A bowl of muesli is a nutritious start to the morning.
Muesli was first developed by a Swiss physician, Maximilian Bircher-Benner, in the early twentieth century as a diet for patients at his hospital to help them gain strength and overcome their illnesses. Muesli is a simple cereal composed of uncooked grains, raw nuts and seeds and fruit, both fresh and dried that has been soaked overnight to soften it. This high-energy, wholesome food is often eaten with yogurt or fresh cream for breakfast or a mid-morning snack. Making homemade muesli is inexpensive and simply done with basic kitchen utensils.
Instructions
1. Select organic grains such as rolled oats, wheat flakes, rye flakes, barley kernels or wheat germ. Use a mixture of these grains for your muesli or choose just one grain, such as oats. Place 1/2 cup total grain into the cereal bowl.
2. Add a total of 1/2 a cup of any mixture of nuts and seeds. Possibilities include sunflower seeds, chopped almonds, chopped walnuts or chopped pecans.
3. Add 1/2 cup of dried fruit to the grain and nut mixture. Good choices include raisins and chopped dried apricots, papaya or mango.
4. Cover the grain mixture with enough purified water or organic milk just to cover the mixture (about one cup). Stir to combine and set in the refrigerator for at least four hours or overnight for best results.
5. After the muesli has soaked for the appropriate time, grate 1 apple with skin on over the top of the mixture. Add a dollop of organic yogurt and drizzle with raw honey to taste.
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