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Recipe: Healthy Almond and Coconut Trail Mix

This healthy snack satisfies a taste for sweet as well as crunch

Almond and coconut trail mix poured from jar onto table

This trail mix fits easily in a pocket or purse and can help you avoid spur-of-the-moment fast food or other unhealthy choices. The key is to include a protein source, like the nuts and seeds found in this trail mix recipe, as well as a fiber source, provided by the nuts, seeds, whole grains and dried fruit.

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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup unsalted roasted peanuts
  • 3/4 cup unsalted roasted almonds
  • 1 cup unsalted roasted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup raisins or currants
  • 3/4 cup plain oat or bran or whole-grain cereal

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients.
  2. Measure out 1/4 cup servings in individual snack-size bags to make a healthy, portable snack.

Ingredient health benefits

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Nutrition information (per serving)

Makes 16 servings
Serving = 1/4 cup

Calories: 140
Total fat: 9 g
Saturated fat: 1.5 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 20 mg
Total carbohydrate: 11 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugars: 4 g
Protein: 5 g

Recipe provided by Digestive Disease Health Team dietitians.

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