Muesli: My Favorite Breakfast

     Muesli is a Swiss cereal made of oats, dried fruit, and nuts.  My mother used to buy boxes of it, and it was really expensive, even back in the '70's.  Today, I make my own out of old-fashioned oats, sugar, and a variety of dried fruit and nuts.  I get the big bags of nuts from BJ's Wholesale, and most of my dried fruits from Trader Joe's.  I'm also very fond of candied ginger root, which I obtain from Atlantic Spice, on Cape Cod.
     Shown above is a version I made right in the bowl, using dried blueberries, walnuts, toasted cocoanut, brown sugar, a touch of cinnamon, and just a kiss of Tahitian vanilla.  Fresh fruit is fine, also.
    Sometimes, I'll make a big batch and store it in the round container that originally held the oats.  It's my favorite summer breakfast (next to pastry, of course, but that's naughty...).