Recipe: Homemade healthy muesli

I posted a picture on Instagram of a jar of homemade muesli and asked you if you wanted a recipe for it; turns out you did. SO here we go...a nutty, nourishing, sugar-free, wheat-free muesli that doesn't taste of dust!

Ingredients:

600g oats

200g mixed nuts

100g sesame seeds

50g sunflower seeds

50g pumpkin seeds

100g raisins

100g dried cranberries

100g dried ready-to-eat apricots, chopped

Feel free to: change the types of dried fruit or seeds used according to your preference, and add some spices (cinnamon, nutmeg etc.) if you like a bit of extra warmth.

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 160C
2. Spread the oats, nuts and seeds on a baking tray and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes – making sure the oats don’t burn, but are slightly golden.
3. Take the tray out of the oven and leave to cool
4. Once the mixture is cooled, mix together with the dried fruit and store in a glass jar or other airtight container
5. To serve – add milk or yoghurt and some fresh fruit if you like.

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A Healthy Start to the Day - Breakfast Granola/Muesli Recipe

I adapted this recipe by merging a few different ones I found online at a time when I needed a muesli-like breakfast whilst knowing that I’m not a fan of normal mueslis and this is what I came up with. This recipe is great if you want to try out an easy recipe at home that doesn’t require too much time and energy spent on it. This cereal is healthy, sustaining and delicious and ingredients can be swapped if you have a particular aversion to any of them or a hankering for something else. This granola is also great for mid-afternoon snacks instead of crisps or biscuits.

My very delicious morning bowl of cereal!

Ingredients

• 2 tbsps. rapeseed oil
• 125ml agave syrup
• 2 tsps. vanilla extract
• 300g porridge oats
• 50g sunflower seeds
• 4 tbsp. sesame seeds
• 50g pumpkin seeds
• 100g flaked almonds
• 100g dried berries (as sugar and preservative free as possible)
• 50g desiccated coconut

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 150 C if you have a fan oven or 160 C if you don’t.
2. Mix the oil, agave syrup and vanilla in a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients, omitting the dried fruit and coconut, and mix together well making sure that the mixture is fully coated in the syrup etc.
3. Tip the granola onto two baking sheets (this is important so that the cereal mix can get nice and brown and crunchy) and spread evenly.
4. Bake for 15 mins, then mix in the coconut and dried fruit, and bake for 10-15 mins more.
5. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before storing in an airtight container.

This mixture should last well for up to a month. It is yummy with milk or natural bio live yoghurt and can be mixed with fresh fruit for extra flavour and benefits.