Super Seed Bircher Muesli is a delicious combination of rolled oats, seeds, cinnamon, your fave milk and a touch of creamy yoghurt. It can easily be made dairy free / vegan. This recipe is super easy to meal prep for a quick healthy breakfast!
I love being creative in the kitchen, but when you’ve got two little babies to attend to each morning, let’s be real…ain’t nobody got time for elaborate breakfasts, unless it’s the weekend and an extra pair of hands is available. So today, I’m sharing with you the breakfast I think I have meal-prepped and eaten about 95% of the weekdays that have gone by since the twins were born.
This recipe for Super Seed Bircher Muesli has varied slightly over time as I tend to just throw things together without measuring anything, but what I’ve typed up for the blog is a nice, neat version. This version mixes well, it’s just the right amount and it soaks up the liquid perfectly. (Can’t say that I get it right like that every time when I don’t measure anything!)
So why make this recipe?
- It’s great for meal prep – you can make this on Sunday and it can last all week
- It’s easy to change the recipe up a little by adding different fruit and toppings to the mix
- It’s high in fibre, protein + healthy fats and also contributes a diverse range of plant foods to your diet with all those different seeds in there
- It tastes delicious!
Inside my Super Seed Bircher Muesli you will find chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and some ground up flaxseed too. I love the thickness and texture that this combination of seeds creates – the chia and flax swell up and make the bircher creamy, while the sunflower and pumpkin seeds add crunch. All of the seeds are whole except the flaxseed, which I grind because it makes the bircher texture much nicer, and it’s also more nutritious – whole flaxseeds often to pass through the body undigested!
As I mentioned, over time I have changed up this recipe a bit – sometimes I’ll add a handful of coconut flakes into the mix, or some cacao powder for a different flavour, or maybe some juicy sultanas to soak in there too. When I was breastfeeding loads and trying to build my milk supply for twins, I would add a heaped teaspoon of brewers yeast into the mixture as well which is a traditional galactagogue (a food traditionally believed to build milk supply). You can also use quick oats or rolled oats for this recipe, it just depends on what you prefer. The quick oats make this very smooth and creamy; the rolled oats make it more textured and chunky.
Of course, the other way you can change up this recipe is with fun toppings and/or mix ins. My go-to toppings are some frozen mixed berries and a sprinkle of granola (I add the frozen berries when I’m prepping the bircher in advance so they are defrosted by the time I want to eat). Other yummy ideas are:
- stir through some grated apple instead of using berries, so it’s more like a traditional bircher muesli
- top it with different chopped fruit like peaches or mango when they’re in season
- use different toppings like walnuts, cacao nibs, flaked almonds or some nut or seed butter.
If you make this recipe, be sure to let me know! Comment below, or take a snap and post it on Instagram and tag me @nourish_everyday!
p.s. if you can’t have oats, check out my 100% gluten free Buckwheat Bircher Breakfast Jars!
Super Seed Bircher Muesli
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup rolled oats or quick oats
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
- 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 320 mL milk of choice (just over 1 and 1/4 cup)
- 4 tbsp Greek yoghurt or coconut yoghurt for dairy free
- 1 cup frozen mixed berries – optional, other toppings in recipe notes
- 1/4 cup granola of choice – optional, other toppings in recipe notes
Instructions
- Combine oats, seeds, cinnamon, milk and yoghurt in a large bowl/container. Top with frozen berries, if using them. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- When ready to eat, sprinkle on some crunchy granola and enjoy.
Notes
- stir through some grated apple instead of using berries, so it’s more like a traditional bircher muesli;
- top it with different chopped fruit like peaches or mango when they’re in season;
- use different toppings like walnuts, cacao nibs, flaked almonds or some nut or seed butter.
This is the perfect bowl. Best recipe.