coconut oil popcorn

DIY Microwave Popcorn

Have you ever seen the ingredients in those convenient, prepackaged bags of microwave popcorn? Diacetyl? Hyrdrogenated oils? No thank you! According to CBS News, diacetyl has been linked to “respiratory problems” and “Alzheimer’s.”  I don’t know about you, but I would prefer to keep that ingredient out of my diet as much as possible.  No more microwave popcorn when I go to the store. From now on it will only be popcorn kernels for me. I recently discovered an even easier way to have homemade popcorn fresh and hot in my bowl every time I sit down to watch a […]

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Election Day Coconut Oil Popcorn

It’s finally Election Day! And many of us will be staying up tonight watching as the “votes come in,” so why not turn tonight into a watch party for your friends and family! We came up with a clever dish that will satisfy your appetite while we all wait in anticipation to find out who are president will be for the next four years. Election Day Popcorn Ingredients: 1/2 cup popcorn kernels 1 cup red M&M’s 1 cup blue M&M’s 3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted sea salt, to taste   Directions: Place the red M&M’s in one bowl and the […]

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Guest Blog: Dark Chocolate and Coconut Popcorn

Thanks to Sarah from Baking Serendipity for this amazing and simple recipe to share with our readers!   My first job was at a movie theater. To my sixteen year old brain, it seemed like a glamorous way to watch movies for free. In reality, it was a minimum wage job that involved sticky floors, weekend shifts and imitation butter up to my elbows. But, I needed that job. For gas money. And to teach me that one pair of jeans was worth an entire eight hour shift. Before taxes. Yikes! (Learning about taxes was a serious grown-up lesson that […]

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