November 18, 2007: Sweet'n'salty Popcorn

Maybe this isn't the most exciting nutrient photograph you've seen roughly the blogosphere today, but it's a pic of ane of my favourite snacks inwards recent weeks. It's a bowl of saucepan-popped corn, seasoned only amongst saccharide in addition to salt. Doesn't thrill you? That's fine, but it's transcend away a darn addictive combination for this afternoon snacker.

I'll instruct well-nigh a dozen bowls out of ane $3.50 bundle of organic corn thence it's low-cal on the pocket. I've tried to proceed the saccharide in addition to fossil oil levels down, thence it's in all likelihood a lot lighter inwards calories than whatsoever instant-microwave-bag version too. If you're willing to stretch from 'instant' to 'takes iii minutes' in addition to thence I encourage y'all to grade it a go.

Sweet'n'salty popcorn

1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1/3 loving cup popcorn
1 teaspoon raw sugar
a milk shiver of fine body of body of water salt

Pour exactly plenty fossil oil into a medium-large saucepan to thinly comprehend the base. Spread the popcorn inwards a unmarried layer over the bottom of the saucepan in addition to fix it on medium-high heat. Put the lid on in addition to milk shiver the pan inwards a horizontal displace to instruct the popcorn evenly distributed in addition to lightly coated inwards oil.

Sprinkle over the raw saccharide in addition to supervene upon the lid. Keep the saucepan over medium-high heat, shaking ane time to a greater extent than roughly every fifteen seconds. The corn should maiden of all popping pretty soon! Continue periodically shaking the pan horizontally exactly higher upwards the oestrus origin every bit the corn pops, until the fourth dimension betwixt pops stretches to well-nigh iii seconds. Turn off the heat. Continue shaking the pan for some other 15-30 seconds until it's all popped out.

Pour the popped corn into a bowl in addition to discard whatsoever burned ones that mightiness last close the bottom (I'm getting amend - no burning inwards my 3rd batch!). Give the popcorn a low-cal sprinkling of common salt in addition to instruct munching spell it's notwithstanding warm!