Poly(nesian) Popcorn

It only makes sense that two of our most favourite foods: Popcorn & Coconut combined, would have the synergy necessary to take family movie night to a whole new level! We love this combination so much, when we think popcorn, we no longer think “butter”…instead it’s always “coconut, Coconut, COCONUT!” haha.

Although this is not the ideal nutritarian snack, I have no problem feeding it two my kids as we consider it a great treat on occasion and a much healthier alternative to butter and heavily salted popcorn. Not to mention that the kids love it so much that the switch from the conventional took place without even a blink. In fact, there must be little hungry ghosts in our kitchen because before we actually start the movie, usually about half the popcorn is already gone. Hmmmm….

We also love popping our popcorn in a simple brown paper bag in the microwave. It takes less than two minutes and requires no additional kitchen appliances. Even my husband who seems to be the popcorn connoisseur of the family is more than satisfied with how it turns out when cooked this way and gets gratification out of the fact that we no longer pay more for convenience packaging and extra chemicals.

So next time you get set for a kids movie night in, try our family favourite Poly(nesian) Popcorn instead of buttered popcorn and while your at it, why not switch the conventional soda pop for a nice cold Coconut Water?

Note: As you may now know, we make it a goal to reduce the amount of salt, refined sugar, concentrated oil, dairy and other animal products that we put into recipes. This is not to say that we don’t ever eat animal products but the role they play in our cooking has switched from one of being the main dish itself to acting more like an occasional condiment. In addition, if we do choose to use a small amount of oil we prefer cold pressed, raw virgin coconut oil or first cold pressed extra virgin olive oil.