Bircher-ish museli

[maharetr]

In Australia, we’re moving solidly into summer now (forecast to be 30C today!) so I’ve had my first Bircher (ish) muesli of the season and it occurred to me that someone might be interested. Possibly not many people in the northern hemisphere, but hey, next year, right? Watch me see if I can create seasonal tags!

So, what I did last night:

½ cup of rolled oats
¼ cup of water in a bowl, covered overnight in the fridge. (other recipes I’ve seen say you can do this for an hour, but really, who gets up that early? :P)

In the morning I mixed in:
½ a cup of yoghurt (I use natural pot set, because I can afford it, and it’s pretty common here. You could use whatever you fancied)
½ a grated apple (I’m a Granny Smith girl)
And topped with whatever fruit I had to hand. This morning it was strawberries, but I’ve used dried fruit to great success, too. I seem to remember the original recipe I had mentioned chopped nuts, but I’ve never quite been that organised; also, an amount of honey, but with the apple, I found it sweet enough without it. YMMV ;)

Comments

[libitina]

I make this all the time. If I only have 5 minutes for breakfast, I just dump this all in a travel container, and then it's soft enough by the time I've gotten to work, checked my email, and refreshed my friendslist.

The hardest part about it in the US is finding old fashioned oats, instead of quick versions.