Dairy Free Microwave Popcorn
You might be wondering if you really need a recipe for dairy free microwave popcorn, after all, you can just buy that at the store, right? Well, if you have a dairy allergy, you will find it hard to find "safe" microwave popcorn since most of it has natural butter flavoring added. To get our dairy free popcorn fix via the microwave, we have had to buy kettle corn which is good for a sweet tooth but doesn't satisfy a craving for salt. To satisfy my need for salty popcorn, I began making it on the stove top - the old fashioned way. Then one day I learned that you could actually make microwave popcorn yourself. The do-it-yourself method is quick, easy to clean up and you can make it the way you want it. Try adding different spices to the un-popped corn or even sugar for your own kettle corn. Now, you're in control (which is just the way those of us who are eating with food allergies like it)!
Ingredients:
1 small paper lunch bag
1/4 cup popping corn
2 teaspoons oil (I use vegetable oil)
1/2 teaspoon table salt or popcorn salt
Directions:
1) Pour the popping corn, oil and salt into the lunch bag. Shake the bag to coat the popcorn with oil and salt. Fold the top of the bag over twice. Place the bag in the microwave and cook on high for about 2 minutes (you can always go with the "3 second rule" - if you don't hear popping for three seconds, it's done). Take the bag out of the microwave and pour into a bowl. Add salt and, if desired, "safe" margarine to taste. For delicious, dairy-free butter flavored popcorn, drizzle a teaspoon or two of butter flavored grapeseed oil to popped popcorn. It's the closest I've come to buttered movie theater popcorn (and it is much healthier!)
Makes about 8 cups of popcorn
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