5 Ways Quaker Has Saved – and Fueled – My Mornings

The very hungry, very pregnant blogger in me is thrilled to be writing a sponsored post on behalf of Quaker and their spectacular line of breakfast foods. Yum.

When you have little kids – I've got two and another on the way – you learn very quickly that it’s important to feed them. (Like, all the time.) You also learn very quickly that they like options. Delicious options. Especially for breakfast, which is defined as “a very, very early meal needing to be served to your family before you've had your first cup of coffee.”

The good people at Quaker understand me and my breakfast dilemmas. They dig that, while I’m totally onboard to serve my kiddos healthy and tasty foodstuffs, I’m not the most awesome 7:00 am sous chef. So, to that end, I present 5 Ways Quaker Has Saved – and Fueled –  My Mornings:

5. Quaker Oatmeal. (Which my preschooler calls “oppameal,”something I hope will nevereverever change). We’re currently digging on Quaker’s Perfect Portions cinnamon instant oatmeal, a resealable bag of awesome. And did I mention “instant”? Listen, the quicker we can get to the coffee-makin’, the better.

Try some, kids.

4. Healthy Nourishment. Those really, really good aforementioned instant oats? They contain no added sugar. I could make some kinda cutesy joke about how my kids are sweet enough, but the honest truth is that I fear those sugar crashes.

3. Energy. Everybody and their Mama knows that oat-based breakfast foods give you (read: your kids) enough get up n’ go to actually get up n’ go. (Like the kind of physical activity that’ll inspire them to ride their bikes/run around the yard/ leave the kitchen long enough to let you wipe down the room.) I love seeing how it fuels their days.

2. Soccer! Lately we've been talking about how our hometown soccer team, the Chicago Fire, is teaming up with Quaker to host The Quaker Invitational. It will bring together hundreds of Chicago Fire Junior teams from around the country for a weekend of soccer, community, and fun. (Considering the type of breakfast-table convos that can occur between two little kids, this new topic is straight refreshing.)

1. Cookies. Quaker makes breakfast cookies. Cookies that are for breakfast. I cannot get enough of them. Namely,Quaker's Soft Baked Bars Banana NutBread. High in fiber, crazy amounts of vitamins and protein – lalala – I’m eating cookies for breakfast.

Full disclosure: My daughters do not yet know about number 1.

I feel not a qualm in the world.

Neither does Susannah.

I've been compensated by Quaker for my review, but all thoughts and opinions (and empty soft baked bar wrappers) are my own.