I love to cook and I don’t mind admitting I use a few shortcuts.
Here’s one of the best–one of the essentials, in my kitchen. Vigo Italian style breadcrumbs with romano cheese. This stuff saves me so much time and trouble, and makes my foods fantastic. There are so many …

If I do say so myself, I make a mean chocolate chip cookie from scratch. Chocolate chip cookies are my favorites, and they always have been. If you want to get on my good side with a cookie, make it a good chocolate chipper and you can’t …

Betty Crocker Homestyle Creamy Butter Mashed Potatoes is the most recent variety of these pouched, easy cooking mashed potato products that I’ve tried. I buy them because they are about as quick and easy as you can get when it comes to cooking mashed potatoes.
There are a couple …

I absolutely love the See’s Candies Milk Hollow Easter Egg Bunny which I recently purchased at a See’s Candy store. I was attracted this holiday treat because of its decorative foil packaging.
In fact, I liked the look so much that I’ve actually kept it on my desk for …

Baileys is definitely my drink of choice, so I was excited to see a new flavour available just before Christmas and slipped a bottle of Orange Truffle into my shopping basket. I wasn’t expecting too much as I’m not a huge fan of orange flavours at the best …

My boyfriend excitedly told me that there was a new drink released by Gilbey’s that doesn’t taste like beer, and he thinks I should try it, since he knows really well that I hate beers. He described the bottle to me, and when I went to the Liquor store …

Starbucks recently released a couple of new smoothies that incorporate some ingredients from one of their subsidiary companies, Evolution Fresh, which is a juice company that specializes in cold pressed juices and smoothies. Now, not every Starbucks store carries the ingredients for these smoothies, and so if you’re wanting …

I have been drinking mountain dew for years. It has such a wonderful citric taste.It can become quite addictive! An 8 fl oz bottle only has 110 calories which isn’t that bad but the sugars are 31 g. I use to drink 3 (8 fl oz) bottles a day …

This snack has created some hype in Southeast Asia (especially in Singapore and Indonesia) and I know people who really love the chips, like my friend and some who ordered a whole box at one go because these chip sell really fast and is always short of supply.
Although I …

I am greek and we have always Greek food in our home. There is this soup called Avgolemono. It means eggs and lemon. It is a chicken based soup that is really good.
To make this soup you will need to have around 2 quarts of chicken …

Camel, a well known American tobacco company, has recently started test-marketing a traditionally Swedish oral tobacco product called snus. Although the product is not (yet) available in my home state, I was able to obtain some while on a recent trip to Florida. I purchased all three flavors: spice, …

Nescafe Green blend is a new variant of the coffee from the brand we all know so well. It is freeze dried, and the granules have a slightly richer brown colour in comparison to their regular blend. The main difference between the green and regular blend of coffee is …

I enjoyed Mrs. Freshley’s Berry Pie much more than the apple pie variety. The reason I enjoyed the blueberry variety more is quite simple really: the blueberry filling has a pretty delightful flavor! The filling reminds me of scrumptious blueberries, as it most certainly should. The pie tastes even …

When it comes to takeaways, sometimes the old student comes out in me. Let’s be honest, there are some that you would rarely use unless you had not been out of the town or had a few drinks at home first.
There is one in Bedford that does appeal to …

I have to be honest, I am already in my mid-20’s but I am not among the people of my generation who just loves coffee. I can survive a day without a coffee and I prefer not to drink coffee. Although there are very rare occassions wherein a friend …

Sugar Puffs have been around for as long as I can remember and they are a very familiar brand of breakfast cereal, always one of my favorites. These are no longer produced by Quaker but by Honey Monster Foods, but I got Sugar Puffs at the moment and …

The Southern Grove Peanut Trio Bowl can be found at ALDI Food Market stores for three dollars and ninety-nine cents. In the bowl-shaped package comes honey roasted peanuts, toffee peanuts and salted peanuts. Just by looking at the large package, the three different varieties of nuts appeared to be …

The Cadburys dairy milk chocolates are my favourite chocolates. I can just write an essay describing these chocolates. Normally the kids love to eat all kinds of chocolates. But I have seen most of the kids who don’t like to eat any other kinds of chocolates …

I like instant coffee, but I am a little picky about what coffee I buy. I like the Nescafe 3 in 1 Brands, and I like the one that says INTENSE. There are other flavors to choose from, but for Php50 for pack of 12 individual packs. This one …

The chocolate Teddy Grahams are just as good today as I remember them to be years ago when I first started snacking on these little snack cookies. The chocolate Teddy Grahams offer a rich chocolate flavor that is present throughout the cookie. As soon as the small cookie hits …

I’m not a big fan of store-bought pasta sauce, but this is one of my favorites. Although it still seems to have a bit too much tanginess to it, as is the problem with most store-bought sauces, it has good flavor and it’s not too expensive.
Emeril’s sauces are a …

Dentyne ice gum is okay, but I enjoy other brands, like Extra much better. The flavor of this gum, peppermint in this case, is really nice and flavorful for a little while, but the taste fades pretty quickly in this brand. I do not know why they …

Along with sausage, pepperoni is a favorite pizza topping of mine. It is not always easy to go about finding a pizza that boasts flavorful and plentiful pepperoni, but now that a Marco’s Pizza opened up about ten minutes from my house around three months ago, I now no …

I’ve always loved hot dogs, and I grew up hearing the jingle about Oscar Mayer wieners. We ate a bunch of them before my parents switched brands. I had no part of that; I was a kid. It’s only been in the last couple of years …

This beverage is truly unpleasant. I bought it because it sounded like a nice refreshing beverage to cool me down and quench my thirst. Boy was I wrong about this yucky drink. I have to tell you that the packaging is not that impressive, but I …

Are you drinking this Cobra Energy Drink? For those who are planning to buy one, think twice. It’s not that effective aside from the fact that it really taste bad. For me the tv advertisement of this product is misleading. Here is my experience. I am a call center …

We bought two of these plants for about four dollars a piece at Lowes, they were potted in one gallon containers and were about a foot tall. Since then, it has been about five weeks, and they have expanded in size quite a bit. They now stand about a …

I have just lately started drinking Snapple peach iced tea, because my parents buy it for themselves. So I thought I would try it. I am familiar with regular Snapple, but this is a nice change from that because of the fruity taste. What’s nice about it is that …

I’ve tried many of Haagan Dazs flavors but the most interesting flavor that I’ve tried was their Caramelized pear and Toasted Pecan ice cream. I know, the name is a mouthful and I wasn’t sure what to think of it. I enjoyed pretty much all of the Haagan Dazs …

The Great American Cookies has been one of my must-go-to spots for getting some amazing cookies. I discovered them in a mall a few years back, and I have been hooked every since. The original chocolate chip cookie is just a long line of cookies that I would grow …

For those unfamiliar with lemon curd, this sugary spread is typically used on English scones. However, I like having it with many other breakfast foods. The quality of jarred lemon curd seems to run the gamut between abysmal and superb. Dickinson’s is the best I’ve tried so far.
If I’m …

Del Monte Fit n’ Right is a beverage that is very delicious. I started drinking this juice at the beginning of this year because I heard on TV that it helps in managing you weight. So far, I have not seen any improvements yet with regards to their claim. …

Ever since I saw a television commercial for this spicy mayonnaise sauce I have been fantasizing about getting some and now I have tried it, it really is fantastic —“ it is so, so tasty. In the advert, they squirt it onto a tortilla wrap, add chicken pieces …

This is my favorite andy bar ever. About 10 years ago these candy bars were availibel everywhere Hershey bars were sold, so you could pick them up at the gas station, grocery store etc,. the one day, suddenly, they were gone.
Recently I have found them at a few locations …

After watching all of the tempting Pizza Hut commercials for Cheesy Bites Pizza, my daughter and I finally decided to give it a try. When we visit Pizza Hut, my daughter and I usually like to order breadsticks and pan pizza. The Cheesy Bites Pizza was quite …

It was a rainy night but I still wanted some ice cream. I just had some mochi balls in the province and I wasn’t going to allow myself not to indulge on them again here in the city. I did some research and voila, there was a small café within …

Red Bull Cola is a new product of well known global company specialising in energy drinks. What makes that soft drink really amazing is the fact that it contains various natural ingredients, which make it taste really incredible. If you ever wondered what the original coke must have tasted …

I like a YoGo every now and then as I find them to be refreshing and flavorful. The yogurt covering these fruit snacks is soft and does not weigh me down after I have a pouch. The two flavors that come in this variety pack are pretty good, too. …

What I love about Hostess Twinkies is that they are a very simple dessert treat. I like the fact that they are almost like an eclair in shape and style but without chocolate. They are elongated sponge cakes with cream in the beginning, the middle, and the end of …

Donald Duck brand orange juice is my favorite type of orange juice. It comes in a 48 ounce can for about $1.29. You can buy it at most Wal-mart Stores. It has a sort of zing to the flavor that makes it stand out above the rest. …

A friend of mine was visiting one summer when my daughter was about 2 and her daughter was chewing on a chewy tube. Of course I was like what is that because they look like little hammers or something! She went out to her car and got me a …

Cheerios has a new addition to the line called Dulce de Leche. If you’re a Cheerios fan and love the taste of caramel then this is for you. It’s lightly sweetened with the natural flavor of caramel, though it’s not sugary sweet. This is great because you won’t get …

I am not too familiar with Wensleydale cheese in particular, although I love trying different cheeses. In fact I eat cheese every day now I come to think about it. I love the taste but as a vegetarian, I always appreciate that cheese has a high protein …

Fairly new on the market are Sara Lee Classic Dinner Rolls. Sara Lee has come a long way over the last decade. No longer a dessert mainstay, they are into everything. They even own the Jimmy Dean sausage products that I love so much, and they …

The other day at the supermarket I was shopping and saw a new product on the shelves in the drinks aisle. It was a Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Apple Juice by a company named Eva. They had a few other flavours available but I decided to try this flavour first.
I got …

I know what you’re thinking. How can anyone submit a review for perhaps the blandest, most uninspiring sandwich that McDonald’s “manufactures” in its franchises. But those who skip over this little sandwich on the fast food menu are missing out on something: simple goodness. Packing in …

The Great Value Golden Creme Cakes are modeled after the Hostess Twinkies. Ten come in a package for around two dollars and twenty cents. The Great Value brand is a Walmart brand, so these cakes can only be found at Walmart stores. Just by looking at one of these …

I love making Cheese Souffle and this is not really hard to make at all. I recommend this recipe for all of you out there wanting to make something real fast and at a very short time span.
You will definitely need lots of butter, some bits of salt and …

If I feel hungry and there’s no time to cook, Lucky Me Instant Pancit Canton is the way to go. It’s very easy to cook and gives you an instant fill when you’re on the go.
I Have tried other instant pancit cantons in the market but this …