![]() Can you find out what the recipe is so that I can make it at home?" There is a much easier way for you to get the recipe than writing to me. Sometimes the letters read, "My husband especially likes the trail mix at the health-food store. Keep it in a cool place, for munching or filling lunchboxes. Place this mixture in a large jar with a tight-fitting lid. Find a large bowl, pour them all in, stir them around and mix up well. ![]() Take these little bats of goodies home with you. Flavored wheat berries are good (they've been soaked and then popped, then covered with garlic salt or parmesan cheese - you can also find them plain), or toasted soybeans. One or two ingredients could be salted, probably no more than that. Some standards are sunflower seeds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, almonds (perhaps flavored with tamari sauce), flake coconut (taste a piece first to make sure it isn't rancid - the oil is volatile), dried apricots, pieces of dates and raisins. Browse through these bins, and buy 1/4 to 1/2 pound of each of several things that you like. That means in bins, or boxes, or drawers, or something that you can reach into and take as many or as little as you want. Find a food cooperative or natural food store that sells dried fruit and shelled nuts in bulk. ![]() Nothing could be easier than making it at home. Packagers of health-food products have been capitalizing on this snack that hikers have been making for themselves for years. ![]() So often in our packaged, ready-to-eat on-the-road culture, we look for packaged foods that we can take with us, and this seems like a good one. I get several letters a year asking me how to make trail mix. ![]()
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