Home made muesli

overlykeensaver

I too have been hunting an alternative to Aldi's swiss muesli! Can't believe they have stopped selling it. There is a price card for it in my Aldi but never any there (and no space for it either.....).

After a few false starts I have settled on Lidls sugar-free which is almost as good....... (you can also get Lidls with added sugar too if you like).

maman

valk_scot wrote: »

The Lidl own brand is gorgeous and beats the Aldi version hands down imho.

Another vote for Lidl's muesli, it's gorgeaous. We prefere the blue bag one but the green is good too. It won some sort of award last year, Good Housekeeping or similar.

JC_Derby

valk_scot wrote: »

The Lidl own brand is gorgeous and beats the Aldi version hands down imho.

Sorry but i had some lidl stuuff and it was HORRIBLE. much prefer the aldi one, but there hasnt been any where ive looked either!

JC_Derby

maybe i was looking at the wrong one.....

boredjellybean

Hi there does anyone have a quick & easy & basic recipe for making muesli? I have oats & raisins in the cupboards & maybe some nuts other than that I'm not sure what to include

also I can't remember the name of the breakfast you make with oats, raisins & apples soaked overnight in milk does anyone have a recipe for that too?

many thanks in advance

Sarah x

j.e.j.

I've got an old Jamie Oliver recipe for home-made muesli. He recommends mixing the following ingredients and then just storing it in a plastic box. You could probably miss out or substitute a few of the ingredients to suit.

8 large handfuls porridge oats
2 large handfuls ground bran
1 handful chopped dried apricots
1 of chopped dried dates
1 of crumbled walnuts
and 1 of chopped almonds or hazelnuts or brazils.

You could cover one portion with milk and grate half an apple in and leave it overnight in the fridge to soak Apparently you can also soak muesli in apple juice overnight, though I've never tried it?

MartinWickham

I've been mixing muesli for a number of years and you don't need a recipe. It's best to use whatever your taste fancies and is on offer in the shops.

Start with an easy to tumble cereal box, add a packet of oats and any mix of dried fruit and nuts. 30% fruit and nuts by weight is a good target, more than 50% becomes uneconomic and less pleasant to eat. Chop larger dried fruit and nuts to a suitable size. Oats are a rather 'heavy' cereal, so some wheat is good to lighten it up. Seeds can optionally be added.

The cheapest dried fruit is usually supermarket sultanas & raisins. Health food shops often have offers on other dried fruit at around £2/kg, and these are worth picking up for variety. Dates are often cheap but have a slightly 'dirty' sweet flavour. Cheapest nuts are usually (unsalted) peanuts (1 kg packets approx £3), often (broken) Brazil nuts are available at a similar price. Unprocessed wheat is not so economically available so crunch up a couple of unbranded 'Wheatabix' and/or 'Shredded Wheat' biscuits.

Muesli improves massively with full cream milk (blue top) and you can add milk powder, cream or yoghurt if you wish.

My daughter likes to add chopped fresh fruit, usually banana at serving time. You should be able to make excellent muesli to your own taste for less than half price of pre-mixed.

boredjellybean

MartinWickham wrote: »

I've been mixing muesli for a number of years and you don't need a recipe. It's best to use whatever your taste fancies and is on offer in the shops.

Start with an easy to tumble cereal box, add a packet of oats and any mix of dried fruit and nuts. 30% fruit and nuts by weight is a good target, more than 50% becomes uneconomic and less pleasant to eat. Chop larger dried fruit and nuts to a suitable size. Oats are a rather 'heavy' cereal, so some wheat is good to lighten it up. Seeds can optionally be added.

The cheapest dried fruit is usually supermarket sultanas & raisins. Health food shops often have offers on other dried fruit at around £2/kg, and these are worth picking up for variety. Dates are often cheap but have a slightly 'dirty' sweet flavour. Cheapest nuts are usually (unsalted) peanuts (1 kg packets approx £3), often (broken) Brazil nuts are available at a similar price. Unprocessed wheat is not so economically available so crunch up a couple of unbranded 'Wheatabix' and/or 'Shredded Wheat' biscuits.

Muesli improves massively with full cream milk (blue top) and you can add milk powder, cream or yoghurt if you wish.

My daughter likes to add chopped fresh fruit, usually banana at serving time. You should be able to make excellent muesli to your own taste for less than half price of pre-mixed.

thanks ~ I may just experiment with what I have in - I like the idea of crunching some shreddies etc into it, especially as I have some cheap ones that no-one likes !!

McpPsl

Here is my recipe.

500g mixed nuts, chopped or processed
500g Wheat Bran
500g Wheat Germ
500g Muesli Base
500g Sultanas

A 50g portion will then give you the following

190 kcals
7.46g protein
22.42g carbs
6.8g fibre
7.23g fat (1.46g saturated)

All the ingredients can be bought from a well known health food shop or possibly some supermarkets.

hope this helps

regards

squeaky

Here ya go... Home made muesli

I'll add your query to this one later.

This looks interesting: Muesli

And if you're feeling a little adventurous, see... muesli/cereal bars recipes? and/or Recipe needed for muesli bread rolls