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So quite possibly my son's favorite food is pop corn, or pop-pop. He loves it. I only have two problems with it. First, its pretty hard to find healthy microwave popcorn and secondly, it is expensive, especially when your little one only eats 1/2 cup at a time. So I've got a great alternative for you. Some of you remember using popcorn machines, right? Well, you can still buy bags of popcorn for those machines, but you can also pop it over the stove or in the microwave.
To make microwave popcorn, pour about 2 tbpns of kernels in a brown paper grocery sack. Drizzle some olive oil or canola oil in the bag, fold down the top and place in your microwave on the popcorn setting. IT WILL PROBABLY BE DONE BEFORE THE TIME IS UP. However, your popcorn setting is adjusted to the right power setting for popcorn.
This method allows you to not only save money (1 bag of kernels + 50 lunch sacks = $2.58 and make almost 100 cups!), but it allows you to control the amount of salt, butter, and oil you and your kids are consuming.
It's so cheap, you can afford to rent a movie to go with it.
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2 comments:
I love popcorn, too. I would happily eat it for dinner for days if I didn't have to cook for the rest of my family. I like to make mine on the stove, with this perfect recipe - http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/perfect_popcorn/
I've heard of your method but been nervous to try it - I'm scared of putting a paper bag in the microwave, lol.
I was a little too, but no issues at all.
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