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       Volume I - January 23, 2009

Eat Raw Muesli for Health and Energy
by Alice Osborne

Information Courtesy Chet Day, Healthy and Beyond Weekly

What a healthy and pleasant way to bust the sugar blues—MUESLI! First, a little history lesson for those of you who've never heard of Muesli, which is pronounced properly as 'mju:zli. (Oh, that was a big help, wasn't it?) Anyway, natural health physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner created Muesli for patients in his Swiss healing clinic around 1900.

A major part of Bircher-Benner's therapy involved the use of a diet featuring plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. His healing diet was inspired by something he'd been served while hiking in the Alps, a food he called a "strange dish."

If you're old enough, you may remember when the cereal giants discovered Muesli in the 1960's and first started advertising their highly processed knock-off versions of the real thing. Well, serious performers in the natural health circus make their own Muesli, and we want to tell you exactly how to do it:

Healthy Raw Muesli
Go ahead and experiment with different ingredients for variety, but here's a good basic recipe to start with

1 cup organic rolled oats
1/2 cup organic rolled spelt
1/2 cup organic rolled triticale
1/2 cup organic rolled kamut or barley
1/4 cup chopped organic dates
1/4 cup organic raisins, currants, cherries, Goji
berries, or cranberries
1 dried organic apricot or pear, chopped (roll in oat
flour to prevent stickiness)
1/4 cup raw, whole, organic unblanched almonds
1/4 cup raw organic cashews
8-10 organic raw filberts
4 organic raw pecans

In a blender or spice/nut grinder, grind filberts and pecans into coarse crumbs or powder, depending on preference. Combine all ingredients in an airtight container. For each serving, place a heaping 1/3 cup in a bowl and top with your favorite healthy liquid (nut milk, raw milk, juice, etc.)

You're not going to find a muesli or breakfast cereal at the supermarket that could touch this recipe with a thirty-foot pole. In fact, you could sell this stuff at flea markets and probably earn a nice little supplemental income!

        
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Four Grain Muesli

1 cup medium or thick rolled oats/oat flakes
1 cup rolled rye flakes
1 cup rolled triticale
1 cup rolled wheat flakes
1/2 cup dried dates
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, pecans or sliced/slivered almonds
1/4 cup whole flaxseeds or flaxseed meal
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/3 cup raisins

Mix the ingredients together in a large bowl. Transfer to an airtight container. If storing for longer periods, consider keeping the cereal in the freezer or refrigerator. Hot Muesli Instructions: Add 1/2 cup Muesli to 1/2 cup water, milk or soy milk and bring to a boil. Simmer for 3-5 minutes. You can also microwave Muesli in a large bowl on high for 3-5 minutes, stirring once halfway through. Makes two servings.
Cold Muesli Instructions: Soak 1/4 cup Muesli in 1/2 cup yogurt, milk, soy milk or fruit juice for 5-10 minutes, or soak overnight. Makes 1 serving.

        
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Other Potential Muesli Ingredients:
Muesli is an extremely versatile cereal, and there really is no right or wrong way to make it. The above recipes are simply suggestions to get you started. Play around with other ingredients:

  • Coconut
  • Apple
  • Dried Apple Chips
  • Fresh or frozen sliced peaches
  • Apricots - dried or fresh
  • Pineapple
  • Fresh Banana
  • Dried Banana Chips
  • Dried dates
  • Dried figs
  • Prunes (dried plums)
  • Orange or grapefruit slices or quarters
  • Karob or dark chocolate chips (go easy)
  • Almonds
  • Walnuts
  • Pecans
  • Filbers (Hazelnuts)
  • Macadamia Nuts
  • Brazil Nuts
  • Pistachios
  • Raw pumpkin seeds
  • Unsalted soy nuts
  • Sunflower Seeds
  • Flaxseeds or flax meal
  • Wheat germ
  • Oat bran
  • Cherries - Dried, fresh or frozen
  • Fresh melon balls or slices
  • Raspberries - fresh or frozen
  • Blackberries - fresh or frozen
  • Raisins
  • Currants
  • Dried or fresh mango












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