Monday, October 03, 2016

NEW SERIES! Frances Finds: breakfast goodies

I wanted to do a Frances Finds series for the longest time because I get so many products. Thanks, everyone, for your generosity! A lot of them find their way on my Instagram, and I thought that was enough. But some of the brands that I'm friendly with said Instagram is not Google-able. So even though IG and Snapchat are hotter than blogs these days, the content featured there can't be Googled so... may silbi pa pala ang blogs hahaha.

So let's do Frances Finds every month. Maybe even twice or thrice a month since I really get a lot of goodies. For this month, I'll tell you all about our breakfasts.

Kopiko Kopiccino
If you follow me on Instagram or if you've reading this blog for a while, you'd know I like instant coffee a lot. I like brewed coffee a lot, too, but gone are the days when mornings were meditative moments of freshly ground coffee beans percolating in the coffee maker. With three little kids up starting at the crack of dawn, I need my coffee instant! Hence, Kopiko Kopiccino.

I've been drinking this for 3 years na yata. I've tried other brands but I keep coming back to this one. Masarap siya, guys. Creamy, sweet, foamy, with a touch of bittersweet chocolate. It's sooo good!

Napansin yata ng Kopiko na love ko 'tong kape nila because they sent me a big box of sachets. Like, a year's supply! I'm so happy! Thank you, Kopiko! A mother needs all the help she can get to survive the day and you just sent me hundreds of days!

Quaker Oats
Our favorite is the Instant Oatmeal with Milk. Yes, instant again! Until you've walked a mile in my... er, with my barefoot feet, don't judge. I love instant everything! I do slow cooking every day anyway (fast food on weekends, though) so for the other aspects of homemaking that's been made more efficient by technology, I welcome them with loving and grateful arms. Quaker Oats Instant Oatmeal with Milk, we love you!


Quaker Oats sent us their other instant variants—oatmeal with fruit and nuts, with chocolate, and the old-fashioned, you-have-to-cook-it whole grain rolled oats.

I've tried them and food is food and all food is good, but I still prefer the milk one. It's perfect. These new ones, I'm still trying to understand. Anyone tried them? They're actually okay naman. I guess hindi pa ako sanay sa lasa nila. Who has a different experience?

Tang
I grew up on Tang. I love Tang orange juice so much that when I finally became rich enough to buy real freshly-squeezed orange juice, grabe, hindi pala masarap ang freshly-squeezed OJ! Ang asim! At may konti pang pakla na aftertaste. Yack. But now, kaya ko na siyang inumin. In the words of the mayayaman kong friends, my taste has become sophisticated. Hindi ko lang maamin na mas gusto ko pa rin ang instant orange juice! Tang forever!


I especially love it that Tang has lots of new flavors now. There's mango, pineapple, calamansi, grape, strawberry, lemon and melon. Our family favorite is mango. Super good! We also like dalandan. Para siyang orange juice but mas malumanay ang flavor. Very good. My own favorite is the melon flavor. Kulang na lang grated melon and it tastes just like real melon juice served on a hot summer day in a plastic bag! I love all the flavors actually because they all taste like the real thing... but better.

I also like the commercial of Tang, the one that advocates for no judging of parents.



Judgmental people is one of the reasons mommy blogging lost its appeal to me. I got so much hate because I posted a photo of my kids getting NIDO milk or eating chocolate or enjoying McDo. At first, I didn't mind. Hindi naman kayo ang nagpapakain ng mga anak ko so wag niyo pakialaman ang kinakain nila. But after a while, it gets to you. I know I'm a good mom. I'll never win Mom of the Year, but no mother in all the world can love my boys as much as I do, and that makes me the best mommy in the world to them. That's good enough for me!

And that's my first Frances Finds! Breakfast food! How about you? What grocery goodies do you love for breakfast? Please share para ma-try namin ng kids ko. Thanks!

16 comments:

  1. Oh I haven't tried the Quaker Instant Oatmeal with Milk! I like Chocolate, hehe. Will try that also.

    I love ice lollies made using Tang juices :D

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    1. Oh! I will try that! Tang popsicles!! Thanks for the idea =)

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  2. And agree about the No Judging Parents campaign! I worry about having a kid sometimes because of this, but I will keep your sentiments in mind. :)

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    1. Don't let that stop you from having a family. Kung single and childless ka, people will still judge you anyway, diba??? Kung isa lang anak mo, judge. Kung marami, judge ulit. Lahat naman ng gawin natin, even when we do all the "correct" things, people will always have an opinion. So live anyway! =D

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  3. I'll have to try Kopiko Kopiccino! :)

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  4. parang di ko pa napanood yan No Judging Parents campaign. My kids love Bear Brand Busog Lusog cereal drink. at kapag hindi nagmamadali, gumagawa ako ng pancake using Maya Pancake Mix + Clara Ole Maple Syrup :)

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    1. Hindi ako marunong magluto ng pancakes huhuhu I mean I do, of course, but they are never perfect! They're not perfectly round or they're too thick or they're too burned or pale! Ayaw ng mga anak ko so hindi ako nagluluto ng pancake. But agree ako with you na masarap ang Clara Olé pancake syrup. Ang dami pa nilang flavors!

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  5. I like Kopiko brown coffee but I'm not much of a coffee drinker, paminsan-minsan lang. Swiss Miss instant hot choco and pandesal for my bfast during weekends. Sarap ng instant! :)

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    1. Omigosh! Swiss Miss! You're right! I will put that on my grocery list now. Thanks!

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  6. I love oatmeal - all types: instant, with dried fruit, chocolate, and lately the rolled oats - I prepare it overnight in a jar with milk and then top it with all sorts of fruits, nuts or just honey. Blogs recommend the use of almond milk, but I love creaminess so full cream milk kahit na dagdag calories. :) latest family obsession is Arla creamy cheese spread. We can consume 2 large bottles of that a week. Oh and the kids have their all-time fave Milo as papak. hehe

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    1. Oooh what is this Arla creamy cheese spread and where do I buy it??? =)

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    2. It's like cheesewhiz only it is white and less salty (?) hehe Never had a problem buying it at Robinsons, Shopwise and Rustan's :)

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  7. I love this series, Frances! Totoong-totoo. Ito talaga ang pinaka nagustuhan ko sa'yo and sa blog mo. :)

    Natawa ako sa mapakla pala ang fresh OJ. I agree! Kaya never ko na ulit ginawa. Kaya kinakain na lang namin ang oranges. Wala pang masasayang. Nakakahinayang yung hindi fully nassqueeze na pulp eh.

    White King Champorado mix, bet ng bagets ko yun. Tsaka Hunt's Pork and Beans na ilalagay sa ibabaw ng mainit na white rice. :)

    Kapag nagka-extra time ako, gawa ako ng gourmet tuyo, bigyan kita! Sarap nun with sinangag at Kopiko. :)

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    1. I love champorado mix, too! Yung pork and beans naman we put on top of scrambled eggs. =) And, yes! We will order Bebeng's Kitchen na! Hindi pa kasi tapos ang Christmas list ko. Medyo nahihirapan kami this year kung sino dapat ang bigyan ng gift huhu

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  8. Gs2 ko din ng gourmet tuyo ms. Denise hehe.. plus sinangag and kopiko!

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