The Save-a-Lot store brand version of Cheerios is pretty awful. I had forgotten that and purchased a box. After a couple of bowls, it was determined that it wasn't worth eating. Loath to throw good food away, a recycling plan was hatched: party mix. This batch was made with cereal, whole wheat crackers, unsalted peanuts, pretzel thins, raisins/craisins, oil, butter, dry onion soup mix, salt, and soy sauce. Traditional party mix calls for ranch dressing mix, so a little bit of actual salad dressing was mixed in as well.
The mix was baked at 350 for forty-five minutes, getting shuffled around at the mid-point. The resulting product was very tasty. It was also a whole lot less salty than store-bought party mix. Best of all, most of the ingredients where whole grain; the pretzels being the one exception.
This was stored in a zippy bag to keep it fresh. It provided handfuls of tasty crunchy goodness in a pinch as well as a viable pre-dinner, movie time and lunch time snack.
This was a great way to use of cereal we really didn't like!
That's a creative solution! I hate to waste food too. Once I had bought very hot green peppers by mistake. My uncle told me to pickle them. I used my grandma's method. First I boiled them in a half water, half vinegar solution for about 3-4 minutes. Then I put them in a jar of fresh vinegar, water and salt solution with garlic cloves. After a week or so, the peppers were actually very edible and tasty.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good save! Food waste makes me feel so guilty -- not just because people are starving elsewhere, but because landfills are full of rotting food too.
DeleteThat looks tasty - hubby loves snacks like that. I've never tried making my own mix though
ReplyDeleteWe snack on a lot of popcorn (air popped), and this was a nice change!
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