It's not a Jewish food. Jews may have adopted it at some point into their cuisine, but it definitely didn't start there (I know this for fact mostly because I didn't know what muesli WAS, and I know pretty much every quintessential Jewish food--that is, I've never been surprised to learn any new food, since I just accepted foods for fact as a child, and I haven't encountered any new ones since--being half Jewish myself). I DO know that it IS European in origin--not French, English, or German though. I'm not sure where it's from, actually.
It's essentially a cereal of oats (or nuts in many raw recipes), fruit (dried or fresh), nuts, lemon juice, seeds, spices, and a milk product (or a nut milk, like almond or coconut milk). Unlike most cereals, it's not made by processing a bunch of grains into something, and it's possible to acquire raw oats, so you can really get healthy DENSE food. The big claim to fame of raw foods is how dense and nutritious it is, so it keeps you feeling full much longer than it's equivalent.
I have no idea about soy milk--we don't have soy milk as the milk alternative, as soy has some dubious aspects about it, especially when eaten in too great of quantities. We enjoy tofu sometimes, and soy products like soy sauce and miso, so soy milk would be pushing it. We DO have almond milk, which also a nice creamy consistency, and this does very well in oatmeal. It also gives a feeling of fullness for longer than the milk, and much longer than plain water.
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It's essentially a cereal of oats (or nuts in many raw recipes), fruit (dried or fresh), nuts, lemon juice, seeds, spices, and a milk product (or a nut milk, like almond or coconut milk). Unlike most cereals, it's not made by processing a bunch of grains into something, and it's possible to acquire raw oats, so you can really get healthy DENSE food. The big claim to fame of raw foods is how dense and nutritious it is, so it keeps you feeling full much longer than it's equivalent.
I have no idea about soy milk--we don't have soy milk as the milk alternative, as soy has some dubious aspects about it, especially when eaten in too great of quantities. We enjoy tofu sometimes, and soy products like soy sauce and miso, so soy milk would be pushing it. We DO have almond milk, which also a nice creamy consistency, and this does very well in oatmeal. It also gives a feeling of fullness for longer than the milk, and much longer than plain water.