Oatmeal is hearty, filling, and there are so many ways to make it new again. Get out of your boring oatmeal rut and get ready for a breakfast that’ll help prepare you to take on the day.

There’s texture and flavor galore including bananas drizzled with melted peanut butter and a touch of cinnamon, fresh and juicy pomegranate arils, and a diced Quaker® Chewy Granola Bar with chocolate and strawberries. If you want to swap peanut butter for almond butter, use fresh blueberries or strawberries rather than pomegranate, or use your favorite dried fruit and nuts, go for it. Use what you have on had and whatever will get you excited to eat your oatmeal.

I partnered with Quaker and want to share their upcoming Bring Your Best Bowl contest. You’re encouraged to submit your most delicious oatmeal creation using 2 to 5 everyday ingredients for a chance to win $250,000 and for your oatmeal flavor to debut on store shelves. See the bottom of the post for the full contest details.

5-Minute Microwave Apple Cinnamon Crumble For One – Warm, hearty, healthy, and fast!  Makes a great breakfast or snack! Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes!

Oatmeal To-Go Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins – Like having a bowl of warm pumpkin oatmeal in portable muffin form! Fast and easy!

Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits with Easy Granola – Make your own healthy breakfast or snack in 15 minutes with lightened-up granola that’s so good! Bikini-friendly with almost no sugar and uses naturally sweet fruit!

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars – So much better than a bowl of plain oatmeal! Easy, portable bars perfect for snacks or breakfast on-the-go!

Big Clusters Maple Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Granola (vegan, GF) – Easy homemade granola for a fraction of the cost of storebought! Learn the secrets to creating those highly coveted big clusters!

Peanut Butter and Jelly Granola (Whole Foods Copycat) – A copycat granola with PB&J flavors! You’re going to want way more than a handful!

No-Bake Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Granola Bars – (vegan, GF) – Make healthy bars that taste like candy bars in 10 minutes!

Check out more Oatmeal and Oats Recipes – 60+ Recipe Ideas! Quaker is on the hunt to find America’s next great oatmeal flavor by launching the Bring Your Best Bowl contest. The contest celebrates the versatility of oatmeal and all the ways to enjoy it by inviting Americans to submit their most inspired oatmeal flavors using 2-5 ingredients for a chance to win $250,000, and have their combination brought to life as Quaker’s newest oatmeal flavor. To enter the national contest, you’re encouraged to visit www.BringYourBestBowl.com and enter your oatmeal submission, along with the inspiration behind it, now through March 12, 2016. No Purchase Necessary. All entries will be judged on the following criteria: originality, creativity and inspiration; realistic execution and potential for a delicious flavor of Quaker Instant Oatmeal; and simplicity and appeal to mass audience. It will then be up to America to decide which oatmeal flavors come out on top. Three finalists will be announced on www.BringYourBestBowl.com on or around National Oatmeal Day – October 29, 2016 – with the flavors hitting shelves in stores nationwide for consumers to try and vote on online through November 19, 2016. Once votes are in and tallied, the grand prize winner will be announced and rewarded with $250,000 in February 2017 along with the chance for their oatmeal creation to debut on shelves nationwide. Follow along with all the Bring Your Best Bowl fun and find recipe inspiration to enjoy the many delicious combinations of Quaker oatmeal as well as the official contest rules by visiting www.BringYourBestBowl.com. You can also follow @Quaker on Twitter, check out QuakerOats on Pinterest and visit Facebook.com/QuakerOats for more information. Post is brought to you by Quaker. The recipe, images, text, and opinions expressed are my own. #BringYourBestBowl

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