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Bircher Muesli – a Swiss Recipe for a Healthy Body

January 16, 2020 By Emme Rogers 6 Comments

I love Swiss breakfasts! One of my favourite Swiss breakfasts to tide me over for an active morning in my Swiss travels is Bircher Müesli.

One of my favourite Bircher Müesli in my travels. I enjoyed this berry Bircher Müesli at the Grand Hôtel du Lac in Vevey.

For those of you unfamiliar with this healthy and filling Swiss breakfast it is a traditional Swiss food often made with oats, yogurt, milk, apples, nuts, berries, cinnamon, and honey, that was never intended to become a Swiss breakfast staple.

My second favourite Bircher Müesli in my travels. Also at the Grand Hôtel du Lac, but this one with nuts and raisons. I’ll admit it, I ate both on the same morning, as the first was so good that I had to try the other.

History of Bircher Müesli

Dr. Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner (care of Universität Zürich)

Developed by Swiss doctor Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, Bircher Müesli was his Apfeldiätspeise (apple diet dish). The name muesli came later, derived from the German word ‘müs’ for ‘porridge’. Dr. Bircher-Benner’s recipe combined a small amount of oat flakes and water with chopped apples, lemon juice, condensed milk or cream, honey and chopped nuts, with the original main ingredient being apples as oppose to oats.  The original recipe was served at the beginning of every meal at Dr. Bircher-Benner’s own health clinic (that came to be known as the Magic Mountain on Zürichberg), not just at breakfast time. Dr. Bircher-Benner found that much of the sickness experienced by his patients (starting with those he was treating tuberculosis) could be alleviated with fresh air, light exercise and a nutritious diet with raw foods. While this makes perfect sense to many people with chronic illnesses today, at the time Dr. Bircher-Benner’s ideas were quite revolutionary and not at all popular among his colleagues.

Dr. Bircher-Benner’s health retreat, Sanatorium Lebendige Kraft (care of Universität Zürich).

I did not know any of this history of Bircher Müesli when I first started eating it and enjoying it, but it makes so much sense to me. You see I have been living in constant pain for the last 6 1/2 years thanks to a car accident, and I have learned in that time that diet, light exercise, and time in natural settings help me with my pain management. These are all reasons why I love visiting Switzerland. Their healthy way of living does a lot of good for me – physically and mentally on my visits. I’ve known the food in Switzerland has helped me feel good on my visits, but I always chalked this up to there being fewer preservatives in Swiss foods, as compared to foods in North America, along with fresh air and walking that I enjoy when I am there. Now I am thinking that part of my feeling so good on my visits might also be due to starting my days with Bircher Müesli. The Swiss even had a period where Bircher Müesli became a Schweizer Znacht (Swiss supper). This makes tremendous sense, as it is healthy and filling, and much easier to digest before bed than a heavy meal that we so often eat in North America for dinner.

Writing about Switzerland as of late has made me crave a day that begins with a bowl of Bircher Müesli, so I decided to try my hand at making myself some. In researching recipes for Bircher Müesli, I opted to make a version of this Bircher Muesli recipe to suit both my desires and what I had at hand in the house.

Bircher Müesli Recipe

Ingredients for 4+ Servings

Ingredients for Bircher Müesli.
  • 1 cup of müesli (I used Alpen)
  • 1/2 an apple, chopped into bite sized chunks
  • 1 banana, chopped
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • 1/2 cup of yogurt (I used Liberte apricot yogurt)
  • 1/2 tablespoon of brown sugar
  • 1/2 tablespoon of honey
  • 1/2 tablespoon of apple or orange juice

Step-by-Step Recipe

  • Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
  • Refrigerator overnight (or at minimum for 1 hour).
  • Prepare the ingredients.
  • Mix the ingredients together.
  • Refrigerate overnight.

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying this recipe for Bircher Müesli for breakfast for the past week now. I hope you enjoy it too.

Now I just need a Swiss mug for my coffee to compliment my morning bowl of Bircher Müesli.

If you make Bircher Müesli in a different way, I’d love to hear about it in the comments below.


Pin this recipe to make for a healthy start to your day!


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Filed Under: All the Gossip, Canadian Abroad, Day in the Life, Europe, Health, Recipes, Switzerland, Travel Tagged With: breakfast, healthy eating

Comments

  1. Jasa says

    January 26, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    Thanks for the information
    this year I have a resolution to live healthy, your article is also very helpful for me to start the resolution, thank you very much

    Reply
  2. Penn says

    February 3, 2020 at 11:00 am

    its seems mouth watering and very delicious i am definatley going to try this out and will post here how everyone reacted to this recipe of yours .
    thanks !

    Reply
  3. Pram says

    February 3, 2020 at 11:03 am

    hay i am very found of alpen musliiiii. but never tried it this way. and didnt know such background things as well thanks for sharing

    Reply
  4. Sushil says

    February 5, 2020 at 2:04 am

    It seems very delicious, never tried it this way.

    Reply
  5. Mollie Rhodes says

    February 12, 2020 at 1:29 am

    Your Breakfast looks very Delicious and Mouth-Watering! Muesli is very healthy, and the way you have incorporated muesli with fresh fruits and yoghurt is superb. The step by step recipe is great for beginners. keep sharing such fantastic recipes. Also got to know the amazing History of Bircher Muesli.
    Thank you very much.

    Reply

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