Gourmet Guide by Jo Blennerhassett of The Good Food Trading Co.

Start the day off on the right foot with Cec's muesli range made from the traditional family recipe.

Cec's Muesli is a New Zealand family owned and operated business based in the Hawke's Bay, producing high quality home-styled mueslis.

In 2005 Cecile (Cec) Buchanan, with the help of her son Angus, began designing muesli recipes taken from the original family recipe handed down to her from her mother, to provide a wholesome breakfast for her family.

What began as a healthier option for her family has become a staple breakfast cereal in many friends' and families' household pantries. It is simply delicious!

With continued developing and tweaking, and with plenty of willing tasters, Cec introduced the unique Gluten Free Muesli in September 2010.

Today Cec's Muesli is lead by Cec's son Alister Buchanan, who knows first-hand that to produce a quality product you must use quality ingredients. Alister continues to travel the country promoting the brand and providing tasting sessions at various outlets nationwide, and planting the seed of Cec's Muesli.

The Good Food Trading Company carries both the original and the gluten free range and both the traditional and gluten free are hugely popular.

The Original blend is a traditional styled muesli with an oats and fruit base, sweetened only with honey, giving a healthy fresh taste... a secret recipe with farming origins filled with quality ingredients and lovingly handmade in small batches. It has a finer texture to be enjoyed for easy eating.

The Gluten Free Muesli is a unique light and crispy textured muesli, not only loved by gluten intolerant people - this muesli has serious flavour! Eat with yoghurt for breakfast or use as a snack throughout the day straight from the pack. Once placed in the mouth the flavours will take over, and to enjoy the experience even more Cec's Gluten Free Muesli is only sweetened with honey, with no added preservatives or flavourings.

Come and visit The Good Food Trading Company this weekend and try Cec's range of mueslis to give you a kick start to the day as the winter chill's set in. We're at 35 MacDonald Street, Mount Maunganui.