What do you put on your popcorn??

1Corinthians13

My dad makes the best popcorn ever. He uses a Whirley-pop - half a cup of plain popcorn, 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Makes 3 great sized servings...and of course we add lot of salt. Soooo good. I need to get myself a whirley pop.

amberca1

ok, so I bought a bunchof fun things to go on my popcorn thanks to all the great ideas! My favorite is....Bacon Salt!!!!!!!!!!! OMG it tastes so good and its salty too I also bought something called Kernel Seasonings Popcorn Spray in butter flavor- it helps the stuff stick to the popcorn which i LOVE.

I also bought Kernel Seasonings powder flavor in "cheddar flavor" but get this- it chokes me! I mean it must be something about how fine the powder is but when I smell it or put a popcorn in my mouth the powder inhales up into my lungs! Is that weird or what? Its sort of like when you take a big whiff of powdered pepper except this stuff is not spicy, I don't get it. Everytime I tried to eat a popcorn I started coughing. I had to throw the popcorn away that I had put the powder on! Very strange...

hmo4

ok, so I bought a bunchof fun things to go on my popcorn thanks to all the great ideas! My favorite is....Bacon Salt!!!!!!!!!!! OMG it tastes so good and its salty too I also bought something called Kernel Seasonings Popcorn Spray in butter flavor- it helps the stuff stick to the popcorn which i LOVE.

I also bought Kernel Seasonings powder flavor in "cheddar flavor" but get this- it chokes me! I mean it must be something about how fine the powder is but when I smell it or put a popcorn in my mouth the powder inhales up into my lungs! Is that weird or what? Its sort of like when you take a big whiff of powdered pepper except this stuff is not spicy, I don't get it. Everytime I tried to eat a popcorn I started coughing. I had to throw the popcorn away that I had put the powder on! Very strange...

I've had that too! Salt and vinegar Kernals seasoning sprinked after butter spray (so it sticks).

keiko

My dad makes the best popcorn ever. He uses a Whirley-pop - half a cup of plain popcorn, 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Makes 3 great sized servings...and of course we add lot of salt. Soooo good. I need to get myself a whirley pop.

I just used my Whirly pop! It makes the best popcorn! I only use 2 TBL of canola oil. But I put about 1 TBL of butter on with salt. There isn't anything better!

ChannyD

I put Brewer's Yeast on my popcorn. You can find it in health food stores. That and just enough butter to make it stick. And of course the occasional M&M finds its way in....somehow....

skinnyray

Try adding about 1/3 to 1/2 tsp of powdered ranch dressing. It's AWESOME! Had a friend turn me onto it the other day, and now I crave it. Not bad on the calories, either!

lilnatn2

Frank's Hot Sauce! So so good.

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LisaZaugg1976

all these ideas sound yummy!!!

I like to try ranch powder sounds interesting.

crystal_sapphire

omg i love this thread for ideas

is there a way to save threads :laugh:

Fitness_Chick

I put a 100 cal. bag of M&M's in my popcorn.
:bigsmile:
LOVE IT!!!!



(thank you Tami for telling me about this)

ok gonna ask a possible weird question but how many M & M's are in a 100 cal pack?
Thanks Em or whomever gets to this response first:flowerforyou:

FC

Fitness_Chick

omg i love this thread for ideas

is there a way to save threads :laugh:

Sure! You can save them to your blog. Just click on your blog and then click January, then click add and it will bring up a place for you to enter thread links to save for future reference:drinker: I do it often on articles I find on the web so I can bump them when someone asks about them later.

FC

Fitness_Chick

My dad makes the best popcorn ever. He uses a Whirley-pop - half a cup of plain popcorn, 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Makes 3 great sized servings...and of course we add lot of salt. Soooo good. I need to get myself a whirley pop.

mmm and for those of us wondering what the heck a whirly-pop might be like me:blushing: ?


"Something manual to replace the use of appliances like the microwave oven or a plugged-in popcorn popper - the Whirly Pop, that lets you pop popcorn the old-fashioned way."

Google is our best friend:smooched:

FC

Fitness_Chick

Here's a few add-on's I came across.....

Other nutritional ingredients that can be mix in popcorn are:
o 1 /3 cup chopped dried fruit provides iron and fiber
o 2 tbsp. soy nuts gives fiber and calcium
o 2 tbsp. whole almonds gives protein, iron and fiber
o 2 tbsp shredded Parmesan cheese gives protein and calcium
o 10 pretzel sticks gives B vitamins
o 2 tbsp. pumpkin seeds gives protein and fiber
o 1 /2 cup dry unsweetened cereal gives iron and B vitamins

*Old Bay Seasoning
*Honey drizzled
*GOOD SEASONS Italian Salad Dressing Packet
*pizza seasoning
*Agave nectar (a plant-based alternative to honey) and sea salt make an incredible combination, a lot like kettle corn and SO good!
*I dip my popcorn in vinegar... yumm a favorite. :noway: (has anyone here tried this?)
*I sprinkle mine with dill, hot sauce, and crushed garlic. Maybe some chili powder.

OK, so there's a few more ideas I dug up on the web for anyone interested in trying out something new & different:drinker:

FC

Fitness_Chick

"This is a recipe from the book "YOU:On a Diet" by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (A great book, in my opinion, for the recipes alone).

You need:

1/2 cup popcorn kernels
Flavored cooking spray (butter, olive oil, garlic)
Garlic salt or cinnamon
Place the popcorn in a two-and-a-half quart microwave safe bowl, microwave for four to five minutes (don't burn it!) Pour it on to a baking sheet, coat with spray, and follow with the garlic salt or cinnamon. The nutritional breakdown for this is 61 Calories, fat - .8 g, carbs - 5 g, protein - 1 g, and sodium - 0 g.

Make sure you use about 1-2 seconds of spray at most - with Pam, that's 14 calories. If you use 1/3 second, I really doubt you'll cover the popcorn.

I recommend using olive oil spray for the garlic variety, and butter spray if you're using cinnamon.

Enjoy"

I can't imagine this recipe not being fine with the use of hot-air popped corn as well.

Fitness_Chick

ah ok, so looks like you can gift this or eat it!

Herbal Popcorn Seasoning
This is a healthy alternative to the traditional salt-coated snack.
Combine with a bag of organic popcorn and a DVD in a festive bowl adorned with ribbons.

1⁄4 cup dried basil
1⁄4 cup dried marjoram
1⁄4 cup dried thyme
1⁄2 cup nutritional yeast powder
1 cup cheddar cheese powder
1⁄4 cup garlic powder
1⁄8 cup kelp powder

In a grinder, grind basil, marjoram and thyme and mix well with the rest of the ingredients. Store in an airtight glass container away from heat and light. Attach the following instructions on a gift tag:

Sprinkle on lightly buttered popcorn.
-Recipe courtesy of Kim Erickson

drewzaun

I usually air pop kernals and then spray them with a 0 calorie spray like I Cant Believe Its Not Butter or Smart Start butter spray. And the obligatory shakes of salt, but I am constantly working out and can use a little more salt in my diet, if you are not sweating alot every day then limit the extra salt you use in your diet.

crystal_sapphire

ah ok, so looks like you can gift this or eat it!

Herbal Popcorn Seasoning
This is a healthy alternative to the traditional salt-coated snack.
Combine with a bag of organic popcorn and a DVD in a festive bowl adorned with ribbons.

1⁄4 cup dried basil
1⁄4 cup dried marjoram
1⁄4 cup dried thyme
1⁄2 cup nutritional yeast powder
1 cup cheddar cheese powder
1⁄4 cup garlic powder
1⁄8 cup kelp powder

In a grinder, grind basil, marjoram and thyme and mix well with the rest of the ingredients. Store in an airtight glass container away from heat and light. Attach the following instructions on a gift tag:

Sprinkle on lightly buttered popcorn.
-Recipe courtesy of Kim Erickson

yummy that sounds sooo good

MyaPapaya75

Im glad to know Im not the only one who love M&M's in their popcorn lol I prefer the peanut ones....