Snacks

Dates & Roasted Pecans

Here’s a delicious snack when you’re craving something sweet.  This is something I’ve been enjoying as a treat after my lunch.  It helps to satisfy that sweet craving after lunch or dinner. I first discovered this a few years ago when on a restrictive nutritional plan that didn’t include sugar.

Ingredients:
Organic Dates/ Honey Dates
Roasted/Unroasted Pecans

You can either roast the pecans or not roast them.  If you decided to roast the pecans you can do so in a non stick skillet or in a toaster oven.  Try not to burn the pecans.

Take one pecan and one date, open the date and place the pecan inside.  Enjoy!

Nutty Mix
I'm so excited to share with you the nutty mix (trail mix) I just concocted. Tomorrow is a tournament day for me, so that means judging all day and snacking, since there is no time to eat. I wanted to create something festive and flavor full so I headed off to my local market to have some fun.

Nutty Mix

Ingredients

1 cup raw almonds

1 cup raw walnuts

1 cup raw cashews

1/2 - 1 cup raw pepitas

1/2 - 1 cup raw sunflower seeds

1 cup goji berries

1 cup jumbo raisins

Measure out all ingredients and put them into a large Zip Lock Freezer bag. Zip the bag close and shake. Shake until all ingredients are mixed. You can store the Nutty Mix in the Zip Lock bag or poor and store in a air tight container.

If you're craving a sweeter version add 1 1/2 cups carob chips. This is a good mix to put out at holiday parties or any type of get together.

Enjoy!