Oscar wanted popcorn this morning for breakfast...popcorn and chocolate (coconut) milk. Why not? It's a lot more nutritious than a poptart. By the time the little boys are finished with a bowl of popcorn, at least half is on the floor waiting to be eaten by Pup... multitasking at its best. I like it.

I wanted to share a few of the ways that we like our popcorn...hot out of the popcorn popper, microwave or movie theater bin topped with peanut M & M's. Melts the chocolate inside the candy shell just a bit...yum! Back in my college days, we all ate popcorn sprinkled with McCormick Season-All and Parmesan cheese...gotta taste it to believe how delicious.

Here are a few that I concocted this morning:

Praline Popcorn

1 t. cinnamon

1/4 t. ground cloves

1/2 t. nutmeg

2T white sugar

2T. brown sugar

toasted pecans in the amount to your liking

melted Earth Balance or butter, optional, but delicious

*Mix together all ingredients except butter and pecans. Pour melted butter, if using, over popcorn in the amount that you would like (sensitive issue here for buttered popcorn lovers...I'm not one of them except that it IS delicious in this particular recipe) and then sprinkle spice mixture over and toss to coat. Thank me later.

Parmesan Ranch Popcorn

(My personal favorite)

1 t. dill weed

1 t. onion powder

1 t. garlic powder

1 t. salt

1/2 t. pepper

3T. grated Parmesan cheese (the powdery kind)

Mix all together and sprinkle on hot popcorn, buttered or not. Toss to coat.

S'Mores Popcorn

2t. unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 t. salt

2T. powdered sugar

2T. white sugar

2 t. graham cracker crumbs

Mix all ingredients together and sprinkle over butter (best here) or regular popcorn. Toss to coat and enjoy!