![]() When the kernels are popping about 1 per second I stop the microwave & bring out my bowl of hot delicious popcorn. So after the timer goes off I add about 30 seconds & listen. I’ve found that my popcorn usually needs about 30 seconds longer than the pre-programmed setting allows to pop most of the kernels. I’ll let it pop until the popping slows down to about 1 per second. So after putting the lid on my bowl I stick it in the microwave, push that button & wait. My microwave has a popcorn sensor setting. Sometimes I add about a teaspoon of olive oil. To make my popcorn I pour a tiny 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels into the bowl. I even made a cute custom labelusing only my laser printer and a piece of ordinary shipping tape. I store my popcorn kernels in repurposed glass jars. Yea! Storing Popcorn Kernels In Repurposed Jars I didn’t need to write it down on anything that needed to be thrown away later. When I took it to the cash registered I presented my phone screen with a photo of the bulk bin information for the cashier. ![]() But at almost 7 lbs it was aaaaaalmost asking a little too much of that little bag! LOL The last time I purchased it, I simply used my *Fabric Produce Bag to hold it. ![]() They’ve got a few bulk bins so our trash-free popcorn costs a measly $0.77/lb! That’s a lot of popcorn snacking for very little money. I’ve been buying my popcorn kernels at Winco Foods. It works really well for making microwave popcorn, although I’m searching for a microwavable glass bowl option in the future. I bought a large microwaveable bowl at a yard sale years ago & I’ve used it lots. Is there any way to enjoy it without all that trash? But although those little 3-pack boxes we used to buy at the store were cheap, they were packed with non-recyclable trash to be thrown away.Īfter three quick servings we would have not only the box but individual plastic wrappings and all those crinkly popcorn bags left over.īut I like the convenience of popcorn in the microwave. But today I’ll be looking at one of the easy ways I reduce trash in the kitchen. There are many ways we accomplished this trash reduction. Those efforts combined with recycling, re-purposing and composting means we had precious little trash destined for the landfill anyway. It was easy for us since we’d been working for years at reducing our trash output. Several years ago we moved to the homestead and opted not to hire a trash service to haul our trash to the landfill.
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