It's so easy to make your own low carb muesli. You’ll love this crunchy keto cereal recipe! It’s loaded with whole food ingredients and has no added sugar!
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What is Muesli?
Aside from being incredibly delicious, muesli is essentially a mixture of rolled oats, dried fruits, plus healthy nuts and seeds.
Look at the list of ingredients on a package of muesli cereal at the grocery store. You’ll notice that it’s really just a blend of coconut, nuts, and seeds. Many of the varieties also include some sort of sweetener, vanilla extract, and spices.
Why is this muesli cereal recipe better?
Making your own is a better choice for several reasons:
- You can make it at a fraction of the cost of store-bought muesli. And making it at home ensures that it’s low in carbs.
- All of the ingredients are easy to find at any grocery store. That makes this keto breakfast cereal very convenient to make.
- The recipe is super easy to make. As a result, you can quickly make a batch whenever you need to.
I like to make a large batch so I always have low carb cereal on hand for easy breakfasts and snacks. When I come home hungry after work, I often eat a bowl full of muesli with some unsweetened almond milk.
How to Make this Low Carb Cereal
Making a batch of homemade low carb cereal is so simple.
- Start by dumping the ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
- Stir the ingredients to combine everything together.
- Transfer the muesli to a jelly roll pan or cookie sheet and bake it in the oven. Don’t skip this step! Otherwise, the cereal won’t be crispy. It won’t have to bake for very long – only for 8-10 minutes.
- Cool completely then enjoy!
Another nice thing about making your own keto cereal recipe is that you can change it up. Just adjust the ratio of ingredients to suit your tastes.
I love coconut, so I typically use more coconut flakes. I also like to add hemp hearts to my muesli, but you can leave them out if you don’t care for them.
A homemade low carb cereal like this is wholesome convenience food. It can be a quick real food breakfast before work or a filling snack during the day.
And best of all, this low carb paleo breakfast cereal recipe is a cinch to make at home.
Ingredient Substitutions
You should be able to find all of the ingredients for this muesli at your local grocery or natural foods store. If there’s a particular ingredient you can’t find, leave it out or sub it with another nut or seed.
If you have a nut allergy, you can make the cereal entirely from seeds. Flax seeds or chia seeds are great add-ins. That’s the beauty of making keto cereal at home!
But, for those who don’t have issues eating them, the nuts really give a great flavor and extra crunch factor.
A lot of muesli recipes call for some sort of fruit. To make sure that it is truly a low carb cereal, you could add any of the following:
- Unsweetened dried cranberries
- Stevia sweetened dried cranberries
- Low carb dried barberries
- Freeze dried strawberries (ALDI sells these too)
I wouldn’t add too much fruit, but about ¼ cup or a bit more could be a nice touch.
Muesli Cereal Serving Ideas
I usually just add serve the muesli cereal in a bowl with some low carb almond milk. But it’s great to use as a topping for plain Greek yogurt too.
You can even make a yogurt parfait by layering in some fresh fruit and dried shredded coconut. Or just toss it in a bag and snack on it during the commute to work!
Other Recipes to Try
Need some more ideas for enjoying a healthy low carb breakfast on the run? Check out some of these other quick options for morning meals:
- Low Carb Breakfast Bars with coconut and macadamia nuts are a convenient way to fuel up in the morning.
- Keto Pancakes with Almond Flour can be made in advance and placed in the freezer. Then just pop a few in the microwave to enjoy.
- Low Carb Protein Bars are easy to make for a fast portable morning treat.
- Atkins Harvest Trail Bars are a convenient way to satisfy hunger while traveling.
- Keto Breakfast Cookies taste like a dessert but are a healthy way to start any day.
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📖 Recipe
Muesli Low Carb Keto Cereal
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Ingredients
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- ½ cup pecans
- ½ cup hemp hearts
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon SweetLeaf Stevia Drops or vanilla stevia drops
Instructions
- In large bowl, stir together all ingredients until well combined.
- Lay out on a rimmed baking pan and bake at 350F for about 7-8 minutes.
- Allow to cool. Store in air tight container.
- Each serving is about ⅓ cup. Tastes great with almond milk or as a topping for plain Greek style yogurt.
Notes
Low Carb Sweeteners | Keto Sweetener Conversion Chart
Nutrition
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First Published: June 17, 2016... Last Updated: August 14, 2019
Nienke
Thank you so much! I was looking for Keto muesli, and as I am allergic to a couple nuts, I just added the nuts I can eat plus a load of seeds. I roasted them briefly in a frying pan and let them cool. Added just a touch of cinnamon and a little salt. Super nice, thank you so much!
Gail
This was a quick & delicious sub for the oatmeal I was craving this cold (ok cold for Florida anyway) morning. After I baked it, I put a scoop in my bowl with 1/3 C unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1T heavy cream, & 1T sugar free syrup then heated it in the microwave for 1 minute. So comforting & satisfying!
Lisa MarcAurele
Thanks for sharing! Sounds great for a cool morning.
Joey
Hi lowcarbyum
This recipe is delish!
I had no vanilla extract
I didn’t add stevia
I used walnuts instead of pecans and it is perfect! 👌
I love cereal instead of eggs so thank u! 😻
Joey xxx
Cris
I love this as cereal replacement and topping. I do add dried cranberries to add sweetness (not too many though)
Alexis McLeod-Hall
Love this recipe! I am making it for the third time. I eat it for breakfast with plain greek yogurt.
Rosie
This is soooo good! I will make time and time again, the only problem is...I have a hard time staying out of the container.
Penny Clipperton
Hello, I am so pleased to see mention of dried barberries. I bought some at a middle eastern store but have been unable to obtain carb or glycermic index data on them. Can you help?
Thanks,
Penny
Lisa MarcAurele
There's about 16g carbs in a 28g serving per MyFitnessPal as shown at https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/dried-barberries-203319621
Wendy Williams
We have made this over and over again exactly as is except with no hemp hearts because we had trouble finding them. We love it and are sad if it runs low...we constantly buy the ingredients so we never run out! The BEST ever!
Reuben Filsell
Tried this recipe today, bloody delicious !
The lack of sickeningly sweet flavourings was awesome, this works.
Will probably twerk it a bit, as you do but hey great as it is, so good to get a recipe that delivers well done.
Lisa MarcAurele
Sometimes I just don't use any sweetener at all!
Lani Krantz
Delicious! Life hack - take a half cup measuring cup with you the store, shop in the bulk aisle and only buy the exact amount you need.
Lisa
Great tip!
Dani
Made a batch of this yesterday and it is delicious. I too fell in love with KZ clean eating muesli but didn’t want to pay so much. This tastes exactly the same, but for 1/4 of the price. So glad I found this recipe. Thanks so much. Also...used one of tips in the comments about bringing a measuring cup to the bulk store...GENIUS!
Susan
Great tip! I thought about this while I was in the bulk food store!
G Hirst
I made this for the first time yesterday I left out the hemp hearts as I couldn’t find them and added a few walnuts and brown linseeds. I used a mixture of coconut flakes and dessicated coconut. I left out the stevia but added a little extra vanilla and it is amazing. My first ever homemade muesli and I’m so impressed. I ate it for breakfast with natural Greek yoghurt and a few blueberries. Fabulous!
Lisa
Thanks for sharing! I agree. No need to add sweetener.
Carol
Hi I don’t have hemp hearts could I use flaxseed meal or ground flaxseed? I really want to try this..
Lisa MarcAurele
Absolutely! Feel free to use whatever you have on hand. You can just omit it as well, but may need to increase the amounts of other ingredients a little.
Qoor Dheere
Thank you so much. I love it, tastes like cereal(even though I was never much of a cereal person) and so full of goodness. I just can't get over how amazing it smells...keep opening the jar to get a whiff.
Linda
Super easy and very filling. I omitted the coconut and substituted walnuts for pecans. I also reduced the amount of cinnamon slightly. Absolutely, this is a great, tasty recipe for all ages!
Bernadette Maurer
I'm not a cook and when I do cook, I tend to hyperventilate . I'm not very creative in the kitchen. Thank God my husband likes to cook or we'd starve to death. I LOVE so many of your recipes because they have few ingredients.
Even tho your Muesli Low Carb Cereal has a few more ingredients (anything more than 7 ingreds I don't cook), I figured even a rotten cook could measure. The first time I ate this I didn't like it at all. The next time I added 8 blueberries per bowl and some Splenda (my sugar of choice) which added 2 g carbs per bowl. I now love this muesli and double the recipe so I can have some for a snacking (God forbid I should give up snacks; it's bad enough I've given up sweets).
So Lisa your are now my bff. I'm waiting for your cookbook if and when you decide to publish.
Lisa
Thanks for sharing. I love adding in some berries too. I'm hoping to get one cookbook out this year and possibly one out next year.
Ruth Cummings
Holy cow.... this is amazeballs! I read some of the comments before I made it, so I added the coconut oil and I didn't have maple extract but I DID have coconut extract... so good!!! I doubled the stevia and 1/2 tsp more cinnamon since I added the coconut oil. This is for my cereal-addicted Type 2 Diabetic mom so thanks SO MUCH!!!
Lisa
I need to try that!