Cooking Thursday: Another Great Oldie - the Best Munchie Mix

 

Hellooooo Beautiful Friends!!

How's it going? Are you diving into summer yet? The summer solstice is almost here. :) We have been enjoying our deck as a 2nd living room and we are out there every moment we can get. 😍 We've gotten in some ladder ball, mini golf, and some cornhole. Now we need to get in some pickle ball, and real golf! 

We've also been looking at some summer hikes we want to take. I have a book with local hikes that are 3 miles or less and we plan to check several off the list over the months ahead. 

I've also continued to love to play among my flowers and little container gardens as much as possible. My peonies are just about ready to pop out:

And our little strawberry plant keeps producing little jewels. It will never do enough to amount to a lot at once...but we enjoy nibbling some whenever they're ripe. They're so sweet and juicy and taste like nature's candy. 😋

Speaking of delicious things - I thought I'd share another blast from the past. This munchie mix has been a go-to staple around here for over 20 years. It's pretty simple to make and it's SOOOO good. It makes a good amount so you need a pretty good sized bowl for it...or at least for a  double recipe (which I always do). It's too good not to make a big batch if you're going to go through the effort. But I also only make it when I know there will be plenty of folks to eat it. And we're going to be doing belated Father's Day with Matt's Dad - so I figured it would be a good time to make it. 

It's a wonderful sweet and salty concoction and you can find my original post about it, from way back in 2015, if you click here.

These are 2 key ingredients of the dish. Another is parmesan cheese (the powdered kind in the green canister) which I forgot to get in the photo. To double the recipe I took 2 cans of mixed nuts. Mixed with some melted powder, the parm cheese, and some herbs & seasonings (oregano, celery salt, and garlic powder) and bake it. Then while it's warm you pour the nut mixture over the golden grahams and toss it all together. 

It turns into this wonderful crunchy, earthy, salty, & sweet dream of a snack. We love to munch while we play cards or games, or watch a movie. Beware it's highly addicting!! And if you bring it to a gathering you'll be asked for the recipe or to bring it again and again. 

I make sure I keep it in a bowl with a good sealed cover as then it will stay fresh for many days. 

I urge you to make it just to try it because it's so yummy! I wish I could send you all some. 💗 I'll write the recipe below as a single batch, but I highly recommend you just DOUBLE IT because you'll need that much as it goes fast!!

BEST MUNCHIE MIX:

1/2 stick of butter (1/4 c.), melted

1/2 c. parmesan cheese

1 can of mixed nuts (regular size)

1/2 tsp each of: oregano, garlic powder, celery salt

6 c. golden grahams

Preheat oven to 300*. Melt butter in a bowl. Stir in the nuts, cheese and seasonings. Toss all together well and pour onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes, stirring twice during that time.

Take a different large bowl and put golden grahams in it. If you double the recipe (I HIGHLY recommend you do) don't do 12 c. of golden grahams. I think it would be too much. I never measure the cereal out to be honest. I just dump in about 1/2 the box of a 1 pound box in the bottom of the bowl for a double recipe. You want the nuts to shine too. You could always add more cereal later if you thought it needed it - but start with less cereal first. 

Then once the nut mixture is done baking (while it's still warm) scoop it out onto the cereal. Toss it all together and keep it in a sealed container. Then get ready to watch it disappear!! 

Enjoy

xoxo