Protein-Packed Trail Mix

Name: Protein-Packed Trail Mix
Yield: Makes about 4½ cups
Ingredients: 1 15.5-ounce can chickpeas, rinsed; 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided; Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper; ½ cup almonds; ½ cup cashews; ½ cup shelled pistachios; ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper; ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom; 8 dried mission figs, halved; 4 dried Turkish figs, thinly sliced; ½ cup dried apricots; ⅓ cup dried mulberries; ¼ cup dried goji berries; ¼ cup golden raisins

By Andy Baraghani

July 10, 2017

Photo by Alex Lau, Styling by Sue Li

If you don’t want to go all out with a big variety of dried fruits and nuts (they can get expensive), you can limit yourself to two of each. Just be sure to include the salted roasted chickpeas; they’re addictive and provide a little hit of protein in this mix as well.

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