How to Make Muesli

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Eating a healthy breakfast is very important to give you the best possible start into a busy day. If you want to increase your fibre intake at the same time, muesli is the perfect breakfast food for you. You can easily make your own and skip all the unwanted additives in pre-packaged mueslis or breakfast cereals.

Ingredients

• Oats
  
• Dried fruit, to taste
  
• Nuts, whole or chopped, to taste
  
• Chocolate chips, to taste
  
• Mini-marshmallows, to taste
  
• Milk
  
• Yogurt
  
• Fresh fruit, if desired
  

Steps

1. Decide on the type of muesli you want to create. It can be a typical raisin-nut muesli, a chocolate muesli, a tropical muesli.. there are so many choices!
   
2. Write a shopping list of your ingredients. This will definitely include oats, the base of all mueslis. Depending on what kind of muesli you decided on in Step 1, the other ingredients may include different types of nuts, raisins, dried cranberries, coconut flakes, dried pineapple, dried bananas, bran flakes, mini marshmallows, etc.
   
3. Buy your ingredients. If you choose to, buy organic foods and/or unsulphured dried fruits. You may get a better taste. Remember, though, that organic foods are more perishable, so only buy as much of them as you'll use up in a short period of time.
   
4. Clean and set up a large airtight container. This may be a plastic box, an extra large resealable freezer bag, or a glass jar (make sure it closes tightly).
   
5. Add your muesli ingredients to the jar. Add as much of every ingredient as you prefer. The largest part should consist of oats. They fill you up quickly and dried fruit is high in calories, so try to find a healthy balance.
   
6. Mix well. A good method is to leave some space at the top of your container, then close it tightly and slowly turn it upside down. Turn it right side up again and repeat until well mixed.
   
7. Store your muesli in the airtight container and make sure it is closed tightly when you're done using it. If you aren't diligent about this, you might find bugs in your muesli one morning, as it presents a perfect environment for insects to breed in.
   
8. Enjoy your homemade muesli! You can add milk to it or enjoy it with some yoghurt and fresh fruit (prepare those separately).
   

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Tips

• If you like variety, use smaller containers and make a bit of chocolate muesli in one, some dried-berry muesli in the next, etc.
  

Warnings

• Don't add sticky foods or fresh fruit to your mix. They typically contain a lot of water, which makes them mould very quickly.
  

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