Thanks to Joyful Simplicity for passing along this recipe for Garlic Butter and Parmesan Cheese Popcorn & Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade. Both of these sound rather yummy and I was thinking they would be a great snack to make for date night at home Just make sure you both eat the garlic popcorn or you may kill your spouse with your breath…lol.
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Garlic Butter and Parmesan Cheese Flavored Gourmet Popcorn:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unpopped popcorn kernels (makes a huge bowl of popcorn)
- 6 garlic cloves minced/pressed
- one stick of butter
- shredded/grated Parmesan cheese
- salt to taste
Directions:
- Pop the 1/2 cup of kernels. I used an air popper, so my popcorn was completely unflavored before adding the flavors above. My 1/2 cup kernels popped a HUGE bowl of popcorn as seen above. Not sure of the exact amount of popped popcorn. You can kind of judge it, and add flavors accordingly, though. That’s what I did.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan on the stovetop. Saute the garlic in the butter for a couple minutes, until golden blonde.
- Pour the butter over the popcorn. Mix thoroughly.
- Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the popcorn, and mix that in really well too. The recipe calls for 1/2 a cup, but you can just add however much you want. I love cheese.
- Add salt to taste.
- Enjoy!
Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade:
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups chopped strawberries
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 24 ounces sparkling water
Directions:
- Make sure your strawberries are rinse, chopped, and ready to go.
- Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat on stove-top until the sugar dissolves and the liquid becomes clear.
- Put the sugar/water mixture, strawberries, and lemon juice in a blender. Puree until blended.
- In a pitcher, combine the pureed mixture with the sparkling water.
- Serve the strawberry lemonade in tall glasses with ice cubes! Straws make it even more fun!
Enjoy!
