Organic Empire: Bircher Muesli

Organic Empire: Bircher Muesli

Bircher Muesli

Bircher muesli is a great way to start the day, raw oats, dried fruit, soaked overnight. Tastes so good the kids will want it for dessert and jam packed full of nutrients to keep them and you in optimum health. Great source of raw carbohydrates, protein and goodness.

BIRCHER MUESLI

½ cup organic rolled oats

¼ cup freshly pressed organic apple juice

¼ cup organic yoghurt (sugar free is best)

handful organic currants or sultanas

a sprinkling of organic ground cinnamon

1/4 Organic apple, grated (skin on) to serve or banana

Seasonal berries and chopped almonds.

Method:
Combine the rolled oats, juice, currants or sultanas, and cinnamon in a large bowl and stir together. Chill overnight.

To serve, stir in the grated apple and yoghurt, put into a bowl and garnish with berries and crispy almonds

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Whats in season, May

apples

banana,

cumquat,

custard apple,

feijoa,

grapes

kiwifruit,

lemons,

limes,

mandarin - imperial,

melon - champagne,

nuts - chestnut - hazelnut - peanut - walnut,

pears - howell - josephine - packham - red sensation - williams,

persimmon,

quince,

rhubarb.

asian greens , bok choy, - choy sum - gai laan - wonga bok,

avocados - fuerte - sharwill,

beetroot,

broccoli,

brussels sprout,

cabbage,

carrots,

cauliflower,

celeriac,

celery,

daikon,

eggplant,

fennel,

garlic,

ginger,

horseradish,

leeks,

lettuce,

mushrooms - wild - field - pine - slippery jacks,

okra,

olives,

onions - brown - spring,

parsnip,

peas,

potato,

pumpkin,

shallots,

silverbeet,

spinach,

squash,

swede,

sweet potato,

taro,

tomato,

turnip,

witlof,

zucchini.

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Raw Oat biscuits

In commemoration of our fallen diggers, a raw version of the traditional Anzac biscuit, packed with nutrition and so easy to make

1 cup organic raw oats

1 teaspoon organic ground cinnamon

1/2 cup firmly packed organic pitted Medjool dates

1/2 cup organic sultanas

Favorite topping such as chopped, nuts, coconut (optional).

Combine the oats and cinnamon in the food processor and process into small pieces. Add the dates and process to mix well. Add the sultanas and your favorite topping and pulse to mix.

Press about 3 tablespoons of the dough into cookie cutters on a plate lined with baking paper, or roll the dough into ball and flatten.

You can add a tiny bit of molasses for some anzac flavour

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Lets get juicy

Juicing is such a fantastic way to get a dose of pure fresh vitamins with a compliment of delicious taste.

Whatever combinations work for you is fine, but try to get your dosage of vegetables in as well as some fruits to sweeten the mix.

A great blend that I love is Carrot, ginger, apple and carrot. Classic but delicious.

Juice

3 carrots

1 apple

small knob of ginger

and whole beetroot

Enjoy as soon as possible after juicing to prevent nutrient loss and oxidation

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Nothing beets a root

400G ORGANIC beans

400g beetroot

1 organic red onion

300g organic (or best quality ) Feta

80ml extra virgin organic olive oil

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Blanch beans in boiling water for 2 mins. Steam chopped beetroot till tender (around 20 mins). Transfer to a bowl. Add 1 halved and sliced medium red onion and crumbled feta.

In a small bowl, combine 80ml olive oil and 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over salad, mix, then serve.