Armed with regular popping corn and paper bags, we did our first test run. The first time, he used 2 tablespoons of corn. Expecting the bag to be bigger, we kept letting it pop until we realized it went too long. Although the popcorn was approaching the “cooked too long” phase, there were not too many kernels left unpopped. For Round 2, we used half a cup of popping corn and it came out great. In our excitement, we just watched the microwave and added minutes as needed until the popping slowed down. We forgot to keep track, but it was probably 4 minutes and change.
Hubby salted the popcorn in a bowl to taste and we ate it without butter. It was pretty good. Unlike the prepackaged microwave popcorn, there are no extra ingredients. Even the light popcorn contains partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Not only is it healthier than the prepackaged popcorn, it’s a lot cheaper after the initial $3 investment of paper bags and popping corn. Additionally, all the packaging is biodegradable. There you have it, a triple win – cheaper, healthier and greener!
For safety, you may want to add butter to the bag or spray with cooking spray before microwaving, since overheated paper could otherwise catch on fire.
Now, you can enjoy healthy snacking convenience and save a buck and the planet too!
Feel free to try out this tip and post your comments here. If you have any other cheap and healthy snacking ideas, please share!
This article first appeared as a post in Maribel's Frugal Families Blog at Chesapeake Family in September 2010.
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