Healthy Recipes

Homemade Dried Fruit & Nut Trail Mix

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Ingredients

1 Cup dried organic & unsulfured apricot pieces
(0 g Fat, 4 g Protein, 116 g Carbs, 16 g Fiber, 480 calories with fiber, 416 calories without fiber)
1 Cup dried pineapple pieces
(0 g Fat, 0 g Protein, 136 g Carbs, 4 g Fiber, 544 calories with fiber, 528 calories without fiber)
2 Cups almonds
(136 g Fat, 8 g Saturated Fat, 92 g Unsaturated Fat, 36 g Monounsaturated Fat, 60 g Protein, 48 g Carbs, 32 g Fiber, 1656 calories with fiber, 1528 calories without fiber)
2 Cups walnuts
(120 g Fat, 8 g Saturated Fat, 20 g Unsaturated Fat, 92 g Monounsaturated Fat, 32 g Protein, 24 g Carbs, 12 g Fiber, 1304 calories with fiber, 1256 calories without fiber)

The Beauty of Oatmeal

Since it is quite true that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I decided to start by sharing some of my oatmeal recipes. So stop having breakfasts of coffee and donuts, or coffee and bagels, and start eating healthier.

Oatmeal is an incredible food. Of course I am referring to the whole rolled oats, or steel cut oats, and not the instant, loaded with sugar varieties. Below is a comparison between a typical sugar-laden instant oatmeal, whole rolled oats oatmeal, and steel cut oats oatmeal.