My wife realizes I’m not a big Jeff Gordon fan so, as a joke, she couldn’t resist buying me the energy drink named after him. After trying them, I’ll be willing to admit they aren’t half bad. But, you won’t see me looking for them at the grocery store …

I try to eat healthy. Whenever possible, I like to use fresh vegetables and fruits. Sometimes it’s just not convenient though, and so I rely on pre-made products. It takes a good bit of time to clean, wash, cut, and cook vegetables– then there’s all the dish washing afterward. …

I bought huge, huge tub of Flava Puff pop corn from the Duty Free Shop. It comes in a really huge tub but it was really cheap, like maybe Php250 (around $5). It has a huge container, and it had a red hand grip so anyone can carry it …

Product Description: Can of spaghetti/pasta sauce available in most stores for around $1.50 per can. This particular variety puts an emphasis on the garlic and cheese that is mixed into the tomato sauce.
What I liked about this product: I try to avoid canned or jarred spaghetti sauces and prefer …

I went to the grocery store the other day and came across something in a red and yellow package which was also semi-clear in parts. Through these clear parts I could see something which seems to be chocolate covered. I only assumed these were another brand of imported rolled …

My wife made a beef stew the other night and, to add some flavor to it, she wanted to use some pre-made beef broth and ran to the store to buy a couple cans of it.
Since she ran to Walgreens rather than the grocery store, she only had one …

I love eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. For sandwiches, and just peanut butter in general i always like to buy JIF. i think their creamy peanut butter has a much more creamy taste to it than the otehr compearble peanut butters. this is a really great tasting peanut …

Folgers Instant Coffee is very good. This is the stuff that gets me going in the morning and it’s a very good product. Another great thing about this coffee is that it’s sold at a good price. It’s not to expensive. With a coupon you can get the Folgers …

The Dark Chocolate Lavender Tablette is a limited edition chocolate from a small company in Canada. It’s not something that I would ever seek out on my own, but a friend brought back a few bars for me after a trip up north. He knew that I loved candy …

Great Value Seasoned French Fries are indeed a great value - a two pound bag for just two dollars and twelve cents cannot be beat. Unfortunately, the fries themselves are not that spectacular. After cooking them for the recommended amount of time at the recommended oven temperature, the fries …

This review is for a coarse sea salt seasoning in a container with a grinder from the company, Spice Club. This item is actually just like a regular container of seasoning, but it has a grinder on the end of it instead of just holes to shake it out …

It’s been a few years since I’ve had McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets but, because they were cheaper than their Chicken Select Strips, I figured I would give them a try yesterday. They are much better than I remember them.
I believe a lot of the reason for that is McDonalds seems …

During the autumn season, pumpkin has a way of making its way into a variety of foods and drinks. If you are like me and enjoy the scent and taste of pumpkin, then you may also be like me in the sense that I try to be careful and …

I’ll start by saying that I really love pudding of all kinds. And tapioca pudding is one of my absolute favorites.
I was in my local Trader Joe’s the other day and I wanted something sweet to go with all of my savory items. I stopped by the dairy …

Having tea is a kind of ritual in India! People are addicted to it, and you can find millions of Indians, who would like to have one cup of tea every 30 minutes, like you have serial smokers, same way you can find serial tea drinkers. India is a …

Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Seasoned Crinkles are delicious frozen french fries that I just never grow tired of. They are so crispy and tasty that they are superior to most of the fries sold in restaurants and fast foods, in my opinion. And the seasoning on these fries! Wow! Who …

The product is sold in a 170g can. It uses yellow fish tuna marinated in water. I would have to rate this one as an average product. It is not really tasty nor anything special that I would recommend. But I do have to say that I have definitely …

This is a 14oz. bag of potato chips. Its considered a family size pack.
These chips are nice and crunchy. They are quite thin and large. The best thing is that these chips do not contain cholesterol. It is made in all natural oil adding to the taste. After …

Monster Mojito is a limited edition offering from the people at Jones Soda. Every year they make a number of different sodas that people either love or hate with a passion. You don’t get a lot of middle ground when it comes to their flavors and that includes this …

Breyers Caramel Praline Crunch is one of the better and tastier ice cream creations to come out of Breyers. First off, I am a real lover of caramel, and this ice cream definitely delivers on the caramel flavor. The caramel swirls are really pretty plentiful and offer up a …

Maple Grove Farms Maple Cream Cookies are delicious. Unlike the Manning’s Cookie Shop Maple Leaf Creme cookies, which are more sugary sweet than maple-flavored and unlike the Dare Maple Leaf Creme cookies which are ridiculously priced, these cookies from Maple Grove Farms aren’t super sugary and aren’t super high …

The Millville Shredded Wheat Bite Size Whole Grain Wheat Cereal comes in a sixteen point four box for one dollar and eighty-nine cents. This is pure shredded wheat cereal as there is no frosted side. As one can imagine, the cereal doesn’t
taste like much of anything. It’s definitely not …

Another chocolate that became part of my childhood is Nips. Nips are a chocolate-coated tid bits that are small circles from Jack and Jill. One pack cost PHP 13 for 40g. The color coat varies from different colors like red, blue, and green, yellow, black and white. When you …

I have always been a big fan of orange juice and just lately I can’t seem to get enough of it. I do think there are differences in brands and types and can sometimes be quite picky about which ones I choose. Occasionally I even mix a little …

I don’t drink soda as a rule. Why? Because my wife told me it has too much sugar and I believe her. Also, I checked the ingredients list and discovered that she was right. But the other day I needed caffeine in a big way and grabbed a Dr. …

These vegetables crackers aren’t all that spectacular. A mixture of garden vegetables are supposed to be baked into these crackers, and they are: onion, red and green peppers, garlic, tomato, carrots and celery. The most prominent flavor contained in these crackers are the red and green peppers. I’m definitely …

One of the great classics of the breakfast cereal world, if I can use that perhaps slightly overblown expression, is Kellogg’s Rice Krispies. This has been a favourite all over the world for very many years now, and there is no real mystery as to why - it is …

Country Harvest bagels are to me the best bagels in the world! I am a huge fan of bagels, and would eat a bagel for breakfast or even lunch in any given day.
I find that a bagel relieves my craving for food a lot. And this Country …

Maltesers, lovely balls of chocolate and almost perfectly made for women and children. Very similar to Kitkat in away, only this time you do not have sticks of biscuit covered in chocolate, you have have a lighter biscuit that is in the shape of a ball. As much as …

This past fourth of July, I was searching for a dessert that would not only taste sweet and satisfying, but would also be refreshing in the summer heat. When I found the ice cream cake with cookies layered in inside, I knew that I had to try it out. …

I purchased this spaghetti sauce for just under ninety cents because I thought it sounded good and would add a tasty garlic and assorted herb flavor to my pasta dishes. I have pasta usually twice a week, and although I definitely enjoy it, I like to try and add …

We made a lasagna dinner last night and, as we usually do whenever we have pasta, we decided to get some garlic bread to go with it.
We didn’t have a whole lot of money to spend so we kept within a tight budget and bought the cheapest brand we …

Sweet tomatoes! These things are the best thing ever! My daughter introduced them to me, and oh my goodness. These snack chips are similar to potato chips, except that they are not greasy at all. You get a selection of three flavors in the bag: potato, tomato, and spinach …

My family and I are addicted to McCormicks Grinder spices. They are great because they don’t cost more than other spices but the fresh ground taste of them is totally superior to already ground spices. And the kids love twisting it and and grinding out their own flavors …

I just love cashews, they are my favourite nuts ever and I only ever once had the pleasure of trying a Nature Valley Sweet and Salty Granola Bar from a co-worker. It was very delicious and definitely a different flavour from the Cashew Nut Granola Bar.
Well, I was …

I wasn’t sure how much I was going to like Sobe Lifewater, because every merchandiser delcares they’ve invented the next best thing since sliced bread. But I have to say, it’s actually pretty good. There’s some good and bad with it, as there is with everything.
First the …

I just tried this cereal not too long ago because the shoppers where I live had a sale on cereal. It’s pretty good. The strawberry taste is very strong. It’s definately different from the other kinds of chex. I love strawberries and almost anything flavored with strawberry but I …

Some things just go well together. Things like peanut butter and jelly, for one, taste good when eaten separately yet great when enjoyed together. Another example of two things that taste good separately yet much better when paired together is pasta or pizza and garlic bread. Adding garlic bread …

I really like this cereal, it’s probably one of my favorite cereals that I have ever tried. It taste really good. The best way I know how to explain it is that it taste a little bit like honey bunches of oats but yet different in a good way. …

Coca Cola : I used to have a lot of soft drinks in my teens, but slowly I have almost stopped having them. Out of the ones I liked were Pepsi, Gold Spot and Coca Cola. Coca Cola or Coke, as its popularly known as, tastes a bit …

We learn more all the time about the health benefits of certain food which have been neglected in the cuisine of the American culture. One of the most popular and one of most widely talked about recently is the humble nut. Almonds in particular have been hailed …

Fast foods generally are not known for their desserts and usually the dessert menu at a fast food is pretty limited, but not at Chick-fil-A! The Chick-fil-A Cheesecake is a real sweet treat to have and it is definitely one of the better slices of cheesecake that I have …

Ever had that bloated, get-out-of-my-face, I have PMS and a handgun feeling?
Well that’s where my body and head were when I saw my first Danon Activia Yogurt commercial. It claimed it relieved digestive issues and cleared the intestinal track. Activia also has an active probiotic culture …

This is a garlic spread that is made in-store at Kroger grocery stores, so it’s not sold at any other store. A twelve-ounce tub of this garlic spread runs for around two dollars and fifty-cents, which is a fair price I feel considering the quality of the spread and …

These things are so good my family really likes the broccoli and cheese sauce. It couldn’t be any easier to fix these, they just go straight from the freezer to the microwave, you don’t have to even open the package, just stand it up right in the microwave. They …

Albertsons Half and Pieces Lightly Salted Cashews was picked by me because of price advantage over full pieces. Around half of the box was broken pieces and rest was halves of cashews. The cashews seemed roasted and processed. Evidently the quality grade of cashews was pretty low. This was …

Lipton tea bags are the best inexpensive tea bags I have found at my local grocery store. They are usually on sale for one dollar and ninety nine cents for the 24 pack of family size tea bags but if not, they don’t cost more than two dollars …

GK Snacks Classic Cranberry Trail Mix is something that I’ve only found in drugstores, like CVS and Walgreens, and for four dollars and ninety-nine cents, I can get a seventeen-ounce bottle. Contained in this trail mix bottle is a wide variety of sweet and salty, and above all else, …