My hubby’s Paleo trail mix is like crack. The two of us constantly make beelines to the pantry to scarf down a handful or three throughout the day when we’re home. It’s super duper easy to make if you live near a Trader Joe’s, where you can purchase all the ingredients except for the flaked coconut, and have a handy-dandy scale.
I love my scale. All you need to do is place a big mixing bowl on it, press tare (to zero the measurement), pour in an ingredient until it reaches the correct weight, tare it, and repeat with the next ingredient. No measuring cups to wash – just one damn bowl! When you’re finished weighing all the ingredients, you just mix everything together. I’m all about minimizing the prep and clean up.
Henry’s original recipe has been modified slightly, so this is what you need to assemble for his current version of Paleo Trail Mix:
Time to make Paleo Trail Mix!
Makes 6½ cups
Ingredients:
- 16 oz. roasted, unsalted sunflower seed kernels
- 16 oz. raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds
- 8 oz. roasted, unsalted almond slivers
- 6 oz. dried pineapple, cut up
- 5 oz. dried flake coconut (I prefer to toast them if I have the time)
Equipment:
- All of my recommended kitchen tools are listed here.
Method:
Make sure everything is unsalted – it makes a huge difference. A huge difference for the BETTER.
Sounds easy, right? Go make some yourself and have some right out of the bowl or with coconut or almond milk. You’re welcome.
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Paleo Trail Mix
Ingredients
- 16 ounces roasted unsalted sunflower seeds
- 16 ounces raw unsalted pumpkin seeds
- 8 ounces unsalted almond slivers
- 6 ounces dried pineapple cut up
- 5 ounces dried coconut flakes
Instructions
- All you need to do is place a big mixing bowl on your scale, press tare (to zero the measurement), pour in an ingredient until it reaches the correct weight, tare it, and repeat with the next ingredient.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
So easy to make and delicious. It’s hard to find a good paleo, affordable trail mix, so I am glad I found this recipe. One thing that wasn’t clear to me is that the nuts had to be salted since I bought the ingredients without reading the instructions, but I salted everything to my liking, so it’s probably better that way.