I kept them simple and just added chopped almonds for some crunch, but you could try them with
your favourite dried fruit and nuts, or even chocolate chips!
Not exact matches
On every corner you see piles of the best
dried fruit — my
favourite being the dates, apricots, figs — as well as more
nuts than you can possibly image, heaps of insanely colourful, totally exotic herbs
and spices, brilliant
dried tea mixes, awesome honey
and nut based bars (I'm obsessed)
and the world's best, most freshest juices — pomegranate
and orange being my new
favourite, possibly the yummiest juice ever.
I have tinkered with a whole bunch of them,
and landed on this winning formula — oats plus your
favourite nuts and seeds,
dried fruit and coconut, sweetened with maple syrup, bound with olive oil
and punctuated with cinnamon
and orange zest.
TRAIL MIX: I make my own very simply by mixing together my
favourite nuts and seeds — cashews, almonds, pecans, coconut flakes,
and then adding some
dried fruit in too: raisins, figs,
and dates.
Chocolate - berry treat: Melt 100 g Green
and Black's organic dark chocolate (or similar dk chocolate)
and stir in 50 g quality
dried fruit (berries are my
favourite)
and 50 g roughly chopped
nuts (pecan
and walnut are good).
If you think you would like to see how clean eating diet can make you feel better
and brighter, here are some useful store cupboard essentials to help you: • Oats • Tins of beans, chickpeas, lentils (in water) • Tinned tuna, salmon, mackerel (in olive oil or water, NOT brine) • Whole - wheat pastas, brown rice, quinoa, bulgur wheat, freekeh
and dried lentils • Natural (unsalted)
nuts and nut butters, seeds, raisins, unsweetened
dried fruit, rice cakes • Coconut oil / olive oil • Apple Cider vinegar • Organic Tamari (soy) sauce • Plenty of your
favourite herbs
and spices • Brown rice syrup or organic maple syrup or local honey • Herbal teas
and green tea • Wholegrain mustard
Some of my
favourite snacks are pieces of
fruit /
dried fruit with a handful of
nuts, veggie dippers / oatcakes with hummus, avocado with hemp seeds, home - made energy bars / balls, chia pudding
and smoothies.
I have made quite a few versions, simple granola with
nuts and dried fruit, my son's
favourite Crunchy peanut butter granola or autumn Pumpkin
and pecan granola which often is also eaten by the handful as an afternoon snack.
A blend of your
favourite raw unsalted
nuts, seeds
and dried fruits is the perfect snack for on - the - go.
Order your
favourite dried fruits,
nuts and seeds online from the comfort of your home.
I love the toffee notes of raw sugar
and pecans, but you could quite easily replace the pecans with an equivalent weight of your
favourite nuts or
fruit and nut combinations; such as,
dried cherries with walnuts, or macadamias with chopped stem ginger would be scrumptious here, too.