Proodige -V- Muesli

niamh4626

I have been having porridge for breakfast for the past couple of months however with the winter drawing in i'm staying in bed longer and longer in the mornings so don't have time to make it.....

My questions is: Would porridge and Muesli be kind of the same nutritional wise???

corkcomp

niamh4626 wrote: »

I have been having porridge for breakfast for the past couple of months however with the winter drawing in i'm staying in bed longer and longer in the mornings so don't have time to make it.....

My questions is: Would porridge and Muesli be kind of the same nutritional wise???

it depends but in a word, no! Muesli will have a lot of sugar depending on brand (some natural sugar though) - the odlums porridge only needs two or three minutes on hob but if you want to switch to muesli you could make your own using jumbo oats, a few brazil nuts, some wheat and oat bran and small ammount of dried fruit ...

TommyKnocker

Hi There

Just an observation, but I have been eating musili for breakfast for the last 5-6 years. The brand I buy is "Neils Yard Oranic Musili" from Holland and Barrett. Recently I decided that I would swap over to plain oats as I believed that the musili was calorie dense.

I purchased a packet of Odlums Oraganic Jumbo Oats and was surprised wehn I compared the nutritional lables of both products.

Musili 30g serving

kcals 111
Protein 3.54g
Carbs 20.76g
Fat1.83g

Jumbo Oats 30g serving

kcals 109.5
Protein 3.3g
Carbs 19.8g
Fat 1.5g

So for the same size serving, the nutritional breakdown is pretty similar. However what I did find is that 30g of Oats is more filling then 30g of Musili.


Best Regards,

M

MissRibena

I have been making my own muesli for the last couple of years and it's way cheaper and far nicer (and controlled) than shop bought stuff. My basic recipe is simple to make 1KG of muesli:

600g porridge oats
100g weetabix / bransticks (something crunchy but low sugar)
100g mix of pumpkin/sunflower/other seeds (I sometimes use the pack in aldi with goji berries as it's pre-weighed).
170g nuts (toasted in a dry pan and roughly chopped). I use hazelnuts, brazil nuts, almonds and cashews.
30g dried cranberries.

Put in a big box and shake and that's it. Keeps for ages and no prep in the mornings.

I put a scoop in the box that equates to a 40g serving so that I can't go mad.
I've put it in fitday.com and it comes up at 172kcal per serving. The fat is high in it but it's all 'good' fats.

It's lovely to put a level teaspoon on natural yoghurt to liven it up too.

Mellor

B-Builder wrote: »

Musili 30g serving

kcals 111
Protein 3.54g
Carbs 20.76g
Fat1.83g

Jumbo Oats 30g serving

kcals 109.5
Protein 3.3g
Carbs 19.8g
Fat 1.5g

So for the same size serving, the nutritional breakdown is pretty similar. However what I did find is that 30g of Oats is more filling then 30g of Musili.

One point on this, While you are correct in a sense that they are the same sized serving. The problem is that we rarely eat in terms of weight. A bowl of musili will weight more than oats, prepared. Due to the fact that oats are lighter for the same volume. Oats expand to take on water and fill the bowl.

My brekkie is 35g oats. 35g of musili is very little.

Add to this the fact that I make oats with water, musili with milk.
I do love musili though, oats made up with water, dash of milk. dash of musili and a few blueberries, best brekkie ever.

rubadub

B-Builder wrote: »

I purchased a packet of Odlums Oraganic Jumbo Oats and was surprised wehn I compared the nutritional lables of both products.

Musili 30g serving

kcals 111
Protein 3.54g
Carbs 20.76g
Fat1.83g

Jumbo Oats 30g serving

kcals 109.5
Protein 3.3g
Carbs 19.8g
Fat 1.5g

You have left out the fibre readings but more importantly the "of which sugars", The oats will have a very low "of which sugars" reading, I could manufacture a museli which is 50% sugar and could have those figures.

Mellor wrote: »

One point on this, While you are correct in a sense that they are the same sized serving. The problem is that we rarely eat in terms of weight.

Yes weigh out 30g of museli, it looks pathetic!

You can simply "dilute" your museli with porridge oats, e.g. half n half if you want, some people have a misconception that porridge oats MUST be cooked.

Malari

niamh4626 wrote: »

I have been having porridge for breakfast for the past couple of months however with the winter drawing in i'm staying in bed longer and longer in the mornings so don't have time to make it.....

My questions is: Would porridge and Muesli be kind of the same nutritional wise???

I'd never make it in the morning either, but I do make it in the evening in the winter. Takes 5 mins before I go to bed. Just leave the lid on the pot overnight and heat in the morning. I think it's even quicker because you don't have to wait for it to cool down before eating, or burn your tongue just heat it to the temperature you like.

taram

I throw my porridge in the microwave, then go blowdry my hair, when I come back it's been cooked about 2 mins so just right temperature. Barely notice the time flying.

islandexile

MissRibena wrote: »

I have been making my own muesli for the last couple of years and it's way cheaper and far nicer (and controlled) than shop bought stuff. My basic recipe is simple to make 1KG of muesli:

600g porridge oats
100g weetabix / bransticks (something crunchy but low sugar)
100g mix of pumpkin/sunflower/other seeds (I sometimes use the pack in aldi with goji berries as it's pre-weighed).
170g nuts (toasted in a dry pan and roughly chopped). I use hazelnuts, brazil nuts, almonds and cashews.
30g dried cranberries.

Put in a big box and shake and that's it. Keeps for ages and no prep in the mornings.

I put a scoop in the box that equates to a 40g serving so that I can't go mad.
I've put it in fitday.com and it comes up at 172kcal per serving. The fat is high in it but it's all 'good' fats.

It's lovely to put a level teaspoon on natural yoghurt to liven it up too.

I've decided to start making my own muesli as well. I think it will go along the lines of....
Wheat Flakes
Oat flakes
Raisins
Dried Apricot
Some chopped nuts (almonds, hazlenuts & pumpkin seeds)
Then I'll top that off with some sliced banana and a bit of natural yogurt


I was unable to source wheat flakes from my local Tesco last night however. Anybody know where they can be purchased? Thanks.

BraziliaNZ

why do people think it takes time to make porridge? all you need to do is add hot water, mix it around a bit, and maybe nuke it for 20 seconds. That's what I do. Then add yoghurt or whatever flavourings you use. I use Flahavans Organic Oat Flakes or whatever they're called.
The time thing is not an excuse.

donglen

I use the microwave also........done in 2 mins......they come out grand.