Quaker Oats Viewer Quickfire Challenge and some Nutty Orange Monkey Oats

Quaker has partnered with Bravo TV's "Top Chef" for the first-ever Quaker Oats Viewer Quickfire Challenge. They’re inviting people to submit their own original recipe using Quaker Oats on www.BravoTV.com/quickfire during the month of February.

Three finalists will travel to New York City and go head-to-head in the first-ever Quaker Oats Viewer Quickfire Challenge. The finalists will experience what it's like to be a Top Chef when they put their culinary skills to the test and compete in a live Quickfire Challenge and prepare a new, original dish with Quaker Oats. If their culinary creation passes muster with the judges, the winner will have the chance to attend a future "Top Chef" episode. (Click here to enter the Quaker Oats Viewer Quickfire Challenge and to see the official rules.)

Quaker’s “Top This!” Oatmeal Bowl Contest

Now for a little inspiration, here’s my recipe for Nutty Orange Monkey Oats, which I submitted to Quaker as part of the Quaker Oats Living Proof Blogger Event last November.

Our recipes had to use a minimum of ¾ cup uncooked Quaker Oats (1 ½ cups cooked). Oats used in recipe must be whole (not ground into flour). Recipe can contain no more than 10 ingredients (excluding water). The recipe must meet the following nutrition criteria:

• Less than 400 calories per serving
• Less than 1g saturated fat per serving
• Less than 12g added sugar per serving
• Less than 20 mg of cholesterol per serving
• Less than 480 mg of sodium per serving
• At least 3g of fiber (oat soluble fiber)

I think I met all the requirements but maybe went overboard on the fat content due to the pine nuts.