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Toddler Lunch: Day 8

May 5, 2014 by Dana

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We had leftovers of our chicken noodle soup, so I served the soup along with sweet potato fries, mango slices, and fresh popped popcorn. I love eating this soup the next day because as it sits over-night in the refrigerator it develops more flavor! The sweet potatoes in this soup give the broth a nice hint of sweetness and the longer it sits the better it gets.


For the popcorn, I simply put about a 1/2 a cup of organic corn kernels in a brown bag, fold the top over, and pop it for 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the microwave. When it comes out I sprinkle adobo seasoning, a pinch of kosher salt, and a drizzle of olive oil over it and that’s it! No artificial flavors, hydrogenated oils, or chemical laden bags with this popcorn! Here is another popcorn recipe I use for a sweeter version, along with some information on what makes microwave popcorn bags so bad for us.

Filed Under: Recipes, Toddler Meals Tagged With: homestyle chicken noodle soup, mango, popcorn, Toddler, toddler meals

Recipe Rescue “Cinnabun Popcorn”

April 8, 2014 by Dana

popcorncollage Sometimes I am so utterly shocked when reading ingredients in packaged food that seem so harmless. I will never understand how the food industry takes something simple and turns it into a cocktail of dangerous chemicals and unhealthy fats. Microwaveable popcorn is no exception. The sad part is most people don’t read the ingredients because they think its obvious… corn and butter. Once I started recognizing harmful ingredients in packaged foods I stopped letting my children eat microwaveable popcorn. It wasn’t a staple in my pantry but unfortunately it is in many homes. This unsuspecting highly processed popcorn has got to go! Luckily for us it is so incredibly easy to make your own that tastes even better then some of the packaged stuff.


What’s in the Packaged Stuff and Why is it Dangerous?

Ingredients:

Popcorn Bag Contains: Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Less than 2% of: Cinnamon, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Butter, Color Added, Sucralose. Pouch Ingredients: Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Sugar, Less than 2% of: Natural and Artificial Flavor, Caramel Color, TBHQ and Citric Acid to Preserve Freshness.

  • Hydrogenated Oils: Highly processed synthetic fats. Cheap to produce and extend shelf life. Raise levels of bad cholesterol (LDL). High levels of LDL can result in heart attack, stroke, diabetes, and heart disease. These scary fats are the 2nd ingredient and appear twice on the list!
  • Artificial Flavor: This is a huge unknown and the reason I do not eat packaged products with this ingredient. It could be anything but it isn’t called artificial for no reason. Also appears twice on the list.
  • Sucralose: Fake sugars that just wreak havoc on our bodies. This surprises me because nothing on this package makes claims of being “diet”. Just another reason to read every ingredient.
  • Carmel Color: Controversial color additive. Commonly found in sodas, and may be linked to cancer.
  • TBHQ: tertiary butylhydroquinone….. enough said!

 

How to Make Your Own

Making microwave popcorn is so simple. As with other products I have found, I can’t believe I have gone my whole life without knowing you don’t need their chemical laden bags to pop popcorn in the microwave. All you need is a brown paper bag! Yes… those brown paper lunch bags pop popcorn the same way the prepackaged ones do. Thank goodness for Pinterest on this one! When I started popping my own I realized it was fun to come up with new combinations of toppings and my children gobbled it up like it was something really special. This Cinnabun recipe was a favorite all around. I prefer a topping that is not completely overpowering so I went on the lighter side, however you can easily add more if you find you want more sweet goodness.

 

Filed Under: Snacks Tagged With: cinnabun, popcorn

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