Growing up, all I knew was tap water. It stayed that way until just ten or fifteen years ago. I’m not sure why I suddenly decided to try water that I had to buy, but I’m sure there was a catalyst that I’ve forgotten.
After some experimenting, I …

Thomas’ Original English Muffins are without a doubt the top of the line in store purchased English muffins. The muffins come in a tray of six, and the package of course touts the fact that the muffins are low fat, no cholesterol, and have no trans fat. The …

We finally finished up the box of Pop Weaver microwaveable popcorn we bought a couple weeks ago. I’m glad. This will be the last time I buy this brand.
We love popcorn in our house and eat it a couple times each week. But, when it comes to this brand, …

Kroger Bite Size Frosted Wheat is a cereal sold only that Kroger grocery stores and it is a store brand cereal that is modeled after Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats. Like a lot of the Kroger store brand cereals that I have tried, this cereal surpasses the national brand in …

I am a major fan of tea and I love trying new varieties of this beverage. Whenever I see a new variety I have to get my hands on it! When I saw this variety of green tea made with peach and mangosteen flavorings, hence the “superfruit” label, I …

Trying new superfoods is pretty much my hobby. Every 2 months or so I order a bunch of stuff that is said to be really great for you and test it out. To be honest, most of the time the things I order don’t become my staples, but it’s still …

I just started to change my way of eating, my choices in life. And how? I change some of my choice of food to healthier choices. One of them is yoghurt. Well, there’s this new brand of yoghurt, called Activia. They’re from Danone.
They have …

I am not a body builder, but I picked up this —˜power bar’ from Tesco as I wanted something nutritious to give me the energy to walk back from the supermarket with my backpack. I thought this bar tasted absolutely gorgeous and you will love this if you …

The other day at Lidl shop I saw FirstNice Peanut Chocolate; I like Snickers, which is also made of chocolate and peanuts so I wanted to try this chocolate too. It didn’t cost much, about 50 Euro cents so I decided to buy it, you get 100g of chocolate …

Recently, I tried something new from the Deli department. This was an already prepared item — Raley’s Fresh Deli Homestyle Meatloaf — so it comes ready to cook in a plastic tray. It was a 1 pound, two ounce serving, so it’s quite a lot. It’s …

I’ve been trying to find a perfect plant-based milk for my coffee for the last few months or so, but I couldn’t find the one that would froth well and taste good at the same time.
However, I’ve always known that soymilk frothes well, but it tasted disgusting when I tried …

This is, quite easily, my most favorite toaster pastry that is made by Nature’s Path! Nature’s Path: Brown Sugar Maple Cinnamon Frosted Toaster Pastry is an incredibly delicious toaster pastry that is so very rich in flavor! When it is cooking in the toaster, the sweet smell of brown …

I really love these whole wheat tortillas from Target. Archer Farms is the Target store brand. I don’t know if all Target stores carry these, but the one near my house does and I was really surprised to find them, too. Why? Because I am allergic to soy (all …

I was just making some classic American chop suey for dinner and decided to use Bertolli Olive Oil and Garlic Pasta Sauce in the dish and I am so happy I did. The olive oil and garlic pasta sauce is a tomato one with this incredibly fresh olive oil …

I am a chocolate lover. I do not say no if someone offers me even the sizes is small. One time my sister went home and I saw her cutting into pieces a Milka chocolate. I have to admit this is the first time I tasted chocolate from Milka. …

I have said a lot about the MN brand mango pickles. And now I am going to talk about the MN brand mango pickle. The very good quality tender mangoes are cut in to cubes and these cubes are used to make the pickle. The spices …

I eat a lot of pasta and we really enjoy fresh pasta. For the price and quality we usually buy buitoni brand pasta in the refrigerated section of our store. 99% of their products are excellent. They would be the brand if I walked into a …

I love my snacks and of course sweet snacks. Sweet snacks don’t necessarily mean candy bars or chocolates, but it can actually mean one of my other favourite snacks to have…wafers. I have tried and tasted so many different wafers before and another one that has been added to …

Sargento - Deli Style Sliced Swiss Cheese is a Swiss cheese that I used to purchase quite often, along with the baby Swiss cheese. The reason I used to purchase it is because I liked how pretty much unlike every other cheese out there, the Swiss cheese would bring …

I am not overly crazy about Blue Bunny Premium Ice Cream Chunky Chocolate Chip as I much prefer the smooth and creamy chocolate ice cream as opposed to the smooth and creamy chocolate ice cream that also has large, chunky chocolate chips. They are just too large for me. …

I love sweets and chocolates and when Charles Goldfinger came on the scene quite a few years back I had to try one. Charles Goldfinger is a chocolate bar which has wafers which are filled with a light cocoa cream and then covered in milk chocolate.
Charles Goldfinger only has …

I love to drink sprite because in my opinion it is one of the best drinks and it goes along side almost anything. I love Sprite and I have been drinking it for years. One of the main reasons that I love Sprite is because I know …

Every morning I start my day with a protein energy shake because I have an autoimmune disease that causes lots of fatigue and illness because it makes my immune system and muscles weak. I find drinking a protein energy shake useful to drink daily because it contains loads of …

Little Caesars large pepperoni pizza is cheapest pizza with enough meat and pepperoni. They pizza costs only five dollar and its size is good enough. For five dollars there was no much choice for the bread. The usual bread was not anyways. Little Caesars outlet is not seen at …

We got our Yamasa Zaru Soba dipping sauce at the local grocery (Robinson’s Metro East mall) for around Php 140. I’ve also seen some available at the grocery at Megamall and UniMart Greenhills. It is packaged in a 330ml bottle which has a sticker that says “Yamasa Zaru Soba …

A friend of mine came for a visit from the USA and she brought with her a very fancy looking package of chocolate chip cookies. On the package it said they are premium gourmet cookies. I had never seen this brand of cookies before so I hurriedly opened the …

I know lots of people now are so health conscious that they won’t even bother to look at those nice ice cream filled and heavy cream top crepes.. but man!! life is also about food.
I gotta say that at first I was also so taken aback by how …

How do you like to have chocolate: with nuts, raisins, or caramels? Last Sunday I had a chocolate with rice crispies and wafer flakes; the trio is sold in stores—”by the name of Champola Choco Cluster Chocolate Mini Bar. The 60 g of it is composed of 6 pieces …

York Peppermint Pattie candy is a decent piece of chocolate candy which actually tastes rather good. The middle of this candy is packed with a filling that makes the candy pack a refreshing minty taste but it actually doesn’t taste bad and it tastes very good and delicious. I …

I get pretty frazzled some mornings. Sometimes I’m up for hours working and doing chores before I realize I haven’t eaten anything. When I get close to being in the danger zone as far as hunger, I don’t even feel up to making myself a sandwich. I need something …

Blue Bunny Original Ice Cream Chocolate Caramel Commotion offers a pretty flavorful combination of chocolate and caramel, although I must say that the chocolate used in this ice cream is not quite as creamy and delicious as the chocolate used in the premium ice cream line. The caramel is …

When we lived in Chicago the Kroger Company had a large chain of food stores where everyone shopped. I don’t know if since leaving Chicago this food chain is still in existence; but the Kroger brand is still being sold in certain food stores at discount prices. The well known …

Yeah, doughnut can be found anywhere. All bakeries offer doughnuts, and they cost usually RM1.50, so Krispy Kreme’s doughnuts are actually pretty expensive, since it costs abour RM2.80 each.
But hey, with heavy price comes good quality, you cannot deny that. Furthermore, they have this promotion …

Bestlife Buttery Spread is an alternative to the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spread. Both spreads offer a spread that mimics the flavor of butter without the partially hydrogenated oils. It’s an alternative that I turn to when I don’t have a coupon for the I Can’t Believe …

I like to have KFC when I go out to the mall sometimes or when I go to the beach. Sometimes I just have it on a whim with my dad and when we buy a standard KFC meals (which is usually fries and chicken) we always add KFC’s …

Cadburys are probably the oldest brand o here in India. I have been seeing them around since I was a lil kid. They are very delicious, and I specially like fruits and nuts. And I am not the only of their admirers. My kid, and wifey too like them very …

Great Value Steak Fries are made by Walmart, so they can only be found at Walmart. When you do go to purchase them, you will notice that they are pretty reasonably priced: just two dollars and twelve cents for a twenty-eight ounce bag! That is a better deal than …

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 …

Campbell Cream of Mushroom Soup is a constant item in my grocery cart. I can never end my shopping without putting cans of Campbell. I think this has been a very useful choice for a busy Mom like me.
When everyone is hungry and I am already so tired …

Although Entenmann’s Eclairs are not nearly as good as say the eclairs that are sold fresh in the bakeries, I find them to be relatively decent enough to have perhaps once or twice a year. The flavor is by no means so intense that your taste buds will go …

I ended up buying this 99 cent Deli Pride Cheeseburger the last time I went to Save-a-Lot. I figured, at very least, it would be a filling meal.
I have to say, it was one of the grossest lunches I have ever had.
First of all, the whole thing was soggy. …

I love the Del Monte Original Tomato Catsup. Given a choice of the available catsup brands in the market, I would choose Del Monte Tomato Catsup. It is manufactured by a company that is know to produce quality food products.
The catsup comes in sachet, medium sized and …

I applied for an introductory sample of this Taylors Lazy Sunday Ground Coffee as I love trying new brands and, as I say in all my coffee reviews, I am a coffee fiend and cannot get enough of the stuff. They generously sent me enough for an eight-cup …

We were at the store last night and decided to pick up some frozen breakfast foods. While in the frozen pancake/waffle aisle, I came across Eggo Muffin Tops and, because they weren’t that expensive, decided to give them a try.
After trying them this morning, I do think they were …

I was not aware that the brand “Nicies” that makes a popular banana chips her also made drinks until recently, as I was only familiar with their more popular product. When I saw it selling in a small shop my curiosity was increased, and I decided that I was …

I love pot pies and I think they’re great winter dishes. But they’re time-consuming to make, so I often resort to eating frozen pot pies in order to satisfy my cravings for them.
Banquet is one company that makes frozen pot pies, and from what I have seen they …

Wild Ophelia, New Orleans Chili Dark Chocolate, this chocolate bar is not to sweet but bold and bites back so to speak. My oldest son WS, loves this chocolate. He is a big fan of anything dark chocolate and anything spicy, so this would be his favorite chocolate bar. …

Great Value: Frozen Pancakes Buttermilk are pretty bland and I did not enjoy them enough to purchase them again. One of the main reasons I did not care for these pancakes is because they felt apart very, very easily, which is no big surprise to me since water, not …

Like the pineapple variety, here is yet another variety that you do not see too often: blackberry! These Hostess Fruit Pies - Blackberry variety offer a pretty authentic blackberry flavor that I do enjoy. What I do not enjoy is the horrendous crust that really detracts from my enjoyment …

Back in the day, it was Bon Bons that reigned supreme in the ice cream bites department. Today Bon Bons has competition from Dreyer’s (also known as Edy’s) Dibs. Dibs come in three different varieties at the moment as well as different sizes. The variety I …