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Hey everyone! In this video I show you how I make toasted muesli – it’s super easy and so cheap to make your own compared to buying it ready made. Having a quick healthy breakfast ready to go can make your morning much easier, and as everyone knows, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

If you start your day with a combination of some complex carbohydrates (rolled oats), protein (nuts and seeds) and fats (also found in the nuts and seeds, and you’ll get some if you have your muesli with some full fat milk or yoghurt, but you could add some more to the recipe with the addition of some coconut oil during the toasting process) then it will help to keep your blood sugar levels balanced for a few hours and help to prevent fluctuations for the rest of the day, which will mean less cravings and better willpower (because your brain requires a stable blood sugar level to keep willpower up).

About 20-30 minutes at the start of each week makes life a lot easier for the following mornings.

Ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 3-4 tbsp maple syrup
• 1-2 handfuls of chopped dried fruit (you could use dates, cranberries, raisins, goji berries, apricots, blueberries, papaya, pineapple)
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds
• 150g shredded coconut
• 1-2 handfuls mixed nuts and seeds (e.g. flaked almonds, macadamias, sunflower seeds and pepitas)
• 2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1-2 tbsp coconut oil (optional)

Method
1. Spread oats on a large flat oven tray add the maple syrup a little bit at a time, you just want the oats to be a little wet not drowning. Stir through to get the oats nicely covered and glistening, then pop it in the oven to bake until the oats are golden and crunchy.

2. Bake the coconut until golden, you may need to stir it around mid bake.

3. Chop the dried fruit into thin slices.

4. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

5. Store in an airtight container.
This is my first how to cooking video, so I hope you enjoy!

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Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon

• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp cream
• 1 splash water
• Salt and pepper, to season
• 1 slice smoked salmon
• 1 pinch of grated cheese
• Dill, to serve

Combine everything except the salmon and dill in a bowl and mix with a fork to combine. Melt some butter in a pan on medium heat, and pour in the egg mixture. Break the salmon into large chunks and scatter over the egg mixture. Once the eggs have started to firm up a little around the edges, gently scramble the eggs by pulling the eggs from the outside of the pan into the middle with a wooden spoon, rotating this action around the pan. At some point you may need to flop larger sections of the eggs over to cook it evenly.
Spoon into a bowl and sprinkle over the dill. Enjoy!

Toasted Muesli

Ingredients

• 3 cups rolled oats
• 3 tbsp maple syrup
• 1-2 handfuls of chopped dried fruit (dates, cranberries, raisins, goji berries, apicots)
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp LSA
• 3 tbsp shredded coconut
• 4 tbsp seeds (sunflower and pepitas)

Method
1. Spread oats on a large flat oven tray add the maple syrup a little bit at a time, you just want the oats to be a little wet not drowning. Stir through then you bake it in the oven till the oats are golden and crunchy. Allow to cool.
2. Bake the almonds and coconut until golden.
3. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
4. Store in an airtight container.

Bircher Muesli with Fruit

Note: In winter, use plump soaked raisins and pears.

Ingredients

• 2 cups rolled oats
• 1 cup apple juice (choose the organic cloudy looking one, the regular type is too sweet)
• 1 cup coarsely grated apple
• ½ cup natural yoghurt
• Juice of 1 lemon
• ½ cup sliced peaches and nectarines
• ¼ cup mixed berries
• 2 tbsp honey

Method
Place oats and apple juice in a bowl and soak for 1 hour, or overnight. Add grated apple, yoghurt and lemon juice to oat mixture and mix well. Spoon into serving bowls and top with fruit. Drizzle with honey. Serves 4.

Chia Pudding with Fruit and Caramelised Buckinis

Ingredients

• 1-2 tbsp chia seeds
• ½ cup kefir
• 1 kiwi fruit, peeled and chopped
• 1 soft in season fruit, e.g. persimmon, fig, peach
• 2 tbsp caramelized buckinis (I use Loving Earth)
• Vanilla extract
• Hydrolysed gelatin powder (I use this brand)

Method
Pour kefir into bowl and stir through gelatin powder and vanilla.
Stir through chia seeds and allow to sit for a few minutes to swell up.
Add fruit of your choice and top with caramelized buckinis.

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