Last weekend I started making some of my contributions for Thanksgiving ahead of time. If it is possible, I am a big fan of making things ahead so that I’m not scrambling and running to the grocery store the night before Thanksgiving. I had quite a few recipes on my to-make list, but I decided to start with what seemed like the easiest ones that I could make ahead of time. I had bookmarked this Cheesy Italian Seasoned Snack Mix recipe from SavvyEats last year and never got around to making it, so I decided that would be the first thing I’d make this year. (find the recipe here)
As suspected, the recipe was incredibly easy and foolproof. I may have had a bit of a garlic powder and cheese powder explosion while making it, but it didn’t seem to hurt the recipe at all. Just more flavor, I suppose!
While this was baking it smelled delicious! All of the spices blended together made it smell like a delicious Italian meal was being made in my oven. Since the smell was so pungent I was afraid the mix would have a very strong flavor as well (also because of previously mentioned garlic and cheese powder explosion) but it wasn’t actually all that strong. I mean, it was flavorful, but not overwhelmingly, I was mostly afraid that the garlic would be too much.
Ease: A+, incredibly easy, I even feel like the measurements didn’t really need to be very exact.
Taste: A-, It wasn’t bad at all, I’m just not a huge fan of this type of snack mix. My husband and coworkers seemed to really like it though!
Would I make it again? Yes. As I said, I intended to make this batch to take to Thanksgiving at my parents house. Then the husband ate some, and I brought some to work, and I ate some. I will definitely need to make another batch before Thanksgiving – good thing it is so easy to make!
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all of our thanksgivings are at our parents’ or grandparents’ houses and it seems like everyone in our family has things down to such a routine that i never have to contribute anything.
i think it’d be fun to prepare a thanksgiving dish, but it’s nice not to have to worry about it, too!
That sounds so nice to not have anything to worry about! I only have to make something for one of my Thanksgivings, but I don’t mind it. It isn’t usually anything traditional, but I like knowing there will always be something that I like on the table!
Yes please-we would love it!
This looks pretty simple as well as tasty! Reminds me of the chex mix my dad always makes for Christmas. SO good!
It is SO easy. You could totally make it. I feel like it has a holiday feel too for some reason, maybe since there are always tons of snacks around during gatherings and some type of chex mix is a pretty standard snack?
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