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    Swiss Bircher Muesli

    Published: Dec 28, 2017 · Modified: Dec 20, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Helene Dsouza
    Homemade bircher muesli is a healthy and delicious breakfast idea. It's game changer as it's filling, super nutritious includes fresh ingredients and you can prepare it the night before so that the oats get soft and the muesli turns out more flavorful.
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    1 -2 bowls
    5 from 10 votes
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    Life-changing Bircher Muesli - Healthy Overnight oats [Swiss Recipe] with fresh fruits, oats, honey, nut etc. Makes a great after workout breakfast www.MasalaHerb.com #overnightoats #muesli #nutritious #masalaherb

    Bircher Muesli was a life-changer breakfast for me!

    I was lucky to learn about Bircher Muesli as a child as it was a common breakfast or afternoon meal even at school.

    These Healthy overnight oats pack a punch of nutritious ingredients, including fresh fruits and honey!

    Life-changing Bircher Muesli - Healthy Overnight oats [Swiss Recipe] with fresh fruits, oats, honey, nut etc. Makes a great after workout breakfast www.MasalaHerb.com #overnightoats #muesli #nutritious #masalaherb
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    • 📕 What is Muesli/Müsli?
    • 📜 What is Bircher Muesli made of today?
    • 👁️ More nutritious breakfast ideas! 🍌
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    How do you make Bircher Muesli?

    It's actually easier then you can imagine, but first let me explain why you might want to make Bircher Muesli for breakfast from now on!

    I have been a bit lazy in preparing breakfast in the last months but I started a new training called Tabata training.

    I got to know about this High-intensity training (HIIT) by coming across one of Michelle Vo's Youtube clips.

    Basically, it goes into the cross-fit direction just that you don't have to lift weights.

    Not that I don't mind lifting weights, after all, we have a Gym, but I have been completely absorbed, creating the best content for you here on my blog that I started to miss out on my training.

    This is of course not good!

    So, this is how I started to follow a daily Tabata training routine.

    It's quite simple, you work out to the fullest in less than 12 minutes with intervals by following 4 specified exercises and every day you focus on another body part.

    It's a mighty time saver!

    It's been perfect for me and after each workout, I get really hungry and that's when I need my Bircher Muesli!

    📕 What is Muesli/Müsli?

    Muesli is a breakfast bowl which includes healthy grains.

    Oatmeal is a main ingredient and other dry ingredients are mixed into the oats such as nuts, dried fruits, and seeds.

    You also add milk or yogurt and fresh fruits to a Muesli and let the mixture set, preferably overnight for the best taste experience.

    Müsli can be compared to Granola but the latter is baked while Muesli is the original overnight oats, popularized by his inventor, the nutritionist Dr. Bircher-Benner from Switzerland.

    He had turned the Müsli a main breakfast item in his hospital in Switzerland in the early 1900.

    I find Dr. Bircher-Benner rather interesting as he was one of the first to revolutionize our food habits.

    He suffered from jaundice and apparently got cured by eating raw apples and that is how he developed, as a food scientist, a mixture of ingredients with apples, oats, nuts, honey, yogurt, and lemon juice.

    This was his original Muesli recipe, hence the name Bircher Muesli!

    He was maybe one of the first Vegetarians of his time in Europe in the public eye!

    Life-changing Bircher Muesli - Healthy Overnight oats [Swiss Recipe] with fresh fruits, oats, honey, nut etc. Makes a great after workout breakfast www.MasalaHerb.com #overnightoats #muesli #nutritious #masalaherb

    📜 What is Bircher Muesli made of today?

    A homemade Bircher muesli is very swiss and it includes different ingredients and its preparation differs as well.

    So, in that case, you can add new kinds of ingredients too, which were less or even unknown to the Dr. back then, such as Chia and Flax seeds.

    My mum would soak the oats in milk the previous night and the next morning she would add the grated apple, lemon juice, yogurt, honey, raisins, fruits etc.

    Because the Bircher Museli soaks overnight you save time the next day in completing your breakfast.

    So, while you can follow the original Bircher Muesli recipe, as I did further below, you can also experiment with different grains, dried fruit, lactose-free milk, nuts, and seeds.

    In fact, you could also use stevia instead of honey if you prefer.

    Of course, you are free to pick your fresh fruits too!

    Add some more flavors with a blend of oatmeal spices.

    What matters the most is that the oats soak up the flavors of the other ingredients and the Bircher Muesli turns out moist and very flavorful as it has been sitting in the fridge overnight.

    Bircher Museli is a life-changer for all those who want to eat a healthier breakfast which is full of flavors and very nutritious at the same time.

    A bowl full of Bircher Muesli gives you energy and helps you to master your daily morning routine!

    👁️ More nutritious breakfast ideas! 🍌

    • Carrot Apple Ginger Juice
    • Pomelo fruit bowl smoothie
    • Beet Apple Carrot Juice
    Life-changing Bircher Muesli - Healthy Overnight oats [Swiss Recipe] with fresh fruits, oats, honey, nut etc. Makes a great after workout breakfast www.MasalaHerb.com #overnightoats #muesli #nutritious #masalaherb

    Dear Reader, where did you get to know about Bircher Muesli?

    Note: The Post, Bircher Muesli, was first published at masalaherb.com on the 3rd January 2014 and has been enhanced and updated ever since.

    Life-changing Bircher Muesli - Healthy Overnight oats [Swiss Recipe] with fresh fruits, oats, honey, nut etc. Makes a great after workout breakfast www.MasalaHerb.com #overnightoats #muesli #nutritious #masalaherb
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    Life-changing Bircher Muesli Recipe

    Homemade bircher muesli is a healthy and delicious breakfast idea. It's game changer as it's filling, super nutritious includes fresh ingredients and you can prepare it the night before so that the oats get soft and the muesli turns out more flavorful.
    5 from 10 votes
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    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: Swiss
    bircher muesli recipe, homemade bircher muesli
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 1 -2 bowls
    Calories: 425kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Instant Oats
    • ⅚ cup Milk
    • 4-6 Tablespoons Honey
    • 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
    • ½ large Apple grated
    • ½ Teaspoon Cinnamon ground
    • ⅓ cup Yogurt
    • a few Raisins optional
    • a few Almonds
    • Fresh Fruits *see Notes
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • The night before, place the oats and milk together in a container. Mix the content and place into the fridge.
      Homemade Bircher Muesli www.masalaherb.com
    • The next morning add the honey, lemon juice, grated apple, cinnamon powder, yogurt, raisins and almonds. Mix the whole content well.
      Homemade Bircher Muesli www.masalaherb.com
    • Cut your fruit into pieces, if it's not a small berry, and arrange on top of your bircher muesli.
    • Best enjoyed cooled.

    Notes

    1. Pick a fruit you like to add to your bircher muesli I added strawberries to mine but you can also add banana, blueberries, pears, peach whatever you like. Add as much as you like

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Life-changing Bircher Muesli Recipe
    Amount Per Serving (343 g)
    Calories 425 Calories from Fat 70
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 7.76g12%
    Saturated Fat 2.74g14%
    Trans Fat 0.078g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 4.4g
    Cholesterol 13mg4%
    Sodium 67mg3%
    Carbohydrates 97.53g33%
    Fiber 9.6g38%
    Sugar 62.84g70%
    Protein 12.95g26%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Comments

    1. Anu says

      January 02, 2018 at 10:48 am

      5 stars
      Have often seen Bircher Museli at hotels for breakfast and always wondered where that name came from. I was thinking more like is it a variety of one of the ingredients like oats. But thanks to your post, I know that it comes from someone's name. Interesting to know that Mr. Bircher was potentially the first vegetarian in Europe. Could we call him the father of vegetarianism in Europe that is fast getting vegan?

      Reply
    2. Chrisy says

      January 01, 2018 at 10:33 pm

      5 stars
      I've heard of Muesli but never realized what it was. Yours is the first recipe I'll try! Looks delish 😀

      Reply
    3. Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says

      January 01, 2018 at 2:43 am

      5 stars
      I would hear about Tabata training in my cycling class. The teacher was impressed with it. Now, this breakfast looks delicious. Just the thing I'm looking for in January.

      Reply
    4. Monica | Nourish & Fete says

      December 31, 2017 at 6:19 pm

      5 stars
      Muesli is one of my favorites - I don't know why I don't make it more often! Such a great breakfast to fuel you for a busy day!

      Reply
    5. Emily says

      December 31, 2017 at 5:05 pm

      5 stars
      I need to try this, it sounds wonderful especially after all the indulgence over the last few weeks.

      Reply
    6. Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says

      December 31, 2017 at 4:17 pm

      5 stars
      I love muesli - it is such a healthy and delicious breakfast. This bircher muesli looks super delicious!

      Reply
    7. Elizabeth says

      December 31, 2017 at 4:15 pm

      5 stars
      What a lovely sounding breakfast. It's a fascinating story behind the development of this breakfast too. Food really does have the power to heal.

      Reply
    8. Simi says

      December 29, 2017 at 2:10 am

      Great . This is my main breakfast dish in different flavors.

      Reply
    9. The Hungry Mum says

      January 09, 2014 at 1:15 pm

      Miss6 loves this! Will have to make a batch this weekend.

      Reply
    10. Christy says

      January 06, 2014 at 6:38 pm

      LOL, I am definitely a morning person, and breakfast is my favorite meal of the day! In fact I looked forward to the morning and breakfast being that first meal of the day. My breakfast choices are varied by the day, though there are those usual staples and I just love variety. Well, I don't prepare my own breakfasts although I do love breakfasts like these which are home-prepared or just the 'conventional' type - if you know what I mean.
      A delightful read and loved the visuals too - stunning and I am sure it tastes as great as it looks!
      Happy New Year to you and may the year bring you all the wonderful returns!~ 🙂

      Reply
    11. Ramona says

      January 06, 2014 at 5:32 pm

      5 stars
      Breakfast is the hardest meal of the day for me to plan... I do love all the fruit and nut you have here in this breakfast dish. I also like that most of it gets done overnight in the fridge. 🙂 Love the new feature of breakfast items... looking forward to it. Hope 2014 has been treating you well so far. Happy New Year!

      Reply
    12. Lail | With A Spin says

      January 06, 2014 at 4:43 pm

      Happy New Year, Helene. I wish I had time to make different breakfast every morning. I usually have some oatmeal or homemade granola. This muesli sounds easy enough to

      Reply
    13. Terra says

      January 06, 2014 at 8:27 am

      Since I travel a lot for my job, I am always looking for fun new quick breakfast ideas. I love that this recipe does not involve any cooking. This would be perfect, easy, and delicious! It sounds fabulous! Hugs, Terra

      Reply
    14. Coffee and Crumpets says

      January 06, 2014 at 1:46 am

      I'm like you, I am a morning person but not a breakfast person. I prefer salty foods to sweet and so enjoy croissants and toast and stuff. But like you said, you can't make those everyday, and like you I just don't have the patience to make fruit salad.
      I do like oats and this looks great! And you can get it ready the night before, I love it!

      Reply
    15. Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says

      January 06, 2014 at 12:37 am

      I need to start making breakfast like you because this is beautiful!

      Reply
    16. [email protected]'s Recipes says

      January 04, 2014 at 8:14 pm

      I can eat this every single day! I shall make a batch too.

      Reply
    17. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

      January 04, 2014 at 11:58 am

      5 stars
      I haven't had bircher muesli for years and I have no excuse because I love it. I should get on to healthy breakfasts too. Great idea, Helene!

      Reply
    18. Joanne T Ferguson says

      January 04, 2014 at 5:44 am

      G'day! What a healthy way to start the New Year Helene!
      May it be a good one for all!
      Cheers! Joanne

      Reply
    19. Lizzy (Good Things) says

      January 04, 2014 at 5:50 am

      5 stars
      Helene, happy new year to you my friend. I love bircher muesli and don't make it often enough! Your recipe has inspired me, thank you for sharing xox

      Reply
    20. Shashi @ http://runninsrilankan.com says

      January 03, 2014 at 9:34 pm

      I am so boring compared to you - I eat almost the same thing every morn! I love your variety in breakfasts! Happy New Year Helene!

      Reply
    21. [email protected] Riffs says

      January 03, 2014 at 11:32 pm

      My usual breakfast is fruit and a hard-boiled egg. This looks totally wonderful, though, and I should give it a try. Thanks!

      Reply
    22. Rosa says

      January 03, 2014 at 7:42 pm

      A speciality I love. So healthy and delicious.

      Cheers,

      Rosa

      Reply

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