What is Bircher Muesli?
Bircher muesli is food that Swiss people consume for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and even dinner. A Swiss doctor named Maximilian Bircher Benner invented this muesli recipe to avoid making his patients eat heavy meals. Since that day, it has become indispensable for the Swiss.
This simple Bircher Muesli recipe is perfect for those who want to eat healthily! If you want to take a break from the classic Turkish breakfast and eat a little healthier, you can easily prepare it at home. Let’s take a look at its recipe.
Ingredients for Bircher Muesli
Ingredients for the mixture;
- 1 bowl of oats
- 1/2 glass of milk
- 1/4 cup apple juice
- 1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 1 apple
- 2 spoons of honey
- 1 bowl of yogurt
- A pinch of cinnamon
Ingredients for Topping
Your favorite fresh and dried fruits (In my opinion, what goes best with muesli are strawberries, bananas, blueberries, raspberries, raisins, and dried apricots), dried fruits, dried coconut, etc.
How to Make Bircher Muesli
- Mix the oats, milk, apple juice, and lemon juice into a bowl. Keep this mixture in the fridge overnight.
- The next day, take the muesli out of the fridge and add honey and grated apple to sweeten the mixture.
- Then add the cinnamon and yogurt and mix well.
- Add your favorite fruits and nuts.
Bircher Muesli Recipe Tips
- In the traditional recipe, oatmeal is soaked the night before and kept in the fridge.
- But some believe that a short time like 10 minutes will be enough. You can try both and decide for yourself.
What Are the Benefits of Muesli?
One of the most frequently asked questions is what are the benefits of muesli, whether it’s healthy, and helps to lose weight. Muesli can help you with weight loss because even if you consume only a small amount, it keeps you full. And if you are full for a long time, you eat less.
In addition, muesli has dozens of different kinds of vitamins and minerals. It is incredibly rich, not fiber, and thus easily digested. Being a low-calorie food, muesli also helps to eat slowly because it requires a lot of chewing.
We can list the benefits of muesli as follows;
- Keeps you full for a long time
- Contributes to digestion as it is very high in fiber
- Very rich in vitamins
- Prevents constipation
- Full of minerals
- Good for eye health
- Reduces cholesterol
- Reduces heart diseases
- Has high protein
- A healthy source of energy
- Helps to lose weight
Do you want to know more about the other Swiss food? Then have a look at here: Swiss Food.
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After trying the recipe, don’t forget to comment on how it tastes and what you’ve added to the mix! 🙂 Enjoy!
