Cranberry Craze!!!

This is something that has been, and will be popping up on my food logs. . . regularly. Cranberry Craze is a delicious trail mix that I've extremely fond of. It's the perfect mix and ratio of: almonds, brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds (no husk, just the seed itself), raisins, craisins, dried apple and dried diced peaches, pineapple and mango.

I wanted something with seeds because it's hard to fit those into Paleo without spending a lot of money on a few packages of different types. But every other variety of trail mix they had also contained chocolate, which is something I'm trying to avoid.

This little treat is made of all organic ingredients and can be found at Fred Meyer (of all places) in the bulk food section. And if that's not all, it's pretty inexpensive at $4.49/pound. I've seen it as low as $3.79/pound. One pound typically lasts me at least a week and can't reiterate how scrumptious it is.

I almost don't trust myself with it (I had to stop buying Sunflower Seed Butter from Trader Joe's for that exact reason). I try to never have more than a quarter cup of the trail mixy goodness at a time because It's probably a little more sugar than I should have (what with all the dried fruit and especially mango and pineapple). And I usually only have it that quarter cup once a day. But other then that it fits right in with Paleo.

As I said before, It's extremely tasty, cheap and nutritious. Chalk full of healthy fats, antioxidants and a sweet treat for sure.

NOTE: If you have never had the aforementioned Sunflower Seed Butter (it's like peanut butter but made from sunflower seeds), do yourself a favor and pick up a jar at TJ's. But be careful, you may become addicted and find yourself panhandling outside the sliding-golden-automatic gates to get your next fix.