Swiss Apple Oats
No-cook chic energy bowl. Set it up the night before or chuck it all together and give it five minutes.
Method
1. Tip oats into a bowl. Stir. Leave for a few hours or overnight, for a soft texture. Mix and leave for 5 minutes if you like more bite.
2. Grate apple into mix (work round the core) just before eating. Stir in yoghurt, lemon, honey if using.
YOU CAN
Smush in any fresh berries – or slap on top with honey and more yoghurt.
Miss out the yoghurt.
Ingredients
For 1
50g/2oz organic oats or other
80ml 3fl oz apple juice/water
½ – 1 apple, unpeeled
3 tbsps vanilla/honey/plain yoghurt
Squeeze lemon juice (optional)
Runny honey (optional)
House Muesli
Bought muesli's expensive and not always what it's cracked up to be so make your own. Great value and lasts ages.
Method
1. Mix ingredients well. Chuck into a jar or airtight container.
2. Eat with milk, soy, yoghurt, fruit juice. Top with fresh fruit, chopped banana, yoghurt.
YOU CAN
Skip Weetabix.
Substitute rye, barley – do a health-store recce.
Make a muesli smoothie. Blitz ½ pint milk/soy milk, 1 banana, 2 tbsps muesli, drizzle of honey. Add berries if you like.
Drop in some chocolate chips or dried coconut
Ingredients
Makes 1 jar
8 Weetabix, crushed
250 g/8 oz All-Bran/bran flakes
250 g/8 oz oats, flaked/crushed
Seeds – pumpkin, sesame, poppy, sunflower
Dried fruit – dates, apricots, cranberries, raisins, figs
Nuts – cashews, hazelnuts, almonds, Brazils
Fresh wheatgerm
Little organic brown sugar (optional)