Easy Healthy and Delicious Overnight Muesli

Have you heard of Muesli? Are you looking for an easy grab and go breakfast? Here is an easy healthy and delicious overnight Muesli recipe.

These days, I have been doing more meal prepping. It saves money to plan ahead. By meal prepping it helps me on my healthy journey. It is super helpful to have meals ready to grab and eat or heat up.

Several years ago, while vacationing in Switzerland, I had a cold breakfast cereal called Muesli. The breakfast cereal contained oats, seeds, nuts, dried fruit, and apples with milk. I found Muesli to be filling and delicious. It gave me plenty of energy while walking on vacation.

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EASY HEALTHY AND DELICIOUS OVERNIGHT MUESLI

What is muesli?

What is Muesli? It is a cold Swiss breakfast. The main ingredient is rolled oats. It is soaked overnight.

What is the difference between oats and Muesli?

The main difference between the two is that muesli is ready to eat like cereal. Pour it into a bowl and add regular milk or almond milk to it. You can eat it like a regular bowl of cereal.

You usually cook the oats. Oats and Muesli are made from whole grains. Muesli is made of oats and flakes like bran flakes. Oats are made from rolled seeds of oats grass.

Muesli has comparatively higher protein and nutrient due to the presence of additional ingredients. It tends to have more sugar with the added items such as dried fruit and fruit.

What does Muesli refer to in America?

In America, some people consider Muesli and granola to be the same. It is not the same. Granola is made with similar ingredients as Muesli with oats, nuts, seeds, and fruit. However, granola typically has more sugar and oil than Muesli.

How To Make Overnight Muesli

You can make your own Muesli from scratch or purchase a bag of Bob’s Red Mill Old Country Style Muesli from the grocery store.

It has 140 calories per 1/4 cup with 0 grams of sodium; 5 grams of sugar and 23 grams of carbohydrates. It consists of whole wheat, Rye, Barley, whole grain oats, dates, raisins, sunflower seeds, almonds, flaxseed, and walnuts.

This option is the easiest for me. There is less than 5 grams of sugar.

In America, some people consider Muesli and granola to be the same. It is not the same. Granola is made with similar ingredients as muesli with oats, nuts, seeds, and fruit. However, granola typically normally has more sugar and oil than muesli.

Ingredients

Serving size is for 4 jars (8 ounces each)

• 1 – 1/2 cup of Bob’s Red Mill Old Country Muesli
• 1 – 1/4 cup of unsweetened almond milk (or milk of choice)
• 2/3 cup of unsweetened yogurt (Greek yogurt, one that is high in protein and low in sugar)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons of orange blossom honey (honey flavor of choice or pure maple syrup)
• 1/4 cup of walnuts or almonds (optional)
• 1/2 cup of blueberries & slice strawberries

Directions

You need one medium-sized bowl. It is super easy to make this recipe in less than 10 minutes.

Grab four clean small glass jars with lids (8 ounces Jelly Jars for canning).

1. Mix together in a medium bowl, all ingredients except the milk and berries.

2. Slowly pour in your almond milk or milk of choice. Thoroughly mix the ingredients together. Your mixture will be slightly runny. Remember it will thicken up within 3 hours.

3. Divide Muesli mixture between the four jars.

4. Add berries and sliced strawberries to the top of each jar of Muesli mixture.

5. Refrigerate overnight: cover with lid and refrigerate overnight. It will keep in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

Other Suggestions

You can customize your overnight Muesli to your taste by adding a variety of fruits, nuts, seeds, and spices. Here are a few ideas:

• Fruits: apples, bananas, berries, dried cranberries or cherries, figs, grapes, or peaches.
• Nuts & seeds: almonds, walnuts, pecans, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, or flax seeds.
• Spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice, cardamon, or pure vanilla extract.
• Milk: 2% milk, oat milk, almond milk, coconut milk, or soy milk.

Enjoy These Breakfast Recipes

What do I love about overnight Muesli? It is a wonderful healthy and convenient breakfast by soaking Muesli in milk and yogurt (optional) overnight. This softens the oats and allows the other ingredients to blend together.

In the morning, you have convenient option for a delicious creamy breakfast. An easy breakfast that you can make ahead of time, grab, and go in the morning with no preparation.

I use orange blossom honey to sweeten my overnight Muesli. You could also use pure maple syrup for another healthy alternative. Most of the sugar in this Muesli is from fruit.

Hope you make this delicious breakfast, sweet friend!