making your own muesli

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is muesli basically porridge oats with dried fruit and nuts in? I'm probably a bit dense but i'm a bit confused by the recipes i've found.

Yes! It's that simple.

In older recipe books I've seen the original Bircher meusli described where the oats are soaked overnight and grated apple is added but I just do as you describe, plus sunflower and pumpkin seeds if i've got them.