Low Carb Cereal/Trail Mix Recipe

It ain't cheap. And it requires about 45 minutes of preparation but it is tasty and a batch lasts a month to 5 weeks. Plus it appears to smooth out of one of the downsides of a low carb lifestyle. I leave it to you to guess which one. Hint: It's sometimes chunky, and begins with S.

Material:
12 oz walnuts
12 oz almonds
12 oz pecans
16 oz cashew nuts
12 oz dry roasted peanuts
10 oz dried banana chips
14 oz sunflower seed
14 oz flaked coconut
2 oz cinnamon

Equipment:
Food Processor
Very large mixing bowl
Stiff stirring tool

Procedure:
Load processor 2/3 full with ingredients and run it until largest particle is about 3/8" diameter then dump into mixing bowl. Do Not process coconut. Eventually you will be able to determine when to stop just by listening to the sound of the processor.

After all ingredients are processed, sprinkle coconut flakes and mix with tool, making sure to break up any coconut balls. Then sprinkle the cinnamon on top of mixture. Mix until cinnamon is evenly distributed throughout mixture, this assures complete mixing of the other ingredients.

Cover and let stand overnight. This allows nuts and cinammon to absorb the oil from the coconut.

Makes 53 ea., 2 .oz servings. 1/3 level cup equals 2 ounces.

A no carb milk substitute can be made by mixing heavy cream with water on a one part cream to two parts water ratio.

To make Trail Mix, don't proccess ingredients quite so much. Largest particle should be 1" to 3/4". However, be sure and process banana chips as finely as with cereal. This is what gives the mix it's sweetness and needs to be spread throughout mixture. The cinnamon gives it a kick and is good for you.

See the carbohydrate to ounce breakdown below.

Dry Roasted peanuts.........454g 16oz 80carb
Dried banana ...............284g 10oz 147carb
Cashews.....................454g 16oz 112carb
Sunflower seed..............397g 14oz 65carb
Pecans.....................340.5g 12oz 60carb
Walnut.....................340.5g 12oz 45carb
Almond.....................340.5g 12oz 90carb
Coconut flakes..............396g 14oz 162carb

total carbs............................ 761
total oz............................... 106

carb/oz= 7.18