Easy, healthy & cheap – unbeatable

I’ve been making my own muesli for so long I couldn’t remember or find the recipe I used to make it the first time. A friend asked for the recipe and my mind was completely blank. So, I went into the baking kitchen and made muesli and wrote down what I put in the bowl. This may be the easiest ‘recipe’ I’ve published on the blog; the most challenging thing you do is chop a few nuts. I do this recipe by ‘volume’ – cups, not by weight but I’ve approximated the weights by gram in case you want to include that.

No added sugar in this recipe, plenty of sweetness from the dried fruits. The ingredients are very flexible – 3 parts grains, 2 parts fruit, 2 parts nuts and seeds. I add some unsweetened desiccated coconut but wholly optional.

This recipe is economical and healthy if you have a good supplier of ingredients. None of the ingredients are super specialised or unique but if you’re buying these ingredients in Waitrose it will be a) annoying because of the tiny packets; b) frustrating because of the limited availability and c) the price per gram will be surprising. I use Whole Foods Online. Nothing to do with the poshest posh supermarket (nicknamed ‘whole paycheck’ in the USA) but good quality, in quantity, reliable, reasonable prices.

Recipe

• 2 cups of rolled oats (180 grams)
• 1 cup of toasted malted wheat flakes (90 grams)
• 1 cup of dried cranberries (130 grams)
• 1 cup of dried raisins (130 grams)
• 1/2 cup sunflower seeds (65 grams)
• 1/2 cup flaked almonds (40 grams)
• 1 cup mixed chopped nuts (walnut, pecan, macadamia, more almonds, pistachios) (150 grams)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened desiccated coconut (45 grams)

Method

Throw it all in an airtight plastic container. Shake the container. Serve with milk and Greek yoghurt.

Nothing could be easier. Thank you for reading the blog, cooking the recipes, subscribing and sharing.