A lil time off from blogging can be a good thing! :)

My life is busy, it always has been, probably always will be! I run a household, I run a business, I try to train at the gym at least 5 days a week, try to eat healthy, take care of my children and my husband and our 2 new boxer puppies (that's a job in itself, wow), as well as spend time with my family and friends. I've also been on a coupon saving kick the last few weeks! :)

So YES I'm busy, but Honestly I probably could of found "some free" time to blog, but really I just haven't been in the mood! I go through stages a couple times a year where I just want to chill and not worry about deadlines or posting updates on a blog. So I took a lil time off from blogging! It's a good thing! I feel it allows me to recharge so to speak!

So I'm all recharged :) I'll be back to posting here on the MGF blog again!

In the meantime, I switched my facebook group over to a facebook page! LOVE! :)

You can find it at: http://www.facebook.com/MomGettingFit

Please come and join us! We would love to have you!

We have a WINNER of our Coach's Oatmeal Giveaway!

The Winner is: Julie

Congrats! Please email me: shellyeubanks@gmail.com to claim your prize!

Well if you have been following my blog or post on facebook, you know I LOVE oatmeal! I eat it almost every morning and sometimes have it for a snack. I have several Baked Oatmeal recipes here on my blog and was super excited when I found out about a "new to me" brand of oatmeal called "Coaches Oats", I was even more excited when the company sent me samples to try out!

For those of you that aren't a fan of the mushy oatmeal, you are going to LOVE these! They have the texture of steel cut oatmeal, but don't take 30-45 minutes to cook like traditional steel cut oatmeal does.

Coach’s Oats are prepared in an entirely new way. The groats are toasted to bring the natural sugars to the surface of the oat, then cracked into small pieces. This patented Cracked n' Toasted™ process means that Coach’s Oats are never mushy, always naturally delicious and cook in just 3 to 5 minutes on a stove top or in the microwave. That's the Coach’s Oats difference!

So even though these can be cook in the microwave or the stove top, I just had to try them in one of my baked oatmeal recipes. I made Baked Apple Pie Oatmeal using Coach's Oats and it turned out wonderful! The texture was great (wasn't mushy at all) and the flavor was amazing!

I will definitely be using these oats again. They have several recipes listed on their website that I plan on trying out and of course using them in my baked oatmeals as well.

Coach's Oats can be purchased on their website and they even sell a single-serving packet for those of you who would like to try it out before buying a big bag.

Now for GOOD News! The company sent me enough samples, so I have decided to share it with one lucky reader of my blog! I have (4) single-serving packets that I will be giving away to one lucky winner! To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is post a comment here! It's that simple!! ONE LUCKY WINNER will be drawn at random from all entries next Sat. Feb. 26th. Good Luck! :)

Well I am off for the day to relax and spend some time with my family. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!