I went looking for an energy drink at my local grocery store because I had a long drive I had to do one afternoon and evening that would require me to be awake for 19 hours that day. I distrust a lot of the energy drinks like Red Bull, because …

Since after having a baby I found out that making and preparing breakfast can be a very exhausting task to do sometimes especially if I have spent ample amount preparing baby food and then at the end of it my baby doesn’t want to eat. Since I started …

I have tried three different kinds of potato chips sold, to my knowledge, only at Aldi, and “Clancy’s Ripple Potato Chips” is my second favorite, with the first being “Clancy’s Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips”. For just 99 cents a bag that is a little over ten ounces, …

I think Nescafe Original Instant Coffee is not bad at all and it is one of the cheapest of what I would consider to be quality instant coffees. You can get all sorts of special offers and savings if you shop around as Nescafe Original is widely available …

Honey Bunches of Oats - Honey Roasted has always been my boyfriend’s favorite cereal. I was stuck with Frosted flakes for awhile but I knew I needed something healthier with more fiber in it. I tried my first bowl from his cereal box and I really liked it. It is …

The Great Value Chocolate Chip Cookies come in a pack that contains approximately twenty-five chocolate chip cookies for around one dollar and forty cents. I only purchased a package of these chocolate chip cookies once as I really very much prefer baking the refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough as …

I really love chocolate. I do not really mind what brand it is as long as it is good. I also love chocolate paired with mallows. When I go to the grocery, I usually buy a box of Choco Mallows. Choco Mallows is a locally made chocolate pie that …

As a lover of the well known cheese cracker snack, I tried another one their flavors. Cheez-it hot N spicy. Cheez-it that’s flavored with original Tabasco hot sauce. Next to the original cheez-it crackers, these have become my favorite. I found that I can eat them by themselves, with …

I first tasted Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey Chipotle Barbecue sauce at my grandparents’ house. It was sent to my grandparents by my aunt from the United States. It tasted so good that I asked her to buy one for me too.
This sauce is one of …

Tesco 6 large white pitta bread is also one of my favorite all time afternoon snack or sometimes I usually have it as my breakfast. I particularly had it with a humus dip or any kinds of dip but personally I find humus as the perfect pair for …

I’m not quite as wild about this vegetable medley, compared with the others sold under the Great Value brand at Walmart in the can and in the frozen food section. First of all, neither the cauliflower nor the broccoli taste like much. They’re both somewhat bland, and what flavor …

I got the first taste of Toblerone way back in the early 1980’s when my brother went home for vacation from his work in Saudi Arabia. That was our first time to see Toblerone and we were all excited to see this long bars of …

Every time I am making an Indian dishes I always abhor that moment when I have to cut into small pieces the garlic because I simply cannot stand the awful smell of the garlic. I decided to try buying a garlic and ginger paste in one of the …

I like sweet dessert red wines and this one is one of them. The last time I bought this wine it was really great. So yesterday when my mother came to visit me I have bought it because I know she likes red wine too, especially good and sweet …

I bought this product from Canada. Just lately I was trying to perfect my culinary skill specifically in pastas. Lasagna is one of the most delicious treat for me after Carbonara or Fettucini. I always go for imported brands when it comes to pasta although some of our locally-produced are …

I love rotisserie chicken. To me, it is much more flavorful than any roast chicken that I have ever made at home. I like to eat it when I go out to restaurants that specialize in rotisserie chicken. However, I do not have a restaurant of that …

I have used Eagle Brand sweetend condensed milk for 30 years- yes I was a child cooking with my mother when it started and I think our favorite recipe was and still is the seven layer bars. For some reason my sister called them chippy dippys, I still dont …

I have just switched my brand of diet iced tea, and I am pleasantly pleased. I had been buying Snapple, but didn’t feel like it really tasted like tea, more like soda pop. I tried Lipton, which was not much better. My daughter suggested in the …

Post Grape-Nuts are the original little crunchy nuggets made by Post. There are several off brands and recipes available both on line and in the market. None of them come even close to the original. In my opinion, Grape-Nuts are one of the best breakfast cereals on …

I was working out at the gym last week with my mother .. after doing our last exercize , i was very hot and thirsty.. My mom who always carrys water with her offered me one of hers just being hot and not really caring about the brand at …

This is another new chocolate product from the Werther’s Original brand and they are milk chocolates with a soft caramel centre. These are very gorgeous although they are very sweet and might be too much for you if you do not have such a sweet tooth. That …

I find it really hard to find a frozen meal that is actually healthy & tastes good. I never knew how hard it was but now that I have been running toward them more often I see how many different selections there are. I think that the Healthy Choice …

This ‘Crunch Duo Mix Muesli’ yoghurt from Tesco was only cheap at about 35 pence but it is really gorgeous. I have eaten this as a snack and I have taken them to work to have as a breakfast as they are ideal. As you peel back …

I am not your typical biscuit person. Being from the north originally, I usually prefer bagels because I like the chewy, bready consistency. But on occasion I get the taste for biscuits. Here’s the problem with most biscuits though. If they’re not prepared …

I have not tasted many brands of beer. However, one of the very few I have gotten to taste is a brand of beer called Guiness. I believe it is a beer which comes from either the UK or Ireland too. Nevertheless, I know that I have seen …

As a parent, I know the importance of always having healthy snacks available both around the house and when we’re on the go. One of the most important food items we always have on hand are little bags of fruit snacks.
In the past, I’ve always bought the more expensive …

I’ve found a new fast food item to love, and I have Carl Jr.’s to thank for it. The product is called the Grilled Cheese Bacon Six Dollar Burger. I’ve purchased this food item a few times since it appeared on their menu earlier this year, and …

Here’s one way to freshen up during a very hot weather. I live in a tropical country and I love coffee. Making some research to suit my want for coffee and need for refreshment, I ran over to this recipe from a friend (Thanks, Jeff!). It’s quite simple to …

This is a good cheese and onion quiche from Iceland’s own brand, especially considering it was a pretty cheap price. I hoped it would be good because I bought it when I had a few visitors round to my house for a buffet and I really hoped it
would …

If you are a home maker like me, you would also like the idea of preparing food fast and easy and for me the soup is the most affordable and yet tasty and delicious thing I can offer whatever time of the day as my hubby don’t mind it …

One night I decided to go to Albertsons and look around. I usually do this when I don’t know what to make for dinner. I usually glance around and it gives me ideas. I was looking in the seafood section because they usually have good sales on lobster tails. …

I don’t particularly care for mangos, but oddly enough, I do care for this mango sorbet. I guess it has to do with the sorbet being at a frosty temperature and the texture of the treat being really similar to sherbet and Italian Ice. The flavor of a mango …

Kashi Honey Wheat Waffles are a great breakfast whether you are trying to lose weight or not. As easy to make and eat as any other frozen toaster waffles, Kashi waffles have lots of ingredients added to them that make them much more healthy. Like all Kashi …

I’m a huge cereal lover and generally try to eat a healthy one. A couple of weeks ago I bought a box of Alpha Bits (it was on clearance sale at the supermarket) and boy was I glad I did.
This cereal is supposed to be for kids, who try …

I love Hillshire Farms Lit’l Smokies Smoked Sausage. They’re so cute and fun to eat, and you can enjoy them in a variety of ways, making them a versatile food.
This product is fully cooked, meaning we just have to heat and serve. I love convenience like that. …

Have you ever heard of Big League Chew? If you haven’t, I don’t blame you, it’s not all too common to find everywhere you go like other candies these days. Big League Chew is gum in the form of little strands, kind of like spaghetti, but a little bit …

Dr Pepper is an optimum drink in my opinion. I am calorie conscious when it comes to soda drinks. And in my experience Dr Pepper is the right mix where optimum calories and tastiness meets each other. In vending machines at many places I see that Dr Pepper is …

I love Satay Sauce very much. If you go to any hawker stall to order Satay food, make sure that the stallholder does include Satay Sauce together with your Satay dish.
That is a must in everything. The most favorite flavor that I love about Satay Sauce …

I have recently become a big fan of the frozen skillet meals that have recently come onto the market. These meals are a big improvement from standard microwave dinners because they allow the consumer to actually feel like they’re cooking the meal, as opposed to just warming it …

I normally am not a Starbucks fan, but my sister gave me some of these instant coffee packages as a gift to our family one day and I decided to try one of them, especially since I was out of regular coffee and wanted to have some. I am …

Britannia Digestive biscuits one of finest quality biscuits available in our place high in nutrition and tastes great as well. Britannia always has been delivering high quality products and these digestive biscuits are another feather in their crown as far as we can go in terms of quality and …

I would like to play captain obvious for a moment and say that this particular sauce can only really be enjoyed by fans of spice. So I will, and just have. With that out of the way, let’s find out why this sauce can actually improve your quality of …

Are you missing the nice food from Indonesia? I know that some people really like to eat the taste food from Indonesia. Especially the food that has special taste because they use special herb when they cook. If you want, you can make it yourself in the house by …

Del Monte has this product called the Instant Marinade. I have tried using the two varieties, barbecue and tapa and I can say that I am satisfied with these products. Del Monte is a world famous name in the food industry and you will not be disappointed with the …

I was unfortunately “lucky” enough to try out the new hip burger joint in town, “Smashburger”. I have heard about the place before from friends who lived elsewhere about how great the burgers are and how the prices are definitely reasonable for the amount of food you get. I …

It is clear that for better health, one should be very conscious about their food. Medical science says that you should have perfect balance diet to cop up with your daily body wear and tear.
But as we all know that it is not easy to maintain balance diet just …

We went to buy a red wine which my hubby and I preferred to drink that night to unwind since he will have three days off. We ask a sales attendant to give us a bottle of sweet wine which is not that expensive so he gave us Madera …

Anything garlic is normally a winner with me, but I’m not a big fan of McCormick California Style Garlic Powder. This garlic powder comes with parsley and contains no MSG.
Packaging-wise, the plastic container is adequate with a colorful wrapper that drew my attention. It has a big …

Three different kinds of popsicles come in this package: strawberry, cotton candy and lemonade-flavored popsicles. The one flavor that interested me the most was the lemonade-flavored popsicle because ice cold lemonade is truly a refreshing thing to have when the world is roasting outside. I figured that a lemonade-flavored …

Only in a college town would you expect to see a cookie shop with delivery service. That would be Hot Box Cookies in Columbia Missouri.
I love the story behind the shop. Three college students who were friends came up with the concept and opened their own business …