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Healthy Muesli Base

  • 29-05-2010 4:34pm
    #1
    Kazbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    I'm looking for a muesli base - just all the flakes oat/wheat etc without any added dried fruit as I would prefer to add my own fresh fruit. Preferably no added sugar, preservatives etc

    Thanks,
    Kaz


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  • #2
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Ehhh, porridge?


    As far as I know muesli is normally just rolled oats, fruit and nuts.


  • #3
    Kazbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭Kazbah


    I thought muesli was a combination of lots of grains - wheat flakes, rolled oats, rye flakes, barley kernels, wheatgerm with seeds/nuts/fruit but porridge is just oats?


  • #4
    angeldaisy
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭angeldaisy


    Kazbah wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I'm looking for a muesli base - just all the flakes oat/wheat etc without any added dried fruit as I would prefer to add my own fresh fruit. Preferably no added sugar, preservatives etc

    Thanks,
    Kaz

    your best bet is to go into a health food shop, they usually will sell a muesli base or they will sell the individual items on their own. It is quite expensive to do it, but it is easy to bulk out so it would last you longer.


  • #5
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    I would base it on oats, and leave out wheat unless you really want it. Check out health food shops for other grains you like, but oats is fine.

    By the way, in Switzerland, they soak oats in milk overnight, then add grated apple, nuts and cream and serve it as a dessert called Bircher Muesli.


  • #6
    Kazbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭Kazbah


    angeldaisy wrote: »
    your best bet is to go into a health food shop, they usually will sell a muesli base or they will sell the individual items on their own. It is quite expensive to do it, but it is easy to bulk out so it would last you longer.

    I tried some health food shops but I didn't see any all-in-one base, I'm trying to avoid buying them all separately because my kitchen space is very limited!


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  • #7
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,064 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Kazbah wrote: »
    I thought muesli was a combination of lots of grains - wheat flakes, rolled oats, rye flakes, barley kernels, wheatgerm with seeds/nuts/fruit but porridge is just oats?
    Mostly ots, sometime the others appear, but oats are defo the best of the lot.
    You want it to be mostly oats.
    Store bought has a lot of sugar added.
    Kazbah wrote: »
    I tried some health food shops but I didn't see any all-in-one base, I'm trying to avoid buying them all separately because my kitchen space is very limited!

    Buy a decent container. One the size of a corn flakes box would hold a few KG, you'll probably go smaller.

    1kg of oats, hand full of dried fruit, small few nuts and you set.
    This way you can also work out the kcal before, and taylor it to how you want it with +/- fruits and nuts


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