Fancy pants Home Made Muesli

I went out for a breakfast meeting which served some simple but elegant food. The menu had some finger sandwiches, gluten-free bacon, spinach and egg crustless pies baked in muffin pans and a delicious crunchy muesli, served with fresh fruit, greek yogurt and a berry coulis served in small transparent containers.

I loved that muesli and reached out for a packet of toasted muesli in the supermarket which had a price tag of $20+ for a less than 500 g pack of tropical handmade muesli.

I thought it was highway robbery so decided to make my own.

That evening, I checked my recipe note book, a well thumbed, falling apart, book of yellowing hand written notes and found a recipe I had jotted down many years ago. The source is unknown but it looked pretty nice so I made a batch which we had for breakfast the next day.

Here is the recipe:

400 g wholegrain oats
about 100 g nuts (a  mix of almonds, cashews, hazelnuts - whatever that you have)
100 gms of dried fruit (I used apricot, dates, papaya and pineapple)
100 gms mixed seeds (mix of sunflower, pepitas (pumpkin), sesame and chia)
100 ml water
100 ml of coconut or flax seed oil
half a teaspoon of vanilla


Heat the oven to 180 centigrade. Line a shallow baking tray with baking paper.

Mix the dry ingredients except the fruit  in a large bowl and the oil, water and vanilla in a jug.

Combine the wet and dry ingredient and mix well.  Spread on the lined baking tray and back for 10 mts. Mix every 5 mts and bake for another 15 -20 mts until crisp and slightly golden. Mix in the dried fruit and bake for a little bit more. Cool and store in an airtight container

Serve 40-50 g with a dollop of Greek yogurt and a drizzling of berry compote/coulis or fresh berries and with some fresh or canned fruit for breakfast