Make breakfast count! Start your day with this delicious bowl of high fibre oats, seeds and nuts, topped with calcium-rich yoghurt.
- B Breakfast
- VG Vegetarian
- GUT Gut-healthy
- Prep time 10 mins
- Serves 8
- Difficulty easy
Method
- Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for use.
- When serving, add dried fruit or seasonal fresh fruit as desired. Serve with milk (or almond or soy milk) and yoghurt.
Variations
For perimenopausal women: Add 2 dessertspoons of freshly ground linseeds and serve with whole soybean soy milk.
For extra calcium: Add unhulled sesame seeds (NB: unhulled sesame seeds have 10 times the calcium of regular sesame seeds).
For lowering cholesterol: Add oat bran or rice bran and psyllium husks, which contain soluble fibre and can help to lower cholesterol.
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Nutritional information
By Jean Hailes naturopath and herbalist Sandra Villella
These muesli ingredients provide a great start to the day: rolled oats have a low glycaemic index and keep blood sugar levels steady. Oats also contain soluble fibre which can help to lower LDL/'bad' cholesterol.
The seeds provide extra fibre and together with nuts add extra nutrients and essential fatty acids. Coconut adds extra flavour and the yoghurt and milk/soy milk add a calcium boost.
