As my man is currently into his superfoods, I decided to make a muesli that combined as many as I could. This meant dried blackberries, strawberries, pumpkin seeds, almonds, and maybe a bit of flax seed for good measure. Here's the recipe:
Berry Muesli
5 cups rolled oats
1 cup shelled pumpkin seeds
1 cup slivered almonds
1 cup wheat bran flakes
1 cup shredded coconut
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp flax
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
3/4 cup of honey
4 tbsp canola oil
Preheat the oven to 300F degrees.
Put rolled oats, pumpkin seeds, slivered almonds, wheat bran flakes, shredded coconut, sesame seeds, flax, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a large bowl. Stir to combine.
Spread the mixture on two large rimmed baking sheets and bake for 30 minutes, stirring every ten minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. (Depending on the size of your baking sheets, you may need to do more than one round of muesli-toasting.)
Add 1/2 cup sliced dried strawberries and 1/2 cup dried blackberries. Stir to distribute the berries throughout and store in one of those plastic cereal storage boxes.
When you're ready to serve the muesli, you have a few options. The easiest way to enjoy muesli is with a bowl, a spoon, and cold milk, just like regular breakfast cereal. You could also heat a bowl of muesli and milk up in the microwave for a hot breakfast. Finally, you could do what we did, and have your muesli Swiss-style. We put the muesli in a sealed container with some kefir and let it soak in the fridge overnight. I think the traditional thing is actually yogurt, but since we had a surplus of kefir, that's what we used. Honestly, I think I would have preferred just plain old milk and muesli when all was said and done. The kefir was so tangy and strong that it overwhelmed the light sweetness of the muesli. Next time, we're gonna try it as a hot cereal with just plain old milk.
