Apple and Banana Bircher Muesli

By karenluvslife

Ingredients

• Budget Bircher Mix:
• 2 apples - preferably organic
• 2 bananas
• 1 1/2 cups Budget Bircher Mix - recipe below
• 1/2 - 1 cup coconut or nut milk
• Squirt of raw honey, rice syrup or maple syrup
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon - optional as there is some in the bircher mix
• Makes: 1 large jar or 11-12 cups
• Ingredients:
• 2 cup rolled oats
• 2 cup pitted dates
• 1 cup dried organic coconut
• 1 cup sultanas
• 1 cup almonds - preferably active but not essential
• 1 cup walnuts - preferably active but not essential
• 1 cup each sunflower seeds and pepitas (pumpkin seeds kernels)
• 1/2 to 1 cup protein powder (I used this vanilla pea protein powder)
• 1/3 cup each of flax seeds and chia - ground
• 2 tbs ground cinnamon

Details

Servings 2
Adapted from karenluvslife.blogspot.com.au

Preparation

Step 1

Makes: approx 2 bowls

1 1/2 cups Budget Bircher Mix - recipe below

1 tsp ground cinnamon - optional as there is some in the bircher mix

Great the apples and peeled bananas into a mixing bowl then add the rest of the ingredients and stir to combine then turn into a serving bowls and enjoy.

Add some of the mix to a sealed container and take to work or school/uni/gym for a morning or post workout snack, the protein in it will keep you nourished and satisfied.

Budget Bircher Mix:

Makes: 1 large jar or 11-12 cups

Add the oats and dates to a blender or food processor and blend until coarse and evenly chopped up then tip into a large mixing bowl. You can keep going until the mix is quite fine or just leave them fairly coarse, it's up to you. Tip the mix into a large mixing bowl.

Add the almonds to the same blender/food processor and give them a quick pulse to chop them up, then add them to the oats/date mixture

Do the same with the walnuts, sunflower seeds and pepitas making sure you do them in small batches so that they blend evenly.

If your chia and flax is not ground add them to a blender (not a food processor) and blend until you get fine meal then add it to the mixing bowl with the rest of the mix.

Throw in the protein powder, coconut and cinnamon then stir it all together until all of the ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the mix.

Spoon the mixture into a large jar or clip lock bags if that will work better for you as you will need to store it in the fridge or freezer to protect the freshness of the ground nuts and seeds.

Blending the dates with the oats will stop the dates from getting all sticky, you'll find that they blend really well and will turn into a type of date sugar that lends a lovely sweetness to the mix.

Adding too much to the blender can cause the bottom to get over mixed and gooey and the top staying course and sometimes not blending at all. If you are using a food processor then you should be able to do much bigger batches as the large shallow bowl allows the mix the turn over evenly.