My Favorite Trail Mix
I don't know why it is called "trail mix," because I mean to tell you that I'm not doing any hiking. But, I'm darned sure eating this particular trail mix. It's my favorite snack these days (and just for the record...I'm losing weight!).
It's equal parts of pecans, dark chocolate morsels, and "Craisins." If you haven't had them, craisins are dried up cranberries, but they are unexpectedly sweet.
I am supposed to be eating nuts, because it helps lower my cholesterol, and my favorite is pecans. Dark chocolate is supposed to be "chock" full of anti-oxidants and can lower high blood pressure, according to the Aug. 27 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. And, I guess craisins are supposed to be healthy.
Do I know how many calories are in this? Of course not! Do I care? Absolutely not. I just know that it satisfies my cravings for sweets--which keeps me from overeating. I gobble two tablespoons of this at mid-morning, and two tablespoons when I get hungry in the afternoon. I swear it's helping me shed pounds.
So, any recipes for your favorite trail mix?
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Almonds
Walnuts
Sunflower Seeds
Pumpkin Seeds
Flax Seeds
Chopped up Dried Mission Figs
Chopped up Dried Pitless Prunes
Golden Raisins
Large Thompson Raisins
M&M Peanut Candy
Mix it all together, eat it. Other then the candy, the stuf is good for you. I use roasted but not salted nuts, okay, maybe one of the nut or seed varieties may have salt on them.
NO MINING! Get a handful, don't pick through it and take out all the M&M's!
