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Bircher Muesli Recipe Breakfast Criminals

I can’t think of a more easy to make and satisfying summer oat dish than Bircher Muesli. Maximilian Bircher-Benner, a Swiss doctor and nutritionist, developed Bircher for patients at his Zurich sanatorium at the turn of the last century as a way of adding more raw fruit into their diets.

The original bircher muesli is simply uncooked oats, milk, apples, apple juice, and nuts soaked overnight. Here’s my go-to version of Bircher with less sugar and a coconutty twist. I made it for my family during a long weekend at our country house, and we all enjoyed it outside topped with local strawberries.

Bircher Muesli Recipe Breakfast Criminals

Ingredients: (makes 3 servings)

  • 1.5 cup rolled oats
  • 1 cup kefir (dairy or non-dairy kefir will work) and 1/2 cup water
  • OR 1.5 cups nut milk of choice + 2 tbs. full-fat yogurt of choice
  • 1 grated green apple
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened coconut chips or flaked coconut
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup raisins

Toppings: Walnuts and coconut chips to taste, 3/4 cup fresh strawberries.

Directions: Mix all ingredients well in a large bowl, cover and store in the fridge overnight. In the morning, add toppings and serve with love. Bircher can stay in the fridge in a glass mason jar for up to 3-4 days.

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Bircher Muesli Recipe Breakfast Criminals