So, it’s Friday. And I don’t know about you, but I plan on hanging out with my hubby and watching a movie on the couch… with popcorn.
I ate popcorn all the time growing up. My dad loved it so much, that mom bought him an official movie popcorn maker when I was in kindergarten. It was giant, and yellow, and made the best popcorn all by it’s self.
Unfortunately I can’t use it now, mainly because we sold it, and I don’t live with my parents. So, my immediate alternative is to pull out a bag of ol’ Orville and pop up some steaming hot cancer.
No thanks.
My sister is on the right track. She cooks her popcorn in a pot on the stove. So, on one hand I am cooking with less chemicals, but I’ve now made a huge mess in my kitchen. Which we all know I won’t clean up until 4:45 p.m. tomorrow right before I have to cook dinner and mess it up again. Plus, it probably takes a lot of time to hang out over that stove and baby those little kernels until they feel loved enough to POP for me.
I’m tired just talking about it. There has to be another way. And guess what?…
I found it. The perfect recipe for homemade popcorn IN YOUR MICROWAVE.
It’s organic, tasty, a money saver, and did I mention, only takes 2 MINUTES?
Well, I’ll say it again… 2 MINUTES.
Your night just got so much better. Now you can spend more time hanging out with your hubby doing what you really want to do. Watching the entire “Back to the Future” series on Netflix. Oh, you didn’t know it was on there? I guess that’s two gifts I’m giving you for Friday.
You’re. Welcome.
Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 brown lunch sack
1/4 cup organic popcorn kernels
1 tsp of coconut oil or olive oil
Directions:
- Pour kernels and oil in bag. Roll the end of the bag 2 times.
- Shake bag to coat kernels with oil
- Cook in microwave for 2 minutes, or until popping stops for 3 seconds.
- Coat with your favorite toppings and eat!
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Luciana
August 12, 2016 at 7:42 am (8 years ago)Katie, sounds like an easy and good alternative to both methods (stovetop and microwaveable).
Thank you, we will try it!
Frank Hurtte
August 12, 2016 at 10:11 am (8 years ago)If the the “old man” of your family takes after his grandpa Hurtte, you may be in for a life of nightly popcorn. Back when I was a kid, popcorn was one of the first things I learned to cook. Every evening about 8:00 my dad would say, “who wants some popcorn” and the first kid to raise their hand was charged with cooking it. When I was about 10 or so, he had a buddy who raised popcorn who let us pheasant hunt on his property. The machines had already picked the field but the ground was scattered with stray ears of popcorn and we filled our hunting vests with as much as we could carry. When we got home, we had popcorn shelled straight from the ear. And, we had lots of it. My grandmother Ula Hurtte, never one to lean toward healthy snacks, was the queen of home made caramel corn.
Lauren Souers
August 15, 2016 at 8:10 am (8 years ago)Another jewel from the history of the Hurtte’s…I look forward to these every time! 🙂