We are making our own muesli or granola once a month. The recipe basically stays the same but we try to change one or two ingredients or spices every time.
When the muesli jar started looking empty this time we had just bought home a bag of puffed buckwheat and began talking about making the muesli gluten free. We needed to find some more gluten free ingredients and went for a shopping spree at this great market “Hötorgshallen“. An hour later we were equipped with quinoa flakes, amaranth puffs and hemp seeds. And a bunch of different nuts, fruits and seeds.
We made the muesli in the same way as we usually do; giving the seeds, flakes and nuts a light roast in the oven, before mixing them with the dried fruit, puffs and spices.
And what did we think of the result, can the gluten free muesli compete with our previous muesli?
Oh yes! The light amaranth and buckwheat puffs make a great contrast to all the chewy nuts, seeds and dried fruit. The hemp seeds can normally be a bit bitter but when roasted the bitterness disappears. And the apple syrup that we used as sweetener worked great with cinnamon.
Except for being gluten free this muesli is super nutritious in many more ways. Golden inca berries, goji berries, walnuts, hemp seeds and mulberries are all rich in protein, iron, vitamins and antioxidants. We eat it with “filmjölk”, yogurt, oat milk or a fruit salad.
Oh, one more thing. While shopping for ingredients I had this fun idea on how to do another muesli. Green!
I’ve got pistachio nuts, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds and green raisins so far. Need to find a few more green ingredients, all ideas are welcome.
Gluten Free Muesli
2 big glass jars
2 cups quinoa flakes
1 cup hemp seeds
1 cup almonds (chopped)
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1 cup walnuts (chopped)
1 cup dried coconut flakes
4 tbsp apple syrup (with no added sugar or sweetener)
3 tsp cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Mix the dry ingredients with apple syrup and cinnamon. Spread them out on the baking sheets and let it roast in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Stir around a couple of times to keep it from getting burnt.
100 g dried mulberries (chopped)
200 g dried apricots (chopped)
100 g dried golden inca berries
100 g goji berries
100 g raisins
100 g green raisins
1 cup puffed buckwheat
1 cup puffed amaranth
While the dry ingredients are in the oven, chop the soft ingredients roughly and put in a large bowl. Let the roasted dry ingredients cool of before stirring it all together.
Store the muesli in large glass jars.
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We’ve been on a soaked/raw muesli kick lately. I soak it in yogurt & a little water overnight on the counter. As for green muesli options, fresh calamyra figs are a beautiful bright green, while dried ones are more a yellowish color that could complement the green hued ingredients quite well!
ooo how i would love a giant jar of this to have on hand at work! So many good things in there!
I live in Stockholm too – can you give the names of these items in Swedish? I’d love to make this. thanks!
dried apples are somewhat green
I love love love the simplicity of that first photo! I’m on a mission to find all of these ingredients. Looks wonderful.
what a nice shot. you have perfect light there.
Oh my goodness this looks and sounds so amazing! I love the quinoa in it!
Love finding new recipes for homemade muesli! Lovely blog…I will definitely be returning for more!
I think even those of us who aren’t gluten-free could learn quite a bit from others — including how to incorporate more of those “forgotten” grains and grasses. This muesli looks like a great way to get more of the good stuff! Lovely photos too.
Thanks for your comments and the green muesli ideas
Yes it is amazing how many grains, seeds and grasses that we seem to forget.
/David
Lovely blog, so glad to have discovered it….I have almost all these ingredients at home and I’m going to make this amazing muesli right now….Thanks for the recipe, and that is a perfect picture of it too
Great ideas for using not so common fruit and seeds.
thanks
Looks lovely – and I’m glad to have it already be gluten-free, less thinking for me!
I love the style of your pictures. Simple and clean and with a lot of light colors. I think I would even call Scandinavian style :p