Healthy Snack Recepie - Popcorn!

 Popcorn is a great healthy snack...depending on how it's made. The best way to prepare popcorn if you pop it yourself the old fashioned way: stove-top. Here's why I am highly against microwave popcorn:

• The bag almost all microwave popcorn varieties come in is lined with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). This chemical is the same toxic stuff found in teflon pots and pans. It can stay in the environment and in the human body for long periods of time. 

• There are also a lot of other ingredients that I, personally, cannot pronounce. As they say, "If you can't pronounce it, you probably shouldn't eat it."

Here's a healthier was of making popcorn (warning - I use no measurements. Sorry. I'll include a link that uses the same method I use but with measurements):

1. Grab a medium-sized to large pot and place it on the stove. Do not turn on the stove yet.
2. Coat the bottom of the pot with extra virgin olive oil. (My favorite is Bragg Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil.)
   
3. Place the popcorn kernels so that they coat the bottom of the pot. (Do not layer them, or you will have popcorn all over your kitchen). 
   
4. Now turn on the stove to medium. Make sure you are moving the pot around to ensure the pot is heated evenly.
5. Keep the pot uncovered until you see the first kernel pop.  
   
6. Immediately cover, and continue moving the pot around until you hear the kernels begin to slow down. 
7. Take the pot off the heat and leave the lid on until the kernels stop popping. 
   
8. Season with a bit of sea salt.
   
9. ENJOY!!

Need measurements?  Click here.