spar for the spurtle - steel cut oats with wild rice and dried blueberries

Okay everyone, I have a confession to make.

I LOVE steel cut oatmeal.

In fact, I love it so much that I had my manager at Hy-Vee order me a 25 pound bag of Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats.

Crazy?

For sure.

But I seriously love the stuff. I eat it every morning for breakfast and enjoy a huge bowl of it before all of my long runs and races.

Plus, when you order in bulk like that, you can share it with your friends and get a super duper good deal.

So, when I heard about Bob's Red Mill Spar For the Spurtle contest, I knew I had to enter. The rules, create a dish using Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut oat and post a short video detailing how to make it. Scary, right! A video...of me talking?! By doing so, I was taking a step out of my comfort zone, but it was fun and funny...

Just see for yourself...



This dish I created featured Minnesota's own, wild rice and I must say, I was quite pleased with the end result. This is a quick dish (30 minutes or less!) that you could whip on on a Saturday morning and impress your friends and family. Who knew oatmeal could be so good?!



The prizes are awesome for winning this contest. Bob's Red Mill will select three finalist to go to Portland to compete in a live cook-off and the winner of that will travel on to Scotland with the Bob's Red Mill team to compete.

So, watch the video, laugh at {and with} me, but most of all, make sure you "LIKE" the video on YouTube. The more "likes" I get, the better the chances I have.

Pretty pretty please with a cherry on top like me!!

And if you were to share this and tell all of your friends to like the video too, I would be so very appreciative.

You could even tweet this - "I just "liked" @KierInIowa's submission for #sparforthespurtle and you should too! http://youtu.be/c94ZcbTvDrc"