MUESLI!!! DO you make your own??

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Do you make your own muesli?

In the supermarket today I could not find anything satisfactory. Either too many carbohydrates (fruit pieces) or too much fat , so I decided to make my own.

Bought a basic cereal pack (oats, wheet), bought nuts and seeds and a box of raisins, and added some corn flakes for sweetening it up a little. Was great.

Does anyone else make their own muesli? Any tips?

Nah.

Dorset Cereals, lovely stuff.

hmmmm Dorset. I am in Norway. I can EMBRACE the entire cereal shelf without even stretching my arms out properly! It is a question of 3 boxes left, 4 shelves going down, equals 12 varieties (mostly childrens).

I've just started making my own.
Rolled oats, sunflower seeds, sultanas, diced pineapple, sesame seeds, a bit of wheatgerm and thats it. I don't put cornflakes in it as I like it just as it is, the pineapple and sultanas make it really sweet. With full cream milk, a bowl of that keeps me going till luchtime.

My main tip is to hide it from the kids

A friend of mine toasts all the oats first by stirring them round in a frying pan...

Oh, I just couldn't think of anything else off the top of my head.

Really it's nasty, nasty stuff.

I do like whole almonds in my muesli, and they have the good oils, don't they?

dried pineapple is a very good idea, sesame seeds too. I shall have a proper look at the dried fruit section (hopefully it exists, lol) and see what I can find. dessicated coconut?

I might have a go at homemade, the other stuff is very pricey.

I do like a bit of crunch, I think I'd need to toast it.

I don't make my own, we order it from this fab company, my muesli.com

I don't think that they ship to Norway, but perhaps the website can give you some ideas.

It is more than 8 years since the last time I said this sentence:

"Bloody hell I wish I could read German"

lol, just looked it up. They do not (yet) ship to Norway but they are a young company so there is still hope of them expanding.

You choose our basic mix (müsli mixen) then add goodies (müsli verfeinern) Have a look at the müsli verfeinern bit, that is where the extra ingredients are.

When I am feeling flush I might put some nuts in as well!

I have seen the Dorset Cereals one, then I saw the price and put it straight back on the shelf!

You can chop up any dried fruit, dates are really sweet, but I don't like banana chips, and any kind of coconut just seems to stay in my mouth forever.

Don't remember muesli or cereal being on offer at all when I was on hols in Norway. Just a mahoosive smorgasbord thingy every day - which I would prefer over muesli every time if I lived there!

at Kinders basic crash course in 'German for muesli ingredients websites'.
Like I can just choose a few ingredients from the musli verfeinern bit....

Yes, I can totally see the difference between Amaranthflocken and Amaranth-Pops!

I even know what to call it in the shop, too!

err, no I dont.

SOrry, I know it was very helpful, thanks, but PMSL!

Lol, it is dead simple. Amaranth flocken are flakes and pops are like rice crispies

What is Amaranth in English then?

I dont know! I dont know what is on that picture! looks like .... hmmm wheat? Maybe?

I think that it is old grain (not mouldy-old, one that is not farmed much any more) similar to millet. The shop I used to work in sold eyepillows with Amaranth filling. They were supposed to cool and soothe your eyes.

Not sure if I would want it in my müsli though

No, I think I would stay away from pillow-content in my muesli. I think I should investigate dried fruits further.

Double pmsl here!

Well if you don't know what it is in English then we've got no farking chance of knowing what we might be buying!

I'll stick with my Suma order at the health food shop.

I used to make it and add plain yogurt instead of milk...yum!

Several species are raised for amaranth grain in Asia and the Americas. Ancient amaranth grains still used to this day include the 3 species, Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus cruentus, and Amaranthus hypochondriacus.

Although amaranth was (and still is) cultivated on a small-scale in parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, India, and Nepal, there is potential for further cultivation in the U.S and tropical countries and is often referred to as "the crop of the future."

It has been proposed as an inexpensive native crop that could be cultivated by indigenous people in rural areas for several reasons: 1) easily harvested, 2) produces a lot of fruits (and thus seeds) which are used as grain, 3) highly tolerant of arid environments which are typical of most subtropical and some tropical regions, and 4) large amounts of protein and essential amino acids, such as lysine.

Due to its weedy life history, amaranth grains grow very rapidly and their large seedheads can weigh up to 1 kilogram and contain a half-million seeds.

Amaranthus species are reported to have a 30% higher protein value than other cereals, such as rice, wheat flour, oats and rye

According to Wiki

There. German for beginners with a biology lesson thrown in too.

Plain youghurt is nice. With a little honey. Add chopped bananas and strawberries and we are talking!

Flibberty
come on. Live dangerously, order Amaranth

I still dont know what Amaranthus is. If it was Agapanthus, I would know, or Amaryllis, yes. But Amaranthus? I am flummoxed. Decidedly. I need to learn my grains better. My ExBil has a phd in grains....

Link to Suma website here, says they can export outside the UK by special arrangment and ITS ALL IN ENGLISH. And not a mention of Amaranth anywhere

PIGWEED! It is called pigweed in English.

Yes, live dangerouslyl. Eat pigweed. Or chopped sandal grit.

I cant keep a straight face and say that.