Muesli and fruit

blah

Hi Guys,
quick question, I make my own muesli with oats, sunflower seeds, walnuts, flaked almonds and raisins. I like to add in some fresh fruit like blueberries or raspberries. Also i've tried mango and strawberry, these taste really nice in the morning, so i'm wondering how good are strawberries and mango for you? If it tastes so good is it bad?

CerebralCortex

blah wrote:

Hi Guys,
quick question, I make my own muesli with oats, sunflower seeds, walnuts, flaked almonds and raisins. I like to add in some fresh fruit like blueberries or raspberries. Also i've tried mango and strawberry, these taste really nice in the morning, so i'm wondering how good are strawberries and mango for you? If it tastes so good is it bad?

Short answer = no.

blah

Cool, thanks!

Dragan

I really wouldn't worry so much about fruit. SOmetimes when people talk about diets they almost treat fruit like a Mars Bar as something to be avoided!

That breakfast sounds lovely, enjoy it!

blah

Also I'm not sure if I read it here or somewhere else but half a nice ripe avocado with salsa and natural youghurt goes down very well.

rubadub

Museli can pack a lot of calories so be careful if you are trying to lose weight. The quoted "portions" on the packs are tiny, I used to eat bowls of museli that were about 800-1000kcal including the whole milk.

Avocados are high in (good) fat, so pack a lot of calories too.

Frozen berries are in tescos a lot now, and pretty cheap compared to fresh. Frozen ones can have more nutrients since they are frozen straight after picking.

I have put in frozen berries, with porridge oats & cold milk. I let it stand for 10mins, the berries defrost and cool the milk, and the oats puff up as they absorb the milk.

Gumbyman

Frozen berries - sounds like a great idea! I bought a bag of oats and every morning I get up and look at and think "Now what am I going to do with you?" and then I realise I don't have time to heat milk for porridge and curse my lack of microwavial powers.

So basically, you can make meusli by just adding in cold milk and whatever fruit you have lying around and maybe some raisins? Is it really that simple? Do you have to let it stand for 10 mins or is that just if you're using frozen berries?

The FitnessDock

As long as you make sure you only eat muesli for breakfast, then you'll be fine. You'll have plenty of time over the rest of the day to expend the sugars contained in the muesli. Also, if there are nuts in the muesli, the fats in them will help slow down digestion so that your blood sugar levels will remain relatively stable.

Eating muesli right before you go to bed, on the other hand, is a no-no.

PAUL

rubadub

Gumbyman wrote:

So basically, you can make meusli by just adding in cold milk and whatever fruit you have lying around and maybe some raisins? Is it really that simple? Do you have to let it stand for 10 mins or is that just if you're using frozen berries?

I am too rushed to mess around with heating too, and now I prefer the "cold porridge", sometimes I only add oats on their own. Museli is just oats, nuts, fruit all mixed up. You can also use just plain oats to "dilute" your museli, many brands are too sweet, or loaded with too much fruit & nuts. Nuts pack a lot of calories too.

I leave mine to soak up the oats to make them puff up, they are more filling that way, like porridge. You could always just leave your frozen berries to thaw in the fridge overnight in a bowl, then in the morning just put milk & oats on.

Fresh fruit is bulkier so more filling than dried fruit. Some is cheaper some is dearer. Raisins are cheaper than fresh grapes, dried bananas are usually dearer than fresh. And that is when you take the water content into account, i.e. 100g of dried bananas might make up 600g fresh, I forget but worked it out once. I also expect fresh fruit has more nutrients.

Gumbyman

Had a smashing breakie this morning of oats, cold milk and some defrosted tesco frozen fruit (forgot to get raisins dammit). Reminds me of Readybrek (used to love that cold). The oats on their own were pretty nice too. Far sweeter than I had expected. Maybe that was the fruit juice though. That's my non-gym-morning breakfast sorted. Cheers!

PAM1962

im late to this thread but can someone tell me where I can buy muesli ingredients in Dublin so I can make my own muesli. Thank you.

marizpan

PAM1962 wrote: »

im late to this thread but can someone tell me where I can buy muesli ingredients in Dublin so I can make my own muesli. Thank you.

In any supermarket

Porridge oats
Raisins
Nuts
Fruit etc

PAM1962

Thank you. I meant 'in bulk'. I recall, about 20 years ago, being able to buy the ingredients from health food shops, where you could scoop the amount of each ingredient you wanted from large containers. You would be charged then by weight. I can't find a similar supplier today. Maybe its be stopped for hygiene reasons!

innad

Dublin Food Co-Op will let you order in bulk if you're a member.

Dermighty

rubadub wrote: »

The quoted "portions" on the packs are tiny, I used to eat bowls of museli that were about 800-1000kcal including the whole milk.

I'm a man who gets 4 bowls from a 750g box of cornflakes which supposedly has 25 servings.

atilladehun

Dermighty wrote: »

I'm a man who gets 4 bowls from a 750g box of cornflakes which supposedly has 25 servings.

Think that's your problem there. Crunchy air.

Musesli with oats and nuts should add actual food to your mornings.

Dermighty

atilladehun wrote: »

Think that's your problem there. Crunchy air.

Musesli with oats and nuts should add actual food to your mornings.

I like porridge too, nuts and bananas added in