Okay. I admit it. I was suckered in by the health nuts, and finally gave up my stubbornness and decided to try this infamous Silk that everyone’s been talking about. Soy milk sounded rather repulsive to me, so I was really pretty hesitant to even allow …

Everyone in today;s economy seems to be struggling to save money. Why not try to save a little bit on your food budget. That is what my family has done for the past year and we are so happy with the results. We now love generic food, at least …

I’ve often said Hormel is my favorite food brand for bacon, and that’s still true, though I do use Oscar Mayer from time to time. Recently, in fact, I saw Oscar Mayer Hearty Thick Cut Bacon on sale and purchased a couple of packages.
While Hormel adds some zest …

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 …

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 …

Product Description: Tub-sized margarine spread that is available at most grocery stores in the dairy/butter section.
What I liked about this product: As is usually the case, my decision to buy this product was based on price and, compared to other brands, this is one of the most affordable ones …

I absolutely love potato salad and when I started working at my current job all the workers and even the boos kept on talking about Al Haaq’s BBQ food. I put it off for a long time but one evening I finally gave in and bought a box of …

Quick Eaze Gravy Mix is what my kids call the cheating way to make gravy. I guess they call it that because as the name implies it is easy to make gravy from their mix. All you do is add 1 cup of cold water to the season packet …

Move over Red Bull, there’s a newer, cheaper player in the energy drink market.
Actually, the differences between the two products is not really all that pronounced, but the slight variation between the two products is noticeable.
Kabbalah is stronger in taste. It does not have the ultra dull taste sugar …

I love muffins and I’m pleased to see the trend toward overly large, too sweet muffins seems to be coming to a close. Muffins are supposed to be a bread, not a cupcake.
Haggen Foods here in Bellingham seems to be correcting its previous tendency of cakeness and I am …

The first time I heard about the instant drink “Tang” was quite a few years ago in the nineteen nineties. I can remember that at the time the colour of the packet it came in was black and green and the only flavour which I knew they had was …

There are lots of evaporated creamer out in the market today. Whenever you want to make a desert, you can choose from so many of these canned milk from the cheapest to the most expensive or from the most popular to the least. But have you ever …

Kiss Multi Grain Enriched Bread is surprisingly a very light bread considering it is supposed to be multi-grained. I got to admit I do like it but I have to eat an extra slice to in my sandwiches to feel filled up. The bread has “cracked” oats on the …

This dessert package comes in 6 pieces of cheesecakes in 1 whole box, and seeing the picture which showed a delicious cheesecake with lots of toppings like peanut butter, nuts, and caramel fudge, I took home a box with me. I bought this at S&R Price Smart and the …

Skoal Pouches may not prove to be a healthy alternative to long cut chewing tobacco or smoking, but it does not have many of the negatives of both. When using tobacco pouches, the actual tobacco does not touch your gums, it rests inside of a fiber-woven pouch, with …

Carte Noire is the best instant coffee available in my opinion. This is a premium instant coffee and it is one of the most expensive brands but you can shop around for special offers as they do appear occasionally. I have just bought myself a 100g jar …

Back in the day, a Sugar Daddy was one of the kings of the candy market. He was followed by the Sugar Momma and eventually a smaller Sugar Baby. We adored these candy treats. My mother had a huge affection for Sugar Daddy bars. I …

I just bought a bunch of Kraft Handi Snacks Chocolate Pudding. And let me tell these things are just great! They are packed with so much flavor. I take one with me to work everyday. What I really like about these pudding snacks is that they have 0g trans fat!
Kraft …

I fix myself warm drinks to ease sleepless nights. I’m not a consummate tea drinker. But the whole idea of drinking tea was attractive enough when I knew of chamomile teas and how they supposedly affect a good night’s rest. Without really expecting to find one in …

I went to the store today looking for something sweet and what caught my eye was ice cream fridge, and discounts, of course. I saw this big 1kg ice cream by Algida was on an almost 50% discount so I bought it. There were four different flavors in the container …

Gatorade is the sports drinks that’s been around for over thirty years now. Generations have used the beverage to energize, recharge and of course play hard. There are the original flavors that everyone knows and loves and then there are the new collection of flavors that appear to different crowds. …

I find Mrs. Freshley’s Swiss Rolls to be pretty much standard fare. By standard fare, I mean that there is nothing that really sets these Swiss Rolls apart from those made by other companies. In fact, Little Debbie offers a packaged variety of Swiss Rolls that have different fillings …

I was looking for a soft spreadable cheese to use in some kind of dip, and I happened upon this cheese at Trader Joe’s. Normally I’m not really a fan of these soft spreadable cheeses because they remind me too much of cream cheese which I don’t like, but …

Mint chocolate chip ice cream is one of my favorites, and Talenti makes a mint chocolate chip gelato that is one of the best I’ve ever had.
I’m a big fan of Talenti gelato, and the Mediterranean Mint is one of my favorite flavors. The one big drawback of this …

I love the combination of Tang Pineapple Orange powdered juice from Kraft. Before I am purchasing their orange powdered juice also but when they made this Pineapple orange as a combo It really made me surprise that combination is really good.Pineapple and orange are both rich in Vitamin C …

Sara Lee Soft and Smooth Wheat Bread was tried by me for taking a break from usual white breads that I buy and also because of health conscious decision to get some whole grains in the diet. As the name suggest, the bread was soft and smooth. To my …

The Special K diet suggests that you replace two meals with either a meal bar or a bowl of cereal. If someone was to follow this diet as suggested, I have no doubt that they would lose weight. These meal bars are delicious. However, the problem …

I just finished eating a bowl of Mushroom Burger’s Pancit Canton. This is what a local noodles meal is called here in the country. Well most Chinese do love pancit canton on birthdays and celebrations. Mushroom Burger’s is more of a vegetarian type of noodles with loads of different …

I first started drinking Sobe Life water as an alternative to help break the habit of drinking to much coffee and soda. Now I have mostly eliminated soda for Sobe. I do miss all that yummy soda, but the zero calories, no artificial sweeteners Sobe Life Water has versus soda, …

When I first discovered cookies with coconuts I was rather young and I really adored them for quite some time, then somehow I stopped eating them and I wasn’t actually paying any attention to them because I discovered cookies with chocolate chips which I liked much more. But the …

When I was in Florida, I had the privilege of tasting some really good BBQ pork sandwiches. After all, in Miami, they know what good pork should taste like. I can’t say the same for Applebee’s; they definite lack the concept of how to make a proper …

I guess I’ve been drinking Skinny Girl Margarita for the better part of a year now. I’m a big Bethany Frankle fan anyway so I was eager to find out what the big deal was with this drink. When it showed up at my local Safeway, on sale no …

One of my friends always buys these for me whenever they come over. Overall they are pretty good. They are chocolates, with caramel inside of them. Most of the time I don’t like caramel except if it is just a tiny bit of it. I do like these though. …

My recent decision to become a vegetarian again has lead to me to try some convenience vegetarian foods. Sometimes you just don’t want to create a meal from scratch, sometimes there just isn’t time. Convenience foods can work out more expensive than creating a meal yourself but …

My husband and I bought Tyson Buffalo Chicken Breast Tenderloins for an easy meal to cook up on the weekends. We bought these in the large plastic bags which hold the tenderloins. I love these type of bags because it allows me to only cook the specific …

I only have to see a television commercial for Malteasers and I will be craving them until I get myself down to the shop. They consist of little malted honeycomb balls covered in a thick layer of milk chocolate and they are delicious. I love that malted …

So I stopped by Rollerz at the New Park Mall today to get an Icee drink. I think this place is really cool, they have just about everything at Rollerz. They have ice cream cones, fruit smoothies and my personal favorite Icee’s. Now they prices are kind of expensive …

This is the lemon juice that comes in the little lemon shaped containers. There is also lime juice concentrate which comes in green lime shaped containers.
I buy this in the large 945ml containers, 3 at a time. You can get them in a pack. Obviously, we …

Chowking is one of the most popular Chinese fast food restaurants in the Philippines. They have a lot of branches already and they have been in the business for years now.
One day while shopping at the streets of Quiapo, I was so hungry that seeing Chowking in the corner …

The other day I visited my local Mexican supermarket and bought a few fresh guava fruits while I was there. The ones I purchased are the small Mexican variety with the white insides and the green outsides. Basically they look like little green golf balls. I have never eaten …

Betty Crocker Complete Meals is a terrific way to bring the family together. The betty Crocker meal only takes five minuites to prep, and an additional thirty-five minuites to bake. Anytime your in a hurry Betty Crocker Complete meals would be the way to go . The meal comes …

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 …

The Kraft oven fry extra crispy chicken box mix is one that I have been using for a couple of years now when I am not in the mood to fry chicken from scratch. The mix can be found at any supermarket retailer, comes in a variety of flavors for …

For some reason, I gambled on buying Michelina’s Swedish Meatballs the other day. The price is right for Michelina’s frozen foods, even though they are Weight Watchers, which I know I don’t like. The thing is that I had one really good one of these and so …

I remember the first time my father bought a Flavarite Cassata, it was for the Christmas holiday season. You usually do not find these in the freezer at the grocery store. To get one of these you have order it directly from one of the retail sellers so they …

These Chocolate Chunk Oaties are amongst the best flapjacks I have ever tasted. They are Morrisons own brand with —˜The Cake Shop’ on the label and they can be found in their in-store bakery section with all the fresh bread. What I like about them is the …

During my childhood, while going to school, salt prunes were a popular thing. Since my childhood days I haven’t eaten salt prunes much but I can tell you they come in a variety of saltiness, ranging from very salty to almost sweet…
The other day while I was going on …

I buy many things in the bulk section of my grocery store-pasta, seeds, baking supplies, rice, candy (particularly gummy bears), raisins, nuts, dried fruit and berries, and sometimes even granola and dried cereal. I find that the quality is generally almost as good, with most stores and items anyway, …

Now I am sure you guys are thinking, what is a Nut Krak’r? Simply put, it is peanut brittle, Trinidad style. There are quite a few brands of Nut Crackers available here in my country and Diana Nut Krak’r is one of those.
It is so funny to actually look …