Healthy Stovetop Popcorn

Name: Healthy Stovetop Popcorn
Yield: 8 -10 cups
Ingredients: 1-3 tablespoons coconut oil; 1/2 cup Popcorn; salt

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Servings
8 -10 cups
Calories
54 kcal
Course
Snacks
Cuisine
Vegan

Healthy Stovetop Popcorn

Iris Warren

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This homemade popcorn recipe is a super quick treat that you can whip together in a flash. It is also very frugal, and you can top it however you like! Any time you would like an easy snack, skip the microwaved junk from the store and throw some popcorn in the popper instead.

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Ingredients

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1-3 tablespoons coconut oil
1/2 cup Popcorn
salt

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Instructions

Put oil and popcorn into the popper over medium heat.
Turn crank slowly at first and then quickly once the popping starts.
Stop cranking when no more popping is heard.

Notes

We always use organic popcorn due to the proliferation of genetically modified corn on the market. (According to this article in the Washington Post, in 2009, already 80 percent of corn was genetically modified.
The salt that we use and love is Real Salt which you can purchase in various locations. It is a wonderful, non-bleached, natural salt with no additives (did you know that regular table salt is bleached and has chemical additives to keep it from clumping — and some brands even have added sugars!). We get ours (and our organic popcorn) through our family’s buying club with Country Life Natural Foods.
Coconut oil is a wonderful choice for popping corn. It has a high smoke point which means that it is fairly-stable cooking oil. You do not want to use olive oil for your popcorn as its smoke point is too low. Butter is also not a great choice but it is a fine topping option.
I like to use 2 tablespoons oil for most batches. Plain popcorn has a fairly-high glycemic load so adding the extra fat tempers that a bit.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 54kcal (3%) Carbohydrates 8g (3%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 2g (3%) Saturated Fat 2g (10%) Sodium 1mg (0%) Potassium 28mg (1%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 1g (2%) Calcium 1mg (0%) Iron 1mg (6%) Net Carbohydrates 7g

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8-10 cups

Amount Per Serving

Calories 54 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories	54kcal	3%
Carbohydrates	8g	3%
Protein	1g	2%
Fat	2g	3%
Saturated Fat	2g	10%
Sodium	1mg	0%
Potassium	28mg	1%
Fiber	1g	4%
Sugar	1g	2%
Calcium	1mg	0%
Iron	1mg	6%
Net Carbohydrates	7g