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What do you put on your popcorn??

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  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    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.

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  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    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: ?
    Whirley-Pop-Stovetop-Popcorn_BD60A7.jpg

    "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:

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  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    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:

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  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "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
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    ah ok, so looks like you can gift this or eat it!:tongue:

    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
    drewzaun Posts: 111
    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
    crystal_sapphire Posts: 1,205 Member
    ah ok, so looks like you can gift this or eat it!:tongue:

    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
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Im glad to know Im not the only one who love M&M's in their popcorn lol I prefer the peanut ones....
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