Breakfast

For years I would never eat breakfast, I would have a latte and a cigarette on the run.  However, being older and wiser and (hurrah) now a non-smoker it is something I now eat regularly.   This is mainly due to homemade muesli that my husband makes every week.  It probably costs a little more than buying a supermarket brand, but it’s not full of sultanas and the wonderful thing is that we can vary it weekly if we like.  

Here is the base recipe but you can change it every week depending what you have the pantry or what dried fruits, nuts or seeds are on special.

Our home made toasted muesli

Ingredients

1/3 Vegetable oil (we use Ricebran Oil)

¾ Cup of Honey (We use Aldi’s organic honey)

750g bag of Rolled Oats

2 hand fulls seeds (Pepitas, sunflower seeds or unsalted pumpkin seeds)

250g of mixed dried fruit

(We love a mix that includes figs, paw paw and dates.  But use what ever you want.  My mum puts dried Mango in hers).

1 Handful of Nuts (Raw and Unsalted)

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Mix oil and honey together and then add, oats, seeds and nuts together in a bowl to make sure everything is coated in oil and honey mixture.  

Spread the mixture evenly in a baking dish and bake in the oven for 30 minutes until it is lightly browned; occasionally mix with a fork to ensure the mix bakes evenly.

Once toasted, leave to cool.   Then add dried fruit, place it in an airtight container and shake to mix.