Do you ever find yourself staring longingly at the bottles and bottles of soft drinks that line the shelves in grocery stores? Or maybe you’ re one of the one’s that gaze at the seemingly enormous chips and dip aisle.
The right amount of temptation and lack of common sense can sometimes push me to make a bad decision. I’m not perfect by any means, but that doesn’t mean I should shatter my values just because I was tempted.
While making good decisions when grocery shopping may not be the easiest thing in the world, it is among the most necessary. That means skipping things like candy bars, highly processed crackers, and soda pop.
So, is there a way to satisfy your cravings without buying processed or refined-sugar-filled “foods”? Of course!
A few days ago, my mother came to me with a recipe she was dying to try. Let’s just say, this was another one of those perfect recipes. We’re talking gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, and uses ingredients that I already have in my pantry.
Now, you may not have nutritional yeast in your pantry, but when you hear about the health benefits of it, I’m sure you’ll want to buy a container or two of the stuff.
Nutritional yeast is high in vitamin B-12, protein, fiber, and a great source of folic acid. You can learn more about the health benefits of nutritional yeast here.
Anyways, snacks that leave their powder all over your fingers tend to be the kind of snack I crave on a daily (hourly?) basis. So, obviously, when my mother told me she wanted to try to make Dorito Flavored Popcorn, I rushed to get all of the ingredients out. While I started to make the blend of spices, my mother tried to make the popcorn using the stove-top method.
Turns out, she has no clue how to make popcorn. When I came to examine her—ahem—failure, I noticed that she used about 1 1/2 cups of oil in attempt to pop a 1/2 cup kernels, resulting in a pot half-filled with burnt, oily, soupy popcorn. Yeah. Luckily, I came to her rescue (we switched tasks) and all went well. Very well.
Let’s just say I’ve found a new comfort food I can feel good about eating. Plus, it’s a hit with the younger kids. A HUGE hit.
The best part? I can make this easy snack in less than 10 minutes—popping my own popcorn over the stove. If this is a new concept to you (no shame), here is a lovely tutorial that couldn’t make it much easier.
I use a spice grinder to blend the spices together, and it works like a charm. You can use a coffee grinder, but make sure you clean it out well before you use it to grind coffee beans again. There is no need for Dorito flavored coffee. Just…ew.
The three times we’ve made it, we experimented with different amounts of each spice, but nothing tastes quite like the original recipe. By the way, unless you are doubling the recipe, DO NOT double the salt. Lesson learned!
I really think you’ll like this popcorn snack. It’s totally freaking amazing. Inexpensive, easy, and tasty. Guaranteed!
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Here’s the recipe:
- 8 cups freshly popped organic popcorn
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast {where to buy}
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1½ teaspoon chili powder
- ⅛ – ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- Combine nutritional yeast, garlic, onion, cumin, paprika, cayenne (if using), and salt in a spice or coffee grinder.
- Blend seasonings for about 15 seconds to make a fine powder.
- Sprinkle on the seasoning and toss to coat.
How do you prepare popcorn? Let me know in the comments below!
This is a cool idea. Thanks for sharing. I will have to look up nutritional yeast.
Stopping by from That’s Fresh Friday. My son loves Doritos, he would love this! Definitely making this next movie night. Thanks for sharing!
My kids are gonna love this! Thanks for sharing it at Savoring Saturdays, I’m featuring it tonight!
I actually made this today for snack and I was only reminded of how amazing it tastes. Thanks for the feature, Raia!
I bet nutritional yeast would taste in this mix too!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful treat at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. Watch for your feature on Monday xo
I really need to get some of this nutritional yeast! I have heard so much about it and have yet to try it! Pinning this for later!
Thanks for stopping by the sparkles of inspiration link up party!
Yes! You do need to get some nutritional yeast! It’s amazing. Thanks for the pin.
Yummy! That looks delish! <3
Oooh! I love a good tasty popcorn, and this one sounds like a winner! I am going to try it, but leave out the salt. I bet it will still be good!
I would love if you would drop by and link this up to my new blog party, Celebrate It! It’s all about how you celebrate the everyday! http://thefreshmancook.blogspot.com/2014/08/celebrate-it-blog-link-party-4.html
Hope to see you there!
Thanks so much for sharing with Wednesday’s Adorned From Above Link Party.
Debi @ Adorned From Above
This sounds so good! I think all of my guys would gobble this up.
Thanks so much for linking up to WYWW!
I am so making this for my kiddos snack tomorrow after school! Pinning!
Thanks so much for sharing on Show-Licious!
~ Ashley
Awesome recipe! I do appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
We’re popcorn fiends at our house and we use nutritional yeast all the time, but I’ve never thought about Dorito Flavor! Definitely trying it this weekend, as I have all the ingredients!
Awesome Lisa! I know you’ll love it!
Thank you for sharing this post at City of Creative Dream’s City of Links last Friday! I loved this post so much that I chose it to be featured for this weeks party.
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Awesome recipe: I bet my hubby would love this
I would love for you to share this post at my Create & Share Link Party! Hope to see you there 
http://designsbymissmandee.blogspot.com/2014/09/create-share-diy-and-recipe-party-25.html