Homemade Muesli Recipe

For a delicious and healthy breakfast option try this homemade muesli recipe. This tasty cereal idea is full of nuts, seeds and oats as well as toasted coconut and dried fruit. This muesli recipe is easy to customize to your own tastes and great to have on hand for healthy breakfast or snack.

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My family lived in England for a year for my husband’s work and this is where I learned about muesli cereal. It’s not as easy to find here in the USA but they had all kinds of flavors in the UK and I just loved it.

So recently I was having a craving for it and came up with this homemade muesli recipe. It’s full of healthy ingredients from nuts and seeds to coconut, old fashioned oats and dried fruit. The combination of flavors is crunchy, sweet, filling and full of healthy nutrients. I like to eat it with almond milk for breakfast or over yogurt for a healthy snack. 

I think you will love this flavor combination and remember you can make it to your own tastes by varying some of the ingredients. Muesli is an easy and healthy breakfast or snack and great to have on hand.

Recipe ingredients and substitutions.

I used a lot of ingredients in this muesli mix so you can play around with different combination if you don’t like or don’t have any of the ingredients. Do let that stop you from trying it. And if you want I have the ingredients listed in my Amazon storefront and have found many of the products at Aldi.

• Almond slices and pecans – I like these two nuts because they are very crunchy and they are low carb and high protein as must nuts are. I like the sliced almonds as they are easier to chew. Other nuts to try are walnuts, hazel nuts, macadamias, pistachios, cashews et.
• pumpkin seeds and hemp seeds – These two seeds are packed with nutrition. They are high in protein and fiber. I use raw pumpkin seeds but if you find toasted just add them at the end and don’t toast them in the recipe. I just happened to have hemp hearts on hand but other options are sunflower seeds, chia seeds, ground flaxseeds etc.
• dried coconut, dried apricots, cranberries and brown sugar sweetener – I chose these ingredients as my sweet flavorings. You can use other dried fruit but this is what I had on hand. Try dried blueberries, cherries, yellow raisins or regular raisins, mangos, banana chips, dried ginger bits etc. The coconut is unsweetened and has crunch and flavor when toasted. You can use coconut flakes or shredded coconut. And I like to keep the sugar content down to is used Swerve brown sugar sweetener but you can use regular brown sugar, white sugar, cane sugar or coconut sugar.
• wheat bran and whole rolled oats – I actually bought the wheat bran because I wanted the fiber. But if you don’t have it you can skip it. You can try some ground flaxseed instead if you want. I used whole rolled oats but you can use quick oats if that is all you have in your pantry. And for gluten free muesli make sure to buy gluten free oats.
• cinnamon and salt – I used these spices to add a bit more flavor.

How to make this homemade muesli recipe.

Step 1: Get out a large skillet and heat to medium heat. Add in the almond slices, chopped pecans, raw pumpkin seed, wheat bran, coconut and raw oats.

Stir and keep on an eye on this mixture as you want to toast them but not burn them. They will become fragrant and you will notice the nuts or seeds will brown a little. Once you notice this take it off the heat and let cool a few minutes.

Note you can toast the ingredients by putting them on a baking sheet or baking tray and place it in the oven but I felt it was much quicker and easier to do this in a skillet on the stove.

Step 2: Add the toasted ingredients to a large bowl and add in the rest of the ingredients. Mix well and then store the muesli mix in an airtight container.

Make sure to chop the dried fruit into small pieces.

That is all there is to it. You can taste it and if you want it a bit sweeter you can either add more sugar or just add honey or maple syrup on top when you are eating it.

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Ways to use homemade muesli.

I think most people eat this with milk as a breakfast cereal. It doesn’t matter what kind of milk you use. I like to to use almond milk as it’s low in carbs. \

However I particularly like to eat this over Greek yogurt and then drizzle this keto honey on top. You get a good combination of protein and carbs for this snack or even breakfast.

Some days I just eat it as a breakfast cereal but I have also mixed it my  protein ice cream. I think it would be good in whipped cottage cheese for a protein packed snack. I have even made cookies with this mix and will post that soon.

More healthy breakfast recipes and ideas.

I have lots of healthy breakfast recipes on this site. Most are low carb but I have others that you might enjoy. Here are few of my favorites.

• cottage cheese blueberry muffins (keto, gluten free)
• coffee chia protein pudding
• gluten free spinach cheese waffles
• brussel sprouts and sausage hash
• one minute microwave pumpkin mug muffin
• cookie dough protein overnight oats
• blueberry or banana bread baked oatmeal cups

This homemade muesli recipe is crunchy, filling, nutritious and a bit sweet and something I just crave some times. It’s a very simple breakfast recipe but delicious and I hope you give it a try. It’s especially good with yogurt and a drizzle of honey on top.

Please let me know if you come up with any favorite flavor combinations by dropping a comment below. And remember I have the ingredients listed in my Amazon storefront but you can find many of the products at Aldi.Enjoy!

The nutrtitional information for ¼ cup serving of this muesli mix using sweetener is 113 calories / 6.2g fat / 11.2g carbs / 2.8g fiber / 3.7g protein = 8.4g net carbs