Quaker Amazing Heart
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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 https://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 https://on.fb.me/g46BCc #Quaker
- Tweet about this Giveaway: GIVEAWAY! Enter to win a #Quaker Amazing Heart kit (ARV: $250)from @TidyMom & @QuakerOats https://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!
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plain old Oatmeal is my fav….no sugar, just butter. Yummy!
I like to mix plain oatmeal with milk and honey, it is soo good, I eat it for breakfast a lot!
I’m following quaker oats on twitter as thisbeangreen
tweeted about the quaker oatmeal donations
My favorite way to eat Oatmeal is in a chocolate no-bake cookie, but I’m giving those up in hopes of losing weight. I actually made some for my husband to take to work yesterday and didn’t eat a bite. Sad. Now, my new favorite way of eating Quaker Oatmeal is with a little brown sugar – still delicious!
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my favorite oatmeal is the banana bread – and i put sliced banana on top and sometimes a handful or pecans!
tweet about Quaker oats http://twitter.com/mermont84/status/35143129501798401
tweeted about giveaway http://twitter.com/mermont84/status/35143354312302594
i “Like” Quaker on Facebook
i Follow @QuakerOats on Twitter @mermont84
I love my oatmeal with raisins!
I follow Quaker Oats on twitter.
I tweeted about donating $1 to the AHA.
I tweeted about the giveaway.
I like Quaker on facebook.
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I eat mine with nuts and brown sugar!
I subscribe via email.
My favorite way now (to steal an idea from McDonald’s, which finally came out with a healthy breakfast item!). Plain oatmeal, add some maple syrup or honey to taste and add some walnuts, purple and golden raisins and apple bits. Yum!!!
I also liked Quaker on FB.
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I like to eat homemade oatmeal for breakfast. 1/2c oats, 1 spoonful brown sugar, a pinch of salt, plus a small handful of dried fruit and nuts. Add water and microwave for a minute and a half. Yum!
I like quaker on facebook as Missy Sunshon.
I love Quaker Instant Oatmeal – Strawberries & Cream and Peaches & Cream. When I was little my mom would make me oatmeal and stir in applesauce to cool it down. I still make my oatmeal the same way today 🙂
I followed @QuakerOats on twitter (@erincarney)
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”
I tweeted “GIVEAWAY! Enter to win a #Quaker Amazing Heart kit (ARV: $250)from @TidyMom & @QuakerOats”
And finally I “liked” Quaker on Facebook 🙂
I always make my oatmeal with cinnamon, milk and a little wheat bran for extra fiber. Yum!
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My kids’ favorite way to eat oatmeal is PBOH balls. It’s a no-measure ‘recipe’, adjust amounts based on how many treats you want. Put a blob of peanut butter (sun and almond are equally delicious) in a bowl. Drizzle or cover with honey to taste. Microwave until smooth and runny. Add in quick oats until stiff. Drop by spoonfulls on a plate. A small cookie scoop works great! Leave them on the table and tell the kids you made them a treat. It tastes delicious and is much healthier than many other sweet snacks. If you really want to be nice, add a few chocolate chips to the melted nut butter or use Nutella instead of peanut butter. 😉 As for eating it hot, I’m a traditionalist. A pat of butter, some brown sugar, raisins or cranberries is perfect for me.
my favorite way to eat quaker oatmeal is with brown sugar cinnimon and walnuts
I recently started making oatmeal muffins for breakfast/ snacks. Here’s the recipe I found:
1 cup milk
1 cup quick cooking oats
1 egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
*sometimes I add frozen blueberries
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
In a small bowl, combine milk and oats; let soak for 15 minutes.
In a separate bowl, beat together egg and oil; stir in oatmeal mixture. In a third bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into wet ingredients, just until combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until cups are 2/3 full.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean
Brown sugar and cinnamon flavor (lower sugar, of course 🙂 ….. with added raisins…
I love it with brown sugar and a little bit of butter…just the way my mom made it for me when i was little (not really heart healthy…but that is why i need to win 🙂 )
i like quaker on facebook 🙂
My favorite way is by making pumpkin banana baked oatmeal!
I love to eat Quaker Oatmeal with frozen blueberries and a drizzle of some honey or I throw some quick cooking oats into my food processor with some yogurt and some frozen strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, or basically any frozen fruit I have and make a smoothie. So good.
I’ve never had it with peanut butter, I MUST try this! I always have it with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top.
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For me I just like it for breakfast or a quick dinner sometimes. I like to put nuts & dried fruit in it especially cranraisins. My kids like it in the no bake cookies.
We made an awesome pumpkin oatmeal (often) over the holidays including pureed pumpkin, dried cranberries, pecans & maple syrup….soooo creamy!
I love to eat oatmeal with peaches, milk and a little cinnamon… OH delish! im going to make it tonight! I also use oatmeal in all of my granola recipes… oh and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I ALWAYS use Quaker, the cheap stuff just doesnt compare!
Thanks!
I eat oatmeal everyday sweetened with a little bit of honey. 🙂