Lentil Trail Mix (Tasty Thursday recipe)
Author: Flavia Del Monte
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Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
- ½ cup uncooked red lentils
- ¼ cup raw pumpkin seeds
- ¼ cup sunflower seeds
- ¼ cup dried cherries
- ⅓ cup diced dried apricots
- ¼ cup diced dried honey dates
- 1 teaspoon arrowroot powder
- ⅛ teaspoon Aztec Salt
Instructions
- Soak lentils in 2 cups of water in a medium bowl for 3-5 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Drain and rinse lentils and spread across a baking sheet and sprinkle with salt.
- Bake in oven for 30 minutes, or until lentils are crunchy.
- When finished, remove and let cool to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, dice the dried fruit into small chunks.
- Place in a bowl and add the arrowroot powder, small amounts at a time.
- Toss the fruit in the powder until the sticky parts of coated.
- Mix lentils with remaining ingredients.
- Transfer to an airtight container and save for a snack for later!
You can be creative and mix in whatever nuts, seeds and fruits you want! This Valentine’s day I plan on making a bunch and creating little red mason jars of trail mix for my family. Just a little healthy gift.
This sounds amazing!!!! What can I use instead of arrowroot? Thanks
Hi You can try potato starch 🙂
And also, have you tried with other lentil varieties? Is it good? Thanks
I have not… let me know if you do and how it turns out 🙂
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Thank you so much! I love hearing feedback like this 🙂