Banana Chips Optional

Wouldn't you know my first actual food post is not something I actually had to cook, bake, sautee, steam, or roast. In fact, absolutely no prep work, chopping, or preheating went in to making this delectable treat. We just made a heaping container of yummy trail mix!


Also, my first guest appearances start here in this inaugural post. My lovely roommate Laura had a hankerin' for good old trail mix, so she and I created a special blend called Banana Chips Optional because that's just what it is. She enjoys banana chips, and I find them overpowering. So to make us both happy, we keep the banana chips on the side as an optional add-in.

Then, after we had finished the layering process (and, yes, we did take turns layering the ingredients in the same order), I caught this little thief (j/k!) sneaking morsels from the trail mix container. Actually, that's another one of my roommates, Elizabeth (guest appearance #2, score!) Hopefully, we'll all enjoy and share the trail mix together throughout this next week to get back in the school groove. Yum!


Banana Chips Optional Trail Mix:

1 box Quaker Oatmeal Squares
1 pouch craisins
1 pouch dried pineapples
1 pound dried apricots
3 boxes of raisins
1 cup almonds
2/3 pumpkin seeds
1 pouch banana chips (optional)

1. Layer even parts of all the items in an air-tight container. Mix and match your own favorite additions to create as simple or as complex a mixture as you'd like! Enjoy!

Suggested add-ins: coconut flakes, chocolate chips, sunflower seeds, pecans, walnuts, peanuts, m&m's, dried cherries, pistachios, etc.