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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast » Breakfast Oats and Porridge

    Healthy Apple and Pear Bircher Muesli

    Published: Jul 3, 2018 · Updated: Mar 17, 2021 by Neil 10 Comments

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    Two bowls of apple and pear bircher muesli with a spoon in front. Pin title text overlay at top.
    Birds eye view of two bowls of healthy apple and pear bircher muesli.

    Healthy apple and pear bircher muesli is a delicious easy to make ahead breakfast. Just soak the oats overnight in the fridge for a great start to your day!

    Birds eye view of two bowls of apple and pear bircher muesli with spoons beside. Three apples at the top of the picture.
    Folks, when it comes to important meals I'm sure we're all aware that breakfast ranks at the top. It's essential to eat after all the hours of emptiness overnight.
     
    That's where eating breakfast, like this healthy apple and pear bircher muesli, will kick start your metabolism for the day ahead.
     
    The best thing about this bircher muesli breakfast is that it's already made for you. It takes just 5 minutes to prepare the evening before. Then just add your pear and apple in the morning.
     
    I think we all agree that less hassle and stress especially in the morning is something that we can all do with in our lives?

    Two bowls of apple and pear bircher muesli with a spoon at the front. Three apples at the top left of the picture.

    It's not just essential to kick start our metabilism in the morning with a breakfast.

    Research has found people who eat breakfast on a regular basis end up losing more weight compared to those who don't.

    Choosing to eat the right things for breakfast is also essential. An ideal breakfast should consist of a mix of protein, complex carbohydrates and fruit.

    When you choose to have a healthy breakfast you've already made a better choice. You'll be less tempted to choose a high calorie fattening fast food option.

    Close up of two bowls of apple and pear bircher muesli with a spoon at the front. Apples at the top left of the picture.

    This healthy apple and pear bircher muesli is such a great start to the day.

    It goes a long way to providing those essential nutritional needs mentioned above.

    There's protein, fibre and complex carbohydrates from the oats. Vitamins and minerals from the fruit, seeds, milk and Greek yogurt.

    The bircher muesli calories for this recipe are 523.

    This is a quarter of an average womens daily recommended calorie requirement. Whilst it's a fifth of an average man's.

    Two bowls of apple and pear bircher muesli. Apples at the top left of the picture in the background.

    What Is Bircher Muesli?

    • Bircher Muesli originally comes from Switzerland
    • Bircher Muesli was first developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Brenner. He developed it for patients in his hospital.
    • It's a breakfast or brunch recipe based on oats, grains, fresh or dried fruits as well as seeds and nuts.
    • The original Bircher muesli was soaked overnight with water and lemon juice then eaten with yoghurt.
    • Bircher Muesli is healthy as long as it has the right balance of complex carbohydrates, protein, dairy and fruits.

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    Other Fantastic Bircher Muesli Recipes For You To Try

    • Quinoa bircher muesli with apple and banana is a delicious and healthy breakfast that’s made the night before making your morning stress free and easy.
    • Healthy Bircher Muesli. This is my easy tasty version of the classic traditional overnight oats recipe. Give yourself a perfect relaxing and nutritious start to the day!
    • Raspberry bircher overnight oats combines fresh raspberries with naturally sweet apple juice giving a wonderfully satisfying sweet breakfast that makes a great start to your day!

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    Healthy Apple and Pear Bircher Muesli Recipe

    This healthy bircher muesli recipe lasts at least 2 days in the fridge. This would also make a great weekend family breakfast.

    For my other half and I our favourite time to have this is after a morning gym workout!

    I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

    Healthy apple and pear bircher muesli is a delicious easy to make ahead breakfast. Just soak the oats overnight in the fridge for a great start to your day!
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    Healthy Apple and Pear Bircher Muesli Recipe

    Healthy apple and pear bircher muesli is a delicious easy to make ahead breakfast. Just soak the oats overnight in the fridge for a great start to your day!
    Prep Time10 mins
    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: International
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 523kcal
    Author: Neil

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    Equipment

    • Kitchen scale
    • Measuring spoons
    • Measuring jug
    • Peeler
    • Grater

    Ingredients

    • 100 g rolled porridge oats
    • 2 tablespoon chia seeds
    • 15 g sunflower seeds
    • 15 g pumpkin seeds
    • 500 ml skimmed milk
    • 250 ml low fat Greek yoghurt
    • 2 green apples I use Golden Delicious, grated
    • 1 pear cut into small 1cm cubes
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • 2 tablespoon honey
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions

    • In a large bowl, mix the oats, chia seeds, cinnamon, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, milk and Greek yoghurt and put in the fridge overnight.
    • In the morning, add the grated apples, chopped pear, cinnamon and honey. Stir well and serve.
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    Nutrition

    Calories: 523kcal | Carbohydrates: 99.3g | Protein: 13.8g | Fat: 6.2g | Saturated Fat: 1.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.2g | Trans Fat: 6.2g | Cholesterol: 2.6mg | Sodium: 57.5mg | Fiber: 10.6g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin C: 5.8mg | Calcium: 240mg | Iron: 3.8mg

    Nutrition Facts
    Healthy Apple and Pear Bircher Muesli
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 523 Calories from Fat 56
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 6.2g10%
    Saturated Fat 1.5g9%
    Trans Fat 6.2g
    Monounsaturated Fat 1.2g
    Cholesterol 2.6mg1%
    Sodium 57.5mg3%
    Carbohydrates 99.3g33%
    Fiber 10.6g44%
    Sugar 26g29%
    Protein 13.8g28%
    Vitamin C 5.8mg7%
    Calcium 240mg24%
    Iron 3.8mg21%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    Comments

    1. David @ Spiced

      July 03, 2018 at 12:41 pm

      I must admit that I've never had bircher muesli. I've certainly heard of it, but I've never actually made it...and now I'm thinking I need to fix that problem. I look forward to breakfast every morning! Usually it's just cereal or yogurt + granola, but I'm always down to mix it up a bit. I love the addition of seeds to this as well as apples and pears. I bet this would work with a bit of real maple syrup, too! Great recipe, my friend! Oh, and I love the new look of the site. You didn't break anything!

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      • Neil

        July 04, 2018 at 9:26 am

        I think this would work really well with maple syrup David as that would help to sweeten this up a bit, just as the honey does. Glad you like the new look of the site. There's still some ongoing changes to be make, you know how it is, but I've got so many new recipes to do as well. So it's all about the balance between tweeking the site and spending time doing to recipes, which is what people are mostly interested in (I think 😉 ).

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    2. Ben|Havocinthekitchen

      July 03, 2018 at 4:35 pm

      5 stars
      Oh I love good oatmeal/muesli, and the addition of different seeds sounds good to me. And although I normally reserve apples and pears for fall and winter, I wouldn't mind this combo now. Very nice!

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      • Neil

        July 04, 2018 at 9:28 am

        Thanks Ben. I thought you would like this! I'm not a big one for pears, I actually prefer apples. But, they go really well together in this bircher muesli so I thought I would leave them both in.

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    3. GiGi Eats

      July 04, 2018 at 3:01 pm

      5 stars
      This reminds me of when I used to eat hot oatmeal on a cold morning before school when I was a kiddo. And now I am nostalgic for all the things I loved when I was a kid! WAHHHH! I don't want to adult anymore! LOL!

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      • Neil

        July 04, 2018 at 6:12 pm

        Oh yes, I remember eating hot eatmeal too GiGi. We had "Ready Brek". Which was basically porridge in a fancy cereal box at double the price. LOL. I'm not sure if you had that in the States.

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    4. Neha

      July 07, 2018 at 1:31 am

      5 stars
      After binge eating muffins as breakfast for 5 straight days, waking to a bowl of this muesli in my hands would be a dream come true. Lol! My weekend is screaming for some health food. Thanks for the reminder.

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      • Neil

        July 07, 2018 at 10:57 am

        Lol. I think it's all about the balance Neha. I would like one of your muffins right now and you can have some of this apple and pear bircher muesli. Deal? 😀

        Reply
    5. Shashi at SavorySpin

      July 09, 2018 at 3:01 pm

      5 stars
      Breakfast is, hands down, my most favorite meal of the day! And I love trying out new and different breakfast eats Speaking of which, Bircher Muesli is new to me - I've seen it on the interwebs but never have I tried it - and I most definitely didn't realize you could make an overnight, cool, version of it. Your version of Bircher Muesli is jam packed with healthy stuff - the perfect way to start off the day! Thanks so much for this recipe, Neil!

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      • Neil

        July 09, 2018 at 6:04 pm

        You just can't start the day properly without a good breakfast can you Shashi? So glad you like this! 🙂

        I just love trying out lots of different breakfast recipes too!

        Reply

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