I’ve never tried any of the Reser’s Main St. Bistro products before. In fact, I haven’t even seen them before. As a fluke, I was in the deli section of the store and just happened to glance over at some of the prepared foods. I noticed …

There are a variety of recipes out there that outline how to prepare pigs in a blanket or mini crescent dogs, and that’s great if one has the time to go ahead and do that. As a majority of people out there have likely found out time and time …

Alexander Keith’s India Pale Ale, or “Keith’s” as it is affectionatly referred to as here in Canada is a fantastic beer and one of my favorites. It was created by none other then Alexander Keith and is from the east coast Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Brewmasters have been …

Another something new I’ve tried recently are Foster Farms Southwestern Chicken Breast Strips. Foster Farms is a trusted name for chicken and the price was right for experimenting. I loved the package, which allowed me to see the chicken I was purchasing and which was also a …

Year round, there are a variety of different flavored bagels to choose from. Come the autumn season though, there is one flavor in particular that I keep an eye out for. I can enjoy the various other kinds of bagels throughout the rest of the year, but around autumn, …

Rold Gold Pretzel rods are one of my favorite of the long (about 7 or 8 inches long) pretzel sticks that were traditional in my childhood years. These are not the little, thin pretzel sticks; these are the longer thicker sticks.
In terms of taste, I really like the …

Great Value Sour cream and Onion Potato Chips are surprisingly tasty and a great value as the name suggests. I purchased a large bag of sour cream and onion chips at Wal-Mart, the manufacturer for an unbeatable price of $1.50 for a twelve ounce bag. I did not expect these …

Last week, I had heard one of my friends talking about how great Jolly Rancher Hard Candies tasted, and how cheap they were, so what I ended up doing was buying one of them for myself especially when I found out that the candies were indeed cheap. Out of …

Recently, I’ve been under so much pressure from work, school and other things that I realized that by the time the day ends and I get home, I barely have enough energy left to do anything else that I need to do. I found myself living on energy drinks …

Ever since I have read that a person who drinks milk about 3 times daily have better endurance when it comes to fighting of cholesterol, I started drinking milk to help myself become more healthy in terms of this aspect. I am, as a matter of fact suffering from …

Aldi and Lidl seem to appeal to shoppers. Look on the supermarket shelves in both stores and you see few branded goods, but we find their food products and cleaning goods represent good value for money. I usually buy a small pot of double cream to serve with a …

Samosa Noodle Rolls is quite a weird side-dish, if you look at it closely. However, the taste is quite nice and mix in some ketchup sauce and you are ready to dip in nicely.
To make this, you need some basic stuffs only and not that hard. …

As someone who suffers from some digestive tract issues, I always carry antacid in my purse, in my car, or in my pocket, for instant relief from any number foods and drinks that upset my stomach. Usually, I carry a pouch of chewable Pepto-Bismol tablets, because they are convenient …

Wow, these Olympic Games companies are milking it for all they are worth, aren’t they? I’ve seen T shirts, sweat shirts, jackets, sweat pants, track suits, and now cookies? Really, how are cookies even related to the Games? I got this as a Christmas gift from my boss this …

If you are not familiar with Smart Ones Frozen Meals, then you probably are not trying to watch your weight or lose weight while enjoying the convenience of frozen foods. The Smart Ones brand of frozen meals are associated with the Weight Watchers weight loss brand. One …

Product Description: Package of pre-made chocolate chip cookies (the non-chewy variety). I purchased these a couple days ago for around $3.
What I liked about this product: I still prefer fresh-baked cookies. But, when I don’t have time for something like that, a product like this is just perfect. There …

One day I worked too hard on my shift that I forgot to eat my lunch. I was working in a busy unit and I barely noticed that it was already almost the end of my shift and I still have not eaten at all. I was so tired …

I am lover of instant coffee. To be more precise, I like it strong, sweet - and preferably cool. And yet, I am not a great fan of iced coffee… with the exception of one single brand: Jacobs Ice Coffee.
I have noticed there are two “ice coffee” produced by Jacobs. …

Rice is the staple food in the Philippines. And what goes perfectly with rice? I’d say adobo. It’s a native Filipino dish which is basically just meat (chicken or pork) cooked to simmer in a mixture of soy sauce and vinegar as well as some seasoning. Preparing it is …

In my home popcorn has always been a preferred snack. I love orville Redenbacher’s but wanted to try something different. I purchased the Pop Weaver brand popcorn with butter. I don’t know if the quality of this popcorn is just not up to par, or if it sat on …

Yummy to Spinach Soup totally. Not only this soup is nutritious, I also find that the taste is pretty airy and light and gives a fast full reaction in my stomach. The idea of this combined with some bread to dip in is also quite enticing.
Normally, if I …

We were at the store yesterday buying something for dinner. Since we really didn’t have a whole lot in our house for dessert, we decided to pick up something for that too.
We ended up with Big Event Root Beer Float Bars.
The Big Event brand is one of the cheapest …

Stouffer’s is known for providing quality meals that are filling, nutrious, and easy to make. For those, like me, who are not cooking experts, this is the best thing that could happen. The star in Stouffer’s line up is their french bread pizza.
You’d think that pizza is …

Martha White Cotton County Cornbread Buttermilk Cornbread Mix is a great value. I buy a six ounce package of this cornbread mix for only eighty five cents at my local Harvest Foods store. However, this particular store is notorious for their over priced merchandise and I imagine …

Once more, for the third time exploring my near diabetic Papa’s arsenal of store-bought holiday treats, we have Spaans Sugar Free Spiced Windmill cookies next on the buffet line. (For clearer context, see my other Spaans cookie reviews, such as Lemon Chiffon and Ginger Bars.)
So…how does this latest “commandeered …

My favorite rooibos herbal tea that I always keep on hand to make up and drink is the Celebrations Herbals Organic Red Rooibos Tea. I love this tea because the only ingredient it is made with is organic rooibos, which contains loads of antioxidants and other medicinal properties that …

Cedevita is a drink made by a Croatian Cedevita d.o.o. producer of instant drinks. It comes in powder and you can find it in different flavours orange, lemon, pineapple, mandarin and forest fruits but the original flavours were lemon and orange and I kind a got used to those …

I’ve been wanting to try Idahoan Four Cheese Mashed Potatoes for a very long time, but only just recently decided to give it a go. As my readers know, convenience is my driving goal with foods, from preparation to cooking and through cleanup. I judge just about …

The new Cantina tacos at Taco Bell are just over $2 each, but do come in a combination meal for $6 including a drink. With the heavy advertising centered on the double-thick soft corn tortilla shells, fresh cilantro, lime, and deliciously seasoned meats, I felt compelled to at …

If you are trying to be a more conscientious consumer than buying organic is great. Where to start? Is it necessary to replace everything in your cupboard? Not really it depends how far you want to go and how much you want to spend. I spend close to a …

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 …

This is a sauce that you are supposed to heat up gently and stir into freshly cooked pasta. Personally I find it too bland to use it that way, but I use it successfully in more inventive ways. The sauce is made up of 61% tomatoes and …

I truly hate consuming energy drinks because of all the bad publicity they get and because I know of people who have either died or gotten very ill as a result. The only time I drink them these days is unless I truly have no choice, which means I’m …

Special K Cereal Bars are part of Special K’s effort to promote itself as “healthy”. They are portion controlled snack bars at 90 calories per bar, designed so that it’s easier to control your snacking. However, they taste so bad I wonder why anyone would want to have more …

I really love Japanese food and I can say I am an addict in eating sushi I love it so much because for me it is a complete meal. I love the distinct taste it has. I also admire how they make it because out of simple ingredients the …

Recently I have been trying to reduce my consumption of diet soft drinks. Therefore, I have been trying flavored waters. I have found a couple that I like quite a bit, but they are more expensive than I would like for them to be. Accordingly, I …

Aside from seafood my favorite food would have to be roast beef, and that is mainly one reason why I like eating at Arby’s. I can go there and expect to eat quality roast beef sandwiches for a very reasonable price. The horse radish sauce they include with the …

In my early twenties, as I started to go off the Big Macs I turned to the McChicken Sandwich at MacDonalds after hearing good things about it. A piece of breaded chicken in a bun with mayonnaise and lettuce was actually pretty good. My only usual criticism of …

In a world where everything is constantly changing, right now we have instant for everything–instant coffee, instant noodles and this time instant snacks. I was looking for something that I can immediately eat which also has higher carbohydrates. When you are in a high-rise building working for long hours, …

I am not a huge fan of pre-packaged pizza mixes, but in a hurry one night I decided to try Kraft Pizza Crust Mix with Cheese, Herbs and Tomato Sauce to make a pizza for guests and myself.
This small 450gram orange box cost only $2.99CDN, which I thought, was …

There so much wonder about tomato juice. This is very good to one’s health. Being a health conscious myself, I make sure that I always have tomato juice at home. Tomato juice has lots of vitamins and minerals. Other’s say this is the fountain of youth. I made it …

Safeway Diet Orange flavored soda sucks to put it lightly! I was really hoping for a better tasting product from this company, because I have had good luck with some of their other brand products. This soda is just plain yuchy! There is really nothing good …

Kinder bueno has always been my favourite snack. Since I was little I was used to sharing because I have a sister so we shared everything. When you buy and other snack, except twix if you share it you have to give a part of your snack to someone …

When I was still working in a call center.. I am always craving for something sweet to keep my eyes open. Also, I am trying to avoid drinking to much coffee or caffeine. So, I am always looking for a substitute for those stuff.
Luckily, Pan de Manila is …

During the Christmas time we can buy lots of special desserts that we cannot usually find in the shops. In lots of the shops all these desserts are on sale after the Christmas and this year I bought some of them for half a price. Between all the desserts I …

Little Debbie Banana Nut Muffins are really quite delicious! The banana flavor is rich and present in every bite that I take out of the muffin. The flavor is just so real and fresh that I think I prefer these banana-flavored muffins to bananas themselves! Simply scrumptious! The nut …

I have just tried making Pillsbury Cherry Turnovers for the first time, and I think it’s a keeper. My husband and I loved them, even though I had messed up a little when cooking.
Unlike some other Pillsbury baking products I’ve tried, these cherry turnovers are not “heat and eat,” …

The reason that I like to have Hearty Breast of Chicken Soup at Chick-fil-A is because unlike with the canned soups and some restaurants, there is actually quite a bit of chicken, noodles and vegetables to be found in this soup and not so much broth. It seems to …

Somewhere somebody in a board room meeting announced “I’ve got a great idea! Let’s combine yogurt and caramel!” This somebody is probably now among the 10% who are unemployed in the United States. As this yogurt seemed to be different, we decided to give it a try. …