{"id":18801,"date":"2022-02-16T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=18801"},"modified":"2022-02-09T14:32:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:32:37","slug":"trail-mixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2022\/02\/16\/trail-mixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Mixes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by Rissa Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Rissa Miller, Senior Editor Vegan Journal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trail mixes are a great snack for camping and hiking,\ntravel, long days at work or school, as well as just everyday life. And there\nare as many ways to combine them as there are folks who love eating them. Yes,\nyou can certainly find plenty of vegan-friendly trail mixes and granolas on the\nmarket now (be sure to check labels for honey, dairy, and egg ingredients). But\nthen you’ll miss the fun of blending you own, as well as the savings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below, find three recipes for trail mixes, and under that,\nkeep reading for a list of ideas to create your own signature trail mix – sweet\nor savory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nut-Free Trail Mix<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup soynuts (dried soy beans; salted or unsalted, as\ndesired)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup hulled sunflower seeds (salted or unsalted, as\ndesired)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup quartered dried apricots<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup dried blueberries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add all ingredients to a container with a lid, shake to\ncombine. Store in a sealed container for up to one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savory\nCheezy-Nut Trail Mix<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-1\/2 cups mixed nut blend (salted or unsalted, as desired)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup vegan cheese square crackers (such as Earth Balance\ncrackers or From the Ground Up)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup sundried tomato strips (not in oil)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add all ingredients to a container with a lid, shake to\ncombine. Store in a sealed container for up to one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chocolate-Cranberry\nTrail Mix<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup pepitas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup slivered or sliced almonds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup vegan chocolate chips<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup dried cranberries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add all ingredients to a container with a lid, shake to\ncombine. Store in a sealed container for up to one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make your OWN signature trail mix blend with any of these\nideas below. Just make a balance of chewy\/crunchy ideas and go with sweet or\nsavory profiles! These can go savory or sweet, as you prefer. These lists are\nhere to get you started….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crunchy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuts: Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Cashews, Coconut Slivers,\nHazelnuts, Macadamia Nuts, Pecans, Pine Nuts, Pistachios, Walnuts <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeds: Cacao, Hemp Seeds, Peptitas\/Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower\nSeeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beans: Soynuts, Chickpeas (baked)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crackers\/Cereal: Any small cereal pieces, Cheezy Cracker\nSquares, Pretzels, Sesame Sticks, Wasabi Peas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dried Fruit\/Veggies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apples, Apricots, Banana, Blueberries, Cherries,\nCranberries, Dates (pitted), Figs, Goji Berry, Kiwi, Mango, Papaya, Peaches,\nPears, Plums (Prunes), Pineapple, Raisins, Strawberries, Sun-Dried Tomato<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freeze-Dried Fruits\/Veggies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beets, Blackberries, Blueberries, Mango, Peppers,\nRaspberries, Strawberries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweet Treats (optional): <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chocolate Chips or Chunks, Fruit Leather strips or bits,\nVegan Gummy Candies, Vegan Jelly Beans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rissa Miller, Senior Editor Vegan Journal Trail mixes are a great snack for camping and hiking, travel, long days at work or school, as well as just everyday life. And there are as many ways to combine them as there are folks who love eating them. Yes, you can certainly find plenty of vegan-friendly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18803,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801\/revisions\/18803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}