The other day I did my usual grocery shopping at my local Market Basket. Normally I would grab some Orville Redenbacher or Act II, but being on a budget lately I decided to grab the store brand box of microwavable popcorn. When I got home and later that night …

My mother who was born with defective heart valves and who continuous to defy medical science, lives by this mantra: try anything at least once in your life. This is the prevailing mantra in our house, even in our grocery shopping. We love trying anything new.
So there we were …

I was a cook for hundreds of people, and made excellent chili. The closest product available in stores seems to be Stagg’s Chili (a good one), followed by Hormel. I have also tried a few others. Unfortunately, I tried Dennison’s Chili, as well. My advice - DON’T. It’s pasty, …

Corazonas Heart Healthy Margarita Lime Chips is made with whole oats and, per the package, is proven to help lower cholesterol. The product is a hundred percent natural, has no trans fat, and is a good source of dietary fiber. The company, Corazonas, has as its mission …

I was made redundant last year and found myself having to live on a very low income for a while. During this time I had to learn how to make my money go a lot further, and this is when I tried out the incredibly cheap Tesco Value …

Do you know what “adobo” is? It’s actually a Filipino dish which is a soy sauce based meat recipe. Does it good? Well for me it is cause I’m a Filipino and I grew up with it. People from outside my country may think this will be another scary …

There are times when I want to pig out and I usually take my husband with me. One day when we were walking around the mall we saw the nearest Wendy’s restaurant and so we decided to grab a bite of their famous Baconator. The Baconator costs around $4 …

I discovered something that makes cooking exotic Asian dishes so much easier, and now I am not nearly as intimidated by trying new cuisines. And the best part-it is extremely inexpensive!
I found the Asian Home Gourmet collection of sauces, pastes, marinades and soups completely by accident; I was shopping …

Actually, this is my favorite drink.. and this is the only drink that I always order at Starbucks. Well, Frankly speaking, I am not a big fan of Starbucks because some of their products are over priced and what they are selling are just all usual to our taste …

Extra Joss is an energy drink usually sold in powder form. I used to drink this night before exams so that I can extend my study time. It can further support me with energy up to three hours. Along with the advantages, I also found certain negative effects that …

My sister and I dine in at Pizza hut one time. We ordered pan Pizza and pasta and we decided to order a dessert to make a difference. We ordered Mango Panna Cotta. The serving cost PHP 79. We never thought how small the serving is and the features …

These apple chips are just the opposite of Green Tree Apple Chips Caramel, and not in a good way! The Green Tree Apple Chips Caramel were pretty bland in flavor, and these apple chips are ridiculously sweet to the point where they were upsetting my stomach. It’s not even …

Nature’s Pride Yellow Split Peas are a packaged dry type of pea which can be used in soups or to make regular split peas to go over rice with another dish such as stewed chicken to add extra flavour and nutrition to a meal.
The problem with some split peas …

We made pizza last night and I wanted something to go with it so I headed to the frozen chicken section for some wings. I was going to get my usual brand but discovered some from Tyson instead and elected to give them a try.
The barbecue style wings turned …

I bought a bag of Magic Noodles from a craft store in hopes of entertaining my 4-year-old niece for a while. To my surprise, that bag of noodles not only entertained her, but also entertained her 11-year-old brother, plus three neighborhood friends ages 8,6 and 5! My 11-year-old nephew …

This is my favorite bagged lettuce from Fresh Express. The reason it’s my favorite is actually pretty simple and can be attributed to one thing: no carrots! Now I like carrots and I add carrots to mt salad because I feel that carrots bring both flavor and vitamins to …

These muffins are a hit with my kids. Both my one-year-old and my seven-year-old enjoy them, and I have to admit to sneaking some when they are not around.
I have tried other mini muffins from other stores, specifically the muffins from the Sobey’s supermarket, but they are hard and …

Everyone in my family loves apple pie more than any other dessert I make. Unfortunately, making this dessert from scratch is a very time consuming process. They can handle a store bought frozen apple pie from time to time. But, these pies can be very expensive. So, I recently …

We buy these for our son on days when we want to give him a “treat” or we just don’t know what to send him for lunch, since he is not a good sandwich eater.
They cost around $3.50 (when we first started buying them they were under three dollars, …

Product Description: Boxed dinner with ingredients that are added to a pound of ground hamburger. This was purchased at Aldi about a month ago for around $1.25.
What I liked about this product: As far as taste goes, this actually ended up surprising me a bit. This is basically a …

Skittles is the bite sized candies that a majority of us love to eat, share and even play with. I have personally loved these candies for as long as I can remember. There are so many different flavors of skittles that it’s sometimes hard to choose. I’ve had …

I’m a busy man and because of this hectic schedule in work and different things concerning work I do not have time to cook for myself during dinner. This situation leads me to the point where I need to buy canned foods and eat that for my dinner together …

I bought this delicious chili garlic sauce at the Landmark Mall in Makati City because I wanted to take it along with me in India because there is nothing like this there even if India is the land of great chilies.
What I like in Donardos Chili garlic sauce is …

Recently, I’ve become really interested in bacon. Yeah, I know, it’s not the healthiest food item in the world, but I find it so tasty. Because of this, I decided to see if there were any items on the nearby Jack in the Box menu that had bacon, such …

Sorbet is one of my favorite kinds of desserts. I like that the flavors that come through in sorbets are so pure and strong because often there are few other ingredients that compete with them. I really like fruit sorbets, but Haagen Dazs’ chocolate sorbet made me curious. So …

Lately I’ve been on a hunt for a perfect, smooth peanut butter for my toasts and snacks. Jif Peanut Butter is probably one of my favourites because of its relatively clean ingridients list and the low price. But even when I’m in love with a certain food, I don’t stop …

Smucker’s Cider Apple Butter is simply delightful in both flavor and texture. It is, I think, my favorite flavor to spread on top of toast and bagels. The cider apple butter is quite rich and delicious in flavor, and the butter part not only gives the spread some additional …

Product Description: Brand of beef steaks ranging from round steak to sirloin. These are available at select stores. The price varies a bit depending on the steak itself but, on average, runs about $3 per pound.
What I like about this product:Unless I want to go outside of town to …

I have never really been into drinking water. I know that this is not a healthy decision and have found myself having a lot of urinary and bladder problems because of it. I know that I like bottled water at least a little bit and decided to start purchasing …

I discovered a new product on my favorite grocery store shelf that deserves to be patronized. It is Minute Maid Pulpy Orange by Coca Cola Philippines, Inc. I love it and more importantly, my four year old loves it. It also fits right into my budget at less than …

I like these Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes Snack Cakes - Vanilla variety better than the chocolate variety because quite simply, I like vanilla better! The vanilla icing that replaces the fudge chocolate is sweet and delicious and corrects really the one problem I had with the chocolate variety. …

I like Santal juices but they are not cheap, actually they are quite expensive so I afford them when they are on a discount or if I really like a particular taste and I feel like drinking it.
Santal Top Fruit Therapy Pineapple and Lime drink with Lemon Balm …

Living with someone who loves cooking and is constantly trying new, exotic ethnic cuisines means that we spend a lot of time trying to source ingredients, many of which are hard to find but essential to a recipe. Fortunately, a co-worker recommended a company based in Calgary that carries …

I wanted macaroni and cheese last night but didn’t want one that had powdered cheese and didn’t want to spend a fortune on a more expensive brand name like Velveeta. So, I ended up buying Food Club Shells and Cheddar Dinner.
First of all, I’m not 100% sure why they …

Chocolate is my very favorite flavor of ice cream. I usually buy Tin Roof Sundae or Moose Tracks. Although I don’t usually buy fruit flavors, I do like them too. Smith’s was having a sale on ice cream so I thought I’d buy some to enjoy that evening.
I …

UFC Tamis Anghang Banana Katchup is my family’s favorite. The perfect blend of sweet and spicy flavors is perfect for fried foods and salads. For long years, I’ve been using UFC Taming Anghang Banana Katchup because even my whole family approves its taste. They don’t like tomato catchup …

Chef Boyardee has a new microwavable product out called Forkables. I was curious about it since I enjoy some of their other offerings, such as their spaghetti, mini-meatballs, and lasagna varieties. The gimmick behind this item is that you can dig in it with your fork and …

I tried the ‘Low Fat Strawberry Yoghurt’ from Tesco’s Value range for the first time. I am open-minded about their ‘Value’ range as some products are not so bad. I would not expect this to be on a par to more expensive yoghurts as it is a …

As I was sitting her today trying to figure out what I wanted to eat for lunch. Not having a lot of stuff other than the usual over done left overs in the house and not really wanting a can of soup I thought about running over to McDonald’s. …

As a present from Hong Kong, my aunt gave us a huge pack of Isoyaki Duck Tongue from the Aji Ichiban store. Each tongue came in a sealed wrapper. Although I consider myself to be quite adventurous when it comes to food, it was my first time …

I’m not much of a coffee person but every now and then I get a craving for some coffee, something to give me some energy first thing in the morning. I cannot drink just plain black coffee. In fact, the only kind of coffee I can drink is a …

Yet another primo find at my local Grocery Outlet, Grizz Red is a Washington State wine delivered in a screwtop — since that’s the next big wave of wine is the screwtop. I found it for $2.99 and thought, well I can cook with it if it’s horrible. …

All the kids love to eat the chocolates. Not only kids even most of the elders love eating chocolates. And I am one of those who love chocolates. I normally eat the nestle bar one chocolates a lot. The reasons why I like this chocolate …

I adore Nut Brittle but not all of them, those with peanuts are usually very good but sometimes they are too sweet and even plastic sometime.
Nut Brittles are usually made of honey, sugar, white of the egg. Some of them taste a lot like honey while the others taste …

I like a good coffee. But, in my mind, cappuccino isn’t really “coffee” proper - to me, it’s more of a “dessert”, or more accurately, a comfort drink. The problem is, sometimes I feel I really need more than one such comfort drink - and then caffeine starts piling up.
Luckily …

I have a lot of cheese in my diet and even before I became a vegetarian I always loved cheese and ploughman’s lunches and macaroni cheese are still a staple of my diet today. Apart from nice and creamy cheese that you can spread on bread or crackers, …

Aro sweet milk bread is another product, which I love to use always. Actually there are a number of bread of different brand are there in the shops but the Aro sweet milk bread, aro wheat bread and also the aro sandwich breads have been very good in …

After trying Talenti’s Pistachio Gelato I knew that I was hooked on the brand and would try as many of their products as I could. One flavor that I recently tried was the Tahitian Vanilla Bean. I purchased the product at Kroger for $3.75 for a single pint …

Blue Bunny Premium Ice Cream Peanut Butter Panic offers a whole lot of peanut butter flavor! This peanut butter ice cream has fudge swirls as well as peanut butter cups. Each and every spoonful is just loaded with peanut butter! The peanut butter ice cream is creamy and quite …

I find Purnell’s Old Folks: Country Sausage & Biscuits to be halfway decent, really. It is not easy at all to find frozen breakfast sausage that actually tastes like breakfast sausage, but in this case of this product, I was pleasantly surprised by the authentic and enjoyable flavor contained …