LOW WASTE SNACKS
One of my absolute favorite #packagefree snacks is stove top popcorn. Movie nights at home, a quick snack while I’m drawing, I love a bowl (to myself, let’s be honest) of popcorn loaded up with some flaky salt, paprika, and a palmful of nutritional yeast. It’s a relatively guilt-free snack you can doctor up with whatever seasonings you have on hand. I’m a dry popcorn kind of gal but to each their own, we’re not here to judge.
I usually find my kernels in the bulk bin of my local grocery store, which makes this a bin to bowl plastic free snack experience. (Reminder to bring your own container!) If you can’t find these at your local grocery store, a conventional packaged bag of popcorn is a much better alternative to several plastic wrapped, microwave bags coated with things we probably shouldn’t be eating on a regular basis.
Super simple stove top popcorn
Ingredients: - 2 tbsp olive oil - 1/2 cup popcorn kernels - handful of salt, nutritional yeast, pumpkin spice, etc - seasonings to your liking To-do’s: 1. Pour oil into a heavy bottomed, medium size pan and turn on medium heat. Add in a kernel and cover with lid. You’ll wait for the kernel to pop before you add in the rest. 2. Once that kernel has popped pour in the rest and cover with lid. Give the pot a little shake to let the kernels distribute evenly around bottom of the pan. Let sit as kernels begin to pop. Once they are popping, ever so slightly crack the lid to allow steam to escape (this will keep the popcorn from getting soggy.) 3. Continue cooking until popping slows to a single pop every few seconds or so, anywhere from 1 - 3 minutes. Turn off and remove from heat. Pour popcorn into bowl and add in addition seasoning! Feel free to get creative here and try out new flavor combinations.
(Note: Make sure to never leave your oil unattended! If you ever smell burning or see smoke turn off the heat and take your pot off the burner. Leave the lid on and put the pot in the sink to cool down.)
I also like to save any unpopped kernels to use next time! I can’t be the only one!
What’s your fav popcorn topping?? #closedloopcooking
