Popcorn, sweet: 2 TBL popcorn in oil, 1 tsp sugar= kettle corn. Savory 2TBL, paper bag, microwave 3 1/2 minutes, add melted butter, or nutritional yeast, salt, or parm etc. Chicken nuggets, 1 pint canned chicken, 1 cup shredded cheese, i egg, seasons of choice, air fryer 6-12 minutes, on on! Thank you Leisa!
With the rising food costs I’m actually eating better. I cook at home for everything. I haven’t ordered in or gone to a restaurant in almost 2 years and don’t miss It. I make my own chips with potatoes and zucchini and even carrots when I need that chip fix.
We make popcorn in the microwave - I put 1/3 cup kernels in a brown paper bag, fold the top down lightly, and microwave for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes and put into a bowl. I then add a little melted butter and pink Himalayan salt. My husband likes to add sour cream and onion popcorn seasoning but I like mine plain. Don't use the paper bag more than once (it goes into the box to be used in the wood stove ) because if you try to use it in the microwave again your popcorn will burn. Ask me how I know. We buy very large bags of kernels from a Mennonite store and put it into smaller plastic bags and store in the freezer to keep it fresh.
I had a bumper crop of kale and experimented and made kale chips topped with olive oil and nutritional yeast. It was a hit here. Nuts and popcorn are our other go tos
I got a better pooduct from the dehydrator. Afer washing and spinning the greens, I lightly salt them and allow them to wilt a bit, about 1 hour. Then I dehytrate them. I also blanch greens and make kimchi. Then I dehydrate them.
OMG: Speaking of snack foods, the nearest Sam's Club is about 45-minutes away. We have a membership, but BJ's is right around the lake. t (although not as good). We were getting rough cut lumber near the Sam's and decided to go in, this was during 'Canuary' a couple years ago. Walking in, and walking, and walking.....past aisle after aisle of junk. I said to my husband, "Where is the real food?" And these are big, big aisles. They want you to load up on that crap before you get to the fruit and vegetables.
I wondered about that too. I don’t really know how pantries work in what they decide to stock, but figured they were mostly at the mercy of the donors (grocery stores or food producers). Sometimes its expired too.
Not all I give food monthly to my local food pantry. They ask for healthy food but will take what thry can get. At Easter they asked for coloring books and no candy
@@firehorsewoman414 Food pantries are in fact at the mercy of the donors. Often large companies will offer a pallet of turkeys for Thanksgiving but they won't pay the shipping. Sometimes but rarely a trucker with space in a refrigerated truck will pick up and drive the goods to another state but only if it's on his way. Catch as catch can unfortunately.
I skip breakfast, have meat/eggs and low carb veggies for lunch, same for dinner, maybe some plain yogurt with stevia and berries after dinner. Healed of high blood sugar, fatty liver, arthritis, and metabolic disease. Cholesterol went down. Its real food, no preservatives, costs way less than the "normal" diet I used to be on. I rarely snack anymore.
I have steadily over the years had more trouble controlling my blood sugar. It got to the point I was checking my blood sugar manually 20+ times a day. I talked to my doctor about a continuous monitor and he agreed it was a perfect option to help me keep track of my sugar and of scary blood sugar drops. He said 'but your insurance won't pay for it ($800+ a month) because you aren't diabetic'. I said so if I eat anything I want and let my blood sugar get so out of control I'm a diabetic, I can get insulin and a monitor for almost free. He said 'Sadly, yes'. I called my insurance; same response. Talked to my pharmacist; same thing. I told all of them not happening; I will control it with diet as long as it's humanly possible. I eat small amounts 5 times a day and check at least once a day on rising or if I feel it dropping rapidly. Companies don't make money off of healthy people.
Popcorn is a great snack, but get back to non commercialized food. We smoke a salmon fillet, freeze in portions to enjoy on fresh baguette bread w a smear of cream cheese topped w a piece of smoked salmon. Pickled veggies is another good snack. Cut up an apple, add raisins, brown sugar, few nuts bake or microwave...yum
I started buying Great Value Lightly Salted potato chips instead of Lay's when I buy chips. They recently rolled the price on all the Party Size bags from $3.18 to $2.86.
I stopped going to the store a few years ago because the ingredients were changing. For snacks i dehydrate and make jerky, zucchini chips, apple rings, fruit leathers to name a few. I make my own cheese from raw milk and crackers from sourdough starter. There’s so many healthy snacks you can make at home and they are so delicious in comparison to the junk food in bag!
I love popcorn! I stock up on Amish baby white. It's the best. I always have about 25 pounds of it. The best thing is you can also plant it and grow it. Not just that popcorn but any kind. So it's really good food insurance.
We had a pool growing up and four kids with all their friends swimming… all my mom could afford to feed all of us was popcorn! Fifty pounds every summer! My favorite breakfast is leftover popcorn! Really!
We’ve transitioned to more Whole Foods and have conditioned ourselves to eat more fruits and vegetables for snacks. I also love dates, nuts, and popcorn. I try to stick to loss leaders when stocking up for the week.
I love my popcorn but never thought to buy in bulk. I live alone but there's still that craving for popcorn in different ways. Thanks for the reminder! Popcorn balls are a good treat too 😊
You can also buy or make corn or flour tortillas , cut them and fry or air fry them and add sugar and cinnamon or spices to them just after you pull them out of the fryer! I was a restaurant cook and we did that instead of buying chips. Quick and easy and good!
Im in healthcare and have gone through tons of wt loss trents. Lap bands, gastric bypass, liquid diet, ozempic etc. Unless people change their way of thinking and change their eating habits .... everything is temporary. If the snacking business dips-rest assure it will come back. Maybe not as much as before, but when SHTF people will want comfort foods. But thats my opinion take it for what its worth. My family has changed our habits bc $$. We are going to looking into popping more corn and adding flavors!!
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I like to make my own potato chips and tortilla chips. It takes effort, so we do it less than when we picked up bags of chips at the store. And popcorn?!? It is the ULTIMATE awesome snack!
You can also add Cinnamon Sugar for a sweet popcorn. Interesting article. I have been snacking on Assorted Peanuts from Sam's Club for a salty snack, fruit with greek yogurt for something sweet though I admit I do have ice cream in the freezer. No Chips for me in over a year. Sliced Apples with Peanut Butter is another good choice. Anna In Ohio
I watched one of your last videos and Food Inc. that you recommend. I'm not buying snacks. I used to come home from work and eat snacks while cooking supper. Now I drink coffee for a snack after work instead.
I'm a type 2 diabetic and ozempic did not work for me, when I was able to get it because doctors prescribe it to everyone. It did make me feel sick but never helped. Diabetes is so hard..
You can grow your own popcorn.. I grow 2 varieties.. You can also use Indian corn for popcorn..most ppl doesn't know that.. You can also use Indian corn for soups.. just treat it like a dry bean..
Went to the store yesterday. There were a couple of snack foods I was going to purchase. Weren’t on sale so they stayed on the shelf! decided I could wait for another day!🤨
I buy onion soup mix and empty all the pouches into a jar and use it like seasoning. Then I make dip for veggie sticks. I love veggies and dip as a snack. Also cheap melba toast from the dollar store, a calorie wise snack when the muchies strike. Peanut butter on plain rice cakes can also be quite satifying when you are hangry and waiting for dinner but don't want to get too full.
I have to admit that I love love Doritos, which is why I don't buy them often. Will eat the entire bag in one sitting. Usually opt for pretzels. Can't eat anything with seed or nuts and that includes popcorn.
Not a big popcorn fan and I do NOT like corn (sometimes I feel as though I am the only person on the planet who does not like corn)…BUT in a pinch. Weirdly, I love grits and if I smell popcorn I’m all in for it! Go figure. I do appreciate your information about the specific types of corn. You’re just great!
I just bought a 42 lb. pail of popcorn and an air popper. Need to get rid of the icky microwave popcorn first before I break out the healthier stuff, though. Waste not, want not.☹️
Snacks are a huge expense if you buy them! As a stay at home Mom and single income household, I make most of my snacks homemade. Popcorn, homemade plantain chips, healthier cookies and breads, and simple things like cut cheese, fruit, and cured meats. I also make homemade smoothies from frozen fruit and yogurt. I made homemade jello from fruit juice and plain gelatin. I can't believe the prices of junk food snacks! It's incredibly high, especially potato chips.
Oh, heck yeah my snacking has changed! Many now have MSG, which I am allergic to, just to enhance the flavor since they are now using inferior ingredients. Dollar Tree corn chips are better than Fritos without MSG. The price of cookies and the small number are simply not worth it. Kroger vanilla are superior to Nilla and their lemon wafers are wonderful but I was getting them for .79 two years ago and they are 2.79 now. They are much lower than others,but it's the principle of the thing. Lorna Doones,Nonni's and Pepperidge Farm are not in the budget, but they have gone down in quality, too. NUTS are my snacks of choice now.
As a kid our snacks were coca cola and popcorn on saturday nights. Now I only drink soda 1 or 2 times a month but popcorn is still my favorite snack food. Since I started dehydrating I now also snack on apple slices, pineapple chunks, and peach slices. Much healthier.
The absurd increase in cost of snacks and fast food these last few years has really improved my diet 😂 I learned how to cook meals at home and hardly buy snacks anymore. Having a variety of freezer meals ready to go definitely helps when you're short on time or motivation. I do miss having BBQ chips with my PB&J sandwich, but cannot justify spending 30% more for something that neither benefits my health nor budget, nor keeps me full. The report you read makes no sense to me when they mention buying the bulk, individual packages to help cut prices. The unit cost per ounce for those tiny bags of air is likely 300% more expensive than the family sized bag. The math ain't mathing. I also managed to find a twenty five pound bag of popcorn at a great price last year and am slowly chipping away at it.
I don't really buy snacks anymore, except popcorn. The kind you pop in a popcorn machine. I use cheese powder that is clean. Or just butter and salt. But it is a once a month thing. I make my own tortilla chips and pico de gallo and we have that once a week. But we always have some kind of protein with it. We keep sliced cucumbers, carrots, and celery sticks in the fridge with a couple different dressings and some chevre cheese or port salut to spread on the cucumbers or in the celery. We keep boiled eggs ready and have protein sticks. Nice snacks that will fill you up and not keep you craving more carbs. We just don't buy chips and the like anymore. Too expensive and they don't taste like they used to.
I just now pulled out 9 pints of hamburger thanks to you! They look wonderful!!! I make all of our snacks, they are so much better than store bought garbage. I found a great and easy recipe for marshmallows not too long ago, I love marshmallows!
We are done with chips as well. The price is crazy. My hubby had some chili lime organic sun chips tortilla chips last week and had an anaphylaxis reaction. What the heck??😮 We are having popcorn or cheese and olives, or apple slices, carrot sticks, hummus, or a homemade dessert. It's really time to dig deep for will power and just say no to the garbage food.
In the UK we have been seeing this for a few years , it's known as Shrinkflation over here (higher prices for less volume / weight, or smaller items ) its an insidious way to make profit in a cost of living crisis .The industry will always blame higher wholesale/ gas/ electricity/utility etc prices and The popcorn is a great alternative, as are vegi crisp/chips done in an air fryer and there are a huge number of substitue/looky-likey recipes out there to be able to cut most of the store bought snack products. Same for take aways like Curry/Mexican/Chinese etc , We have substitute recipes in the UK and they're called fake away recipes! Same/ better taste , fewer calories and much healthier ingredients , its just finding a recipe that works for you in terms of taste ,and mouth feel etc tombe a viable substitute..😊
I am a diabeticand cannot get my insulin that I need because people are using it for weight loss. I am a major snacker. The snacks I prefer are dill pickles, carrots, peanut butter and my downfall is black jelly beans.
I don’t eat much snack foods, preferring things like nuts. But my husband enjoys potato chips and has started purchasing the store brands instead of the name brands.
When they did my lung surgery they went in down my throat. The screwed up. I could not talk or whisper for over 8 1/2 months. And has to see a pathologist, and spent weeks in Cleveland Clinic. I can no longer have popcorn. I used to love popcorn for a snack
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I rarely eat chips and I only buy them for hubby (eats with one lunch on weekend) when they are on sale. Multi packs - no thank you. Retired so that was an easy one to cut back on. I do still like a small piece of dark chocolate on a regular basis. Yes, we do eat cake/pie once in awhile. Quite the article! I like popcorn a lot but my teeth aren't that happy with it anymore. I do keep a container of popcorn kernels in the pantry for when the urge hits me. Gotta love the snack industry 🙄🙄
When you're out and about and just must have a snack go into the nearest grocery store deli and get a chicken tender. That is healthier than the huge bag of chips and diet coke and the cost is about the same; the added plus is that you get your grease and salt fix and a shot of protein. For sugar fix I can usually make it home or chew sugarless gum. I don't do that often; once in a while though.
Dollar General is actually ripping people off. John Oliver did a good show on them. I have Bulletproof Coffee in the morning. I hardly ever go out of eat anymore. Also, since Canuary I have been feeding my cats ugly chicken and other meats when it's on sale. My local grocery store has the 4 lb bags of chicken for $6 frequently so I will pressure can a batch.
I love making the sliced cheese "doritos" for my low carb lifestyle and i use the cool ranch and dorito dust seasoning recipe from the internet as well as parm crisps!
We used to buy chips for a side at birthday parties or cookouts as a cheap filler. The chip bags are so small and expensive, you need 2-3 bags. Now it’s cheaper to buy fruit and make a fruit bowl as a side. Usually we just do grapes, blueberries and mandarin orange wedges.
I love popcorn, always have. My snacks are very rarely sweet because I don’t really care for sugar but I like savory. Air popped popcorn with a little butter and lemon pepper is amazing.
Yes to this! Can I also recommend popping sorghum. I find it very tasty & its healthy! As a celiac its gluten free too. My favorite way to eat both is with butter and grated Parmigiano
I no longer buy our snacks. I make anything that we may want to snack on. We are a family of 7. It's not hard to make healthy snacks and it's way cheaper. It doesn't take that long either.
Great advice! One of the reasons I have a deep fryer is because I like chips - I use corn tortillas (you will never want a Doritos again if you get the right seasoning happening), I use all sorts of root vegetables the options are endless. I figure if I am doing it homemade with great real ingredients it''s better for you. 🥂
I have 3 granddaughters (9-6-3), and boy they love their snacks. I've had to adjust my snack buying and now bake cookies, pop popcorn, and always fresh fruit if it's not too pricey. I myself am on a high salt diet and must carry extra salty pretzels everywhere I go. Guess I'm blessed with very low BP cause I do like salt. GREAT SUGGESTIONS LEISA
For my husband’s lunches, I make my own chip bags by filling snack size bags with chips he likes that I buy in bulk. The same with cookies. Is there a way to make a large serving of popcorn that I can store to snack on instead of having to take down the popcorn maker or dirtying the microwave popper when I want a snack and doesn’t go stale fast?
I can't close my eyes to all the crazy ingredients in them. I'll pop popcorn and make it salty or sweet with real ingredients. I'll make muffins in many flavors by scratch. Cakes the same. Crackers, ditto. Homemade granola with real healthy fruits and nuts. If I'm craving chocolate? Pull out the cocoa powder and whip up a batch of fudge, or syrup. Stay tuned when you purchase snacks. Look at the ingredients on the back. Check for Made with bio engineered ingredients too. Stay safe, stay healthy, and Peaceful.
you can do all of those things with corn using dent corn also know as farmer corn and usually you can get it free from the farmers. Makes cracked corn for the chickens and corn meal for cooking
I'm sitting here listening to you while eating the last of a marked down vegetable tray. Yes, I am using dip, but that can be made reasonably health. I'll have to check out the popcorn.
Great video and Thank you for all the time you put into the research to teach and inspire us. Yes the snacks here in Vermont are horribly expensive. I wish we had an Azure drop near us. The nearest one is 3 hours away, one way. That's 6 hours and on my limited income I just can't do a bunch of bulk buying and then the drive on top of that expense. God Bless
We love putting that maple bacon seasoning on our popcorn😍 I’ve made it a personal challenge , once a week , to get our 11 yr old son in the kitchen baking with me. That’s replaced buying junk food.❤
Ps. The weight loss drugs may affect the corporate bottom line, but in my opinion they are not tested well enough to know the long-term affects of non diabetics.
Hi Leisa, I have not been snacking much lately. I tried some potato chips tonight but it was not as good as I remembered. Kinda disappointing. I ended up getting 12 more jars of meat over the weekend. This week my local grocery store has whole chickens on sale for $.99/pound and I think that I'm going to turn them into chicken vegetable soup that I can put either noodles, chopped spaghetti, or rice with once I open the jars. It'll be kind of fun.
I'm on trulicity for my diabetes and it's super hard to find because everyone wants to get thinner. I agree that it can just let you eat more snacks if you aren't careful
I just made cornmeal mush out of popcorn I milled. We ate it with greens and over easy eggs on top. I wish I liked popped popcorn. Ever since I had covid, my taste for some foods has changed. Popcorn is one. Maybe I should try some seasonings other than butter and salt.
Snacks for sure, but homemade is best. Healthy multi grain, FD, dehydrated (powdered) veggie cracker recipes are available on a few great channels on the tube.
I wonder if you can make something similar to the maple bacon seasoning? I don't see why not. I am not a fan of the ingredients of this product, but to each their own! 😊😊I am doing some research now on how I might be able to make this myself.
The report makes sense, snacks are their business. They’re looking out for their profits and their shareholders. That’s what businesses do. My favorite snack (aside from fruit) is air fried chickpeas coated with either marmite or a mix of salt, garlic powder and paprika.
We've stopped buying chips all together, if we want a salty snack I make organic popcorn on the stove.
Popcorn, sweet: 2 TBL popcorn in oil, 1 tsp sugar= kettle corn. Savory 2TBL, paper bag, microwave 3 1/2 minutes, add melted butter, or nutritional yeast, salt, or parm etc. Chicken nuggets, 1 pint canned chicken, 1 cup shredded cheese, i egg, seasons of choice, air fryer 6-12 minutes, on on! Thank you Leisa!
I love home popped corn. It's the best snack. Thanks for the tips!
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Savory? Is this whatever I like as a savory? Please explain. 2 TLB corn? Or oil.
Thank you.
With the rising food costs I’m actually eating better. I cook at home for everything. I haven’t ordered in or gone to a restaurant in almost 2 years and don’t miss It.
I make my own chips with potatoes and zucchini and even carrots when I need that chip fix.
Fantastic!!
That's awesome, way to go 👍
Cookies, cakes, pies, crackers or chips - if I don’t make it, I don’t eat it. The ingredients in these store bought products are just plain awful.
Yes theres crickets coming in snack cheese puffs, the label name is acheta. Its not digestible for people. Crickets were meant to be eaten by birds.
@@helenclark7876my cats kill the ones that make it into my house, but even they won’t eat them AND neither will I !!!😂😂
Hate the bioengineered and if i see it I put it back. Have definitely slowed down buying snacks.
Just remember if there is a qr code on it, it's not good and usually doesn't say bioengineered. They're trying to be sneaky about that poison.
Bulk store near me had a 50lb bag of popcorn that was opened for 7.99. Grabbed that as fast as I could.
My family is not buying as many snacks because of the price increases. I have started baking more and not buying as many store bought snacks.
We make popcorn in the microwave - I put 1/3 cup kernels in a brown paper bag, fold the top down lightly, and microwave for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes and put into a bowl. I then add a little melted butter and pink Himalayan salt. My husband likes to add sour cream and onion popcorn seasoning but I like mine plain. Don't use the paper bag more than once (it goes into the box to be used in the wood stove ) because if you try to use it in the microwave again your popcorn will burn. Ask me how I know. We buy very large bags of kernels from a Mennonite store and put it into smaller plastic bags and store in the freezer to keep it fresh.
We like tabasco added to the oil if popping in a pan
I had a bumper crop of kale and experimented and made kale chips topped with olive oil and nutritional yeast. It was a hit here. Nuts and popcorn are our other go tos
I got a better pooduct from the dehydrator. Afer washing and spinning the greens, I lightly salt them and allow them to wilt a bit, about 1 hour. Then I dehytrate them. I also blanch greens and make kimchi. Then I dehydrate them.
OMG: Speaking of snack foods, the nearest Sam's Club is about 45-minutes away. We have a membership, but BJ's is right around the lake. t (although not as good). We were getting rough cut lumber near the Sam's and decided to go in, this was during 'Canuary' a couple years ago. Walking in, and walking, and walking.....past aisle after aisle of junk. I said to my husband, "Where is the real food?" And these are big, big aisles. They want you to load up on that crap before you get to the fruit and vegetables.
I definitely speed through the chips & pretzel section without buying anything due to high prices.
And that way avoiding MSG.
For me it's not just the cost it's fake food
I buy popcorn kernels and pop my own on the stove. Also, dehydrating more fruits and vegetables for snacking. I did buy some marked-down Easter candy.
Every once in a while. I noticed when people show food they got from the food bank on Y T, there is more junk food than healthy food.
I wondered about that too. I don’t really know how pantries work in what they decide to stock, but figured they were mostly at the mercy of the donors (grocery stores or food producers). Sometimes its expired too.
Not all I give food monthly to my local food pantry. They ask for healthy food but will take what thry can get. At Easter they asked for coloring books and no candy
@@firehorsewoman414 Food pantries are in fact at the mercy of the donors. Often large companies will offer a pallet of turkeys for Thanksgiving but they won't pay the shipping. Sometimes but rarely a trucker with space in a refrigerated truck will pick up and drive the goods to another state but only if it's on his way. Catch as catch can unfortunately.
I skip breakfast, have meat/eggs and low carb veggies for lunch, same for dinner, maybe some plain yogurt with stevia and berries after dinner. Healed of high blood sugar, fatty liver, arthritis, and metabolic disease. Cholesterol went down. Its real food, no preservatives, costs way less than the "normal" diet I used to be on. I rarely snack anymore.
I have steadily over the years had more trouble controlling my blood sugar. It got to the point I was checking my blood sugar manually 20+ times a day. I talked to my doctor about a continuous monitor and he agreed it was a perfect option to help me keep track of my sugar and of scary blood sugar drops. He said 'but your insurance won't pay for it ($800+ a month) because you aren't diabetic'. I said so if I eat anything I want and let my blood sugar get so out of control I'm a diabetic, I can get insulin and a monitor for almost free. He said 'Sadly, yes'. I called my insurance; same response. Talked to my pharmacist; same thing. I told all of them not happening; I will control it with diet as long as it's humanly possible. I eat small amounts 5 times a day and check at least once a day on rising or if I feel it dropping rapidly. Companies don't make money off of healthy people.
Popcorn is one of my go to snacks and yes I have been storing popcorn for ages so good, Thanks Lisa for the info.
Popcorn is a great snack, but get back to non commercialized food. We smoke a salmon fillet, freeze in portions to enjoy on fresh baguette bread w a smear of cream cheese topped w a piece of smoked salmon. Pickled veggies is another good snack. Cut up an apple, add raisins, brown sugar, few nuts bake or microwave...yum
Instead of Lays Potato Chips I buy Clancy’s Potato chips. Actually tastes better!!! And MUCH CHEAPER!!!! ALDIS💪
And even Clancy's has doubled in price since 2021.
@@dagneytaggart7707 And they are now bioengineered which is bad for gut health
I started buying Great Value Lightly Salted potato chips instead of Lay's when I buy chips. They recently rolled the price on all the Party Size bags from $3.18 to $2.86.
@@rhondaowens837Foods have been bioengineered since the 80s ( probably longer). They have just recently, by law, had to label them as such.
I stopped going to the store a few years ago because the ingredients were changing. For snacks i dehydrate and make jerky, zucchini chips, apple rings, fruit leathers to name a few. I make my own cheese from raw milk and crackers from sourdough starter. There’s so many healthy snacks you can make at home and they are so delicious in comparison to the junk food in bag!
I am now freezing portioned cookie dough and baking a few at a time in my airfryer
I love popcorn! I stock up on Amish baby white. It's the best. I always have about 25 pounds of it. The best thing is you can also plant it and grow it. Not just that popcorn but any kind. So it's really good food insurance.
you can also grind it into cornmeal or corn flour for cooking & baking
We had a pool growing up and four kids with all their friends swimming… all my mom could afford to feed all of us was popcorn! Fifty pounds every summer! My favorite breakfast is leftover popcorn! Really!
We’ve transitioned to more Whole Foods and have conditioned ourselves to eat more fruits and vegetables for snacks. I also love dates, nuts, and popcorn. I try to stick to loss leaders when stocking up for the week.
Thanks for sharing!!
I love my popcorn but never thought to buy in bulk. I live alone but there's still that craving for popcorn in different ways. Thanks for the reminder! Popcorn balls are a good treat too 😊
I bought the cutest little microwave air popper from Amazon. $20. Perfect for one. Sometimes I pop an extra pot for dog snacks!
I just pop mine on top of my propane gas stove in a cast iron skillet, so glad you found a great bargain. Yes the dogs love popcorn too!!
You can also buy or make corn or flour tortillas , cut them and fry or air fry them and add sugar and cinnamon or spices to them just after you pull them out of the fryer! I was a restaurant cook and we did that instead of buying chips. Quick and easy and good!
Im in healthcare and have gone through tons of wt loss trents. Lap bands, gastric bypass, liquid diet, ozempic etc. Unless people change their way of thinking and change their eating habits .... everything is temporary. If the snacking business dips-rest assure it will come back. Maybe not as much as before, but when SHTF people will want comfort foods. But thats my opinion take it for what its worth. My family has changed our habits bc $$. We are going to looking into popping more corn and adding flavors!!
Hi Leisa! I just seen you for the 1st time on the live fermentation video Q&A on fermentated homestead. So glad I did. Now when I say this I am not saying you are old...please don't be offended...but you remind me of my late Grandma Carol. I miss her so much. She had a sassy no nonsense personality. She cracked me up with her "eye roll" (🤦♀️) tone.... Anyways...I appreciate you and Darcy and Anna being willing to share your lives and brains with the rest of us. And also! Last but not least! I love your hair! I'm Misty
Have a great day!
I like to make my own potato chips and tortilla chips. It takes effort, so we do it less than when we picked up bags of chips at the store. And popcorn?!? It is the ULTIMATE awesome snack!
I'd love to know how u make the chips, I tried some in my dehydrator, they were gross lol
You can also add Cinnamon Sugar for a sweet popcorn. Interesting article. I have been snacking on Assorted Peanuts from Sam's Club for a salty snack, fruit with greek yogurt for something sweet though I admit I do have ice cream in the freezer. No Chips for me in over a year. Sliced Apples with Peanut Butter is another good choice. Anna In Ohio
I watched one of your last videos and Food Inc. that you recommend. I'm not buying snacks. I used to come home from work and eat snacks while cooking supper. Now I drink coffee for a snack after work instead.
Thanks for sharing!!
I'm a type 2 diabetic and ozempic did not work for me, when I was able to get it because doctors prescribe it to everyone. It did make me feel sick but never helped. Diabetes is so hard..
You can grow your own popcorn.. I grow 2 varieties..
You can also use Indian corn for popcorn..most ppl doesn't know that..
You can also use Indian corn for soups.. just treat it like a dry bean..
Yup when potato chips cost more per pound than meat it is crazy
Cheese and crackers on the go are now made at my house. There are great snack containers out there.
Went to the store yesterday. There were a couple of snack foods I was going to purchase. Weren’t on sale so they stayed on the shelf! decided I could wait for another day!🤨
I buy onion soup mix and empty all the pouches into a jar and use it like seasoning. Then I make dip for veggie sticks. I love veggies and dip as a snack. Also cheap melba toast from the dollar store, a calorie wise snack when the muchies strike. Peanut butter on plain rice cakes can also be quite satifying when you are hangry and waiting for dinner but don't want to get too full.
Buy the it in the bulk store. It’s cheaper.
Make your own, its cheaper and better.
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I have started snacking on cashews. Almonds, pistachios etc
Super filling and it doesn't take much, am I right?
My favorite nuts are pecans!
I have to admit that I love love Doritos, which is why I don't buy them often. Will eat the entire bag in one sitting. Usually opt for pretzels. Can't eat anything with seed or nuts and that includes popcorn.
I don't eat nothing packaged, not healthy
Not a big popcorn fan and I do NOT like corn (sometimes I feel as though I am the only person on the planet who does not like corn)…BUT in a pinch. Weirdly, I love grits and if I smell popcorn I’m all in for it! Go figure. I do appreciate your information about the specific types of corn. You’re just great!
I just bought a 42 lb. pail of popcorn and an air popper. Need to get rid of the icky microwave popcorn first before I break out the healthier stuff, though. Waste not, want not.☹️
You can pop pop corn in a brown paper bag in microwave
@@glorialong7860 Save the microwave popcorn bags to use for the real deal!
Snacks are a huge expense if you buy them! As a stay at home Mom and single income household, I make most of my snacks homemade. Popcorn, homemade plantain chips, healthier cookies and breads, and simple things like cut cheese, fruit, and cured meats. I also make homemade smoothies from frozen fruit and yogurt. I made homemade jello from fruit juice and plain gelatin. I can't believe the prices of junk food snacks! It's incredibly high, especially potato chips.
Oh, heck yeah my snacking has changed! Many now have MSG, which I am allergic to, just to enhance the flavor since they are now using inferior ingredients. Dollar Tree corn chips are better than Fritos without MSG.
The price of cookies and the small number are simply not worth it. Kroger vanilla are superior to Nilla and their lemon wafers are wonderful but I was getting them for .79 two years ago and they are 2.79 now. They are much lower than others,but it's the principle of the thing. Lorna Doones,Nonni's and Pepperidge Farm are not in the budget, but they have gone down in quality, too.
NUTS are my snacks of choice now.
ROFLMAO "bought the t-shirt and set it on fire" Love it. Thanks for a epic video. We are working on the eat clean method. It is a struggle.
We started doing that here too. Makes it possible to buy slightly higher quality meats.
Making more homemade snacks and watching for sales.
As a kid our snacks were coca cola and popcorn on saturday nights. Now I only drink soda 1 or 2 times a month but popcorn is still my favorite snack food. Since I started dehydrating I now also snack on apple slices, pineapple chunks, and peach slices. Much healthier.
wow, that article was ridiculous! Thanks for the ideas for snacking. Great video!
The absurd increase in cost of snacks and fast food these last few years has really improved my diet 😂 I learned how to cook meals at home and hardly buy snacks anymore. Having a variety of freezer meals ready to go definitely helps when you're short on time or motivation. I do miss having BBQ chips with my PB&J sandwich, but cannot justify spending 30% more for something that neither benefits my health nor budget, nor keeps me full. The report you read makes no sense to me when they mention buying the bulk, individual packages to help cut prices. The unit cost per ounce for those tiny bags of air is likely 300% more expensive than the family sized bag. The math ain't mathing. I also managed to find a twenty five pound bag of popcorn at a great price last year and am slowly chipping away at it.
I don't really buy snacks anymore, except popcorn. The kind you pop in a popcorn machine. I use cheese powder that is clean. Or just butter and salt. But it is a once a month thing. I make my own tortilla chips and pico de gallo and we have that once a week. But we always have some kind of protein with it. We keep sliced cucumbers, carrots, and celery sticks in the fridge with a couple different dressings and some chevre cheese or port salut to spread on the cucumbers or in the celery. We keep boiled eggs ready and have protein sticks. Nice snacks that will fill you up and not keep you craving more carbs. We just don't buy chips and the like anymore. Too expensive and they don't taste like they used to.
I just now pulled out 9 pints of hamburger thanks to you! They look wonderful!!!
I make all of our snacks, they are so much better than store bought garbage. I found a great and easy recipe for marshmallows not too long ago, I love marshmallows!
using coconut oil to make popcorn adds a good flavor. we also make our own fruit roll ups in the dehydrator. very simple
Leisa, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos. I really look forward to them.
We are done with chips as well. The price is crazy. My hubby had some chili lime organic sun chips tortilla chips last week and had an anaphylaxis reaction. What the heck??😮 We are having popcorn or cheese and olives, or apple slices, carrot sticks, hummus, or a homemade dessert. It's really time to dig deep for will power and just say no to the garbage food.
Chips only from aldi.. ( for now) prices have doubled. Bread , cookies, pies etc.. 90% homemade
In the UK we have been seeing this for a few years , it's known as Shrinkflation over here (higher prices for less volume / weight, or smaller items ) its an insidious way to make profit in a cost of living crisis .The industry will always blame higher wholesale/ gas/ electricity/utility etc prices and The popcorn is a great alternative, as are vegi crisp/chips done in an air fryer and there are a huge number of substitue/looky-likey recipes out there to be able to cut most of the store bought snack products. Same for take aways like Curry/Mexican/Chinese etc , We have substitute recipes in the UK and they're called fake away recipes! Same/ better taste , fewer calories and much healthier ingredients , its just finding a recipe that works for you in terms of taste ,and mouth feel etc tombe a viable substitute..😊
I am a diabeticand cannot get my insulin that I need because people are using it for weight loss.
I am a major snacker. The snacks I prefer are dill pickles, carrots, peanut butter and my downfall is black jelly beans.
We might be distant relatives.
I don’t eat much snack foods, preferring things like nuts. But my husband enjoys potato chips and has started purchasing the store brands instead of the name brands.
When they did my lung surgery they went in down my throat. The screwed up. I could not talk or whisper for over 8 1/2 months. And has to see a pathologist, and spent weeks in Cleveland Clinic. I can no longer have popcorn. I used to love popcorn for a snack
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I understand...I can no longer eat it either!!
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I rarely eat chips and I only buy them for hubby (eats with one lunch on weekend) when they are on sale. Multi packs - no thank you. Retired so that was an easy one to cut back on. I do still like a small piece of dark chocolate on a regular basis. Yes, we do eat cake/pie once in awhile. Quite the article! I like popcorn a lot but my teeth aren't that happy with it anymore. I do keep a container of popcorn kernels in the pantry for when the urge hits me. Gotta love the snack industry 🙄🙄
LOVE MY POPCORN FOR MY SNACK
I love popcorn! I have a stainless steel whirlypop-type popper....LOVE it!!!
When you're out and about and just must have a snack go into the nearest grocery store deli and get a chicken tender. That is healthier than the huge bag of chips and diet coke and the cost is about the same; the added plus is that you get your grease and salt fix and a shot of protein. For sugar fix I can usually make it home or chew sugarless gum. I don't do that often; once in a while though.
Dollar General is actually ripping people off. John Oliver did a good show on them.
I have Bulletproof Coffee in the morning. I hardly ever go out of eat anymore. Also, since Canuary I have been feeding my cats ugly chicken and other meats when it's on sale. My local grocery store has the 4 lb bags of chicken for $6 frequently so I will pressure can a batch.
My 2nd comment....I dehydrated my homemade kimchi and made a powder. It's good on popcorn!
Dehdrtaed kimchi is a good snack,also.
I’m craving popcorn now, thanks Leisa, and I was just given a nice bag so guess what I’m snacking on next.
Making more snacks at home
I love making the sliced cheese "doritos" for my low carb lifestyle and i use the cool ranch and dorito dust seasoning recipe from the internet as well as parm crisps!
I've tried some of those but the grease is just to much.
We used to buy chips for a side at birthday parties or cookouts as a cheap filler. The chip bags are so small and expensive, you need 2-3 bags. Now it’s cheaper to buy fruit and make a fruit bowl as a side. Usually we just do grapes, blueberries and mandarin orange wedges.
I love popcorn, always have. My snacks are very rarely sweet because I don’t really care for sugar but I like savory. Air popped popcorn with a little butter and lemon pepper is amazing.
Yes to this!
Can I also recommend popping sorghum. I find it very tasty & its healthy! As a celiac its gluten free too.
My favorite way to eat both is with butter and grated Parmigiano
I have heard that you can pop amaranth seeds in a skillet.
It is a lovely plant in the garden.
@@raydeenjaques2048 I need to try that! Thanks
Popcorn was our main snack when we were broke
Funny you mention doritos; I stayed away from them for over 20 years but now i "need" a bag twice a month....
I no longer buy our snacks. I make anything that we may want to snack on. We are a family of 7. It's not hard to make healthy snacks and it's way cheaper. It doesn't take that long either.
Oh yeah 👍 Popcorn 🍿, Fritos, Doritos, M&M peanuts 🥜, Bagels 🥯 😊😂❤
Great advice! One of the reasons I have a deep fryer is because I like chips - I use corn tortillas (you will never want a Doritos again if you get the right seasoning happening), I use all sorts of root vegetables the options are endless. I figure if I am doing it homemade with great real ingredients it''s better for you. 🥂
I have 3 granddaughters (9-6-3), and boy they love their snacks. I've had to adjust my snack buying and now bake cookies, pop popcorn, and always fresh fruit if it's not too pricey. I myself am on a high salt diet and must carry extra salty pretzels everywhere I go. Guess I'm blessed with very low BP cause I do like salt. GREAT SUGGESTIONS LEISA
I store my popcorn and empty coffee containers and cremora containers with bay leaves and stack ontop of each vert easily on the side of a closet😊
For my husband’s lunches, I make my own chip bags by filling snack size bags with chips he likes that I buy in bulk. The same with cookies. Is there a way to make a large serving of popcorn that I can store to snack on instead of having to take down the popcorn maker or dirtying the microwave popper when I want a snack and doesn’t go stale fast?
Wouldlike to know that answer to😊
I can't close my eyes to all the crazy ingredients in them. I'll pop popcorn and make it salty or sweet with real ingredients. I'll make muffins in many flavors by scratch. Cakes the same. Crackers, ditto. Homemade granola with real healthy fruits and nuts. If I'm craving chocolate? Pull out the cocoa powder and whip up a batch of fudge, or syrup. Stay tuned when you purchase snacks. Look at the ingredients on the back. Check for Made with bio engineered ingredients too. Stay safe, stay healthy, and Peaceful.
I only buy chips when they're on sale. Otherwise, I pop a lot of corn in ghee.
No we haven't noticed price and size changes!! That was new in-depth reporting!
you can do all of those things with corn using dent corn also know as farmer corn and usually you can get it free from the farmers. Makes cracked corn for the chickens and corn meal for cooking
I'm sitting here listening to you while eating the last of a marked down vegetable tray. Yes, I am using dip, but that can be made reasonably health. I'll have to check out the popcorn.
Great video and Thank you for all the time you put into the research to teach and inspire us. Yes the snacks here in Vermont are horribly expensive. I wish we had an Azure drop near us. The nearest one is 3 hours away, one way. That's 6 hours and on my limited income I just can't do a bunch of bulk buying and then the drive on top of that expense. God Bless
We love putting that maple bacon seasoning on our popcorn😍 I’ve made it a personal challenge , once a week , to get our 11 yr old son in the kitchen baking with me. That’s replaced buying junk food.❤
That is awesome!
Ps. The weight loss drugs may affect the corporate bottom line, but in my opinion they are not tested well enough to know the long-term affects of non diabetics.
Totally off topic but I finally got my hands on the "The Fourth Turning" book. Wow, just wow. Thanks for sharing it with us.
It's an eye opener
Hi Leisa, I have not been snacking much lately. I tried some potato chips tonight but it was not as good as I remembered. Kinda disappointing. I ended up getting 12 more jars of meat over the weekend. This week my local grocery store has whole chickens on sale for $.99/pound and I think that I'm going to turn them into chicken vegetable soup that I can put either noodles, chopped spaghetti, or rice with once I open the jars. It'll be kind of fun.
I'm on trulicity for my diabetes and it's super hard to find because everyone wants to get thinner. I agree that it can just let you eat more snacks if you aren't careful
I went to 1$ tree and bought them out of popcorn kernels. Good will air popper for 3.99 I'm good to go😂😂
I just made cornmeal mush out of popcorn I milled. We ate it with greens and over easy eggs on top. I wish I liked popped popcorn. Ever since I had covid, my taste for some foods has changed. Popcorn is one. Maybe I should try some seasonings other than butter and salt.
Excellent video. Thank you.
How about Tim's Jalapeño chips? My guilty pleasure. 🤭
Buy very few snacks now........popcorn is our salty snack like so many here.
Snacks for sure, but homemade is best. Healthy multi grain, FD, dehydrated (powdered) veggie cracker recipes are available on a few great channels on the tube.
Thank-you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing, Leisa! 😊
Which size of mylar bag were you using?
You are so welcome!
Quarts
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I wonder if you can make something similar to the maple bacon seasoning? I don't see why not. I am not a fan of the ingredients of this product, but to each their own! 😊😊I am doing some research now on how I might be able to make this myself.
Did you notice if it’s imitation bacon flavoring /vegetarian?
@@anitragavin5000INGREDIENTS: Sugar, Salt, Natural Maple Flavoring (Dextrose, Natural Flavor, Silicon Dioxide [Anti-Caking Agent], Propylene Glycol), Dehydrated Brown Sugar, Bacon Bits (Soy Flour, Soybean Oil With TBHQ Added To Protect Freshness, Salt, Less Than 2 Percent Of Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Yeast Extract, Natural Smoke Flavor, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Dextrose, Inactive Dried Yeast, Caramel Color, Red #3, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein [Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein, Salt], Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor)
INGREDIENTS: Natural Bacon Flavoring (Natural Flavor [Contains Torula Yeast], Salt, Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin, Soybean, Wheat, Natural Smoke, Corn Syrup, Food Starch-Modified, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, and Tricalcium Phosphate), Spice (Black Pepper), Dehydrated Garlic, Natural Hickory Smoke Flavoring (Maltodextrin, Smoke Flavor, Silicon Dioxide), And No More Than 2% Tricalcium Phosphate Added To Prevent Caking. Allergens: Soy, Wheat.
The report makes sense, snacks are their business. They’re looking out for their profits and their shareholders. That’s what businesses do.
My favorite snack (aside from fruit) is air fried chickpeas coated with either marmite or a mix of salt, garlic powder and paprika.
I've pretty much given up potato chips and pretzels. I could afford it. However, it's not worth it and I'm really not missing them anymore.
I just love your reactions. 🤣