Thursday 22 July 2010

Fruit, Nut and Chocolate Mix

High iron trail mix
I've been aiming to make different fruit, nut and chocolate mixes which give 4mg iron per 100g. I made this one by using three bags of Coop Truly Irresistible fruit and nut mix, adding enough dark chocolate to make it around 30g of chocolate per 100g serving and then enough cashews to make it 4mg iron per 100g. I used to play about with a spreadsheet to work out the proportions but now I'm using Shop n Cook, it's loads quicker and easier to work it out. Anyway, on to the recipe:

Ingredients
  • Three bags of Coop Truly Irresistible fruit and nut mix (i.e. 262.5g raisins, 127.5g dried apricots, 75g dried pineapple, 67.5g pecans, 67.5g hazelnuts, 60g dried cranberries, 52.5g almonds, 37.5g dried mango.)
  • 550g dark choc
  • 600g cashews
Method
Empty fruit and nut mix into very large tub.
Use scissors to cut up larger fruits so that things are fairly similar sizes.
Add cashews.
Break up chocolate into individual blocks and add to tub.
Put lid on and turn over a few times to mix.
Portion into tubs of 100g servings if desired.

One serving of high iron trail mix in a bowl.
Nutritional facts per serving (daily value):
Calories 447kcal
Protein 9g (18%)
Total Fat 29g (44%)
Sat. 8g (41%)
Chol. 0mg (0%)
Carb. 48g (16%)
Fiber 5g (20%)
Sugars 33g
Calcium 46mg (5%)
Iron 4mg (21%)
Magnesium 151mg (38%)
Phosphorus 280mg (28%)
Potassium 563mg (16%)
Sodium 10mg (0%)
Zinc 3mg (18%)
Copper 1mg (56%)
Manganese 1mg
Selenium 8µg
Vit. C 3mg (5%)
Vit. B1 0mg (14%)
Vit. B2 0mg (6%)
Vit. B3 1mg (5%)
Vit. B5 0mg (4%)
Vit. B6 0mg (12%)
Diet. fol. eq. 19µg (5%)
Vit. B12 0µg (0%)
Vit. A 262IU (5%)
Vit. A1 0µg
Vit. E 2mg (10%)
Vit. K 14µg
Vit. D 0IU (0%)
Exported from Shop'NCook Pro 3.4.3 (http://www.shopncook.com)

High iron fruit, nut and chocolate mix.

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