This Emergency Snack Pack recipe was inspired by Thermofit with Noni. Our beautiful friend Noni shared recently that always keeps a jar of nuts in her car so when she get’s hungry on the road, she always has a healthy snack on hand. I loved this idea because I am positive the kids wait until we’re in the car and been on the road for 10 minutes just to say “Mum, I’m starving” (can you relate?). The handy jar of nuts has come to the rescue a few times since.
To minimise the cost of eating wholefoods, I like to ensure my recipes are multi-purpose. This way I can buy one set of ingredients, and use them multiple ways. That’s how this Emergency Snack Pack came about – I combined two of my existing recipes (Seed and Trail Mix plus Chocolate Breakfast Puffs). Make this up, pop it in a jar and leave it in the car or your handbag. I have a 6 hour solo road trip coming up, so this emergency snack pack will be sitting on the passenger seat ready for when my tummy rumbles.
Ingredients
Seed and Trail Mix
- 1/4 cup pepitas
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/8 cup sesame seeds
- 1/8 cup linseeds
- 1/8 cup hempseeds (optional)
- 1/2 cup coconut flakes
- 1/4 cup raisins (or goji, figs or combination of all)
- Sprinkling of cinnamon powder (optional and add amount to your tastes)
Note – I added a few handfuls of mixed natural nuts to this mix too. After I made it all, I also added in some hemp seeds.
Chocolate Breakfast Puffs
- 2 cups puffed rice
- 2 cups puffed corn
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup pepitas
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 110g butter (use a smaller amount of coconut oil if you want dairy free)
- 1/3 cup rice malt syrup
- 40g cacao powder
Method
Seed and Trail Mix
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Mix all the ingredients except raisins and cinnamon in a bowl then spread out on the baking tray.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon if you’re adding it.
- Bake in the oven for 5-8 minutes until golden.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Stir though the raisins.
Chocolate Breakfast Puffs
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees
- Line a large baking tray with paper
- Add the puffed rice, puffed corn, coconut, pepitas, and sesame seeds (don’t worry if this looks like it’s too much for the tray because the puffed corn shrinks down when cooked)
- Use your hands to mix this all around on the tray
- Over medium heat, melt the butter and the rice malt syrup until combined
- Add the cacao powder to the buttery syrup and mix well
- Remove from heat and pour over the dry ingredients on the baking tray
- Use a large spoon to gently turn over the dry ingredients until all ingredients are coated in the chocolate mixture
- Pop into the oven for 5 minutes, stir around to turn over, then pop back in for another 3 minutes
- Remove from heat and allow to cool before storing.
Assembling Your Emergency Snack Pack
When both the trail mix and the chocolate puffs have cooled, pop them both in a big bow and mix together. Then store in glass jars. I encourage you to keep one for your desk too.
Just a reminder, you don’t need to be a master chef, or have a big spotless kitchen to make awesome nutritious meals or snacks for your family.
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