Homemade muesli- YES!

[Reesha]

I've been swimming five days a week for the last month or so and I decided that muesli would be an optimal and quick breakfast to eat at 5 am before swimming. I made a visit to the bulk section of whole foods and when 'nuts'

Here's what I ended up putting in it my first time.
Plenty of:
Rolled oats
Rolled barley

Nuts and seeds:
Pepitas
sliced almonds
Chopped walnuts
Flax seeds

Fruits:
Dried currants
Raisins
Dried cranberries

I was hoping to find wheat flakes, but they didn't carry them in the store
Whole foods also sells a really delicious 2% milkfat buttermilk so I have that on my muesli because it's tart, creamy and high in protein!

Seriously, I think I will eat this for breakfast forever!

[shootingstar]

Sounds filling but nutritious. But perhaps that helps you best for swimming!

Am sticking to oatmeal, my lazier way of breakfast with abit of skim milk and fresh fruit in it or on the side. This morning is half of a fresh dragonfruit.

[Reesha]

I think of oatmeal as more work because it requires cooking... i love steel cut oats, but they take so long to cook!

The school I used to work at (a boarding school) served it for breakfast 3+ days a week. I miss it.

[OakLeaf]

Do you have trouble digesting the raw grains? I always thought raw grains were high in phytates and protease inhibitors and it was a bad idea to eat them. But Google doesn't really verify that and now I don't know whether it's true or not.

[malkin]

For steel cut, you can cook several days worth at a time and reheat what you want.

For rolled oats, no need to cook.

[malkin]

Hmm. I've been eating rolled oats raw for years, and I think I'm ok (generally).

In college I ate lots of rolled wheat and rolled rye, and my teeth got very sensitive, so I quit doing that.

[malkin]

This place says that in before rolling, oats are steamed to make them soft, so rolled oats aren't really raw. That makes sense.

http://www.karenskitchen.com/a/recipe_oat.htm

[Reesha]

I haven't had a problem digesting rolled oats or other raw whole grains-- before I was making my own muesli I ate Dorset Cereals muesli fairly regularly.

In fact-- it's been working really well as a pre-work out meal.

[solobiker]

I think of oatmeal as more work because it requires cooking... i love steel cut oats, but they take so long to cook!

The school I used to work at (a boarding school) served it for breakfast 3+ days a week. I miss it.

I don't remember who posted about steel cut oats before, but I remember her saying she would put hers in a thermos with hot water at night and when she woke up in the morning it would be done. I have not tried this so I don't know how well it works. I usually will make it on the weekends. Yummm

[Shara]

I think you can cook steel cut oats in the crock pot overnight and wake up to ready oats. I have IBS though and like rolled oats.

[Reesha]

eh. ultimately, muesli tastes better plus there's more of a balance of macronutrients than plain steel cut outs.

[malkin]

You can also cook steel cut oats in a smarty-pants rice cooker. I did it a few times, and it was ok, but why?

[OakLeaf]

You can also cook steel cut oats in a smarty-pants rice cooker. I did it a few times, and it was ok, but why?

"Why" would be so you can have hot oats for breakfast without having to spend a half hour cooking them in the morning (or taking pre-cooked oats out of the fridge and nuculating them, which is the only way I ever get them). Rice cooker is actually a great idea. But, does it foam up and get the lid all gross and hard to clean?

[shootingstar]

"Why" would be so you can have hot oats for breakfast without having to spend a half hour cooking them in the morning (or taking pre-cooked oats out of the fridge and nuculating them, which is the only way I ever get them). Rice cooker is actually a great idea. But, does it foam up and get the lid all gross and hard to clean?

We use the dishwasher ..but if I needed to quickly wash it, normally don't have a problem washing the cooker lid by hand.

I don't eat much oatmeal for breakfast daily..so could not justify using a rice cooker. However rice cooker sounds like a great tip for larger volumes...

[OakLeaf]

On my rice cooker, if it foams up too much, the foam will go right up through the hole in the inner lid and gunk up the non-detachable outer lid. The way the vent is designed, it's a huge PITA to clean.