Hi friends,
Summer runs on snacks, no? Long travel days, ravenous post-swim appetites, camp lunches… They all require snacks. And a whole lot of them. And a diversity of choices, to boot.
As such, this week we’re comin’ atcha with three recipes for snacks that are tasty, easy to make and—crucially—easy to make in bulk: Garlic + Dill “Chex Mix,” “Nutella” Energy Balls and Sweet ‘n’ Salty Trail Mix. Did we invent trail mix? No, of course not. HOWEVER, there’s the health food store bulk section trail mix of your childhood, filled with ancient unsalted peanuts and then there’s ours: a trail mix that combines unexpected ingredients to make every bite a sweet-and-savory delight.
We also included a few of our favorite off-the-shelf snack options for your pantry-stocking, travel-planning, cooler-packing pleasure. (And if you guys have any favorite homemade snacks or off-the-shelf snack options, throw ‘em in the comments, please! There is no such thing as too many snacks.)
Viva snacks!
Greta + Fanny
Inspired by the unabashedly delicious snack mix—a bag of which has the power to make a long flight seem shorter—this recipe helps you recreate a version at home that “chex” (see what we did there??) all of the same boxes (crunchy, salty, etc.), but also gives you total control over the ingredients. We used pretzels, almonds and a multi-grain square cereal from the health food store, but you can choose your own adventure with different nuts, cereals, pretzels, etc. (Crunchy chickpea snacks would be especially great in here too, just make sure to fold them in after roasting so as not to render them inedibly crunchy!)
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