I was first introduced to muesli when I was attending the International Summer School in Oslo...
(17. Travel, Norway 1990), where it was served in the cafeteria in the dorms in huge metal bowls from which we scooped up the amount we wanted. Having grown up eating cold cereal for breakfast, I promptly fell in love, and was delighted to discover upon returning to 18. Anchorage, Alaska, Mountain View 1990 that it was available to purchase in the bulk food section at Fred Meyer’s, and that one could buy the entire 25 lb box at a discounted price. I did this regularly, till they changed the recipe, and I didn’t like the new version as much. From that say forward I have mixed my own. The exact ingredients change from one batch to the next, depending on what dried fruits and nuts I have on hand, but it is always wonderful. Since moving to 49. Rutviksreveln, Sweden 2012 - 2021, where the black currant “patch” is larger than the house, I have always included dried black currents in my muesli (and I return there each summer to pick enough to dry for my next year’s batch of muesli).
[! warning]- These days I normally eat my muesli with only water poured on it… I used to use milk, but when I lived in 24. Fairbanks, Alaska, Student Housing 1995 -1996 my roommate was allergic to dairy, so she ate her cereal with orange juice instead. At first this sounded like a terrible idea. Then one day I was out of milk, so I tried it, and actually, it was quite good. But I like apple juice even better, so tried that. Also good. So I used that as an occasional option, until I moved to 42. South Hobart, Tasmania 2006 - 2008, where I started buying 1.5 liters of an apple-pear juice blend, and then pouring half the bottle into an empty bottle and filling both with water. This, much less sweet option became my preferred liquid to have on my muesli. Then I switched to splitting it into three bottles and filling them with water the rest of the way, for an even less sweet option. Till I got tired of the bother (and the amount of space the extra bottles took in the fridge), and just switched to using plain cold water.
This is much more convenient for travelling, as one can usually obtain cold water anywhere, so I always keep a plastic container with single serving of muesli and a small spoon in my backpack in case I get hungry.
In recent years I hav taken notes of the amount of each ingredient used, to make it easier to update my [[content/Food Log/Index|Index# My Food Log]], so going forward I will copy that information here, and, perhaps, fill past versions.
Muesli mix 2026-02-02 a sleepy day
- 1.5 kg rolled oats
- 0.75 c rye flakes
- 3 c almonds
- 0.75 c pumpkin seeds
- 0.25 c solrosfrön
- 0.3 c flax seeds
- 0.3 c chia seeds
- 1 c black currants
- 0.75 c blueberries
- 0.25 c mango
- 0.25 c white currants
- 0.75 c red currants
- 1 c raisins
- 1 c raspberries
- 0.5 c strawberries
- 2 T rosehip powder This made ~25 cups of muesli, fills muesli jar, came out to 8% protein, 10% fruit, 33% starch and 50% water in each serving
Muesli mix 2025-12-08 baking for me
- oats 18.52 cups (1.5 kg)
- rye 1 cup
- almonds 3 c
- sunflower seeds 2 c
- pumpkin seeds 1 c
- flax seeds 0.75 c
- chia seeds 0.25 c
- black currants 1 c
- blueberries 1 c
- raisins 1.5 c
- red currants 0.5 c
- apple 2 c
- mango 0.50 c
- white currants 0.50 c