Bulk Natural Foods

Whenever we travel, I am always careful to pack plenty of good healthy snacks so we aren’t tempted to garbage out on fast food and sugary granola bars. We make healthy cookies and homemade crackers made with good dried apples, and this awesome trail mix, among other things. A couple weeks ago, we took a trip to the northwoods of WI, and in an effort to save some money on our trip, we determined not to eat out at all. So for the 16 hour drive both ways, we munched on all the healthy goodies we had brought along. This trail mix was among the favorite snacks. And since the seeds are soaked first, they’re more easily digested so you feel good after eating this stuff by the handful. Of course, you can make this trail mix without sprouting the seeds, but the sprouting process is said to increase the B vitamins, improve the protein quality of the seeds, and destroy the antinutrient, pyhtic acid. For this recipe, you don’t really want the seeds to sprout a tail, so just soak them for about 4 hours; long enough to improve their digestibility and nutrient content. First, soak each type of seed in a separate bowl of water with about a teaspoon of sea salt. 2 cups sunflower seeds 2 cups pumpkin seeds (pepitas) 2 cups whole, raw almonds Strain the seeds and dehydrate at 115 degrees. Then add: 2 cups raisins 2 cups chopped dates 2 cups flaked natural coconut 2 cups Sunspire unsweetened carop chips Mix everything together in a big bowl and store in an airtight container.