Raspberry-Coconut-Currant Museli (Vegan)

Does it count as cooking if you make a breakfast cereal? What the hell, I'm going to do it anyway. Breakfast is a meal. And if you can call a salad recipe a recipe, even if it's just throwing together some leaves and seeds, I can totally call this a recipe. And if it's a recipe, then making the recipe is cooking. QED.

I've wanted to try making my own cereal for a long time. I'm not sure why I've waited, since obviously it's pretty easy, but it's one of those things that you don't necessarily think about when you go to the shops, and since I'm not in the habit of buying bulk bin spelt, it's the kind of thing that I can't ever "whip up" from what's in the cupboard.

But the other day I went out exploring and discovered a big organic/natural foods store in the next town over, replete with bulk bins. BONANZA.

Raspberry-Coconut-Currant Muesli
Makes enough for 5-6 breakfasts

Ingredients
4-5 cups "crunchy spelt" (I have no idea what this really is - that is genuinely the words that the Dutch used to describe it. Pretty much it looks like big muesli crumbs, which I suppose is exactly what it is. I'm sure you could substitute for whatever muesli base you prefer.)
0.5 cups freeze dried raspberries (They seemed really cheap until I realised that the are priced per 25g, which makes my stash of freeze dried raspberries worth about as much as the current street value of an equal amount of cocaine)
0.5 cups currants (though in my experience, when eaten alone, currants pretty much taste like raisins, so, you know, go with your gut feeling)
0.25 cups desiccated coconut
0.25 cups almond slivers

Method
Mix all these things together in a bowl. Put into a container. Eat some of it (probably with milk). It's really that simple.


Side note: Having just blogged this, Mr N leaned over and said, "There was far too much coconut in that muesli you made this morning you know." I felt like saying, "Perhaps that's because coconut tastes stronger at 11.30am" (the approximate time he got up), but I have taken this as a loving gesture on his part, fearing coconut overdose in you, my worshipful reader. Well, I have a confession to make. I didn't actually measure these ingredients exactly, since muesli making is not, in my opinion, a particularly specific science. You don't like coconut? Leave it out. You can't find freeze dried raspberries? Ditch 'em. You'd rather have organically produced, unprocessed cocoa nibs instead of almonds? Be my guest. Personally I quite like the taste of this, which is why I've blogged it. But I am not a cereal fascist, and I am here to tell you that it's your life, and you can do with it what you like.

Side-side note: Writing this post has made me realise how bad I am at spelling the word muesli. You may not think so, but that, my friends, is the joy of spellcheck.