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| Muesli Madness: 'Crunch', Toasted Oaty Breakfast & Goey Cada Bircher |
If you know me at all, you will know that I have a little love for apple crumble. What you may not know is that I often eat the left overs for breakfast on porridge. This is good for a treat, but I wanted to come up with a breakfast topping that would avenge my crumble topping love, whilst fitting into the healthy breakfast category, featuring wholegrains, nuts and sugar free. Basically, a crumble topping, without the sugar and butter, so it could be eaten everyday!
This is how an apple crumble love, turned into jars of breakfast crumble muesli: crunchy, gooey, and toasted. (These recipes have been inspired and tweaked from the originals courtesy of my Naturopathic Uni Lectures, Emma from Aisfoavocado@blogspot.com and Catie from wholefoodproject.com).
1. Seed Breakfast or 'Crunch' Breakfast Topping
1 handful each of: Buckwheat, almonds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, cranberries and currents. Blend for 30seconds in a food processor. Store in a jar in the fridge for a few weeks.
A great way to start your day because: This recipe is based on the traditional naturopathic seed breakfast. It is gluten free and full of wholegrains, nuts and seeds, so is top quality fibre and sure to cure most cases of constipation if eaten with some grated apple and yogurt. The nuts and buckwheat are sources of slow release protein to keep your energy sustained through the morning. It is 100% wholefood and therefore 100% satisfying. Because you ground the nuts and seeds yourself, it will taste much fresher than commercial shop bought LSA and retains all the healthy oils.
Change
it around: if you have a nut allergy let seeds
replace the nuts (pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds work well. Ground it up
to a fine nut meal if you want to serve it to smaller children and worry about
choking or have a bowel condition where you need to avoid chunky nuts.
Serve
it up with: dried fruit, stewed fruits, yogurt or
on top of porridge. Take it to work for a snack and of course combine with a
little brown sugar and butter for a crunchy apple crumble topping.
2. Gooey
Cada Bircher Muesli
Combine
the following in a blender until it is the consistency of shredded coconut
Coconut: 1 handful
Apple: 1 green apple
Dates: 3 whole fresh dates (seeds removed and roughly chopped)
Almonds: 1 handful
Keeps in the fridge for 1 week
A
great way to start your day because: It is soft and
easy to digest. The
small amount of protein from the almonds will keep you focused and clear headed
for the morning and the pectin from the fresh green apple is a gentle
detoxifier and protects the bowel.
Change
it around: If you exercise in the morning you will need to add in some oats, to replenish your carbohydrate stores. Oats are a great addition if you need to lower your cholesterol. Make it more filling by topping it up with the crunchy breakfast
topping.
Serve
it up with: Berries or yogurt or as Emma does, a little drizzle of rosewater
3. Toasted
Oaty breakfast
Oats
Buckwheat
Sesame seeds
Crunchy breakfast topping
Blackstrap molasses
Ricebran oil
Spread oats out evenly onto a baking tray.
Then a layer of buckwheat, sesame seeds and breakfast topping. Drizzle on a
tablespoon of molasses and a tablespoon of oil. Mix through and then place in
the oven (150) for about 10minutes. Remove and mix well. Let cool and serve.
A
great way to start your day because: Molasses is a
sugar that is full of minerals (magnesium, calcium and Bs) for morning energy.
The combination
of wholegrains and seeds will keep your energy levels up and remove toxins that
can make you feel sluggish. And the best bit: there is just enough sweetness to
keep those sugar cereal addicts out of trouble.
Change
it around: use honey as the sweetener and add some
cinnamon or vanilla if you want a new flavor.
Serve
it up with: Inca berries and dried cranberries.
Looking forward to having breakfast with you soon. xox
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