try this: healthier microwave popcorn

So in our little journey to eating healthier, we have made several changes like switching to organic dairy, avoiding food dyes and HFCS, giving up soda (sob!)… and now here is the newest change:

Good-bye, Microwave Popcorn.

I won’t even address what is probably in that ”butter” flavor or the trans fats or the sodium. Blah Blah. This is hardly news.

 But a study released on November 8 by the University of Toronto found the chemicals used to line microwave popcorn bags are contaminating the food inside. The linings of microwave-popcorn bags may contain a toxic chemical called perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, which is used to prevent the food from sticking to the paper. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), PFOA is a likely carcinogen.

We love popcorn in our house, my kids eat it several times a week as a snack, so we started to make our popcorn in a pan on the stove top with coconut oil. Very yummy, but I so missed the convience of mocrowave popcorn. But then I discovered this:

We got this Catamount glass microwave popcorn popper and are LOVING it! You put the popcorn kernels in the bowl, add a bit butter (if desired) to the little BPA-free top, and it pops the popcorn in the microwave (ours takes around 2:30) and it melts the butter right over your popcorn.  Add a bit of salt and YUMM!! Its easy, quick and a healthier alternative! Score!