PKK: Sweet and Salty Popcorn

Well, we all have bad days in the kitchen and while Princess Kaitlyn did not realize it. The recipe we had for the sweet and salty popcorn needed major revisions, such that I can call it our recipe now. Kaitlyn chowed on the salty cheese coated popcorn, but the sweet popcorn had so much salt in it that it completely overwhelmed your taste buds. Most of the popcorn was thrown away.

You by now should know how the Princess Kaitlyn stories start, so going from the introduction lines...Princess Kaitlyn decided to go to the fantastically fun playground one day. As she ran through the grass field's on the castle property to get there, she kept hearing a popping sound. Princess Kaitlyn finally turned around and much to her surprise, a bunch of bubbly, white flowers with golden centers had 'popped' up in the field behind her.

Princess Kaitlyn wondered if her footsteps had created this plump, bubbly flowers behind her. So, she took a step forward while looking backwards and 'pop!' a flower appeared when she lifted her foot up. Well, as you can imagine, Princess Kaitlyn thought creating a field of poppy flowers was so much fun that she stayed in the field running, dancing, jumping and twirling until she created an entire lawn of white poppy flowers.



Our Recipe for Sweet and Cheesy Popcorn:

• 1 large bag of microwave popcorn (unbuttered) or 1/2 cup natural popcorn and 1/3 cup canola oil to make on the stove
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
• 6 T butter, melted and divided in half

Pop the popcorn. If making on stove, you need to heat the oil before adding kernels and shake the pan often once kernels are adding. When popping slows to about five seconds, remove from stove. Divide popped popcorn into two large bowls. Pour half the butter on one bowl of popcorn and mix it up to cover the kernels. Do the same to the other bowl. Use one teaspoon of salt and sprinkle over each bowl as well.

Now for the fun part...sprinkle the powdered sugar over one bowl and the Parmesan cheese over the other bowl. Mix. Spoons work, but clean hands work better. Bon appetite!