The Swiss Call it "Muesli"

I first heard of muesli when I was a BYU student and my roommate from Austria, Michaela, would make it for breakfast. She would soak oatmeal overnight in the fridge in a bowl with milk and then in the morning, add raisins, nuts, yogurt and chopped apple and cinnamon to it. And then eat it. No cooking needed. The overnight soaking made the oats quite soft and palatable. As you can imagine, there can be many variations on this theme....so "go European" sometime this week and prepare some muesli!!!

The picture above and the text (including a variation of muesli made with orange juice) below is from the following site:

http://www.wpr.org/Zorba/resource_muesli.htm

"As promised, here is the favorite "Muesli" recipe from Winona in South Carolina.

Many Europeans soak raw oatmeal and fruit overnight in milk or yogurt. The soaking softens it, no cooking is needed, and it is usually eaten cold. The Swiss call it "muesli", and it is very healthy and easy to prepare. There are many different ways of preparing it, but this is my favorite.

1/2 cup dry old-fashioned (slow cook) oatmeal
1 T flaxmeal or toasted wheatgerm
1 T frozen orange juice concentrate
2/3 to 3/4 c water
2 T craisins
2 T raisins
sprinkle of salt, if desired
6 oz lite yogurt
1 to 2 T chopped walnuts or toasted almonds

To prepare, combine everything but the yogurt and nuts in a bowl with a lid and refrigerate overnight. Before eating, stir in the yogurt and top with nuts. This can easily be prepared at home and taken to work for breakfast.

You can vary the dried fruits that are used, or use a little less water and use fresh fruit instead."