In all the excitement of this weekend, I forgot that I have four Quaker Oats prize packs to give away! Then I promise I will stop talking about oats and groats and marsey-doats and doesey-dotes. Each prize is a 1 month supply of Quaker’s heart healthy breakfast products – including Old Fashioned Quaker Oats, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Quaker Oatmeal To Go and Quaker Oatmeal Squares.
To enter, leave a haiku about oatmeal in the comments below by 11:59pm on Saturday, November 15th. A haiku is a three line poem in which the first and third lines contain 5 syllables and the second line contains 7 syllables. Four winners will be drawn randomly, not by the quality of their haikus. However, if it is not a true haiku, you will be disqualified. Count your syllables, people!
To inspire you, here’s a pic of Roni, Mo and me in the taxi on our way to the Quaker Oats headquarters, are faces beaming with thoughts of oatmeal. Let us be your muses!
Win or lose, you can also click this link to get a coupon for $1.00 off any two packages of Quaker Oatmeal. You must be using Internet Exploder for it to work though.
delicious oat, you
are high in fiber. you
keep me regular.
but, um, that is gross.
so instead i will thank you
for being delish.
@s – oops, i missed a syllable in my firstcommenthaze.
delicious oat, you
are high in fiber and you
keep me regular.
but, um, that is gross.
so instead i will thank you
for being delish.
I love you, oatmeal.
Cinnamon is favorite.
So warm and gooey.
Oatmeal is awesome
Tastes like a piece of heaven
Eat it everyday!
I eat oats daily
Smothered in creamy goodness
And with sugar too!
Oatmeal O, Oatmeal
So creamy and delicious
Full tum, happy heart.
Bananas and oats
the perfect combination
thank you Quaker oats
Shakespeare it’s not,but it’s all I got!
Oh, and I think the syllables are correct,but was never a math genius either!
Quakers are for peace
Oats bring me tranquility
Hand me a spoon now!
Every morning
Steaming hot, you await me
With berries mixed in
sliced up bananas;
brown sugar and applesauce
make my oatmeal great
@Stacy –
Ooh, or better —
Eighty pounds now gone
Grateful for daily oatmeal
And a healthy heart
Steel-cut oats are king
I can’t imagine any-
thing being better.
Sorry, Quaker Oats. I’ve been won over and I can’t go back ~ you still make great cookies, though, so you are in my pantry (just not as a breakfast food!).
apple cinnamon
so quick, easy and filling
oh, and delicious.
Late for work again
Just add hot water and stir
Thank God for instant
Another Fall day
Perfect for oats on the stove
The warmth is comfort
Want to win oatmeal
For healthy eating habits
And to help lose weight.
Slow cooked or instant
And actually good for us
Warm, gooey comfort
Oatmeal is yummy
Full tummies smiling faces
Good for your heart too
Oats in my belly
With flax and milk and honey
Yummy and healthy
Warm wholesome goodness
Fills the belly, fills the heart
And shuts up my kids
Oatmeal is healthy
Always cholesterol free
Makes my heart happy
Apple Pie Oatmeal
From Roni on Green Lite Bites
My new breakfast treat
My mom made it best
Sugar sweet and piping hot
Warms in the winter
steel cut or instant
always a filling breakfast
and a good snack too
queen of pasta eats
oatmeal? but not a quaker!
food trumps religion.
Oatmeal goodness
Fiber helps me to go poo
Every morning
I laughed at your post!
it isn’t dosey-dotes, duh!
it goes “does eat oats!”
mares may eat oats, but
i eat oats too, every day
at seven thirty.
Each morning I see
Oatmeal Man smiling at me
It fills me with calm
oatmeal for breakfast
did some quaker just today
was hot and tasty
A morning of oats
So delicious and filling
A perfect day break
I don’t know how much I like the Simple Harvest oatmeal though- it doesn’t seem to absorb water very well.. :(
Oh! Tasty oatmeal!
With sugar and raisins, yum!
I will eat you up.
I remember in middle school having to write haiku for a unit on Asia. I am terrible at them. They make me cringe. But I am broke, and will do nearly anything for free food.
MMM.
I like to eat oats
with nutmeg and cinnamon
sometimes apple too.
Oatmeal is the thing
That makes certain tastebuds sing
I’d like to like it.
oatmeal is my friend
it starts my day superbly
makes tummy happy
Haha…”Internet Exploder”. That’s a very accurate way to put it, actually. On the rare occasion I use that I wish it would explode.
Three ride in a cab
Brought together by oatmeal
Mushy Warm Friendship
Well thank God we’re not being chosen by the quality of our haiku, eh? rofl.
And how did you know I tagged you on my blog? I never even told you! You blew my mind when you left a comment.
Apple cinnamon,
Golden brown deliciousness,
Oatmeal is breakfast!
oatmeal is the yum
full of yum and yum and yum
please send me free oats!
oh morning oat soup
creamy banana oat mess
get me through the day
Oat-y goodness… yum
Best with very little fuss
Hot breakfast is best!
Oatmeal? Quaker food!
Alas, my fate is to lose
Contests, never pounds.
I love oatmeal so
I like free stuff even more
pick me random thing
Let Me Count The Ways
That Instant Quaker Oats Rocks
When I’m Late For Work!
hot steam rising up
golden syrup dripping down
hunger kept at bay
I thought about this:
What would/should I do for oats?
The answer was “post”.
how I start my day
maple and brown sugar oats
with a drop of jam
Technically speaking, a “true haiku” should touch on elements of one of the four seasons. No, ‘strue! That said:
Winter in Japan.
Meal of rice, not meal of oats?
Ready to go home.
(Actually, there’s oatmeal here. It’s just too expensive to justify buying, when I can get a huge can at Acme for less than a buck.)
Those Dinosaur Eggs–
My kiddos love best
Eat them daily in this house!
Oh, Cholesterol!
Not in My Arteries Now
Oatmeal–Gratitude.
Elvis oatmeal, yum.
Peanut butter banana
Thankyouverymuch.
I do love oatmeal
Best in cookies with raisins,
Cookies for breakfast!
so early she rose
before her children and spouse
instant oatmeal was
non existant then.
but oatmeal is nutricious
and so delicious
so she would get up
at four a.m. to prepare
the oats for her kids.
ungrateful brats–they
never said thank you, mommy!
instead, eyes bleary
they shovelled it down,
brushed their teeth, put on their clothes
and went to the fields
to begin working.
ah, the farming life! i am
so glad i got out.
but now that i’m grown
i would like to say THANK YOU
mom, for making oats.
Oatmeal is tasty
I’m eating some right now, yum
I hope I win some
Oh oatmeal so warm
I like you so savory
No like? More for me
Oats in my belly
keep me full through the morning
and taste great with fruit!
Mystic lumps of brown
Steamy gooey warm fullness
You help me to poo
Hey, Wilford Brimley
You used to be the oat man
Now diabetes
Add too much water
Get a sloshy soup of oats
Still, delectable
Love oatmeal I do
How about you — Love it too?
Good for young Jedi
Love Haiku, so I did 2:
lively breakfast treat
cooked fast in the microwave
good oats hot with milk
wild oats served with love
nurtures body soul and mind
healthy creamy warm
Sweet and creamy oats
Lower my cholesterol
Quaker is da bomb
I love my poodle.
I also love my oatmeal.
Both make me happy.
Sweet and creamy oats
Lower my cholesterol
Quaker is da bomb
Oatmeal is yummy.
I could eat it for a month.
I think….maybe not!
hot oatmeal in fall,
creamy, filling, please lower
my cholesterol
I love my oatmeal
With blueberries and warm milk.
Heart says thanks daily.
Always found it bland
Learning to love oatmeal now
Pumpkin butter helps
I hate poetry
No talent have I to write
But oats are tasty
One time in the poetry unit of english class I was lacking in a topic so I wrote a poem about how much I hate writing poetry. I got a good grade. Hopefully I will have good results this time as well.
Start the day with oats,
Your heart will be very glad,
Throw that bacon out!
Beige, lumpy goo
Does not look appetizing
But hides healthy yum!
I like it thicker
Like spackle, with brown sugar
Makes my tummy smile.
Healthy and tasty
Creamy delicious goodness!
I love thee oatmeal!
peanut butter, yes!
plus milk and brown sugar too
all in my oatmeal
Chewy, toothsome, warm.
Makes rising from my slumber
doable. Oatmeal.
Chewy, toothsome, warm.
Makes rising from my slumber
doable. Oatmeal.
Warm and comforting
A great way to start the day
My heart is smiling
A cup of oatmeal
Is sprinkled with cinnamon
Sweet and savory
Oatmeal is comfort
Like your favorite sweater
worn on your insides
Oatmeal goodness
A delight on cold mornings
Warms from inside out.
Morning starts. A big
Bowl awaits. Creamy goodness.
Thank you, Quaker Oats.
Nuts, pumpkin, jelly
Throw it in and mix it up.
Oatmeal fun for all!
Oatmeal salvation
Stop the growling stomach pain
warmth wraps around me
Weak bite fiber ew
thick bland mouthful of paste
palatable sway
I’m not really a fan, but I want to be convinced…I know its filling and good for you, and I keep seeing all these blog people eating it with tons of crap added, and it almost looks good. I guess I want to give it another try, maybe make my own oatmeal challenge
Yea for Oats, but how?
Can they claim one packet is
A serving, Crazy!
Regularity
All the Oatmeal I can eat
Oops, I gotta go.
Quaker Oatmeal. Yum!
How I ever yearn for thee.
Makes me feel complete.
Hear ye Queen Jennette!
(Bl)oated appetite is whet
At Chicag”oats” fete!
Owwch…
I love oatmeal so
I will never let it go
I love free stuff mo
Oatmeal Oh Oatmeal,
Your ooey gooeyness fills
bellies in the morn!
Steel cut is better
than regular oatmeal, but
cookies taste the best.
Warm and Creamy!
Lowering Cholesterol
While losing my fat!
and
Warm and Creamy!
Greeting me at morningtime,
Old-time Breakfast Treat.
My behind is large.
Mmm! Instant oatmeal power!
To the gym, I go.
Delicious fiber
Eat it morning, noon and night
Oatmeal helps you poo
Oats Big and Oats Small
Lower your cholesterol
Eat them daily ya’ll!
The thought of oatmeal
Warm, with apple and sugar
Joy in the morning.
mornings at breakfast
i stir in chocolate chips
guilty oat pleasures
You sweet oatmeal thang
Warm my innards and rid me
Of cholesterol
@cindy – Quaker makes steel cut oats too! In fact, at my grocery store they are usually less expensive than other brands. they are in the same shape container as the Old Fashioned Rolled Oats.
I buy one big tub
of not-so-instant oatmeal–
it’s cheapest that way.
Fill my tummy please,
with healthy oats and honey,
better when it’s free.
High Cholesterol?
Eat Quaker Oats each morning
See your numbers drop!
Oatmeal is so great
Keeps me full the whole day through
Can’t live without you!
Oatmeal is yummy
with brown sugar and raisins
A bowl of cookie
Heart healthy flavor,
Quaker oats’ gooey goodness
Warms me to my soul
Oatmeal: I savor
Your earthy goodness, sating
Me until lunchtime
Oatmeal does really rock
Especially the Quaker Oats kind
Winning contests rocks
Ok, best I can come up with!!
Have never written
a haiku before today
can you believe it
Heart healthy is good
The flavor even better
Eat oats forever
Oatmeal in a bowl
Smells like wet cardboard to me
What am I doing wrong?
Wish I liked oatmeal
Supposedly good for us
Pilgrim in a hat
Thanks Jennette Fulda
Creativity busts free
Haiku re: oatmeal!
I like the haikus
But I like oatmeal better.
Hallucination.
oatmeal is tasty
with maple and cinnamon
so hot and creamy
Ew, Oatmeal. How bland.
I’d rather have some chocolate.
But, alas – the pounds.
Mom served the oatmeal
While dad read the newspaper.
I picked out raisins.
Oatmeal, morning food
Keeps me healthy, happy, full
Thank you Quaker Oats!
Running in my eyes,
Makes my hair hard and crusty.
I hate chicken pox.
(Remember the oatmeal baths back when kids still got the pox?)
I love your brown flakes.
Add one cup of warm water.
Tastes like Christmas morn.
Oatmeal at my work
It’s always kinda lumpy
Has a skin on top
Maple syrup and
brown sugar make my oatmeal
oh so delicious.
Oatmeal in cookies
Oatmeal Fancy, Oatmeal Plain
I like it all ways.
I eat my oatmeal
It does me good it taste good
My Quaker Oatmeal
When I was very
young, I ate a giant bowl
and barfed. Yuck. (Sorry.)
Years later: I *heart*
the stuff. And their recipe
for cookies? Foolproof.
(Seriously, that “vanishing” oatmeal cookie on the Quaker lid is about the least troublesome drop cookie ever. No guesswork as to when they’re done; take ’em out when golden brown.)
Oats are so yummy
Chewy raw or gooey cooked
Crunchy granola
Oh tasty oatmeal
How I love you with apples
and cinnamon spice
@gzd – haha :)
Tasty yummy oats
I like them in my belly
Give them to me please
I love steel-cut oats
They fill my belly
With fiber and yumminess
Hot Quaker Oats on a cold
Winter’s day remind
Me of my sweet mother’s love.
Is that a Haiku?
oatmeal, oatmeal, yum
oatmeal, oatmeal, oh so fun
hope that I will win me some
creamy yummy oats
you warm me in my belly
and keep me pooping
;]
I love Oatmeal!
So warm and yummy and great,
Gotta run, I’m late…
Quakers or Pilgrims
I’m sure they all enjoyed it
Oats on a cold morn
Snowing in Larkspur,
Coming down and piling up,
Need oats for winter.
Magical oatmeal
Good for heart and belly too
A morningtime treat
Don’t oft eat oatmeal
But frugality is me
I’ll eat it for free!
Even plain, oatmeal
Warms my tummy and makes me
Deliciously full.
Please send me the oats
I promise to eat them all
And stay regular
Preach to the choir
Long time oat convert am I
I just want free food
With oatmeal each day
my cholesterol goes down
My weight too, I hope
Oatmeal, yum,yum,yum
I eat it every morning
Oatmeal. It’s delish
eggs my boyfriend makes
I cook oatmeal brew coffee
sleepy back to bed.
Clearly there isn’t enough bad poetry in the world, so I’ll do my part and add two haikus:
Oatmeal for lunch and
Oatmeal for dinner but not
For breakfast. Too much.
I say “oatmeal” but
My Brit friend calls it “porridge”,
So we disagree.
Sweet morning oatmeal
fragrant cinnamon sunrise
the cat at my feet
oatmeal in my bowl
with butter sugar salt milk
eaten with a spoon
Oatmeal, I love you
Warming, hearty and tasty
Steaming bowl of health
Oatmeal–a whole grain,
hearty option. Yum! Breakfast!
So many choices.
Oatmeal’s extra great,
Yummy-in-my-tummy treat.
It’s best warm and sweet.
Warm, mushy goodness
Healthy for your heart and soul
Down cholesterol!
Brown Maple sugar
The best smell to wake up to
I love my oatmeal
Hearty contentment
Bowl of steaming cinnamon
Echoing, empty.
ode to oatmeal (in haiku format)
oh! satisfying oatmeal
you are my one true
breakfasty savior.
Oatmeal, oatmeal, oats!
Cholesterol need beware!
Oats, good for your health!
Hearty oatmeal fills
the emply
places within me.