Microwave Popcorn Without All the Gook

I love popcorn. But, I read all this stuff about the microwave popcorn, what it had in it (hydrogenated fat, artificial colors and flavors and recently there was something called "popcorn lung" in the news -- a man who worked in a factory that produced microwave popcorn and developed problems breathing from all the chemicals he inhaled from the chemicals in the popcorn bag.  A while back, I bought myself a microwave popcorn popper, in which I could just put popcorn kernels, throw it in the microwave and they would pop without all the gunk that comes with the microwavable stuff.

A couple of weeks ago, I saw a segment on Rachel Ray's show. Rachel Beller, the nutritionist from the Biggest Loser was on. She showed us all what it looked like inside of a bag of microwave popcorn.   You use popcorn kernels and put them in a brown paper bag!  It's the heat that pops them. So, here is how you do it.

1. Put a 1/4 cup of kernels into a brown paper bag. 
2. To close, fold over the top two times.
3. Put it in the microwave for a couple of minutes.  Listen for the the popping to slow down just like you would for the microwave stuff to tell when its done.
4.  If you want to season, spray with some natural oil spray (she used oil she put in a sprayer, like a Misto) and season with some garlic salt, or cinnamon sugar, or even plain salt.

I still have my bowl, which works just fine, but I would be interested in hearing how this works for people if anyone is interested in trying it.  Not only is this better for you, it is cheaper, about 35 cents to do the above.

Rachel Beller had some other tips for more healthful eating, you can click here.