Swap your chips for trail mix

Live a healthier life by starting with the snacks you choose to eat throughout the day. People tend to go for the packet of potato chips but what it packs is more than just  potatoes. Rather, it is filled with salt and artificial flavourants which are not good for you.

Instead of buying an expensive bag of trail mix you can make it yourself. All you need is:

• 1 cup combination diced dried fruit, such as prunes, apricots, pears and apples
• 1/2 cup raisins and/or dried cherries or cranberries

•  1/2 cups unsalted sunflower seed
•  cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts (or honey-roasted peanuts, chopped walnuts or unsalted almonds)

Mix it all into a bowl and eat or store into plastic bags for a late snack.

Trail mix

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