Well I wil say the good stuff first. I appreciate the Glaceau Vitamin Water people for the fact that they don’t use high fructose corn syrup to sweeten their beverages. It is one of the cheapest and most overused sweeteners as of today. Many kids are becoming allergic because …

I first encountered Arcor’s Butter Toffee with a Chocolate Center when I was going to high school. This is one of the best toffees I have ever come across in my life. I don’t think any other toffee would beat it back, they can only come close.
I am chocolate …

Despite all the colors and flashy decorations found in and on Blue Bunny Original Ice Cream Birthday Party, there is really not a whole lot to celebrate about this ice cream. The ice cream carries roughly the same flavor as a white cake, so there is very little flavor …

I first became aware of Marie Callender’s sweet & sour chicken in the frozen section about 3 years ago. I am very particular about sweet & sour chicken and consider myself to be quite picky when it comes to whether or not I will like it. From the first …

Like many people I am constantly on the go, whether it be to work, school, or recreation, I am always out the door. With being on the move, I found that snacks have become a big part of my daily nutrition. Usually I keep cereal bars on hand, dried …

I love potato chips. They are one of my favorite types of snack foods. Although I realize that they are not the healthiest snack foods around and I try to moderate my intake, I am always on the lookout for a new potato chip taste sensation. Recently, …

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 …

I like to cook at home and am always worried about the health and well being of my family. I don’t like to use a lot of oil when I fry items, and I try to avoid frying most of the time anyway. But there are certain …

Cheetos are really good. I’ve been eating them ever since I was a little girl probably around the age of three. I especially love the cheesy taste and licking the cheese off of my fingers. The only thing I would have to be careful about is to wash my …

When I came across the Sundae Shoppe Lemon and Watermelon Italian Ice at my neighborhood ALDI Food Market, it caught my attention. Not because the price was good, either, at one dollar and ninety-nine cents for a package of six frozen dessert cups, although that certainly did catch my …

Printed Fun Pop Tarts are a limited edition product promoting the Hendrick Motor Sports racers in NASCAR. Actually, the shots for the promotion were done in 2008, though the product is just now available in early 2009. As a result, one of the four drivers isn’t actually …

During the Halloween time of the year, some stores sell Marvel Comic Superhero candy sticks. They are small sticks of candy that come in small boxes (two to a box and 60 boxes in a bag) with different superheros on them. It seems like the majority of …

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 …

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 …

I have been trying to look for a ready-to-cook macaroni dish for breakfast or for snacks. I come to find something from Kraft. This product is contained in a small box, and contains 210 calories per serving. I often wonder what is the difference of this product from the ordinary …

Move over Red Bull, there’s a newer, cheaper player in the energy drink market.
Actually, the differences between the two products is not really all that pronounced, but the slight variation between the two products is noticeable.
Kabbalah is stronger in taste. It does not have the ultra dull taste sugar …

For those who don’t know what stone ground mustard is, it’s a kind of mustard that is made with whole or crushed mustard seeds and mixed with vinegar and spices. The end result is a very strong, spicy, and sometimes very hot mustard. It tends to have a dark, …

I spotted a box of NRG (Intense) Energy Mix in the grape flavor at my local discount store. Being a fan of energy products, I decided to try it out, especially because it was such an excellent price. At $2 for a box of 30 individual packets, …

I have tried almost all brands of green tea ever since I included this beverage for my daily health ritual. I have tried Twining’s with all the different varieties–mint, earl grey, jasmine and many more. I also tried Lipton’s version–citrus and mint. If you are trying flavored green tea, …

My favorite candy of all time is the York Peppermint Pattie. You really can not go wrong with this candy. It is so tasty and is only 90 calories. I love the chocolate and mint flavor mixed. I love anything mint and chocolate but the York Peppermint Pattie is …

This is one cookie that I wish I would have stayed away from! I thought this would be a fun puzzle game because Nintendo generally invests a good amount of time and effort into their video games - especially Mario games. Boy was I ever disappointed! This is a …

I bought the V8 Splash Melange Tropical Blend beverage from London Drugs on May 12, 2010 for Canadian $3.50 or $7.00 for two. It was on sale and I thought it was a terrific idea to get this manager’s special. I thought I made the right decision.
This …

Ice cream cakes were all the rage when they first came out about ten years ago. I’m just surprised it took them so long to come out with an ice cream cake. If you’ve never had ice cream cake or never even heard of it then you’ve either been …

I tried some Indiana Kettlecorn Popcorn the other day, and I must say this is pretty good popcorn. I think that this is a very good popcorn that tastes very fresh. I also really like the flavor of Indiana Kettlecorn Popcorn because it does not taste greasey and …

My family has a long history with diabetes. Three of my grandparents had it the moment they died, and the other one I have left has it as well. Along with several of my aunt and uncles from both sides of my family. So obviously I need to be …

I really like the Talenti brand, and I buy a lot of their gelato flavors, despite the high price; however, the Tahitian Vanilla Bean, while a good base for other desserts, is not one of their best flavors.
At about $5 per pint, this is a fairly expensive ice …

The Great Value Sugar Cookies come twenty-four to a pack and sell for one dollar and twenty-nine cents. Once I opened the package, I had to put the sugar cookies in a ziplock bag because they aren’t individually wrapped or in a bag that can be resealed. I found …

My favorite diced tomatoes are Ro-Tel’s Hot Diced Tomatoes with Habaneras for several different reasons. One particular reason I like this brand of diced tomatoes is that the tomatoes are particularly spiced just right while adding that extra kick of pepper.
After you take a few bites of …

There so much wonder about tomato juice. This is very good to one’s health. Being a health conscious myself, I make sure that I always have tomato juice at home. Tomato juice has lots of vitamins and minerals. Other’s say this is the fountain of youth. I made it …

Biscuits go great with so many meals regardless of the time of the day. What’s not so great is having to crack open a roll and bake all the biscuits even though you may only want a couple, and thus the rest has to go in the refrigerator after …

I recently tried out a great drink on the market. It was a lite half and half iced tea and lemonade drink by arnold palmer, the famous golfer. The company that makes it is Arizon and has dedicated him with this beverage. The drink depicts the …

I am a huge pretzel fan, and usually choose them over potato chips; when I found Rold Gold Pretzels in Honey Wheat on sale for just a dollar per 43gram bag, I bought five of them. What really attracted me to them was the smart selections green seal on …

Growing up, one of my favorite candies was Flicks. Flicks came in a tube that was about five inches long and was covered by a foil. The foil was in different colors, not to differentiate between varieties, but just to be colorful. To get to the …

After purchasing many other Jimmy Dean products over the years, I recently tried Jimmy Dean Original Premium Bacon. Overall, it was pretty good.
The packaging definitely keeps in the natural juices of the bacon. The packaging is solid, but I do wish it was easier to open. …

If you are looking for a fresh clean non chemical taste of water . Then you should try Poland Spring Water. It was the very first water to come out onto the market and rightly so is still the best. Although 24 bottles would run around …

Sometimes I want chicken, but don’t want the hassle of cooking it. Cooking chicken can be a pain. It takes a long time and often more effort than I’d like to expend. If I want to make chicken cutlets, I have to cut them, mix the …

The Big Deal from Jack in the Box is just great! This meal comes with a chicken sandwich, two beef tacos and a soda. And you can’t go wrong with the great price of $2.59. I mean this is a deal! I had this the other days and the …

When I can’t get to Burger King or McDonald’s for breakfast, I’ll go to super Wal-Mart and get a bag of Ore Ida crispy crown potatoes. The crispy crown potatoes are the same ones served at Burger King, and it cooked properly, they can have the same crispiness.
The packaging …

Wu Long Tea vs. Oolong Tea- What is it? And does it really make you lose weight?
What is Wu Long/Oolong Tea?
Chinese Oolong tea is categorized somewhere between Green and Black tea. The difference is in the harvest process of Oolong tea leaves. Oolong is only partially dried, and not …

It looks like a mayonnaise in a bottle or a sandwich spread, but Cheesy Ragu Light Parmesan Alfredo is something else. I bought this product out of curiosity when it says made with real cheese and the drawing on the bottle shows how you can add this on your …