We are ALL amazing! Did you know that part of being amazing means we need to take care of our bodies, and that starts with taking care of our heart!
We as parents are all too aware that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and we can take care of our heart by eating a “heart healthy” breakfast. Breakfast has always been my favorite meal of the day, and nothing beats a quick and easy bowl of Quaker Oatmeal, it sets the tone for the rest of the day. I like to mix in a little peanut butter or top with some fruit and if I have a little extra time my family loves Baked Peanut Butter Oatmeal.
Eating right, exercise and education—are key steps to taking care of your heart.
Get a good breakfast. Every day.
Get enough rest.
Get regular exercise.
Find more time to enjoy life.
Maintain a positive attitude.
You’re never to old or to young to start taking care of your heart. February is American Heart Month and Quaker is celebrating by donating $1.00 to the American Heart Association for each current Facebook fan and every new person who “likes” the Quaker Facebook Page during the month of February (up to $250,000). The money donated by Quaker will benefit the AHA’s new program My Heart. My Life, which helps bring healthy cooking curriculum to after-school organizations across the country! In addition, Quaker will donate $1, (up to $125,000), for each new Facebook “like.”
Visit www.Facebook.com/Quaker to find out how healthy your heart is using the Everyday Health Healthy-Heart Checkup Quiz, plus get recipes and expert tips to help you make the best nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices.
**Join me tonight at the #GNO Twitter party in honor of Heart Healthy Month. RSVP and join in!
Feel free to tweet about the party:
RT @TidyMom Join the @QuakerOats #gno party Tue 2/8 (9-11 ET) 2 chat Heart Health http://bit.ly/dYY7jE #Quaker PLS R T
UPDATE: Giveaway has ENDED
Congrats to the winner #50 Jessie
Win It!
How about a heart healthy giveaway? The awesome people at Quaker want to share an Amazing Heart Kit with one lucky TidyMom reader!
Included in this giveaway:
Quaker oatmeal bowl and products, a yoga mat, Dr. Nieca Goldberg’sComplete Guide to Women’s Health, Quaker Oats heart-healthy recipes and a heart rate monitor. (ARV: $250).
To Enter:
- required: Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite way to eat Quaker Oatmeal (feel free to share a recipe!) or how you are keeping your heart healthy.
Get Extra Entries by: (leave a separate comment for each)
- Follow @QuakerOats on Twitter
- Tweet This: Do you care for your heart? Like Quaker’s Facebook page & they’ll donate $1 to the AHA! Visit http://on.fb.me/g46BCc #Quaker
- Tweet about this Giveaway: GIVEAWAY! Enter to win a #Quaker Amazing Heart kit (ARV: $250)from @TidyMom & @QuakerOats http://bit.ly/ifD27B
- “Like” Quaker on Facebook
Giveaway will end on Friday Feb 11, 2010 at 5 pm CST. One winner with a valid entry will be selected at random using random.org. I will email the winner and they will have 48 hours to claim their prize. This giveaway is available to U.S. residents only.
Quaker Heart Health is compensating me for participating in this campaign. All opinions, and my love of Quaker oatmeal are my own!
About TidyMom
I love Quaker Oatmeal with frozen fruit in it! Yum!!
Followed QO on Twitter.
Tweeted about QO.
Tweeted about the giveaway! @cassiemary28
And I “liked” QO on FB!
LOVE Quaker oatmeal!! I eat it M-F topped with blueberries and strawberries!
I love the chocolate chip oatmeal breakfast cookie… 10 seconds in microwave. Yum!
I love to eat Quaker oatmeal topped with pecans and brown sugar.
I love to put peanut butter in my bowl of Quaker Oats. Yum-o!
I love oatmeal sprinkled with brown sugar or drizzled with maple syrup. I also like to grind it up in the blender and add it to my chocolate chip cookie recipe in place of some of the flour. Yum.
I like to eat Quaker Instant Oatmeal in Raisins and Spice or Cinnamon and Spice or one package of each mixed together. YUM.
angie
I am now following quaker on twitter
I ‘liked’ Quaker on Facebook
I tweeted this : ? Do you care for your heart? Like Quaker’s Facebook page & they’ll donate $1 to the AHA! Visit http://on.fb.me/g46BCc #Quaker
I tweeted about this giveaway on Twitter!
I like my oatmeai cooked on the stove then topped with a little brown sugar and cinnamon, and a splash of milk.
I follow @Ouakeroats
@dvanatta
I tweeted about this giveaway.
@dvanatta
GIVEAWAY! Enter to win a #Quaker Amazing Heart kit (ARV: $250)from @TidyMom & @QuakerOats http://bit.ly/ifD27B
I tweeted
Do you care for your heart? Like Quaker’s Facebook page & they’ll donate $1 to the AHA! Visit http://on.fb.me/g46BCc #Quaker
@dvanatta
I like Quaker on facebook (Dyanna McElwee Vanatta)
I eat QO for breakfast with fat free yogurt and frozen or fresh fruit. LOVE IT! Weight Watchers friendly….
I LIKE on Face book….Quaker Oatmeal rocks heart health!
My favorite way to eat quaker oatmeal is for breakfast with some brown sugar. The breakfast bars and cookies are yummy too!
Here’s how I like it:
Plain QO oatmeal mixed with 1/4 cup water, 1 T fat free half and half, 1 T canned pumpkin, 1 T sugar, 1/4 tsp. heart healthy margarine. I add chopped apples to the top. Mmmmm.
I love oatmeal but I’m pretty boring with it! I usually just mix in some cinnamon and Truvia. And if I feel really daring I might add in some chopped apple.