Home made muesli

Jolaaled

My kids love breakfast cereals, but the ones they like are so pricey.

I've decided to make my own muesli mix to finally eradicate the Alpen budget drain.

I want to buy all the ingredients from scratch and then make up a mix to put in big tin, ready for the morning rush.

does anyone have a tried and tested recipe...i know that you can add your own dried fruits to taste, but i'm not sure about the 'base' mix.do i use rolled oats/oatmeal, or what??


thanks

mandy_moo_1

i eat the reduced sugar alpen, the one with apricots & dates etc, and on the side of their box, they say 'wholewheat flakes'.....they look like weetabix flakes to me, so i'd just crumble some weetabix up, then the rolled oats are , i think, the ones you buy when you want to make flapjacks (pls correct me if i'm wrong!), then just add sultanas, raisins,nuts etc. its got the proportions in % so for example if it said 30%, i'd use 3 tbsp, and for 10% i'd use 1 tbsp. just alter the proportions to whatever you want ie) i might use 30 tbsp weetabix flakes, 30 tbsp rolled oats, 15 tbsp sultanas, 10 tbsp dried apricots, 4 tbsp nuts etc.

Just have a play around until it looks something like Alpen!! I wouldn't add the dried milk though as you don't really need it.

Hope this has been of some help to you x

liz.._4

have you tried aldi/netto/lidl cereals? They are cheap and good. I buy economy/smartprice etc porridge oats and make homemade porridge in the winter, its cheap and good for you, lovely with a few sultanas thrown in...:)

beachbeth

You can use a mixture of barley, rye, millets and oats - all obtainable from your health food store. You will find that they also sell their own muesli too or the base muesli mix that you can add the fruit and nuts to. This is probably healthier than the branded ones in packets that may be full of sugar.

Mix in mixed dried fruit, chopped, raisins, chopped nuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, dried milk powder. All available at your health food shop. Im sure the assistant there can advise you too.

I have tried Sainsbury's own in the past and although I liked all the fruit and nuts etc they seemed a bit too sweet.

beachbeth

This is a recipe that can be eaten with milk as breakfast or even eaten by the handful as a healthy snack:

Granola

300g Porridge Oats
100g chopped nuts
3 tbs vegetable oil
9 tbs clear honey
100g raisins
100g wheatgerm
1 tsp natural vanilla essence

Heat oven to 275/140/Gas Mark 1 and grease a baking sheet. Mix the above ingredients together and spread them on the sheet so that it is 1cm (half an inch) thick. Cook for around 50 minutes or until golden brown. Stir from time to time so that it doesn't burn.

Once it has cooled break it up into bitesize pieces or chunks. Store in an airtight container.

dixie_dean_2

I use 1 box of netto stuff and add loads of oats, which they also sell, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, brazil nut pieces and loads of raisins (the kids will prob like this too as makes it sweet). Also, probably about twice a week I add some berries. You get a bag for about £1.69 of mixed frozen berries which are SO good for you and SO cheap compared to fresh. They are also great for smoothies. Obbviously, best bet is to pick loads of free berries now and freeze them.

This makes a really healthy mix. Brazil nuts and berries are incredibly good for you, its miles lower in salt and sugar than most of the shop stuff and the seeds are also very healthy. This is 99% certain to insure you're kids play for Everton one day.

billieboy_2

I just use porridge oats as a base (1kg bag I think) in a large mixing bowl, then add raisins, currants, sultanas, chopped up dried prunes and dates, sunflower seeds (kernels), pumpkin seeds, pine nuts if I have any, if not any chopped nuts, all in whatever quantities suit your taste. In the morning I top with some chopped fresh mango or pineapple or strawberries or banana or whatever fresh fruit I have to hand. Delicious. I haven't worked out the cost implications compared to shop bought but I much prefer the home made version. The shop bought ones never seem to have enough dried fruit.

Queenie

Homemade muesli is easy peasy. 1k bag of oats as a base then add dried fruits, nuts, seeds all to your liking

I like to add wheatbran to ours, say a cupful or two. I vary the dried fruits to avoid monotony but always have sultana's in there (cheap ones from Lidl's) and always have linseeds in it. But that just personal preference.

Rolled oats are chunkier than oatmeal, so I use those because it makes it stretch further.

Lizbetty

Daisy keeps pinching my muesli on a morning which is a pain cos I have to pick out the nuts and it takes forever - I remember reading that muesli is not so good for toddlers as they need more fat, etc, but she loves it (typical init!!). Does anyone know of any recipes suitable for toddlers with good fat in em, etc, and do you just use porridge oats do you know? I'm sure you can but I've just had a baby and don't trust my brain any longer. I would give her porridge but she hates it (not sure if it's cos it's warm and sloppy!). All suggestions would be very much appreciated!

Thanks lots, Lucy (sorry for any typos, feeding baby and trying to stop Daisy pressing the 'esp' key wehich appears to clear my typing...aaaarrrgggghhh!!)

Pink.

Hi Lucyeff,

There are some recipes for muesil on this thread: Home made muesli

Pink

evilwitch

Try these. first on from 9months. 2nd from 18months

1oz rolled oats
1oz toasted wheatgerm
1 dried apricot chopped
1 tbsp sultanas
1/4 pt apple juice
1/2 apple peeled and grated (I've used dried before just chopped up)
few grapes halved

put oats, wheatgerm apricot and sultanas in bowl, pour over juice and soak for min 2 hours (we do overnight) then add apple and grapes and mush up to how LO likes it




1 1/2 oz dried chopped mango
1 1/2 oz dried chopped apricot
1 oz sultanas
4oz museli base (or 2oz each of oat and wheat flakes)
12fl oz apple or apple and mango juice
1/2 apple chopped
other fruit like raspberries, banana etc if you want

Soak dried fruit and museli base in juice overnight then add in apple and any other additions just prior to serving.


They both work with different types of dried fruit (pears, peach etc dependant on what LO likes)