Recipe for Low Fat Trail Mix

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Trail mix is a mixture of high-energy foods that are eaten as a snack. Many trail mixes include items such as dried fruit, nuts, chocolate and seeds. Trail mixes can help someone to lose weight by replacing the sweets and other junk food that people tend to snack on. Trail mixes are available at the grocery store, but most of the pre-packaged trail mixes contain a lot of hidden sugar content, as well as tons of sodium.

A good way to avoid these extra pitfalls is to make trail mix at home. All you have to do is follow a recipe and in no time, you will have your own treat. If you make a small amount, you can pack it in a Ziploc baggie and bring it with you when you are on the go. If you make a large amount, you should store it in a plastic, airtight sealed container.

There are many variations when it comes to making trail mix. Sometimes you can increase or decrease the amount of what you add to various recipes to fit your needs. Below you will find a variety of trail mixes that are low-fat or can be made low-fat with a bit of tweaking on your own. These recipes can be used to jumpstart your trail mix adventures.

1) Healthy Trail Mix

Ingredients

3/4 oz. unsalted pretzels
1 Tbsp. walnuts
1 Tbsp. sliced almonds
1/3 Tbsp. raisins

Directions

1) Combine pretzels, raisins, walnuts and almonds. Serve

2) Dried Fruit and Nut Trail Mix

Ingredients

dried banana chips
dried apricots
dried papaya

dried chunks of pineapple
dried cranberries
unsalted peanuts
almonds and cashews

Directions

1) Combine all ingredients.

3) Dried Fruit Trail Mix

Ingredients

Sunflower Seeds

Dried Apricots

Dried Peaches

Dried Cherries

Dried Strawberries

Dried Blueberries

Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients and serve.

4) Cereal Trail Mix

Ingredients

Chex or Cheerios cereal

Raisins

Unsalted Peanuts

A Couple of Chocolate Chips

Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients and serve.

5) Carob Trail Mix

Ingredients

One Part Carob Chips

Two Parts Unsalted Peanuts

One Part Raisins

Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients and serve.

2) Add a few extras to your mix if you like, such as sunflower seeds, pretzel sticks


6) Carob Trail Mix 2

Ingredients
One part Honey Nut Cheerios
One part Carob Chips
One part Roasted Peanuts

Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients and serve.

7) Graham Cracker Trail Mix

Ingredients

1/4 lb. Raisins
1/4 lb. Peanuts
1/4 lb. Low-Fat Chocolate Bits or Carob Bits
Honey Graham Bits

Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients and serve.

8) Nut and Dried Fruit Mix

Ingredients

Cashews
Sliced Almonds

Dried Papaya and/or Mango

Dried Cranberries

Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients and serve.

9) Happy O's Trail Mix

Ingredients
2 cups round, Whole-Grain Toasted Oat Cereal
1/4 cup Dried Cranberries
1/4 cup Golden Raisins
1/4 cup Crumbled Banana Chips
1 tablespoon Peanuts

Directions

1) In a medium bowl, combine the oat cereal, cranberries, raisins, banana chips and peanuts.

2) Mix well and serve.

10) Low Fat Trail Mix

Ingredients

8 cups Fat Free Popcorn

1 cup Cheerios

1 cup Pretzel Sticks

1/3 cup Raisins

Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients and serve.

11) Low-Calorie Trail Mix

Ingredients

1 tablespoon dark raisin

1 tablespoon golden raisins

¼ cup Dried Apricots

1 tablespoon Almond Silvers

Directions

1) Mix one tablespoon each of dark and golden raisins with a quarter cup of dried apricots and a tablespoon of almond slivers.

12) Fruit and Nut Trail Mix

Ingredients

Raisins

Dates

Peanuts

Sunflower Seeds

Orange chips

Directions

1) Combine all of the ingredients and serve