26th March 2007

Macadamia Muesli

I keep seeing all these lovely, exotic mueslis in the shops and they cost a small fortune.  It is so easy to make your own muesli, with all the bits and pieces you like.  I don't add dried fruit to mine as I eat the muesli with fruit anyway.  I also drizzle honey over it, so I don't like the muesli made too sweet.  Play around with the recipe to suit your own taste.  If you are adding dried fruit, do it after you toast the muesli in the oven.

1kg thick milled organic rolled oats
100g macadamia nuts, chopped
100g sunflower seeds
100g pumpkin seeds
50g linseed

Preheat oven to 170C.  Mix all the dry ingredients and spread on baking trays (you might need 2 or 3) so that the muesli is no more than 1 inch thick.

Bake muesli, stirring every 10 minutes.  The nuts have a high oil contents so you have to watch they don't burn.  After 30 minutes, when there is light colour on the muesli, turn the oven off and leave the trays in there overnight, or until cool.  Transfer to an airtight container.

Serve with greek yoghurt, honey and fruit.