Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
February 2, 2016This shop, featuring the recipe for an Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast, has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BringYourBestBowl #Target #CollectiveBias
I am definitely not one of those people who can skip breakfast! I need a wholesome breakfast in the mornings to get me through the day. And when it comes to delicious, satisfying breakfasts, nothing compares to a nice, hearty bowl of Quaker® Oats! It’s one of my favorite go-to breakfast options! Today, I am sharing with you the recipe for an Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast. This is a truly delicious flavor profile, featuring many of the flavors popular in Middle Eastern desserts, such as rose water, pistachios, dates & honey.
Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
Have you guys heard about the “Bring Your Best Bowl” promotion?! It’s a really cool competition and it’s so simple to enter! Just purchase select Quaker® Instant Oats (Maple Brown Sugar and Original Flavors) or Quaker® Standard Oatmeal (Old Fashioned and Quick One Minute) from Target. You can find all your recipe ingredients (recipes should have between 2 and 5 ingredients) from the aisle end-cap at Target. Visit the sweepstakes site here to enter and create your new oatmeal flavor. If selected as the winner, you could even win $250,000! And the top oatmeal flavors will be created and sold in stores during the Fall of 2016! How cool is that?! The contest started in January 2016 and ends on March 12, 2016, so be sure to head on over today to enter!
My recipe for the “Bring Your Best Bowl” promotion was inspired by many visits as a young child with my parents to Middle Eastern restaurants! There were several restaurants that come to mind, but the food was always the same (and so, so delicious). We usually enjoyed some hummus as our appetizer. As main courses, I remember so many delicious falafels, shish kabobs, chicken shawarmas, and so much more! And then the desserts… oh, the desserts were divine! Some of my favorite desserts of all time involved many of the ingredients that I incorporated in my Exotic Oatmeal: chopped pistachios, chopped dates, honey and some rose water. In case you’ve never heard of it, rose water is a water made by steeping rose petals and is used to flavor desserts! When using rose water for desserts, please remember that a little goes a long way. Don’t add too much or it will overpower your dish!
Here’s my recipe for Exotic Breakfast Oatmeal!
- 1/2 cup Quaker® Standard Oatmeal Old Fashioned
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup chopped dates
- 2 tbsp. chopped pistachios
- 1 tbsp. honey
- 1/2 tsp. rose water
- 1. Boil water.
- 2. Add the Quaker® Standard Oatmeal to the water. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 3. Add about half of the remaining ingredients to the oatmeal in the pot. Stir together.
- 4. Place the cooked oatmeal in a bowl and top with the remaining ingredients. Serve warm.
I found pretty much all of my oatmeal toppings at Target!
Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
I love that this oatmeal can be made in the microwave or on the stove top. It only takes about 5 minutes to prepare this delicious breakfast.
Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
I like to take about half of each of my toppings and add them to my oatmeal while it’s still in the pot on the stove. This incorporates all the toppings nicely and also warms them up!
Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
Then, I add the cooked oatmeal to a bowl and top it with the remaining ingredients!
Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
This was such an easy, delicious breakfast to make! And it totally reminds me of all those delicious desserts I’ve enjoyed at various Middle Eastern restaurants!
Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
Each bite bursts with so many delicious flavors! I love the crunch of the pistachios, the fragrance of the rose water, the chewiness of the dates and the sweetness of the honey!
Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast
I hope you all try this recipe for an Exotic Oatmeal Breakfast! Don’t forget to enter the National “Bring Your Best Bowl” Sweepstakes here for a chance to win $250,000! Check out all the rules here! Look for Quaker® Oats and all the toppings you’ll need at your local Target store!
Finding the product at Target
Now, learn more about the “Bring Your Best Bowl” promotion and tell me: How do you top your oatmeal? Are you going to enter the sweepstakes?
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I eat oatmeal just about every day when it’s cold. I need to change up my breakfast and make it more exotic with your recipe. Yum! I’ll have to buy some rose water and pistachios.
There’s nothing quite as delicious and easy to prepare as a nice bowl of oatmeal in the morning!
That does look yummy! I love stove-cooked oatmeal, it’s so much better than instant… I grew up eating it, and this version looks awesome.
Oatmeal is one of my breakfast treats, this one is yummy and healthy. I would love it for sure.
That looks like such an energizing breakfast! The sweepstakes sounds super cool, too!
It is definitely energizing and super delicious!
This sounds like a great way to freshen up the oatmeal. I will have to try this one out next week.
Try it, Jaime! I’m sure you’ll love it as much as I do!
This looks so yummy! I love oatmeal and it’s sometimes hard to find new ways to change it up. Thanks for sharing!
My kids saw the commercial on TV and had me make them a “fancy” oatmeal breakfast. I used chopped apples and caramel, you would have thought they hit the lottery.
Haha I love that! My kids would do the same thing!
Would never have thought of rose water in oatmeal but I really want to try it out. Great add-ins. #client
Thanks Carolyn! The rose water really adds a lovely touch!
I have to admit I never heard of an exotic oatmeal breakfast but this does indeed sound delicious. This recipe sounds interesting and I will have to try it for sure. I have never used rose water before. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I’ll be honest I don’t eat oatmeal. But this? Looks so good. I think it’s something I should give a try, and maybe I’ll actually really enjoy it! Rose water sounds interesting.
You should definitely try Jeanine! Really tasty!
I’ve not eaten oatmeal in years but I loved it as a child. Now that I’m trying to eat better I think I need to pick some up.
I’ve been meaning to incorporate more oats into my daily diet but they’re usually so bland! This recipe though looks right up my alley! I will definitely have to pick up a few supplies and give it a try, thank you for sharing! 🙂
Eating oatmeal for breakfast is a great way to stabilize our blood sugar. Very healthy
I love oatmeal. There’s nothing else that I eat that is quite as satisfying. And it’s so low in calories but so good for you. I would eat anything with it. anything.
I like butter and sugar in my oatmeal, but my husband likes to put things in his. He would LOVED this! Pinning this to share with him!
Thanks for sharing this!
Oatmeal is the best breakfast. It keeps you full the entire morning. My kids don’t care for it so I fix it up. Will have to try this
This looks so yummy! And I really love that this oatmeal can be made in the microwave.
Mmm I do love oatmeal! I’m brand loyal to the brand at my wellness company but I will have to try adding all these fixings that looks delicious.
This looks like a hearty breakfast, I am like you I can not skip breakfast. sets you up for the day