Food Reviews
Brisk Iced Tea: Lemon Flavor
There’s nothing better than a nice glass of iced tea, strong flavored and sweetened just right to perfection. Iced tea is always good, with lunch or whenever the urge hits me. Often times I can’t just take a pitcher of homemade tea with me so I look to teas …
Reed’s Extra Ginger Brew
The first time I tasted Reed’s Extra Ginger Brew it took my breath away. It had a very strong ginger flavor and was delightful. There is little comparison between Reed’s Extra Ginger Brew and regular ginger ales. Store brands, Canada Dry, and Scheppes, are pale imitations of what a …
Sainsbury’s Farfalle Durham Wheat Dried Pasta
I would not even try to pronounce —˜Farfalle’ so for those of you who are as ignorant as me on Italian pasta terminology, these are pasta bow-ties, about an inch and a half in length. They are from Sainsbury’s own brand and they cost me about 68p for …
Emborg Havarti Cheese
I like to try different foods and cheese is included in this. Some I have liked lots and some I just didn’t want to go near it after my taste buds got a “whiff” of it. Well, I am here to talk about Emborg’s Havarti Cheese. One of the …
Pillsbury Homestyle Buttermilk Biscuits
Anyone who has ever read one of my food reviews knows that I love ease, convenience, and quickness in just about everything. The simpler an item is to prepare, the more I like it. It’s not a surprise then when I say that I really like Pillsbury …
Nature Valley Oats ‘N Honey Crunchy Granola Bar
Energy and protein bars often taste like crap. Many of them, just have a healthy taste to them, and it’s annoying. Nature Valley Oats —˜N Honey bars are the exact opposite of that. They’re both extremely good for you, and they taste good as well. I personally find them …
Del Monte Quality Fresh Cut Whole Kernel Corn
When I bought this brand of tinned corn, I was actually thinking of adding it to the dinner so the food could be more plentiful, but in the end I ended up using it at a later date. When I used it I remember being fairly satisfied with the …
Betty Crocker Creamy Mashed Potatoes Box Mix
I like Betty Crocker mashed potatoes box mix, but I also have a love and hate relationship with it because even though the finished potatoes are good, I often find myself have to fix the mashed potatoes which has become part of the cooking process at this point.
Betty Crocker has …
Lucky Me Instant Mami Noodles
Now being in a modern ear with so many things to do with so little time anything that is instant will always be welcome just like with out food.
Even though I’m a pescatarian and want my food to be always prepared by me but still there are moments …
Home Style Select Ripple Potato Chips
These chips from the Dollar Tree are really no deal. Although they only cost a dollar, the bag size is just six ounces. I can get twelve ounce bags from Walmart for under two dollars when I purchase the Great Value brand and for even less at ALDI if …
Rombauer Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
I don’t consider myself a professional when it comes to evaluating wine. However, I do live in California and I have I think been exposed wine tastings and enjoyed different wines over the last ten years. I do think my palette has developed in that time.
My boyfriend brought this …
Hormel Black Label Fully Cooked Bacon
Hormel Black Label Fully Cooked Bacon is a product I’ve enjoyed using for quite a while now. Bacon is such a messy thing to cook sometimes, that having a fully cooked product is a pleasure.
I’ve used Hormel Black Label Fully Cooked Bacon in different ways. One of …
Hamburger Helper Sloppy Joe flavor
Hamburger Helper is a line of skillet dinner mixes from the Betty Crocker company. Hamburger Helper comes in a number of different flavors, all of which are based on the idea that you add the contents of the mix to a pound of …
Bugles
Bugles have to be the funnest of all the snack foods, you can always come up with something new and fun to do with bugles. What they are, are chips, but in the shape of small cones. My favorite thing to do when i was little was to take …
Southern Grove Peanuts & Candy Corn Mix
Southern Grove Peanuts & Candy Corn Mix offers a salty and sweet mixture of fresh, crunchy peanuts and sugary and chewy Halloween candy corn. Eighteen ounces come in a bag for two dollars at ALDI Food Market stores and that’s a lot of salt and sweetness for that price! …
Betty Crocker - Pasta Alfredo
Betty Crocker - Pasta Alfredo makes for a yummy side dish that I like to have with my dinner. Whether I am having a type of beef or chicken, this pasta side dish is a delightful addition. There are a couple of reasons why I am quite happy with …
Cebu’s Lucky Premium Dried Mangoes
One of the most popular foods or gifts to buy when you’re in the Philippines is dried mangoes. I have a lot of friends from abroad who bring boxes of it home when they come here to visit. The most famous place to buy dried mangoes is …
Imperial Margerine
My family has used Imperial Margerine for several decades. I really can’t say why we started using it because I was a kid when I first became aware of it. This is one of those things where I just never changed brands from what my parents used.
Over …
Cooper’s Toasted Cheese Ravioli
I found Cooper’s Toasted Cheese Ravioli to be more flavorful and enjoyable than Cooper’s Toasted Beef Ravioli. Unlike the beef raviolis which didn’t have much flavor at all, these cheese raviolis do taste good due to the triple cheese mixture of mozzarella, Parmesan and Asiago. These raviolis are indeed …
Selecta Ice Cream Coffee Crumble
First word, I love it. Second word, it satisfies me. Third, I want more. Fourth, let us talk about it. Yeah! As if I am ready to rock and roll with this one. You do not know how this Coffee Crumble makes me smile in the midst of my …
Lehar Kurkure
When it’s time for some quick snacks the first thing that comes to my mind is Lehar Kurkure. The hot , crunchy and spicy kurkure sticks are just the best snacks and everyone from a child to the oldies like munching on the snacks. It doesn’t cost much and …
Kellogg’s Frosted Strawberry Mini Wheats
I have never tried Mini Wheats before today, nor did I ever think I would love them. Well they were lying on the counter, I was hungry so I went out and just tried them, they were the strawberry kind. The pink box on the counter stuck out to …
Nestle set curd
How many of u like to eat the curd. I love it. I always need the curd in my diet as it gives the necessary nutrition to our body and at the same time cools our mind. At the end of the meals I always take …
Tapatio Limon Flavored Potato Chips
I was given the opportunity to try Lay’s Tapatio Limon Flavored Potato Chips one day when I had the craving for something crunchy. At the time I didn’t want to eat any granola, or find any trail mix. Fortunately enough my mom brought home a bag of …
Now Foods Better Stevia Liquid Sweetener
For the past few decades major food companies have been coming up with the new calorie-free sugar substitutes. Thanks to them, now we are all familiar with such words as erythritol,maltodextrin, dextrose, saccharin, aspartame and Sucralose. However, certain studies have linked these long scary names to the development of cancerous …
Ocean Prince Fish Steaks in Lousiana Hot Sauce
These fish steaks are pieces of fish (sardines) cut into chunks, covered in hot sauce and placed in a can. Each can is one serving. I recently discovered this brand of sardines while on a family shopping outing and constantly on the look out for easy snacks I had …
Shurfine Premium Cake Mix
Having tried two (Devil’s Food and Yellow) Shurfine Premium cake mixes I am ready to say that they are an incredible value for the amazing taste that you get in your cake. While the directions are a little different calling for both oil and water where most cake mixes call …
Turkey Meal by Banquet (frozen dinner)
I use frozen dinners to same me time and money while I put myself through school. With three kids I need to keep a large selection of frozen dinners around that they like. I wish I could cook more for them but frozen dinners will do for now. I …
Wilkins Distilled Drinking Water
My 9 month old old daughter’s pediatrician recommended Wilkins Distilled Drinking Water. Since my baby’s birth, we have been using Wilkins in feeding my baby, whether she drinks plain water or mixed with her formula milk. I realized this product must be very good for our doctor to recommend …
Belvita Kleija Biscuits with Cardamom
I am going to share something really yummy I experienced just recently. Before going any further, let me confess I am highly addicted to tea. Even if someone offers me a cup of tea in the middle of night, I am always ready to it. But I have to …
Nestea drink
I like tea a lot, and when Nestea first appeared, I was looking for some alternative to frizzy drinks in summer, so I thought that I had to try this refreshing drink. Since then I haven’t been able to live without this delicious drink. I don’t only drink it …
Little Debbie Creme-Filled Orange Cupcakes
These Little Debbie Creme-Filled Orange Cupcakes really are not all that bad. Be prepared for a slight sharp flavor when your first bite into one of these! The orange flavor is really quite strong and good as well as authentic, and the cupcakes themselves are fresh, moist and fluffy. …
Alaska Evaporated Milk
Alaska Evaporated Milk I should honestly say is the best tasting evaporated milk of all. All the other local brands are unable to match its excellent taste. Globalization has brought in a lot of other brands of evaporated milk from other countries but so far Alaska Evaporated milk remains …
Private Selection Penne Rigate
Most of the time I buy rice pasta but it is not as easy to come by. I have to drive all the way to my closest Trader Joe’s, which isn’t too close or I have to pay too much for some online. Since I don’t have celiac disease …
Fleischmann Simply Homemade Baking Mix Italian Herb Flavor
When it comes to baking cakes, cupcakes, cookies and candies I am fine in the kitchen, but when it comes to baking breads and pastries from scratch that is when my flaws show. I came across Fleischmann simply baking homemade baking bread kit while I was on the baking aisle …
Bremer Steamers Brown Rice
Bremer Steamers Brown Rice is a pretty decent product that makes reasonably tasty ans satisfying rice. It’s pretty easy to make too, which is nice because when I’m fixing a meal to have for dinner, I just have to stock this bag in the microwave and let it cook. …
Baileys
During late night when I had to invite friends at home for something to work, we need to spice up the company by of course having something to drink. Friends always suggests to go with beer but oftentimes I find it boring. It tastes like water eventually and there …
Jell-o Gelatin - Lime
Jell-o Gelatin - Lime variety is a flavor that I like to have every now and then. The company did a pretty impressive job taking the lime flavor and injecting it into this gelatin! The lime flavor is quite authentic and real, and the flavoring does not at all …
Krasuljci & Krasotice —“ mini rolls with fig and orange
Everyone in my house goes crazy about these mini rolls except me. I like figs, I like orange and I like mini rolls but I don’t think they go good together. I would feel these mini rolls with thick chocolate, or something like that although when I think about …
Chick-fil-A Lemon Pie
Although Chick-fil-A’s Lemon Pie is not quite as delicious and memorable as the fast food restaurant’s cheesecake, I still found the lemon pie to be a tasty treat that did not fall short of my expectations. The lemon filling used for this pie has a rich and authentic lemon …
So Delicious Original Coconut milk Creamer
So I’ve really been loving So Delicious products, even though I’ve tried just a few yet. Except for the plain coconut yoghurt, maybe it was just a bad batch or something, but the other products, like their Cocowhip and milk were a huge success. This coconut creamer is also amazing. …
Aia Wudy Hot dog
I don’t like hot dogs usually because I know they are always made from the worst part of the leftovers of the meat. My Dad was working in the place where they used to produce hot dog so after some stories I’ve heard I didn’t wanna eat hot dogs …
Cheesy Bacon Tendercrisp
The Cheesy Bacon Tendercrisp is a new chicken sandwich distributed by Burger King. This sandwich contains crispy breaded chicken, two types of cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and some kind of sauce on a burger bun. The two different kinds of cheese are american and swiss cheese, at least I …
Albertsons Polska Kielbasa
Albertsons Polska Kielbasa sells for two dollars and seventy-nine cents. I like to buy this sausage every month or so because I enjoy the flavor of it and find that it goes really well with bell peppers and fried potatoes. This is something that’s only sold at Albertsons, but …
Royal Basmati Rice
This rice is made in India but is sold in Indian grocery stores throughout the US. I’ve also seen this at Costco as well.
This is the only rice I purchase. I’ve tried several others but the results, taste, and unbelievable aroma I get from cooking this rice is …
Maya Whole Wheat Pancake Mix
One late afternoon right after coming out of the office, I dropped by a nearby supermarket and scouted for food that my kids could bring to school. This task is one that I like doing because I get to choose good food for my little ones. It is also …
Betty Crocker Sour Cream and Chives Potatoes
I love potatoes, but I do not love to cook and slave over a hot stove. Lately, however, I have been trying to make a real effort to eat out less and to cook more, but I find myself getting bored with the meals I have been preparing at …
La Fonte Chicken Macaroni Soup
My daughter is a very fussy eater. There were times when I would prepare a meal for her and she totally hates it, and it goes to the bin. Sometimes I get frustrated because I spend a lot of time preparing these dishes and in the end, they get …
Harmoney Mint handkerchifs
I usually buy handkerchiefs from Paloma or Foxy, Scottex, Tender or something like that but the other day I went to Lidl and there they have so many thing that aren’t of any popular brand but they are good anyway.
So I bought this packet of handkerchiefs for less …
Hostess Ding Dongs
Hostess Ding Dongs are a whole lot like Hostess Cupcakes. They have a somewhat harder chocolate frosting exterior, a soft chocolate cake interior and have white creme in the middle. There is more creme in Ding Dongs than the cupcakes though, and the Ding Dong itself is a little …
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