Homemade Muesli
A healthy homemade breakfast cereal with whole grain flakes, dried fruit, nuts, and seeds. Serve with milk or yogurt, plus fresh fruit if liked.
Toasting the cereals, nuts and seeds is highly recommended as it gives extra crunch and flavour, but is optional.
This muesli contains approximately 40% dried fruit, nuts and seeds. If preferred, reduce the weight of these and replace with the same weight of rolled oats or other wholegrain flakes.
Ingredients
- 200 g rolled/jumbo oats porridge oats are not suitable
- 100 g rye, barley or wheat flakes, or a mixture
- 100 g mixed dried fruit e.g. sultanas, raisins, chopped apricots, cranberries, cherries, pineapple, goji berries
- 100 g mixed nuts and seeds e.g. hazelnuts, cashews, almonds, Brazil, pecans, walnuts, coconut shavings, pumpkin, sunflower, chia, sesame seeds, hemp hearts. Roughly chop any large nuts.
To serve
- milk or yogurt
- fresh fruit (optional) e.g. berries, sliced banana, grated apple
Instructions
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If NOT toasting the cereals, nuts and seeds
Tip all the ingredients into a jar or other airtight container and shake well to combine.
If toasting the cereals, nuts and seeds
Preheat the oven to 180°C /160°C fan /Gas 4
Line a large roasting tray with baking paper and add the cereal flakes, in a single layer if possible.
Put in the oven for 15 minutes, stirring and turning 2 or 3 times.
Add the nuts and seeds, toss, and toast for another 3 - 5 minutes, stirring and turning once. Note: coconut shavings can burn very quickly so are best added for the final 2 - 3 minutes only.
Lift the paper containing the toasted cereals and nuts off the roasting tray and set aside to cool.
Stir in the dried fruit, then tip the muesli into a jar or other airtight container.
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Serving
Serve 45 grams of muesli per person and eat with milk and/or yogurt.
Optional: serve with fresh fruit e.g. berries, sliced banana, grated apple.
Overnight muesli: The night before, stir together 45 grams of muesli and 200ml milk or half milk/half yogurt, cover and put in the fridge. In the morning, thin with more milk if necessary. Serve with yogurt and/or fresh fruit if liked.
Storing
Should keep for several months in an airtight container stored in a cupboard or pantry.