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Heart Healthy Recipes - Roasted Sesame and Honey Snack Mix

Roasted Sesame and Honey Snack MixRoasted Sesame and Honey Snack Mix
Prep: 10 min
Bake: 45 min
Cool: 30 min
Makes 20 servings (1/2 cup each)

Ingredients:

3 cups Wheat Chex cereal
3 cups checkerboard-shaped pretzels
2 cups popped light microwave popcorn
1 cup sesame sticks
1 cup mixed nuts
1/4 cup honey
3 tablespoons canola or soybean oil
2 tablespoons sesame seed, toasted, if desired*

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 275°. Mix cereal, pretzels, popcorn, sesame sticks and nuts in ungreased jelly roll pan, 15 1/2x10 1/2x1 inch.

2. Mix remaining ingredients in small bowl. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly coated.

3. Bake 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Spread on waxed paper; cool about 30 minutes. Store in tightly covered container up to 1 week.

*To quickly toast sesame seed, cook in a small nonstick skillet over medium heat 1 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until light golden brown.

Nutritional Information:

1 Serving = 1/2 Cup: Calories 165 (Calories from Fat 35); Fat 4g; Saturated Fat 0g (3% of Calories from Saturated Fat); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 440mg; Trans Fat 0g; Carbohydrate 29g (Dietary Fiber 2g); Protein 3g

% Daily Value: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 2%; Calcium 2%; Iron 18%; Folic Acid 24%

Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1 Other Carbohydrates, 1/2 Fat

Carbohydrate Choices: 2

Courtesy of 8th Continent® soymilk
Recipe from the Betty Crocker Healthy Heart Cookbook, now available in bookstores.

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