One of the biggest challenges to healthy eating is between-meal snacking. Popcorn, a whole grain food that’s low in calories, is a great snack food that’s economical and also fun to eat.

One cup of popped popcorn, eaten plain, contains:
24 calories
1 gram of protein
6 grams carbohydrates
1 gram fiber

Keeping healthy snacks on hand is important for the whole family, especially with childhood obesity on the rise. Sprinkling popcorn with herbs or other seasonings is a fun way to add flavor without adding extra fat and calories. Children love to mix and match a variety of flavors to create their own healthy popcorn creations.

My DH and I got to try a variety of Kernel Season’s popcorn spritzers and flavors, and we were delighted with the ones we sampled: so far, the kettle corn flavoring and the white cheddar.  We’re looking forward to trying more.  The spritzers can be used alone, or in combination with the sprinkle-on flavors.  In fact, the spritzers are a great way to get the flavors to stick onto air popped corn, so that you can control the fat content even more!

Besides being available for purchase online, these popcorn products are also available in many grocery stores and large retailers like Walmart and Target.  They are also being offered at more than 20,000 movie theater screens nationwide as a free shake-on topping!

There have been tons of ways cooked up on how to teach children about solar power and the advantages that comes with using it. We surely would not be getting into that because you already know what those include.One of the latest gimmicks that I have come across is solar popcorn. Yes. You read that right. Solar popcorn. A company, Florida Power and Light, had made popcorn by using the sun’s energy. Jake O’Keefe, one of the ten-year-old students who was able to munch on that popcorn, said, “It was fun. And we didn’t waste any fossil fuels.” See? He knows fossil fuels now.

This program of Florida Power and Light is actually part of educating people about solar power. They call it Professor Whys’ Powerful Adventures. And indeed, it really is good to see just what solar power can do to our daily lives - like it can cook popcorn.

Source: Miramar
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