Healthy Raw Muesli

First, a little history lesson for those of you who've never heard of Muesli, which is pronounced properly as 'mju:zli.

Oh, that was a big help, wasn't it?

Anyway, natural health physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner created Muesli for patients in his Swiss healing clinic around 1900.

A major part of Bircher-Benner's therapy involved the use of a diet featuring plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. His healing diet was inspired by something he'd been served while hiking in the Alps, a food he called a "strange dish.

If you're old enough, you may remember when the cereal giants discovered Muesli in the 1960's and first started advertising their highly processed knock-off versions of the real thing.

Well, serious performers in the natural health circus make their own Muesli, and now I'm going to tell you exactly how to do it...

Healthy Raw Muesli

You're allowed to experiment with different ingredients for variety. Below you'll find a good basic recipe to work with.

1 cup organic rolled oats
1/2 cup organic rolled spelt
1/2 cup organic rolled triticale
1/2 cup organic rolled kamut or barley
1/4 cup chopped organic dates
1/4 cup organic raisins, currants, cherries, goji berries, or cranberries
1 dried organic apricot or pear, chopped (roll in oat flour to prevent stickiness)
1/4 cup raw, whole, organic unblanched almonds
1/4 cup raw organic cashews
8-10 organic raw filberts
4 organic raw pecans

In a blender or spice/nut grinder, grind filberts and pecans into coarse crumbs or powder, depending on preference. Combine all ingredients in an airtight container. For each serving, place a heaping 1/3 cup in a bowl and top with your favorite healthy liquid (nut milk, raw milk, juice, etc.)

You're not going to find a muesli or breakfast cereal at the supermarket that could touch this recipe with a thirty-foot pole, believe me.

In fact, you could sell this stuff at flea markets and probably earn a nice little supplemental income.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Chet "Muesli" Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com/blog