About two years ago, I was given a prescription for high blood pressure that basically worked by getting rid of excess water. I had such a bad reaction to it that I almost ended up in the hospital. Needless to say, the remaining pills went in the …

This instant coffee from the Clipper brand —“ Organic Freeze-Dried Arabica Coffee —“ is a very ethical product indeed. It is marked as —˜Fairtrade’, it is organic and therefore cultivated without the use of pesticides I presume and even the jar is made of 60% recycled glass. …

Cheetos has been my all time favorite snack. Twisted Puffs is kind of new to me though. I don’t know if it’s already old, but it’s just recently that I discovered it. It’s good but I still think that the original one tastes better. Cheetos Twisted Puffs looks and …

One chocolate brand which I think is older than I am is Baby Ruth. I grew up seeing my Mom biting this candy bar oftentimes and from her did I learn to like Baby Ruth too. When I see my mother unwrapping a bar, I’d run to her …

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 …

It was my mother’s birthday so we decided to purchase a good birthday cake for her. We were looking for a good birthday cake so we stumbled upon the Red Ribbon Bakeshop. There are lots of cakes to choose from, but we decided to choose the best one that …

I went to Tesco with a money savvy friend recently who kept drawing my attention to all the bargains I may not have noticed before. On her recommendation I bought a four pack of the Tesco Value own brand of chocolate mousse for an astonishingly low 25 pence! …

Blue Bunny Premium Ice Cream Homemade Turtle Sundae is an enjoyable treat that offers a tasty combination of vanilla, caramel and salted pecans. It may not sound like a whole lot, but it is a simple combination of flavors that just works - assuming you enjoy the three aforementioned …

I recently decided to try a Marie Callendars frozen lasagna dinner. The box made it look very tasty, and I was in the mood for lasagna without having to make it up myself. It is like all other frozen dinners, where you heat it up in a …

A Review of Yamazaki 12-year Scotch
I often gravitate toward more sophisticated and classy forms of alcoholic entertainment since nothing soothes the soul and punctuates an evening better than some Frank Sinatra records on my newly purchased new-record-player-for-old-records playing in good ole’ Mono, the smell of tobacco, and a …

Greenwich is recently boasting about Lasagna Supreme in TV Commercials and print ads. They say that Lasagna Supreme is their best-tasting premium pasta ever! It has three special, cheddar & mozzarella premium cheeses imported beef & noodles, and rich blend of tomato & cream sauce.
Well to me the published …

Okay, for all you pizza lovers out there, you gotta try this! I am a very busy person, and I am an impatient cook, so I usually eat out or enjoy frozen dinners at home. I try my hand at making dinner from scratch every now and …

I am not a heavy smoker, but I do smoke about a pack a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. Marlboro has always been my brand, specifically Marlboro Mediums, and I like them a lot, but over the years, cigarette prices have skyrocketed and I just refuse to pay $4 …

The holidays are my favorite time of the year for making candies. One of the popular ingredients that I use often is Eagle brand condensed milk. I usually buy the fourteen ounce size can for about two dollars each. Borden’s Eagle brand condensed milk pours easily …

Stouffer’s Fettuccini Alfredo is a decent pasta meal that I purchase from time to time. There is nothing too special about this meal though, and that is why I do not purchase it too regularly. There is nothing at all wrong with the noodles and the sauce that goes …

This is one exotic pizza that I tried once and have had my fill of for a lifetime! It can be found at Walmart in the deli section for just around six dollars for a twelve inch pizza. It may very well be that this pizza is well made …

When you hear someone say the word Manicoti, what do you think of? I know that I think of a tender, deliciously thin encasement of pasta barely containing a motherlode of fresh ricotta cheese mixed with a bit of parmesian and maybe some chives, all smothered in a sumptious …

Mother’s Cookies Wafers are just great! I always loved these things ever since I was a kid. They taste so good, and they are just very good for your taste buds. I really like all the different colors they come in. My favorite ones would have to the pink …

A friend of mine who is big on nutrition introduced me to these fiber bars and I decided to give one a try. The dark chocolate is incredibly delicious and the fact that one bar is loaded with almonds is even better. The combination flavor of dark chocolate and …

Café Steamers is an ingenious line of frozen food products developed by Healthy Choice. It has a unique product design that steams the food so that certain ingredients stay moist while other ingredients don’t dry out. I’ve tried some of the Café Steamers and was pretty satisfied. …

Breakfast Best Cinnamon French Toast Sticks can be found at ALDI Food Market stores for one dollar and ninety-nine cents a box. Twenty French toast sticks come in a box. I consider that to be an excellent value because if I go to Burger King, Sonic or Jack in …

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 …

Those who have read my grocery reviews know that I do love candy, but as I’ve said, the economy makes that love a no-no today, unless I happen to find a good deal on it somewhere. That’s why I sometimes purchase the Nestle Variety Pack. This product is …

These little cups of applesauce come in a pack of 6 - 111g each. Motts makes quite a few varieties of flavours of applesauce but I find these taste the best.
I started buying these applesauce cups to give to my 2 year old daughter, as most flavours are …

Baker’s Corner White Frosting comes in a sixteen ounce tub for one dollar and twenty-nine cents at ALDI Food Market stores. This white frosting is about thirty cents cheaper, or more depending on the store, than the name brand white frostings. What’s even better is I can’t taste the …

Sundrop Heart is the product of an indian company called Agro Tech Ltd. This product is a blend of refined sunflower oil and rice barn oils. Majority of indian cooking is done with oil. So one has to be careful in choosing the right oil for …

Ramen noodle soup is not just for starving college kids. My college days are long behind me, but I still enjoy a flavorful bowl of ramen noodle soup. Maruchan is my favorite brand of ramen noodle soup and, until recently, I would …

Last week we celebrated our parent’s 20th anniversary. We had so much fun that day and the one that I really find awesome was the Ice Cream Eating Contest. There were two gallons of ice cream , cones,nip candies and a Hershey’s Whoppers Chocolate Malt Syrup.
The mechanics are …

Since my husband unfortunately lost his job last year, our family was forced to seriously reconsider how much we spend each week at the grocery store. One area where we found it was easy to save money was buying purchasing generic products in place of higher priced name brand …

I did not find anything all that special about Mrs. Freshley’s Fudge Bake Brownie. It tasted like a typical fudge brownie to me, which is both a good and a bad thing. It is a good thing because I like fudge brownies, so when I first tasted this fudge …

I’ve always liked baking for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I bake from scratch from family recipes, and other days I have to take a short cut, when I am short on time. I like to turn to the Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mixes. Not only …

I first heard about Ovaltine Cookies when I was about seven years old and I used to see them advertising on television and on the radio. When I saw them advertising on television they looked like chocolate cookies to me, so I assumed they were chocolate cookies and couldn’t …

Fudge Shoppe Grasshopper Mint Cookies are delicious mint and chocolate cookies. They have a layer of chocolate over the cookie. The layer does add taste, but it takes over the cookie. There should be more cookie than candy since its not sold as a candy. The actual …

I’m a little surprised I like this as much as I do, but I’ve enjoyed Farmer John Ham Steaks off and on for several years. The only reason I’m surprised is that it’s really not a brand I’ve heard of that often, aside from seeing a handful of …

“R R R Ruffles Have Ridges!”
That’s been the long-time tagline for Ruffles Potato Chips, and it’s pretty appropriate for this product, which is definitely characterized by thick ridges that make it unique from other potato chips on the market; that is, until some of them also began making chips …

I like instant coffee especially for breakfast. Since my aunt had Diabetes, she tried to purchase the San Mig Coffee 3 in 1 coffee mix in STRONG that is Sugar Free. I honestly did not like San Mig Coffee because the flavor is bland. It is like drinking water …

Oreo cookies have been around now for several decades. It’s not a complex cookie by any means, yet it’s a very satisfying cookie that can be enjoyed a variety of ways, as the Oreo cookie commercials used to show. Nabisco Oreo cookies sell for over or around three dollars …

As a vegan who has experimented with almost all types of main brands of soymilk, I would have to say by far the best tasting one is Silk Chocolate Soymilk.
I have been drinking this stuff for years now, and have still not become tired of it. For those of …

Now here is a rather interesting and tasty ice cream combination! Blue Bunny Premium Ice Cream Coffee Break is a combination flavor ice cream that offers creamy and rich Vanilla Coffee Bean, Coffee Liquer and rich Dark Roast Espresso! I have never quite tasted anything like this ice cream, …

I first had a Chicken Sandwich from Tranquil when I went there to get a burger and they had none. Instead all they had to offer was this simple yet delicious and filling chicken sandwich which came at a very reasonable price.
Tranquil’s Chicken Sandwich is basically a white flour …

I love all things food, so this is no exception. In discovering this amazing sauce, I found my absolute favorite food. I had heard of vodka sauce in the past, but had never tried it. Then I went grocery shopping (at Kroger) and found a 26 oz. jar of …

My dear old grandmother used to always buy a bottle of this at Christmas and us kids would be allowed a glass to sip while we were watching Christmas television shows, so this drink really takes me back to that and it always reminds me of Christmas. Nevertheless, …

The Healthsmart Chocolite Chocolate Pecan Cluster Bar is a good alternative to the candy bars normally found near the checkout lanes in a grocery store or down the candy aisle. Those are the candy bars that are filled with not just flavor, but calories too. One piece of this …

Multi Choice All Dressed Chips have a couple of good things going for it, but I really cannot say that it is superior to some of the other chips that are on the market right now. For one thing, while I am happy to note that these chips are …

The Great Value Fully Cooked Crispy Chicken Tenderloin Strips come in twenty-five ounce bag for six dollars. In each bag comes roughly sixteen chicken strips. They vary in size, with some strips being real long and other strips being on the short side. They are sold in one of …

I never heard about this brand of baked beans until one of my father’s friends brought it from abroad and gave it to us along with a few other items. Up until now, I’m not even sure which country it originated from, but I was quite eager to try …

I love munching on roasted nut snacks. Roasted almonds are one of my favorites. Planters nuts are slightly more expensive than the local brands but I think its worth the price as the nuts are better quality and they just taste better.
I picked the Planters Nutrition Almonds …

If you are a fan of Nutella, then this Italian hazelnut spread is a must try for you. I didn’t think it got any better than Nutella until I tried this incredible concoction; it is so creamy and delicious! You really must try it! Your taste …

I have a sweet tooth. This has plagued me from childhood. Now, in my late thirties, I have to choose what I eat very well since my blood sugar has sometimes reached borderline level. Many years ago, I only indulged in imported brands. Now I’ve rediscovered the chocolate bar …