This weekend I've rediscovered the joy of popcorn. It actually may be more accurate to say last weekend since I visited Suzal in Boulder and we made some popcorn there to eat while watching our movies (Date Night and The Back-Up Plan, both of which were cute but not "must-sees"). She had a wonderful trick that involved using coconut oil, instead of canola oil, to pop the popcorn in. However, being the cheap, Americorps employee that I am, I didn't have the coconut oil available. I used olive oil one night, which I think was either a bit too heavy or I didn't let the kernels fully pop, and then canola oil the other night. The wonderful addition I made was something I learned sophomore year at Cal in the all-women co-op: nutritional yeast. It has a cheesy-like flavor that goes great sprinkled on the popcorn. I also decided to use a smaller pot which was great considering the HUGE pot made WAY too much popcorn for one person. Last night I even melted a little Earth Balance to spread on top with the nutritional yeast and salt. Who needs chocolate when you have homemade popcorn?! I am going to try to limit my in take over the week, but I can definitely see it being a new staple in my diet!! :) YUM!!!!!!!
Popcorn on the go to Vail! Yummy snack!
Leftover cakes (that I had made before leaving for Christmas break and had frozen some to save for later, ie last night!) with sweet-thai chili sauce, served with quinoa and tomato salsa. Red wine on the side ;)
Popcorn as dessert after my after-snowboarding dinner!
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